Biz Markie's career began on Long Island, New York in the early 1980s, where he established his reputation for beat-boxing and rapping.

In the same year, Biz Markie's debut single, " Make the Music With Your Mouth, Biz ", was released on Prism Records.

On October 10, 1989 The Biz Never Sleeps, Biz Markie's second studio album, was released on Cold Chillin '/ Warner Bros. Records, produced by Biz, his cousin Cool V and Paul C.

Biz Markie's act includes spinning records ranging from old school hip hop to Lynyrd Skynyrd and then performing " Just a Friend ".

Biz Markie's playlist includes the following: " Children's Story " by Slick Rick, " Rapper's Delight " by The Sugarhill Gang, " Billie Jean " by Michael Jackson, " Holiday " by Madonna, " Wake Me Up Before You Go-Go " by Wham !, " It Takes Two " by Rob Base and DJ E-Z Rock, " The Breaks " by Kurtis Blow and " Robot Rock " by Daft Punk.

* Biz Markie's " Just a Friend "

The instrument is prominently featured in Biz Markie's 1989 hit " Just a Friend ".

The album finds Edan attempting to " put Syd Barrett's face on Biz Markie's body " with " Kool G Rap's brain.

The jingle is interpolated in the chorus of Biz Markie's song " Nobody Beats the Biz ": Biz Markie substitutes " The Biz " for " The Wiz.

The second theme, " Hollywood Square Biz ", was a re-recording of the Teena Marie song " Square Biz ", originally written in 1981 and was used from 2002 to 2004.

* " The Kiss ", a song by The Sea and Cake from The Biz

The song was also sung on M * A * S * H ( Season 10 ) " That's Show Biz ".

* " The Vapors ", a song by Biz Markie

His 1968 song " You Got What I Need " was sampled for the 1989 Biz Markie hit, " Just a Friend ".

Robinson was then signed with Dr. Dre's Aftermath Records, and gave guest vocals on The Firm's hit song " Firm Biz " which sampled Teena Marie's classic single " Square Biz.

* The 1957 cartoon short Show Biz Bugs has Daffy Duck performing a tap-dance number to the song.

He would co write the song called the Syndicate that was on Ice-T Power album, and the summer of 88 he would tour with Ice on the dope jam tour that included big name artist Eric B & Rakim, Kool Moe Dee, KRS ONE & Biz Markie.

The album also featured the underground hit singles " Nobody Beats The Biz ", " The Vapors " and " Pickin ' Boogers ".

* Asia Biz Forecast-hosted by Yuko Fukushima ; a program using an extensive network of reporters and correspondents from across the region, this fast-paced, magazine-style program presents the latest in Asia business news and trends.

His third studio album I Need a Haircut was released on August 27, 1991, on Cold Chillin '/ Warner Bros. Records and was produced by Biz Markie and his cousin Cool V. Sales of the album were already low when Markie was served a lawsuit by Gilbert O ' Sullivan, who claimed that the album's Alone Again featured an unauthorized sample from his hit " Alone Again ( Naturally )".

Biz responded in 1993 with the mischievously titled All Samples Cleared !, but his career had been hurt by the publicity emanating from the lawsuit, and the record suffered accordingly.

In 2005, Biz detoured from his recording duties to appear on the first season of the television show Celebrity Fit Club which challenged celebrities to lose weight by a combination of diet and exercise.

The show's traditional reliance on the character-driven sketches featuring Damon and Keenen gave way to an increasing reliance upon walk-on cameos and guest appearances, including Nick Bakay, Barry Bonds, James Brown, Rodney Dangerfield, Bret Hart, Sherman Hemsley, Biz Markie, Peter Marshall, Ed O ' Neill, Chris Rock, Macho Man Randy Savage, Tupac Shakur, and players from the National Basketball Association.

Dawn, Apache, Joe Budden, Outlawz, Outsidaz, Artifacts, K-Def, Akon, Johny Law, Faith Evans, Chino XL, Treach, Lords of the Underground, Jus Allah, YZ, Poor Righteous Teachers, Lakim Shabazz, Tony D, Rottin Razkals, Biz Markie, Wyclef Jean, Rah Digga and Miilkbone ( from Perth Amboy, New Jersey )

He was also part of the line of action figures called the DC Comics SuperHeroes from Toy Biz.

Since 2010, however, the area has seen an influx of new businesses and now boasts a bar ( in the old Chicago Rock Cafe ), burger cafe, Fishy Biz fish and chip cafe ( in the former KFC branch ) and 10 pin bowling alley ( 1st Bowl have taken over from Lakeside Bowling ).

Pioneers such as Doug E. Fresh, Biz Markie and Buffy from the Fat Boys made beats, rhythm, and musical sounds using their mouth, lips, tongue, voice, and other body parts.

Pioneers such as Doug E. Fresh, Biz Markie and Buffy from the Fat Boys made beats, rhythm, and musical sounds using their mouth, lips, tongue, voice, and other body parts.

Excavations of Gharbal Biz remaining from the Achaemenid period are another example of the antiquity of Yazd.

" Also included in this dazzling opening number is yet another optimistic view of life in Show Biz – " Big Time " from the 1974 hit Mack and Mabel – originally starring Robert Preston and Bernadette Peters.

Biz District, which was thought to raise parking meter rates from 75 cents, to as much as $ 2. 50 an hour.

Over the course of its run, Fastlane featured cameos and guest appearances from several known figures, including Limp Bizkit's Fred Durst, Dale Earnhardt, Jr., Mischa Barton, Jenny McCarthy, Krista Allen, Jake Busey, Bokeem Woodbine, Hudson Leick, Jaime Pressly, George Hamilton, Eric Mabius, Michelle Forbes, Navi Rawat, Iggy Pop, Naomi Campbell, Tommy Lee, Terrence Howard, Isaac Hayes, the Red Elvises, Tatyana Ali, Paul Gleason, Antonio Fargas, Biz Markie, Kurupt, Treach and Ali Landry.

Ill Communication was co-produced by Beastie Boys and Mario C. Featuring musical contributions from Money Mark, Eric Bobo and Amery " AWOL " Smith, vocal contributions from Q-Tip and Biz Markie.

* Extracts used with full permission from Jodhpur. Biz.

In late 2006, Williams co-founded Obvious Corp. with Biz Stone and other former Odeo employees to acquire all previous properties from Odeo's former backers.

In addition to the above, the channel has also recruited Philip Yin of Bloomberg Television and Mike Walter from USA Today for its Biz Asia America and The Heat shows respectively.

* Gore and McGrath acquire Live Nation Legit Theater Biz from the NY Times

He released his debut album, Goin ' Off in 1988, which attracted a fair amount of attention, largely due to the lead single, " Make the Music With Your Mouth, Biz ".

The album ended with an old school Biz Markie collaboration called " Stone Age ".

The album was written and recorded in rushed sessions between live concerts and produced two Billboard Hot 100 hits, " Show Biz Kids " and " My Old School ".

The album features guest vocalists, including Biz Markie, Sway, Ugly Duckling and MC Paul Barman.

After re-emerging in 1994 with their response ( an EP entitled Phuck the Biz ), the duo recorded a third album, Black Men United for Pulse 8 in 1995.

The band's third studio album, We're in the Music Biz, was released through President in 2008, and was again produced by Chris Corner.

We're in the Music Biz seems to have an innocent looking album cover, with the girls wearing shirts and ties, but in fact, they are topless and the ' clothes ' are simply body paint.

Following the release of the second album, Thes One began to coordinate strings of successful world tours for PUTS culminating in performances at the UK ’ s famous Glastonbury Festival in 2001 alongside Kelis, and successful shows at the Reading, Leeds ,, and infamous Essential festival in London, where the group was joined with Biz Markie, Ice-T, Jeru, Masta Ace and De La Soul on the final Sunday of the festival.

One of his Shorty's pro models was of his album MuskaBeatz which had 12 recordings of artists including Biz Markie.

Following the release of the second album, Thes One began to coordinate strings of successful world tours for PUTS culminating in performances at the UK ’ s famous Glastonbury Festival in 2001 alongside Kelis and successful shows at the Reading, Leeds and infamous Essentials festival in London where the group was joined with Biz Markie, Ice-T, Jeru, Masta Ace and De La Soul on the final Sunday of the festival.