The influential hip hop artist is being honored after his death. Celebrated hip hop artist Biz Markie is being honored after his death. The artist, best known for his 1989 single "Just a Friend," died ...

Rev. Al Sharpton will eulogize iconic hip hop artist Biz Markie at a funeral service on Long Island on Monday, which will be attended by hip hop royalty. Sharpton's organization, the National Action ...

Beloved hip-hop recording artist Biz Markie died unexpectedly over the summer, but his hometown is making sure he won’t be forgotten. The renaming of South Street to Biz Markie Way was spearheaded by ...

The world is mourning the loss of another hip-hop legend today. After his hospitalization for complications related to diabetes in 2020, today a family source confirmed to TMZ that rapper Biz Markie ...

Biz Markie died on July 16 at the age of 57 Biz Markie's legacy continues to live on. Friends, family and members of the hip-hop community gathered at the Patchogue Theater for the Performing Arts in ...

The hip hop community just lost a friend. Biz Markie, the rapper behind the 1989 hit "Just a Friend," died at age 57 on Friday, July 16, E! News confirms. "It is with profound sadness that we announce ...

Biz Markie, the rapper whose classic “Just a Friend” was a major hit in 1989 and has since been sampled in countless songs and videos, has died Friday in a Baltimore hospital from complications of ...

Family, friends and icons of the hip-hop world alike gathered to pay tribute to the legacy of Biz Markie. The rapper and DJ was honored with a homegoing celebration and private funeral on Monday, two ...

The grieving family and friends of Biz Markie congregated at Patchogue Theater for the Performing Arts on Long Island in New York to honor the legendary “Just a Friend” rapper, who died July 16 at age ...

Biz Markie was hyper-animated, hilarious and larger than life. The late rapper was the best at injecting fun into his rhymes, in a way that helped me and a whole generation of young people fall in ...

Friends, family, fans and fellow hip-hop luminaries including LL Cool J, Busta Rhymes, Ice-T and Fat Joe gathered Monday on Long Island to remember beloved rapper and DJ Biz Markie as a passionate and ...