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American hip hop trio

The Fat Boys
The Fat Boys

The Fatty Boys
Groundwork information
Also known as
  • Disco iii
  • Original Fat Boys
Origin New York City, New York, United States
Genres Hip hop, electro-funk, beatbox
Years active 1983–1991,[1] 2008–2021
Labels
  • Sutra Records
  • Tin can Pan Apple
  • Polydor
  • PolyGram Records
Associated acts Run-D.M.C., Kurtis Blow
Website originalfatboys.com
Past members Kool Rock-Ski
Vitrify Beloved (deceased)
Prince Markie Dee (deceased)

The Fatty Boys were an American hip hop trio from Brooklyn, New York, that emerged in the early 1980s.[2] The group was briefly known originally as the Disco iii, originally composed of Mark "Prince Markie Dee" Morales, Damon "Kool Rock-Ski" Wimbley, and Darren "Buff Beloved" Robinson.

The trio is widely known for using beatbox in their songs. The group opened doors for beatboxers like Biz Markie and Doug E. Fresh. The Fatty Boys were one of the commencement rap groups to release full-length rap albums, along with Run-D.Chiliad.C., Whodini and Kurtis Accident. Dear for their comedic, self-deprecating rhymes, the group released seven studio albums, four of which went Golden by RIAA.

The start 2 albums of the group were produced past Kurtis Blow. Successful singles included "Jail Business firm Rap", "Tin You Feel It?", "Fat Boys", "Stick 'Em", "Don't You Dog Me", "All You lot Can Eat", "The Fat Boys Are Back", and "Pump It Up".

The album Crushin' received a Platinum status due to their single "Wipeout", which was recorded together with the American rock group The Beach Boys. The next album, Coming Back Hard Once more, repeated the formula of the previous one and received a Aureate condition due to the successful single "The Twist (Yo, Twist)", recorded together with American rock 'n roll singer Chubby Checker. The anthology also included the theme song for the picture show A Nightmare on Elm Street 4: The Dream Principal, which featured Robert Englund performing as Freddy Krueger.

The grouping starred in 3 feature films in the 1980s, thereby strengthening the popularity of hip hop in America: Krush Groove, Knights of the City and Disorderlies.[3]

Members [edit]

  • Mark Morales, also known equally "Prince Markie Dee" (February xix, 1968 – February 18, 2021)[two]
  • Damon Wimbley, also known as "Kool Stone-Ski" (born November 4, 1966)[ii]
  • Darren Robinson, also known as "The Human being Beat Box" (June x, 1967 – December 10, 1995)[2]

History [edit]

Beginnings [edit]

In 1983, a Swiss-born promoter named Charles Stettler, the owner of his own label Tin Pan Apple, decided to concord a hip-hop talent contest. To find a sponsor, Stettler went to the WBLS radio station, which recommended him to a couple of sponsors. In the end, he persuaded the company Coca-Cola to finance the competition. For the side by side three months, contests were held to place a winner in each borough of New York City every Saturday afternoon.[4]

On May 23, 1983, the final contest entitled "Coca-Cola and WBLS present: The Tin Pan Apple After Dark Dance & Rap Contest!" was held. The event was held at Radio Urban center Music Hall.[v] The host that evening was Mr. Magic from the radio program Rap Attack. According to the terms of the contest, the winner signed a contract for a recording contract. The Fat Boys members, and so calling themselves The Disco three, were unexpected winners[2] with their song "Stick' Em".[six]

European Tour [edit]

In 1983, The Disco 3 released their debut single "Reality". It was produced by James Stonemason, jazz guitarist and keyboardist of Roy Ayers' jazz-funk band.[7]

Since the group did not have a managing director, Stettler took over this position. Stettler took the grouping on a European bus tour, where he told them to gain more weight. The concerts ended at 12 o'clock in the evening, and they could non get to the hotel until two o'clock in the morning. Just places like McDonald'due south and Burger King were open, then the group members gained weight from this. Since so much was happening, the group members did not fifty-fifty observe this on the bout and did non consider themselves overweight. [8] A party was later held for the renaming of the group at the Roseland Ballroom in New York.

Meeting Kurtis Blow [edit]

Charlie Stettler introduced the group to rapper and producer Kurtis Blow, who helped them find their signature sound.[9] To work on the album, Kurtis Accident recruited the drum car programmers of Run-D.M.C., Larry Smith and Davy "DMX" Reeves, who were considered two of the all-time at making songs at the time. "Stick' Em" was the commencement song they recorded with Kurtis Blow.[10]

The grouping'southward 1984 self-titled debut album, Fat Boys, is considered by many to be the outset hip-hop album to feature the element of hip hop known equally beatboxing. Darren "The Human Shell Box" Robinson was a pioneer in beatboxing.

Fresh Fest Tour '84 [edit]

One day in 1984, Russell Simmons stormed into Stettler's office and told him that he was going to accept a festival titled Fresh Fest Bout '84, in which his groups and breakdancers would take part. Since Stettler raised $300,000 from Coca-Cola to finance his 1983 contest, Simmons wanted Stettler to do it again. The immature promoter could non get the beverage company to return, so he called a friend of his and asked him if there was anything the Swiss were trying to sell. The Swatch wristwatch turned out to exist such a product. Stettler persuaded the company to finance a tour of $360,000, while the festival was renamed The Swatch Watch New York Urban center Fresh Fest.

Russell Simmons did non want to have the Fatty Boys on the tour, because nobody had heard of them at that betoken. Stettler went to an former Tower Records store on fourth Street and Broadway, and handed out five,000 flyers that read: "Guess the weight of the Fat Boys and the person who does wins 800 cans of Diet Pepsi and ane dollar." Thousands of children lined upwardly at the Tower Records store to participate. Stettler put the group members on the scale; at that time they weighed 868 lb (394 kg) together. In the stop, a boy from Harlem won. Channel ii News filmed this event, including the commitment of the soft potable.

The next 24-hour interval, Stettler saw in the newspaper that The Jackson 5 was going to be reuniting at a concert in October 1984. He called his married woman and part-fourth dimension partner, asking her to write a press release proverb that the Jackson 5 have picked the then-however-unknown grouping the Fat Boys as their opening act. Stettler distributed this press release across the city. The side by side morning, Stettler and The Fat Boys appeared on the Tv show Good Morning time America. When the host turned around to The Fat Boys, they did not know what to say. They simply said: "Brrr, Stick' Em! Ha-ha-ha, Stick 'Em!", due to information technology beingness the group's popular song at the fourth dimension.[4]

Russell Simmons agreed to add The Fatty Boys to the lineup of the festival, which included Run-D.M.C., Kurtis Blow, Whodini, Newcleus, and The Dynamic Breakers.[11] The showtime concert of the tour took place on Labor Day, September 3, 1984.[12] For 27 concerts in the Usa, the organizers raised $3.five million.[13] The festival was accompanied past advertising on television.[14] [15]

In 1985, this was followed past Fresh Fest II, which included the same acts, with Grandmaster Flash and the Furious V replacing Newcleus.[16]

Film and television [edit]

At the fourth dimension, the American office of the company Swatch was tasked with trying to advertise its production to American audiences. The company was known for using offbeat campaigns, and agreed to feature the Fat Boys in a commercial for the watches on MTV. The video "Brrr, Swatch 'Em!" was aired in Dec 1984.[17] Swatch again featured The Fat Boys in a 1985 Christmas advertisement created past former MTV creative heads Alan Goodman and Fred Seibert. This commercial, "Swatch Lookout man Presents A Merry Christmas" was first broadcast in December 1985.[xviii] [19] These commercials were notable, because when they aired in December 1984, MTV did non feature many hip-hop artists in their programming, having only started ambulation music videos from rap artists earlier that year with Run-D.M.C.'s crossover hit, "Stone Box." Due to the success of these commercials, they would become frequent guests on MTV, pioneering a space for hip-hop artists to appear on the network and ultimately increasing hip hop'southward popularity and legitimacy with MTV's audience. [20]

Besides considering of these commercials, the grouping developed a reputation for their humour. They starred in several feature films. Their first starring role came in the moving picture Krush Groove (1985), followed by a 2d, Disorderlies (1987), which also featured Ralph Bellamy as a millionaire invalid cared for by his adept-natured notwithstanding inept orderlies (played by the Fat Boys), with a cameo by manager Stettler.

Making Crushin' and Coming Back Hard Again [edit]

Hoping to repeat the success of Run-D.Thou.C. and Aerosmith with the single "Walk This Mode" The Fat Boys made a cover version of the song "Wipeout" together with rock group The Beach Boys. The single peaked at number 12 on the Billboard Hot 100[21] and number 10 on the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs.[22] The vocal "Wipeout" reached #two on UK Top 100 in September 1987 during a 13-calendar week chart run.[23] "Wipeout" was the last vocal the grouping members recorded for the album Crushin'".

The music video for the song begins with an announcement of a battle match, The Fat Boys and The Beach Boys are attending the lucifer. The friction match is interrupted past a fight. In the post-obit scene, The Fat Boys load up a car with swimsuits and then bulldoze off. The Embankment Boys are driving in a dune buggy through the city. Both bands go around the city in the direction of a beach, while they perform the song and invite the inhabitants of the urban center to come to the beach. Meanwhile, at the embankment 1 of The Fat Boys tries to lift a heavy weight and is laughed at by two women because of failure, another playing volleyball and some other surfing. The Beach Boys on the other hand are DJing in the street. At the stop of the video they all celebrate at a beach party.[24]

The group was later approached to record the theme vocal for A Nightmare on Elm Street 4: The Dream Primary (1988), called "Are You Fix for Freddy", which featured Robert Englund performing equally Freddy Krueger.

Their next album called Coming Back Hard Again repeated the formula of the previous one. This time, The Fat Boys recorded a embrace version of the song "The Twist" with Stubby Checker, who performed information technology originally in 1960. The single peaked at number 16 on the Billboard Hot 100[25] and number 40 on the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs.[26] The song "The Twist (Yo, Twist)" reached number ii on Uk Elevation 100 in July 1988 during a xi-week chart run.[27] Another song from the album, "Louie Louie", is a cover version of a 1957 song past American singer Richard Berry. The vocal peaked at number 46 on U.k. Acme 100 on November 5, 1988 for iv weeks.[28]

Breakup [edit]

Yet, the tastes of the listeners at that fourth dimension had already changed. By taking part in the rash rap opera On And On, the group tried to regain its fame, simply this just accelerated the breakup of the group.[29] Prince Markie Dee left the group in 1990 to pursue solo interests, which included producing many early tracks for Mariah Carey and Mary J. Blige which included her debut single, "Real Dearest". In 1991, the remaining ii members, Kool Rock-Ski and Buff Love, carried on as a duo and released Mack Daddy (1991), simply presently thereafter, the grouping disbanded (until 2008). In the 1992 characteristic picture Boomerang, Chris Rock's character laments the breakup of the Fat Boys. He was later quoted by Jay-Z in his 2001 song the "Heart of the City (Ain't No Love)".

Aftermath [edit]

On December 10, 1995, Vitrify Love died of a heart attack during a bout with respiratory flu in Rosedale, Queens, New York. He was 28 years old and reportedly weighed 450 pounds (200 kg).[thirty]

The surviving members of the Fat Boys launched its first official homepage, OriginalFatBoys.com, on November 5, 2008. According to the website, the Fat Boys recorded their first track in about two decades and had plans of doing a reality Tv set show in search of a new member.[31]

In March 2009, Kool Rock-Ski announced the launch of his official website, KoolRockSki.com. His first solo project, the EP Party Fourth dimension, was released on April xiv, 2009.

On October 18, 2010, the cablevision network TV One's aired Unsung: The Story of The Fat Boys. Information technology mentioned that the ii surviving members reunited and were touring with Doug East. Fresh who was providing the beatboxing. There has been no confirmation as to whether he is the new third permanent member. The special was produced past the group's director, Louis Gregory, publicly known as Uncle Louie.[32]

In August 2012, The Fat Boys were scheduled to perform at the 13th almanac Gathering of the Juggalos in Cave-In-Stone, Illinois but ultimately failed to appear.[33]

Prince Markie Dee died of a suspected eye attack on February xviii, 2021, the mean solar day before his 53rd altogether; according to TMZ, Morales had gone to the hospital lament of breast pains. Information technology was determined a stent was needed to clear blockage in his heart, but Morales died earlier the stent could be inserted.

Prince Markie Dee was a radio host for WEDR 99 Jamz in Miami, Florida working weekends while Kool Rock-Ski is final known to take been residing in New York, and is the last surviving Fat Boy.

Discography [edit]

Albums [edit]

Singles [edit]

Yr Single Elevation nautical chart positions Anthology
United states
[48] 		U.s.a.
R&B/Hip-Hop
[49] 		United states of america
Dance
[50] 		AUS
[51] [52] 		AUT
[53] 		Be
[54] 		CAN
[55] [56] 		GER
[39] 		IRE
[57] 		NL
[58] 		NZ
[59] 		SWI
[60] 		UK
[43]
1983 "Reality" (as Disco 3) — — — — — — — — — — — — — Non-anthology single
1984 "Fat Boys"/"Man Vanquish Box" (as Disco 3) — 65 — — — — — — — — — — — Fat Boys
"Jailhouse Rap" 105 17 — — — — — — — — — — 63
1985 "Can Y'all Experience It" 101 38 — — — — — — — — — — —
"The Fat Boys Are Back" — 27 — — — — — — — — — — — The Fat Boys Are Dorsum
"Hard Core Reggae" — 52 — — — — — — — — — — —
"Don't Be Stupid" — 62 — — — — — — — — — — —
1986 "Sex Machine" — 23 — — — — — — — — 47 — — Big & Beautiful
"In the Business firm" — 51 — — — — — — — — — — —
1987 "Falling in Love" — 16 — — — — — — — — — — — Crushin'
"Wipeout" (with the Beach Boys) 12 10 42 65 — 17 12 thirty 3 thirteen 2 — 2
1988 "The Twist" (with Stubby Checker) xvi 40 — 21 5 2 37 1 4 4 7 1 ii Coming Back Hard Once again
"Are You Fix for Freddy" — 93 — — — — — — — — — — 83
"Louie, Louie" 89 — — — — — — 45 — — — — 46
1989 "Lie-Z" — 81 — — — — — — — — — — — On and On
"Merely Loungin'" — 86 — — — — — — — — — — —
"—" denotes releases that did non chart or were non released in that territory.

Filmography [edit]

Feature films [edit]

  • 1985 – Krush Groove (Oct 25, 1985)
  • 1986 – Knights of the City (February 14, 1986)
  • 1987 – Disorderlies (August 14, 1987)

Documentary [edit]

  • 2000 – Where Are They Now?: The 80s Two (by VH-1) (September 28, 2000)
  • 2002 – Breath Command: The History of the Man Beat Box (Tribeca Movie Festival 2002) (May 9, 2002)
  • 2004 – And You Don't Cease: thirty Years of Hip-Hop (October iv, 2004)
  • 2010 – Unsung: The Story of The Fat Boys (past Tv set One) (October 18, 2010)
  • 2010 – Never Sleep Once more: The Elm Street Legacy (DVD) (May 4, 2010)
  • 2011 – Beatboxing - The Fifth Chemical element of Hip Hop (Atlanta Flick Festival, May 5, 2011)

Video compilations [edit]

  • 1986 - Brrr, Watch 'Em! (MCA Home Video)
  • 1988 - iii×3 (PolyGram Music Video)

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External links [edit]

  • The Fatty Boys discography at Discogs
  • The Fat Boys at AllMusic Edit this at Wikidata
  • The Fat Boys at IMDb

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