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Infobox musical artist|name = Sir Mix-a-Lot|image=SirMixaLotDec06.jpg|caption = Sir Mix-a-Lot in December 2006|background = solo_singer|birth_name = Anthony Ray|alias =|birth_date = birth date and age|1963|8|12|birth_place = Seattle , Washington (state)|Washington , United States|U.S. |genre = Hip hop music|Hip hop , West Coast rap , old school hip hop |occupation = Rapper , songwriter , record producer|producer , performer |years_active = 1986–2003 2010-present|label = Nastymix/Ichiban, American Recordings (US)|American Recordings , Artist Direct/ Bertelsmann Music Group|BMG |website = http://www.sirmixalot.com/ www.sirmixalot.com Anthony Ray (born August 12, 1963), better known by his stage name Sir Mix-a-Lot , is an rapping|emcee and record producer|producer based in Seattle, Washington . The founder of the Nastymix record label, he debuted in 1988 with Swass . Sir Mix-a-Lot is best known for his 1992 album Mack Daddy and its Grammy Award -winning single " Baby Got Back ."
Career
In 1986, Sir Mix-a-Lot and his DJ, Nasty Nes founded the Nastymix record label. His first hit, released in 1987, was the single " Posse on Broadway ," whose title referred to a street in Seattle's Capitol Hill, Seattle, Washington|Capitol Hill district.cite web|last=Huey|first=Steve|title=Sir Mix-A-Lot - Biography|url=Allmusic|class=artist|id=p96|pure_url=yes|publisher=allmusic|year=2003 The Godzilla remix of "Posse on Broadway" contained a sample from David Bowie 's 1975 hit " Fame (David Bowie song)|Fame ," but neither the album version nor the original seven-inch edit version (which was used for the video) used the Bowie sample. Swass , his debut album, was released in 1988, with two other singles: "Square-Dance Rap" and a hip hop cover of the Black Sabbath song " Iron Man (song)|Iron Man " backed by the band Metal Church . In 1990, the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) certified Swass platinum for selling a million copies.cite web|url= http://www.riaa.com/goldandplatinumdata.php? resultpage=1& table=SEARCH_RESULTS& action=& title=& artist=Sir%20Mix%20a%20Lot& format=& debutLP=& category=& sex=& releaseDate=& requestNo=& type=& level=& label=& company=& certificationDate=& awardDescription=& catalogNo=& aSex=& rec_id=& charField=& gold=& platinum=& multiPlat=& level2=& certDate=& album=& id=& after=& before=& startMonth=1& endMonth=1& startYear=1958& endYear=2009& sort=Artist& perPage=25|title=Gold & Platinum|publisher=RIAA|accessdate=2009-03-13
Sir Mix-A-Lot debuted on the Def American label, which also bought the rights of his first two albums, with Mack Daddy in 1992. Its single " Baby Got Back " was a number-one hit that went double platinum and won the 1993 Grammy Award for Best Rap Solo Performance .cite web|url=Allmusic|class=artist|id=p96|pure_url=yes|title=Sir Mix-A-Lot - Charts & Awards - Grammy Awards|date=allmusic|accessdate=2009-03-13 MTV aired the video for "Baby Got Back" only during evening hours because of its sexual nature. In 1993, Sir Mix-a-Lot collaborated with Seattle-based grunge group Mudhoney for the song "Freak Momma" on the Judgment Night (film)|Judgment Night soundtrack.
Low label promotion of his 1996 album Return of the Bumpasaurus led Sir Mix-a-Lot to leave the American label. During the three year break, Sir Mix-a-Lot worked closely with another group, The Presidents of the United States of America (band)|The Presidents of the United States of America under the group name "Subset" with a combination of rock and rap music, but nothing was ever officially released. Sir Mix-a-Lot signed with the independent Artist Direct label for his 2003 album '' Daddy's Home (Sir Mix-a-Lot album)|Daddy's Home '' with "Big Johnson" as its lead single.cite news|url= http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1475234/20030801/sir_mix_a_lot.jhtml|title=Sir Mix-A-Lot Hoping Baby's Got Comeback|last=Kaufman|first=Gil|date=2003-08-01|publisher=MTV News|accessdate=2009-03-13 Despite having taken several years off from recording, Sir Mix-a-Lot is still known to mix frequently.
In 2010, Sir Mix-a-Lot announced his next album, Dun 4got About Mix . The lead single "Carz" was released to YouTube on 23 Nov 2010. By June 2011, the video had acquired over a million views, although no release date for the album has been set.
Film and television
In 1995, Sir Mix-a-Lot starred as the titular character of the short-lived TV series The Watcher (TV series)|The Watcher . The show was one of the first dramas aired on the fledgling broadcast network, UPN . Reminiscent of series such as The Twilight Zone (1959 TV series)|The Twilight Zone , Sir-Mix-a-Lot functioned as an omniscient narrator who introduced each episode, which would feature a new tale set in the seamy underbelly of Las Vegas Valley|Las Vegas .
Mix-a-Lot is more than willing to poke fun at his best-known song, "Baby Got Back": In 2006, Sir Mix-a-Lot appeared as himself in the second season episode of Tom Goes to the Mayor , " List of Tom Goes to the Mayor episodes#Season 2: 2006|My Big Cups ", in which he raps the jingle for Tom's latest commercial enterprise, a store that sells big cups. http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0817849/ He also appeared as himself in The Simpsons episode " Treehouse of Horror XVII " singing a parody called "Baby Likes Fat." He also made an appearance on the stop-motion animated sketch comedy show Robot Chicken performing another parody, "Table Be Round" about King Arthur and his Knights of the Round Table .
Sir Mix-a-Lot provides narration and commentary in '' Wheedle's Groove '', a 2009 documentary about the Seattle 1960s and 70s funk and soul scene.cite web|url= http://www.siff.net/festival/film/detail.aspx? id=41222& FID=166 |title=Wheedle's Groove & #124; 2010 Seattle International Film Festival & #124; Jennifer Maas & #124; USA < Films |publisher=Siff.net |date= |accessdate=2012-03-27
Discography
Main|Sir Mix-a-Lot discography
Swass (1988)
Seminar (album)|Seminar (1989)
Mack Daddy (1992)
Chief Boot Knocka (1994)
Return of the Bumpasaurus (1996)
'' Daddy's Home (Sir Mix-a-Lot album)|Daddy's Home (2003)
References
Reflist
External links
http://www.sirmixalot.com Sir Mix-A-Lot Official site
http://www.artistdirect.com/nad/music/artist/card/0,,493734,00.html Official site at Artist Direct
IMDb name|id=0802719|name=Sir Mix-a-Lot
http://www.myspace.com/therealsirmixalot Sir Mix-A-Lot at MySpace
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