Young MC is best known for his 1989 hit "Bust a Move".
24 Facts About Young MC
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Young MC has appeared in film in acting roles and cameo appearances and has appeared in several television programs.
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Young MC left the United Kingdom at the age of three and later moved to Queens, New York, when he was eight years old.
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Young MC attended Hunter College High School in the Upper East Side of Manhattan.
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Young MC went on to earn a degree in economics from the University of Southern California.
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Young MC rapped over the phone for Ross and Dike, who ended up delivering a record contract to his USC dorm room.
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In 1989, Young MC collaborated with Tone Loc on the songs "Wild Thing" and "Funky Cold Medina".
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Young MC gained fame with the release of his single "Bust a Move", which reached No 7 on the Billboard Hot 100 and won a Grammy for Best Rap Performance.
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Young MC signed with Capitol Records and released his second album, Brainstorm, in 1991.
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In 1997, Young MC released his fourth album, Return of the 1 Hit Wonder, on the independent label Overall Records.
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In 2000, Young MC released his fifth album, Ain't Goin' Out Like That, on his own record label Young MC Man Moving Records.
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In 2001, Young MC contributed a song "Deck the Halls" he co-wrote with Kevin Irving, to Disney's TV movie, 'Twas the Night.
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Young MC was joined by Rev Run of Run-DMC, DJ Quik, Jermaine Dupri, Da Brat, B-Real of Cypress Hill, Xzibit, and Nate Dogg.
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Young MC went on to win the celebrity contest, beating Xzibit in the final round.
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In December 2004, Young MC travelled to Vancouver to film The Zero Sum.
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Young MC teamed up with Baltimore rapper KNOXX to record "Brotherly Love", the theme song from the film.
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In September 2005, Young MC was cast in the VH1 reality show Celebrity Fit Club 3.
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Young MC won the competition, losing more weight than anybody else.
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Young MC made an appearance in a special episode of The Best Damn Sports Show Period which featured "The Top 50 Sports Moments of the 80's".
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Young MC crafted lyrics and performed a sports-themed rap song alongside KRS-One and Kool Moe Dee.
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Young MC spent 2007 creating his seventh album, Adrenaline Flow, which was released in 2008.
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Immediately following Adrenaline Flow, Young MC released an online-only album, B-Sides, Demos and Remixes, compiled from unreleased, remixed and re-recorded tracks.
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Later that year, Young MC landed a cameo role in the Jason Reitman film Up in the Air starring George Clooney.
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Young MC played himself, performing at a software convention which was crashed by Clooney's character and those of his two female co-stars, Anna Kendrick and Vera Farmiga.