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ALBUMRide (Sped Up) - SingleSir Mix-A-Lot
Albums by Sir Mix-A-Lot
ALBUMTill Da Sun Comes UpSir Mix-A-Lot
ALBUMReturn of the BumpasaurusSir Mix-A-Lot
ALBUMChief Boot KnockaSir Mix-A-Lot
ALBUMMack DaddySir Mix-A-Lot
ALBUMSeminarSir Mix-A-Lot
ALBUMSwassSir Mix-A-Lot
Sir Mix-A-Lot's Popular Music Videos
Baby Got Back
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Posse On Broadway
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My Hooptie
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Iron Man
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Ride
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Beepers
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Artist Playlists
Sir Mix-A-Lot Essentials
The “Baby Got Back” rapper is the master of uptempo classics.
Artist Biography
Seattle hip-hop pioneer Sir Mix-A-Lot secured his place in music history with the 1992 booty-worshipping novelty smash “Baby Got Back.”
• After graduating high school in the early ’80s, Sir Mix-A-Lot began DJing at local parties and became a mainstay at the Rainier Vista Boys and Girls Club.
• In 1983, he joined forces with fellow rapper Nasty Nes and local businessman Ed Locke to launch the label NastyMix.
• Sir Mix-A-Lot’s 1988 debut album, Swass, yielded the minor hit “Posse on Broadway” and went platinum in 1990.
• In 1991, Sir Mix-A-Lot signed to Rick Rubin’s Def American Recordings. The following year, he dropped “Baby Got Back,” off his major-label debut album, Mack Daddy. Thanks in part to its bootylicious music video, the single spent five weeks atop the Billboard Hot 100 and won a Grammy for Best Rap Solo Performance.
• He took a six-year hiatus after 1996's Return of the Bumpasaurus but returned in 2003 with Daddy's Home.
• “Baby Got Back” reentered the cultural discourse in 2014, when Nicki Minaj sampled the song for her single “Anaconda,” which earned a Grammy nomination and peaked at No. 2 on the Hot 100.
Hometown
Auburn, WA, United States
Genre
Hip-Hop/Rap