{"id":105264,"date":"2021-07-17T16:43:04","date_gmt":"2021-07-17T21:43:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/?p=105264"},"modified":"2021-07-17T16:44:04","modified_gmt":"2021-07-17T21:44:04","slug":"just-a-friend-rapper-biz-markie-dies-at-57-entertainment-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/?p=105264","title":{"rendered":"\u201cJust a Friend\u201d Rapper Biz Markie Dies at 57- Entertainment News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js\"><\/script><br \/>\n<!-- RSR AD 1 --><br \/>\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\" style=\"display: block;\" data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-1545664804358300\" data-ad-slot=\"7759247395\" data-ad-format=\"auto\" data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins><br \/>\n<script>\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});<\/p>\n<p><\/script><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_105265\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-105265\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/?p=105264\" rel=\"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/?p=105264\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-105265 size-medium\" style=\"margin-right: 10px;\" src=\"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/biz-markie-tribute-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/biz-markie-tribute-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/biz-markie-tribute.jpg 450w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-105265\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><strong>By Geoffrey Huchel<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Biz Markie, the hip hop artist who soared to fame with his 1989 hit \u201cJust a Friend\u201d, died July 16, 2021 in Baltimore, Maryland, from complications from diabetes. He was 57.<\/p>\n<p>Biz Markie was born Marcel Theo Hall on April 18, 1964 in Harlem, New York. He was an American rapper, singer, DJ, record producer, actor, comedian and writer. He produced five studio albums: \u201cGoin\u2019 Off\u201d (1988), \u201cThe Biz Never Sleeps\u201d (1989), \u201cI Need a Haircut\u201d (1991), \u201cAll Samples Cleared\u201d (1993) and \u201cWeekend Warrior\u201d (2003). \u201cJust a Friend\u201d became a Top 40 hit single in several countries and made the list of the 100 greatest hip hop songs of all time. Biz Markie made appearances in several film and TV productions including THE METEOR MAN (1993), IN LIVING COLOR (1990-1994), MEN IN BLACK II (2002), FASTLANE (2002-2003), EVE (2003-2006), SEVEN POUNDS (2008), SHARKNADO 2: THE SECOND ONE (2014), and EMPIRE (2015-2020). <!--more--><\/p>\n<p>Ringside Report sends our condolences to Biz Markie\u2019s family during their time of grief.<\/p>\n<p>[si-contact-form form=&#8217;2&#8242;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Geoffrey Huchel Biz Markie, the hip hop artist who soared to fame with his 1989 hit \u201cJust a Friend\u201d, died July 16, 2021 in Baltimore, Maryland, from complications from diabetes. He was 57. Biz Markie was born Marcel Theo Hall on April 18, 1964 in Harlem, New York. He was an American rapper, singer, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[17984],"tags":[26966],"class_list":["post-105264","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-entertainment-news","tag-just-a-friend-rapper-biz-markie-dies-at-57-entertainment-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/105264","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=105264"}],"version-history":[{"count":-1,"href":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/105264\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=105264"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=105264"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=105264"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}