Sir Mix-A-Lot
Known for the hit "Baby Got Back " (1992), Sir Mix-A-Lot (born Anthony Ray in
1963) developed his career at the turn of the 1990s, recording a handful of
representative West Coast rap albums on Rick Rubin's Def Jam label. A leading
exponent of party rap as a precursor to pop rap, this Seattle native followed
the hip-hop movement by hosting a radio show and honing his skills on the
million-selling 1988 album Swass . What followed was just as popular, with
chart-topping tracks and platinum-selling albums. His chart-topper Mack Daddy
(number one in 1992) won a Grammy Award. After Ch...
