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• The Fat Boys are a pioneering hip-hop trio from Brooklyn, New York.

• Fast Facts

  1. Genre: Hip-Hop
  2. Origin: Brooklyn, New York
  3. Formed: 1982
  4. Disbanded: 1991
  5. Albums: 7
  6. Label: Sutra Records

• Career

  The Fat Boys, originally known as the Disco 4, consisted of Mark Morales ("Prince Markie Dee"), Damon Wimbley ("Kool Rock-Ski"), Darren Robinson ("Buffy, the Human Beat Box") and a fourth member, Bill Whitker ("Phatamus Prime"). Whitker left the group in the early 1980s over a dispute with the other three members of the group.

  Between 1984 and 1991, The Fat Boys released seven albums and starred in one movie, Disorderlies, before breaking up.

  Robinson died of a heart attack on December 10, 1995 making a reunion of all three Fat Boys impossible.

• Members

  • Mark Morales ("Prince Markie Dee")
  • Damon Wimbley ("Kool Rock-Ski")
  • Darren Robinson ("Buffy, the Human Beat Box")

• Studio Albums

  • 1984: The Fat Boys
  • 1985: The Fat Boys Are Back!
  • 1986: Big & Beautiful
  • 1987: 'Crushin']]
  • 1988: Coming Back Hard Again
  • 1989: On and On
  • 1991: Mack Daddy

• Filmography

  • 1985 - Krush Groove
  • 1987 - Disorderlies

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