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The Fat Boys
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Miami Vice Character
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Street Rapping Drug Dealers ("Florence Italy")
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Members
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Mark "Prince Markie Dee" Morales (February 19, 1960, Brooklyn, New York)
Damon "Kool Rock-Ski" Wimbley (November 4, 1966) Darren "Buff Love/Buffy" Robinson (June 10, 1967 - December 10, 1995) |
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Active
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1982-1991
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The Fat Boys (Mark Morales, born February 19, 1960, Damon Wimbley, born November 4, 1966, Darren Robinson, June 10, 1967 - December 10, 1995) is an American rap music trio, who appeared in the show Miami Vice as three rappin' drug dealers, one (Robinson) offers Tubbs a joint, and then has to "make it disappear" by eating it in the episode "Florence Italy".
Career[]
The Fat Boys began their career in 1982 but didn't release their first album until 1984. "Buffy" Robinson was a pioneer in the art of "beatboxing", or making hip hop percussion sounds with his mouth, and became known as "The Human Beat Box". Their self-titled debut album reached #48 on the Billboard Top 200 albums chart, and was a gold album. Their followups, The Fat Boys Are Back! in 1985 and Big & Beautiful in 1986 did moderately well before their breakthrough Crushin' reached the Billboard Top 10 on the albums chart and they reached the Billboard Top 20 with a remake of the 1960s instrumental Wipe Out featuring the Beach Boys on backup vocals. They released three more albums, all charted well, sang on the anti-Apartheid song Sun City, the theme to Nightmare on Elm Street 4, with Robert Englund playing his "Freddie Kruger" role on the song), and appeared on a rap song featuring William "The Refigerator" Perry. In 1990 Morales left the group to begin working on solo projects (and helping Mary J. Blige's then-burgeoning career), leaving Robinson & Wimbley to continue as a duo until they disbanded the following year. In 1995 Robinson died of a heart attack at the young age of 28, at the time of his death Robinson reportedly weighed around 450 lbs. Morales & Wimbley reformed The Fat Boys in 2008 and released a new album, Fat Boys Unite, as well as a new "old-school" line of urban clothing.
Acting Career[]
The Boys were featured in the movie Krush Groove (with Sheila E., Run-D.M.C., and Coati Mundi), and Disorderlies (with Tony Plana).