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{{Short description|American rapper (born 1963)}}
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{{Infobox musical artist
| name              = Sir Mix-a-Lot
| image             = SirMixaLotDec06.jpg
| caption           = Sir Mix-a-Lot in December 2006
| background        = solo_singer
| birth_name        = Anthony L. Ray
| alias             = Bumpasaurus, Prime Minista
| birth_date        = {{birth date and age|1963|8|12}}
| birth_place       = [[Auburn, Washington]], U.S.
| origin            = [[Seattle]], [[Washington (state)|Washington]], U.S.
| genre             = {{hlist|[[hip hop music|Hip hop]]|[[electro-funk]]<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.avclub.com/sir-mix-a-lot-1798208275 |title= Sir Mix-A-Lot |last=Rabin |first=Nathan |date=July 16, 2003  |publisher=A.V. Club |access-date=June 16, 2021 }}</ref>}}
| occupation        = {{flatlist|
* Rapper
* songwriter
* record producer
}}
| years_active      = 1981–present<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1992-07-19-ca-4712-story.html|title=Sir Mix-A-Lot Says His Critics Have Got His Message Backward|date=19 July 1992|newspaper=[[Los Angeles Times]]|access-date=9 January 2022}}</ref>
| label             = {{flatlist|
* Nastymix
* Ichiban
* [[American Recordings (record label)|American]]
* Artist Direct
* [[Bertelsmann Music Group|BMG]]
}}
| associated_acts   = [[Rick Rubin]]
| website           = {{URL|sirmixalot.com}}
}}
'''Anthony L. Ray''' (born August 12, 1963), better known by his stage name '''Sir Mix-a-Lot''' or his [[Citizens band radio|CB]] [[List of CB slang|handle]] '''Prime Minista''', is an American rapper. He is best known for his 1992 hit song "[[Baby Got Back]]", which peaked at number one on the [[Billboard Hot 100|''Billboard'' Hot 100]].
==Early life==
Anthony Ray was born on August 12, 1963, in [[Auburn, Washington]], and grew up in [[Central District, Seattle|Seattle's Central District]]. In Ray's youth, his mother worked as a licensed practical nurse at the King County Jail. Ray was a fan of [[hip hop]] and started rapping in the early 1980s.<ref>{{cite web| url=http://www.mtv.com/artists/sir-mix-a-lot/biography/| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121013062848/http://www.mtv.com/artists/sir-mix-a-lot/biography/| url-status=dead| archive-date=October 13, 2012| title=Sir Mix-a-Lot Biography|website=Mtv.com| access-date=July 13, 2015}}</ref>
While living in the Bryant Manor apartments on 19th Ave and East Yesler Way, Anthony Ray started school at [[Roosevelt High School (Seattle)|Roosevelt High School]], near the University District, when the Seattle Public School District was in the throes of what would be a 21-year experiment to integrate the school system; [[Guns N' Roses]] member [[Duff McKagan]] and actress [[Rose McGowan]] also went there. Students were bused from their neighborhoods to schools at the other end of the city. From 1978 to 1999, when the busing program was in operation, minorities carried the burden of busing, going from the South End and the Central Area to predominantly white schools in the North End.<ref name="Busing Blues">{{cite web| url= http://kuow.org/post/busing-blues-when-seattle-sent-black-kids-white-north-end| title=Busing Blues|website=Kuow.org| access-date=January 2, 2018}}</ref>
Ray said he knew that some North End residents did not want black children bused into their neighborhoods. But for him, the experience offered respite from the projects. "I've heard things like, 'Forced integration is not good,' 'I want my kid to be able to go to school in our community; that's why we moved here' – all those things I totally understand," he said. "But from my perspective, I didn't have the luxury of living in a neighborhood where a good school was. We didn't make that kind of money. So from my perspective, it was the best thing that could have happened to me."<ref name="Busing Blues"/> A music teacher at Eckstein Middle School introduced Ray to the possibility of a music career.
Ray was interested in electronics and CB radio from a young age. One of his early jobs was working at a pinball arcade servicing machines, and during that time he started to fix keyboards and other musical equipment. He still works with electronics as a hobby.<ref>{{cite podcast |host=Bomani Jones|title=Sir Mix-A-Lot|website=ESPN|publisher=[[ESPN Radio]]|date=19 August 2018|time=12:24 |url=http://www.espn.com/espnradio/play/_/id/23862570 |access-date=19 August 2018}}</ref>
==Career==
===1980s===
Soon after high school, he began DJing parties at local community centers.<ref>{{cite web| url=https://www.thestranger.com/seattle/Content?oid=50163| title=Going Way Back A Brief History of 206 Hiphop|website=Thestranger.com| access-date=January 2, 2018}}</ref> By 1983, Sir Mix-a-Lot had begun playing weekends regularly at the Rainier Vista Boys and Girls Club in South Seattle. Soon he moved locations and started hosting his parties at the Rotary Boys and Girls Club in the Central District.  It was there that he met 'Nasty' Nes Rodriguez, a local radio DJ and host of Fresh Tracks, the West Coast's first rap radio show on Seattle station [[KKDZ|KKFX]] (K-Fox).<ref>{{cite web| url=http://www.blackpast.org/aaw/sir-mix-lot-ray-anthony-1963| title=Sir Mix-A-Lot / Ray, Anthony|website=Blackpast.org| date=28 October 2013| access-date=January 2, 2018}}</ref>
Sir Mix-a-Lot partnered with Nasty Nes and local businessman Ed Locke to found the Nastymix record label in 1983.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Blecha |first1=Peter |author-link=Peter Blecha|title=Nastymix Records' party marks Gold Record awarded to Sir Mix-a-Lot's SWASS album on April 29, 1989 |url=https://www.historylink.org/File/9793 |website=Historylink.org |access-date=1 April 2019}}</ref> The first song to gain popularity outside of Seattle was "Square Dance Rap" in 1986. Mix-a-Lot had originally decided to rap the entire song slowly, then speed it up and increase its pitch in post production, Mix later told ''Seattle Refined'' in 2018 that "I didn't want to rap, that's why I use this weird Smurf voice".<ref>{{cite web |last1=Karlinsky |first1=Malia |title=Rapping with the King of Old School: Seattle's own Sir Mix-A-Lot |url=http://seattlerefined.com/lifestyle/rapping-with-the-king-of-old-school-aka-seattles-sir-mix-a-lot |website=Seattle Refined |publisher=Sinclair Broadcast Group |access-date=1 April 2019 |date=20 September 2018}}</ref> After the song was picked up by DJs in clubs nationwide, he toured Florida, New York, and other states. While in Arizona, he noticed a street named Broadway with a restaurant named Dick's, just like Seattle. This gave him the idea to write his next hit, "[[Posse on Broadway]]".<ref>{{cite magazine |last1=Weingarten |first1=Christopher R. |title=Best of '88: How Sir-Mix-A-Lot's 'Posse on Broadway' Put Seattle on Rap's Map |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-features/best-of-88-sir-mix-a-lot-posse-on-broadway-751314/ |magazine=Rolling Stone |access-date=1 April 2019 |date=6 November 2018}}</ref> The title referred to [[Broadway (Seattle)|Broadway]] in Seattle's [[Capitol Hill, Seattle, Washington|Capitol Hill]] district.<ref name="allmusic">{{cite web|last=Huey|first=Steve|title=Sir Mix-A-Lot – Biography|url={{AllMusic|class=artist|id=p96|pure_url=yes}}|website=[[AllMusic]]|year=2003|access-date=2015-03-27}}</ref> Released in 1987, the single made the Top 100 but quickly disappeared, although it remains popular in the Seattle area for its references to many local landmarks.
''[[Swass]]'', Sir Mix-a-Lot's debut album, was released in 1988 with two other singles: "Square-Dance Rap"<ref name="allmusic"/> and "Iron Man", a [[rap metal]] track sampling from the [[Iron Man (song)|song of the same name]] by [[Black Sabbath]]; it was backed by the band [[Metal Church]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.allmusic.com/style/rap-metal-ma0000002817 |title=Rap-Metal |website=[[AllMusic]] |access-date=June 24, 2008 |last=Henderson |first=Alex}}</ref> In 1990, the [[Recording Industry Association of America]] certified ''Swass'' [[platinum record|platinum]].<ref name=RIAA>{{cite web|url=https://www.riaa.com/goldandplatinumdata.php?resultpage=1&table=SEARCH_RESULTS&action=&title=&artist=Sir%20Mix%20a%20Lot&format=&debutLP=&category=&sex=&releaseDate=&requestNo=&type=&level=&label=&company=&certificationDate=&awardDescription=&catalogNo=&aSex=&rec_id=&charField=&gold=&platinum=&multiPlat=&level2=&certDate=&album=&id=&after=&before=&startMonth=1&endMonth=1&startYear=1958&endYear=2009&sort=Artist&perPage=25|title=Gold & Platinum|publisher=RIAA|access-date=2009-03-13}}</ref>
''[[Seminar (album)|Seminar]]'', released in 1989, featured "My Hooptie", "Beepers", "Gortex" and "I Got Game".
===1990s===
In 1991, Sir Mix-a-Lot signed to the [[Def American]] label, which also bought the rights to his first two albums, and released his third album ''[[Mack Daddy]]'' in 1992. The single "[[Baby Got Back]]" was a number one hit that went double platinum<ref name=RIAA/> and won the 1993 [[Grammy Award for Best Rap Solo Performance]].<ref>{{cite web|url= {{AllMusic|class=artist|id=p96|pure_url=yes}}|title=Sir Mix-A-Lot – Charts & Awards – Grammy Awards|website=[[AllMusic]]|access-date=2009-03-13}}</ref> [[MTV]] aired the [[music video]] for the song only after 9 PM because of "many, many, complaints."<ref name="Billboard">{{cite book |last1=Rosen |first1=Craig |last2=Newman |first2=Melinda |title=Billboard |date=Jun 27, 1992 |publisher=Nielsen Business Media, Inc. |page=4 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=wBAEAAAAMBAJ&q=sir+mix-a-lot |access-date=19 August 2018 |language=en}}</ref>
In 1993, Sir Mix-a-Lot collaborated with Seattle-based grunge band [[Mudhoney]] for the song "Freak Momma" on the ''[[Judgment Night (film)|Judgment Night]]'' soundtrack.<ref name="allmusic"/>
In 1994, he released the album ''[[Chief Boot Knocka]]'', which reached #69 on the Billboard 200 and #28 on the Top R&B/Hip-Hop Charts. The album featured the hit single "Put 'Em On The Glass". "Just Da Pimpin' in Me" was nominated for the Grammy Award for Best Rap Solo Performance but lost to "Let Me Ride" by Dr. Dre.
When his 1996 album ''[[Return of the Bumpasaurus]]'' was only given a low label promotion, leading to lackluster sales, Sir Mix-a-Lot left Def American. During the time off, he worked closely with the band [[The Presidents of the United States of America (band)|The Presidents of the United States of America]] under the group name "Subset" with a combination of rock and rap music, but nothing was ever officially released.<ref>{{cite magazine |last1=Horowitz |first1=Steven J. |title=Sir Mix-A-Lot on Nicki Minaj's 'Anaconda,' Booty Fever & New Music |url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/the-juice/6251411/sir-mix-a-lot-on-nicki-minajs-anaconda-booty-fever-new-music |magazine=Billboard |access-date=11 August 2018 |date=September 12, 2014}}</ref>
===2000s===
Sir Mix-a-Lot signed with the [[independent label]] Artist Direct for his 2003 album ''[[Daddy's Home (Sir Mix-a-Lot album)|Daddy's Home]]'' with "Big Johnson" as its lead single.<ref name="allmusic"/><ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1475234/20030801/sir_mix_a_lot.jhtml|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20030806030250/http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1475234/20030801/sir_mix_a_lot.jhtml|url-status=dead|archive-date=August 6, 2003|title=Sir Mix-A-Lot Hoping Baby's Got Comeback|last=Kaufman|first=Gil|date=2003-08-01|publisher=MTV News|access-date=2009-03-13}}</ref> The next year, he released a DVD entitled "Shhhh... Don't Tell 'Em That" to promote the album.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.oldies.com/product-view/7515JD.html|title=Shhhh… Don't Tell 'Em That|website=Oldies.com|access-date=27 June 2021}}</ref>
===2010s===
In 2010, Sir Mix-a-Lot announced his next album, ''Dun 4got About Mix''. The lead single "Carz" was released to YouTube on 23 Nov 2010. By June 2011, the video had had over a million views, although no release date for the album has been set as of 2023.<ref name=RIAA/> In the same year, his ''F.U.B.a.R. Remix'' for the song ''Conditions Of My Parole'' appeared on [[Puscifer]]'s remix album ''[[All Re-Mixed Up]]''.<ref name=spin_puscifer_remix>{{cite web|last=Martins|first=Chris|title=Sir Mix-a-Lot's Puscifer Remix Laces 'Conditions of My Parole' With Noisy Wubs|url=https://www.spin.com/2013/07/puscifer-sir-mix-a-lot-conditions-of-my-parole-remix-fubar/|work=SPIN|date=18 July 2013 |access-date=2 March 2014}}</ref>
[[File:Winter Classic - Vegas Golden Knights at Seattle Kraken - January 1, 2024 - Sir Mix-a-Lot (53438513073).jpg|thumb|Sir Mix-a-lot performing at the [[2024 Winter Classic]] in Seattle.]]
In 2013, Sir Mix-a-Lot produced the album ''Dream'' for the urban rock band [[Ayron Jones and The Way]]. He opened their album release party at Neumos on November 2. That Christmas season, he promoted the [[Washington State Lottery]] over the Christmas season, with advertisements featuring his music appearing on [[Spotify]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.walottery.com/holiday/default.aspx |title=Washington's Lottery - Happy Holidays Lottery |publisher=Walottery.com |access-date=2015-03-27 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150213214942/http://www.walottery.com/holiday/default.aspx |archive-date=2015-02-13 }}</ref>
On June 6, 2014, Sir Mix-a-Lot collaborated and performed with the [[Seattle Symphony]] on a new composition by [[Gabriel Prokofiev]] as part of the symphony's Sonic Evolution series of new orchestral pieces inspired by Seattle's music icons.<ref>{{cite web|last=Cross |first=Charles R. |url=http://seattletimes.com/html/entertainment/2023791569_mixsymphonyreviewxml.html |title=Sir Mix-A-Lot had a lot of fun with Seattle Symphony |publisher=Seattletimes.com |date=2014-06-07 |access-date=2015-03-27}}</ref><ref>{{cite magazine |last=Coleman |first=Miriam |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/sir-mix-a-lot-to-update-baby-got-back-with-seattle-symphony-20140409 |title=Sir Mix-a-Lot to Perform Classical Music Version of 'Baby Got Back' With Seattle Symphony |magazine=Rollingstone.com |date=2014-04-09 |access-date=2015-03-27 |archive-date=2015-04-04 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150404095117/http://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/sir-mix-a-lot-to-update-baby-got-back-with-seattle-symphony-20140409 |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|author=Zak Burns |url=http://mynorthwest.com/11/2494079/Sir-MixALot-hit-gets-the-Seattle-Symphony-treatment |title=Sir Mix-A-Lot hit gets the Seattle Symphony treatment - Local News |publisher=MyNorthwest.com |date=2014-04-10 |access-date=2015-03-27}}</ref>
In 2014, rapper [[Nicki Minaj]] released the single "[[Anaconda (Nicki Minaj song)|Anaconda]]",<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LDZX4ooRsWs | archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211211/LDZX4ooRsWs| archive-date=2021-12-11 | url-status=live|title=Nicki Minaj - Anaconda |publisher=YouTube.com |date=2014-08-19 |access-date=2015-03-27}}{{cbignore}}</ref> which prominently featured samples from "Baby Got Back". Sir Mix-a-Lot praised both the artist and the song, calling it the "new and improved version" of "Baby Got Back".<ref>{{cite web|last=Harling |first=Danielle |url=http://www.hiphopdx.com/index/news/id.30188/title.nicki-minaj-s-anaconda-dubbed-new-improved-baby-got-back-by-sir-mix-a-lot |title=Nicki Minaj's "Anaconda" Dubbed New & Improved "Baby Got Back" By Sir Mix-A-Lot &#124; Get The Latest Hip Hop News, Rap News & Hip Hop Album Sales |publisher=HipHopDX.com |date=2014-08-12 |access-date=2015-03-27}}</ref>
In March 2016, Sir Mix-a-Lot collaborated with TNT and LK on the track and video, "Streets Don't Love Me".<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DKjgK6q1AH0 | archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211211/DKjgK6q1AH0| archive-date=2021-12-11 | url-status=live| title=TNT X Sir Mix-A-Lot X LK - Streets Don't Love Me | publisher=YouTube.com | date=2016-03-18 | access-date=2017-03-23}}{{cbignore}}</ref>
From 2017 to 2019, Sir Mix-a-Lot hosted a morning radio show based in Seattle on Hot 103.7 FM.
He owns multiple residences, including one in Auburn, Washington, where he has continued to maintain a strong presence performing at small festivals across the country.
==Other work==
In 1995, Sir Mix-a-Lot was the regular host of the short-lived UPN anthology drama series ''[[The Watcher (1995 TV series)|The Watcher]]'', in which, in 2000, he was quoted in Vibe magazine as saying "in retrospect, I wish I hadn't done (the show)"<ref name="VIBE">{{cite book |last1=Caramanica |first1=Jon |title=VIBE |date=October 2000 |publisher=Vibe Media Group |page=82 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=yicEAAAAMBAJ&q=sir+mix-a-lot+watcher&pg=PA82 |access-date=19 August 2018 }}{{Dead link|date=February 2023 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>
In 2006, Sir Mix-a-Lot appeared on [[Adult Swim]]'s ''[[Tom Goes to the Mayor]]'' and the [[Treehouse of Horror XVII|17th Treehouse of Horror]] on [[Fox Broadcasting Company|Fox]]'s ''[[The Simpsons]]''. In 2008, he appeared on Adult Swim's ''[[Robot Chicken]]'' singing a song entitled "Table Be Round". It was sung in the style of "Baby Got Back", but was about to King Arthur's creation of the Round Table. He also voiced politician [[Hans Blix]] and singer [[Stevie Wonder]] in the season 3 finale. He appeared in "The Judge" episode of Season 4 of ''[[BoJack Horseman]]'' playing himself.
Sir Mix-a-Lot provides narration and commentary in ''Wheedle's Groove'', a 2009 documentary about the Seattle 1960s and 70s funk and soul scene.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.siff.net/festival/film/detail.aspx?id=41222&FID=166 |title=Wheedle's Groove &#124; 2010 Seattle International Film Festival &#124; Jennifer Maas &#124; USA - Films |publisher=Siff.net |access-date=2012-03-27 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111110000343/http://www.siff.net/festival/film/detail.aspx?id=41222&fid=166 |archive-date=2011-11-10 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
In June 2018, the [[DIY Network]] aired a special called ''Sir Mix-A-Lot's House Remix'', which involved Sir Mix-a-Lot buying and flipping a house in Seattle.<ref>{{cite web |title='Sir Mix-A-Lot's House Remix' Starring The Grammy Award-Winning Rap Artist Premieres On DIY Network June 30 |url=https://corporate.discovery.com/discovery-newsroom/sir-mix-a-lots-house-remix-starring-the-grammy-award-winning-rap-artist-premieres-on-diy-network-june-30/ |website=corporate.discovery.com |publisher=Discovery, Inc. |access-date=19 August 2018}}</ref>
In 2019, he became the spokesperson for [[Cards Against Humanity]]'s "Ass Pack".<ref>{{cite web |title=Cards Against Humanity Presents: Ass Pack + 2000s Nostalgia Pack |url=https://www.ass.lol/ |access-date=5 November 2019}}</ref>
==Discography==
{{Main|Sir Mix-a-Lot discography}}
*''[[Swass]]'' (1988)
*''[[Seminar (album)|Seminar]]'' (1989)
*''[[Mack Daddy]]'' (1992)
*''[[Chief Boot Knocka]]'' (1994)
*''[[Return of the Bumpasaurus]]'' (1996)
*''[[Daddy's Home (Sir Mix-a-Lot album)|Daddy's Home]]'' (2003)
==Awards and nominations==
===[[Grammy Award]]s===
<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.grammy.com/artists/sir-mix-lot/13942/ |title=All GRAMMY Awards and Nominations for Sir Mix-a-Lot  |publisher=Grammy.com |access-date=2023-06-10}}</ref>
{| class="wikitable"
|-
!Year
!Nominated work
!Award
!Result
|-
|align=center|[[Grammy Awards of 1993|1993]]
|"[[Baby Got Back]]"
|Best Rap Solo Performance
|{{won}}
|-
|align=center|[[Grammy Awards of 1994|1994]]
|"Just Da Pimpin' In Me"
|Best Rap Solo Performance
|{{nom}}
|-
|align=center|[[Grammy Awards of 1999|1999]]
|''[[Televoid]]''
|Best Long Form Music Video
|{{nom}}
|}
===[[MTV Video Music Award]]s===
{| class="wikitable"
|-
!Year
!Nominated work
!Award
!Result
|-
|align=center|[[1992 MTV Video Music Awards|1992]]
|"[[Baby Got Back]]"
|Best Rap Video
|{{nom}}
|-
|align=center|[[1992 MTV Video Music Awards|1992]]
|"[[Baby Got Back]]"
|Best Direction in a Video
|{{nom}}
|-
|align=center|[[1993 MTV Video Music Awards|1993]]
|"[[Baby Got Back]]"
|Best Art Direction in a Video
|{{nom}}
|}
===[[American Music Award]]s===
<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.theamas.com/winners-database/?winnerKeyword=sir+mix&winnerYear= |title=Awards for Sir Mix-a-Lot  |publisher=theamas.com |access-date=2023-07-02}}</ref>
{| class="wikitable"
|-
!Year
!Nominated work
!Award
!Result
|-
|align=center|[[American Music Awards of 1993|1993]]
|Sir Mix-a-Lot
|Favorite Rap/Hip-Hop Artist
|{{won}}
|}
===[[Soul Train Music Award]]s===
{| class="wikitable"
|-
!Year
!Nominated work
!Award
!Result
|-
|align=center|[[1993 Soul Train Music Awards|1993]]
|"[[Baby Got Back]]"
|Best R&B/Soul Single – Male
|{{nom}}
|}
==References==
{{Reflist}}
==External links==
{{Wikiquote}}
* {{official website}}{{dead link|date=October 2022}}
* [https://www.instagram.com/therealsirmixalot/ Sir Mix-a-Lot] on [[Instagram]]
* [https://twitter.com/therealmix Sir Mix-a-Lot] on [[Twitter]]
* {{IMDb name|id=0802719|name=Sir Mix-a-Lot}}
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