BIZ MARKIE - R.I.P. 07/16/2021

Just A Friend hit #9 on the Billboard Hot 100 Singles in 1989

The back of the card reads: 

Born Marcel Hall in Harlem, Biz Markie is very much his own creation, combining elements of the street urchin and the grand medicine show tradition. With his gift of rap gab and ability to rock the house with comic rhymes over a funky beat, he mixes his experience of having literally lived on the street with a feel for truth and reality.