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The rumors clouding the peculiar Biz Markie (born Marcel Hall) run rampant. Some claim he's got a speech impediment. Others say he suffers from asthma. Some even have gone as far as saying he's mentally retarded.
Simply so, does Biz Markie have a lisp?
biz doesn't lisp though, he's just re-tar-ded like that. q-tip sounds like he sucked on helium. Eminem sounds like he mics his nose, not his mouth.
Considering this, what does Biz Markie mean?
Born Marcel Hall in Harlem USA, Biz Markie stepped onto the scene in 1985, at age fourteen, as the beat box backup for Roxanne Shanté of the “Juice Crew.” He then adopted his alias–“Biz” a name his mother used to call him because he was such a busybody and “Markie,” short for Marcel, was his neighborhood nickname.
Biz Markie currently lives in Howard County, Maryland, and has helped support County Executive Ken Ulman during his fundraisers. Markie has been called "the Clown Prince of Hip Hop."