- Big Boy (radio host)
Big Boy is a radio host currently heard on
Los Angeles hip hop/R&B stationKPWR (Power 106 ) andTijuana, Baja California ,Mexico 's Z90.3 every morning between 5 am and 10 am and hip hop/Rap station 106.7 Jamz out ofMadison, Wisconsin in the mornings from 5 to 9 [www.madtownjamz.com] . His stage name derives from his former large mass, which he modified throughduodenal switch surgery in 2003 and the successive loss the next year of over 250 pounds."Big Boy" was born in
Chicago , but moved toLos Angeles at age 2. After becoming acquainted with the music industry while DJ-ingCulver City High School parties, Big Boy soon became a bodyguard for the music groupPharcyde . Big Boy was friends with theBaka Boyz , the morning show hosts atPower 106 . Always being a funny personality, in 1994 Big Boy was offered a hosting position with the station, and soon proved successful in nighttime and afternoon hosting spots. He is also a part of "Big Boy's Neighborhood in the Morning" on 106.7 Jamz [www.madtownjamz.com] .Big Boy's image became well known throughout the
Greater Los Angeles Area in the late 1990s and early 2000s, when Power 106 placed his nearly-nude 500-plus pound image onto billboards throughout the area.fact|date=July 2008Big Boy has been named
Personality of the Year four times by theRadio Music Awards fact|date=July 2008 and three times byRadio and Records magazine. TheNational Association of Broadcasters awarded him theMarconi Award in 2002 and 2004.He has made cameo appearances in movies such as "
Malibu's Most Wanted "Thte Players Club and "Charlie's Angels 2 ", and co-starred in "".fact|date=July 2008Fox television signed Big Boy to co-star in the police drama "Fastlane" in the fall of 2002.fact|date=July 2008 He has appeared numerous times on the hit HBO "Entourage" TV series.fact|date=July 2008 Big Boy is in the development process for his own network sitcom and hosts his syndicated weekend show formerly called "Big Boy's Hip Hop Spot." He has performed on-air voice-overs onMTV 's reality game show "Yo Momma ".fact|date=July 2008On
May 24 ,2006 ,Big Boy's Neighborhood Morning Show began national syndication. [http://www.radioandrecords.com/Newsroom/2006_05_24/bigboys.asp] This replaced "Big Tigger " and Egypt, who in turn, replaced the Star & Bucwild Morning Show based out ofNew York City hip hop station,WWPR-FM "Power 105.1 FM." Star was fired from theClear Channel -owned station due to threats made against the welfare of the family of rival DJ Envy ofWQHT "Hot 97" (KPWR's sister station), of which he would later be charged.On October 7th, 2006, the DJ proposed to his girlfriend on stage during
Mariah Carey 'sThe Adventures of Mimi Tour at Staples Center, LA. Their first child, a boy, was born on February 22, 2007. Big Boy married on June 28, 2008.He was featured on the second episode of the
VH1 reality series, "I Love New York", hosting the "I Love New York Mangeant".fact|date=July 2008On
August 6 ,2007 , Big Boy signed a multi-year deal with ABC Radio Networks to syndicate the show, and his weekend show Big Boy's Hip Hop Spot. The show launched nationally on August 20 and is also now called Big Boy's Neighborhood. fact|date=July 2008References
External links
* [http://www.radiobigboy.com Big Boy's Hip Hop Spot]
* [http://www.radioandrecords.com/Newsroom/2006_05_24/bigboys.asp Big Boy's Neighborhood Heads East]
* [http://www.radiobigboy.com/page1.php Radio Big Boy: Big Boy Biography]
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