History Music / SirMixALot

Anthony Ray (1963-), better known by his stage name '''Sir Mix-a-Lot''', is a rapper, record producer and [[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking electronics store owner]]. Repping for Seattle, Washington, Mix-A-Lot is notably the first rapper to achieve mainstream success who didn't come out of a costal state (he was Seattles's only mainstream rapper until Music/{{Macklemore}} came along), and for rapping about non-violent subjects in the midst of the rise of violent, gritty gangsta rap. He had several underground hits in the late 80s and early 90s before achieving worldwide fame from his [[OneHitWonder lone]] 1992 hit "Baby Got Back," ''[[UrExample the]]'' [[StuffyOldSongsAboutTheButtocks stuffy old song about the buttocks]].

Anthony Ray (1963-), better known by his stage name '''Sir Mix-a-Lot''', is a rapper, record producer and [[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking electronics store owner]]. Repping for Seattle, Washington, Mix-A-Lot is notably the first rapper to achieve mainstream success who didn't come out of a costal state, and for rapping about non-violent subjects in the midst of the rise of violent, gritty gangsta rap. He had several underground hits in the late 80s and early 90s before achieving worldwide fame from his [[OneHitWonder lone]] 1992 hit "Baby Got Back," ''[[UrExample the]]'' [[StuffyOldSongsAboutTheButtocks stuffy old song about the buttocks]].

* UsefulNotes/{{Homophobia}}: Although "Baby Got Back" was very popular of the gay community, most fans were horrified to hear Mix-A-Lot shouting "Punk ass, cake, faggot ass nigga!" in "Seatle Ain't Bullshittin'".

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Anthony Ray (1963-), better known by his stage name '''Sir Mix-a-Lot''', is most famous for the OneHitWonder song "Baby Got Back". He's also a record producer, and has done a number of other songs. He's notable because, unlike most other rappers from the era, he's not associated with the violence that often plagues gangsta rappers.

* {{Homophobia}}: Although "Baby Got Back" was very popular of the gay community, most fans were horrified to hear Mix-A-Lot shouting "Punk ass, cake, faggot ass nigga!" in "Seatle Ain't Bullshittin'".

!! "My anaconda don't want none unless you got tropes hun!":

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[[caption-width-right:320:It's what he likes.]]

->''"'She’s…she’s beautiful! Little in the middle, but with an ample derrière!' his anaconda whispers (by the way, I’m picturing his dick as a sock puppet). 'What a vision!' anaconda cries. 'An LA face, as well as an Oakland booty! We must compose a ballad about this gorgeous creature! Quickly, Sir Mix-a-Lot! Grab a pen!'"''

* StuffyOldSongsAboutTheButtocks: Take a guess.

!!! "My anaconda don't want none unless you got tropes hun!":

* OneHitWonder: "Baby Got Back" topped the Billboard charts and made him a household name, but he also had a couple underground hits before that: "Posse On Broadway" and "My Hooptie".

* WTHCostumingDepartment: In interviews about the song, he's snarked pretty heavily about his outfit in the "Baby Got Back" video, saying that a somewhat heavyset black man in a dark brown suit, standing in the middle of a giant fake ass looks really, '''really''' wrong.

* ClipShow: [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wPcapo5ZB_o A version of the song made up of 295 movie clips]].

* ClusterFBomb: "Seattle Ain't Bullshittin'", a shockingly profane track.

!!! "Sir Trope-A-Lot":

Anthony Ray (1963-), better known by his stage name '''Sir Mix-a-Lot''', is most famous for the OneHitWonder song "Baby Got Back". He's also a record producer, and has done a number of other songs. He's notable because, unlike most other rappers from the era, he's not associated with the violence that often plagues gangster rappers.

* BodyMotif: Guess what "Baby Got Back" is about.

Her boyfriend's illin', he went to slap her face\\

* HiddenDepths: It should be noted that Mix has actually done quite a few ''conscious rap'' songs.

** "[[JaneFonda Fonda]] ain't got a motor in the back of her [[UnusualEuphemism Honda]]."

** DirtyCop: "One Time's Got No Case"