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Young MC
Young MC at the 1990 Grammy Awards.
Background information
Birth name	Marvin Young
Born	10 May 1967 (1967-05-10) (age 40)
Occupation(s)	Rapper

Young MC (born 10 May 1967) is an American rapper known for his 1989 hit, "Bust a Move", which won the second and last-ever Grammy Award for "Best Rap Recording" at the 1990 Grammy Awards. His debut album, Stone Cold Rhymin', is generally seen as a brilliant pop rap album. It was re-issued by Rhino Records and originally recorded on the Delicious Vinyl record label. The newest proponent of Hip House music.

Contents 1 Biography 1.1 Early life 1.2 Music career 1.3 Cultural references 1.4 Recent times 2 Discography 2.1 Albums 2.2 Singles

Young was born Marvin Young in South Wimbledon, London, England, and 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.

In addition to producing the hit "Bust a Move," (bass-line provided by Red Hot Chili Peppers' Flea and lead vocals sung by Stevie Wonder's studio background vocalist Crystal Blake, not Diana Ross as many have speculated). Young MC 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. The first single from the album, “That’s the Way Love Goes,” received some play on MTV, but very little radio airplay. The song failed to be a hit, and signaled that Young MC had drifted out of favor with the ever-changing music scene. Despite that, Young MC continued to record albums into the new millennium. His later albums favor East Coast Rap, West Coast Rap and conscious minded Hip Hop instead of the Crunk and Southern Rap that were popular during the early-mid 2000s.

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.

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• 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".
• "Bust a Move" is the track which accompanies John Candy's meandering through a High School Party in the 1989 film Uncle Buck.
• "Bust a Move" is the track which accompanies the beginning of the closing credits of 2006 film You, Me and Dupree. It is also the first song played in a trailer of the film Norbit.
• "Bust a Move" was ranked #85 on VH1's 100 Greatest One-hit Wonders.
• "Bust A Move" was sampled for an advertisement campaign Old Navy Tunicks. MC Lyte rapped the ad's theme song called, Bust A Tunick.
• “Stress Test” was featured in the movie Crossover as well as the trailer for Four Brothers.
• “Get Your Boogie On” was used in the trailer for the animated film Barnyard.
• “Feel The Love” was in both the television shows Entourage and Wonderfalls.
• “Rollin’” was featured in the national Burger King “Open All Night” campaign.
• William Shatner performed "Bust a Move" in an ad for Priceline, in the spoken-word style for which he is well known.
• Jesse and Chester perform a music video for Bust A Move in the hit film Dude, Where's My Car?
• In an episode of Scrubs, "My Conventional Wisdom," Turk and J.D. meet Old MC, the foremost Young MC impersonator, who can literally only say the phrase "Bust a move!" i.e.

J.D.: You're awesome, man! What're you drinking? We'll buy you one.

Old MC: Bust a move!

• In another episode of Scrubs, during a flashback moment "On & Poppin" can be heard playing in the background of JD & Turk's room.
• "Bust A Move" was the song played during the Freestyle dance routine, by Apolo Anton Ohno on the 4th season of Dancing with the Stars
• "Bust A Move" was ranked #37 on MuchMoreMusic's 50 Guilty Pleasures.
• "Bust A Move" was the closing song which the cast danced to in the movie "The Third Wheel"

Young currently lives in Arizona and still does concerts. One of the most recent high profile concerts Young MC was a part of was WKTU New York's Beatstock in mid 2006.

In 2007, Young MC completed his latest album entitled Adrenaline Flow. Songs from the album will be submitted to movies, TV shows, commercials, video games, and other alternative outlets for licensing.

Album Information
Stone Cold Rhymin' Released: 1989 Chart Positions: #9 US, #8 R&B/Hip-Hop Last RIAA certification: Platinum Singles: "Bust A Move", "Principle's Office", "I Come Off"
Brainstorm Released: August 5, 1991 Chart Positions: #66 US, #61 Top Hip Hop/R&B Last RIAA certification: Gold Singles: "That's the Way Love Goes"
What's the Flavor? Released: June 7, 1993 Chart Positions: N/A Last RIAA certification: Gold Singles: "What's the Flavor?", "Keep In Your Arms"
Return of the 1 Hit Wonder Released: June 2, 1997 Chart Positions: N/A Last RIAA certification: N/A Singles: "Madame Buttafly", "On & Poppin'"
Ain't Goin' Out Like That Released: October 24, 2000 Chart Positions: #85 Top R&B/Hip-Hop Last RIAA certification: Gold Singles: "Ain't Goin' Out Like That", "After Dark"
Engage the Enzyme Released: August 6, 2002 Chart Positions: N/A Last RIAA certification: N/A Singles: "Heatseeker", "Crucial"

• 1989 "Bust a Move" feat. Crystal Blake US #7
• 1989 "Principal's Office" US #33
• 1990 "I Come Off" US #75
• 1991 "That's the Way Love Goes" US #54
• 1997 "Madame Buttafly"
• 1997 "On & Poppin'"
• 2000 "Ain't Goin' Out Like That"
• 2002 "Heatseeker"Delicious Vinyl artists