Young MC

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Young MC (born Marvin Young on 10 May 1967 in London, England) was a rapper most known for his 1989 hit, "Bust a Move", which won the first-ever Grammy Award for Best Rap Recording. His debut album, Stone Cold Rhymin, is generally seen as a brilliant pop-rap album. It was re-issued by Rhino Records.

Young was born in London, but was raised in Queens, New York. After graduating from Hunter College High School in New York City, he moved to the opposite coast to attend the University of Southern California. He graduated in 1989 with a bachelor's degree in economics, which he received before Stone Cold Rhymin completed production.

As well as producing the hit "Bust a Move," he was also an accomplished songwriter, having co-written the hits "Wild Thing" and "Funky Cold Medina" for Tone Loc. In 1990, he appeared in several Taco Bell and Pepsi commercials.

Even though his follow-up to "Bust a Move," "Principal's Office," did not become a huge hit, it was still nominated for Best Rap Video at the 1990 MTV Video Music Awards.

Young's follow-up album, Brainstorm, began his fade into obscurity. His first single off the album, "That's The Way Love Goes", received some play from MTV, but very little radio airplay. The song failed to be a hit, and signalled that Young MC had drifted out of favor with the music scene. His follow-up albums were lower production efforts, and failed to regenerate the earlier buzz.

Young MC was briefly featured on the 2002 VH1 program 100 Greatest One-Hit Wonders. In 2002, he also appeared on the hip hop edition of The Weakest Link, of which he was the winner. He returned to the spotlight in 2006 by appearing on VH1's Celebrity Fit Club 3.

Richard Cheese and Lounge Against the Machine turned "Bust a Move" into a swingin' Lounge style on their 2006 album "The Sunny Side of the Moon: The Best of Richard Cheese".

Young currently lives in Arizona.