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Last month, BLACK ENTERPRISE reported the death of the legendary hip-hop icon, rapper, and DJ, Biz Markie, real name, Marcel Theo Hall, as fans and his peers in hip-hop mourned him. Funeral services for the rapper took place on Aug. 2 at the Patchogue Theatre for the Performing Arts.
As people celebrated his life yesterday, TMZ reported that former President Barack Obama and the former first lady, Michelle Obama wrote a letter of condolences for the rapper and sent it to Biz Markie’s wife, Tara Davis.
#UPDATE: Biz Markie’s Wife Says Obamas Wrote Letter of Condolences After Death https://t.co/a5nPtDmddI
— TMZ (@TMZ) August 2, 2021
Biz Markie felt at home behind the turntables, but it was his mentor, super-producer Marley Marl of The Juice Crew fame, who was responsible for seminal rappers like Big Daddy Kane, Kool G Rap, MC Shan, and a host of others, who gave the rapper his confidence on the mic. He dropped his first album in the early 80s, but his 1988 breakout hit “Vapors” and “Just a Friend” put him on the map.
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