The Fat Boys, an American hip-hop trio from Brooklyn, New York, were originally known as The Disco 3 and consisted of Mark "Prince Markie Dee" Morales, Damon "Kool Rock-Ski" Wimbley, and Darren "Buff Love" Robinson. In 1983, they won a talent contest with their song "Stick' Em" and signed a recording contract under the name The Fat Boys. Their debut album, Fat Boys, was released in 1984 and featured the hit single "Jail House Rap". The group is widely known for using beatboxing in their songs, with Darren "The Human Beat Box" Robinson pioneering this technique. Their second album, The Fat Boys Are Back emerged in 1985, went to number 11, and they followed this success with Big & Beautiful (1986) and Crushin (1987) the latter which went platinum thanks to a re-recorded version of the song "Wipeout" featuring the Beach Boys. Their fifth studio album, Coming Back Hard Again' (1987), also achieved significant success due to the hit single "The Twist (Yo, Twist)", recorded with Chubby Checker. The group starred in three feature films: Krush Groove (1985), Knights of the City (1986), and Disorderlies (1987). The Fat Boys released seven studio albums, four of which went Gold by RIAA. Darren "Buff Love" Robinson passed away on December 10, 1995, and Mark Morales, also known as "Prince Markie Dee," died on February 18, 2021.
