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Anthony Lawson Jude Ifeanyichukwu Obiawunaotu〔Serrano, Shea. "(The Happy Rapper )" ((Archive )). ''Texas Monthly''. June 2013. Retrieved on August 18, 2015.〕 or Anthony Jude Obi (born March 24,〔Rhodes, Dusti. "Apostle of Hustle." ''Houston Press''. Wednesday January 13, 2010. (2 ). Retrieved on December 20, 2010.〕 1988), better known by his stage name Fat Tony, is a Nigerian-American rapper from Houston, Texas. Fat Tony won the 2008, 2009, 2010, and 2013 ''Houston Press'' Music Awards' Best Underground Hip Hop award,〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Fat Tony's 2013 Houston Press Music Award )〕〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=2009 Houston Press Music Award Winners )〕〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=2008 Houston Press Music Awards Recipients List )〕 and has been recognized in ''URB'''s "Next 1000", a list of emerging new artists anticipated to breakthrough.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Urb Magazine :: Next 1000 :: Fat Tony )〕 In 2008 Fat Tony participated in a charity concert to raise money for prevention and treatment of HIV.〔Kever, Jeannie. "(One dream, several lives )." ''Houston Chronicle''. December 19, 2008. Retrieved on November 13, 2010. "I definitely don't say 'yes' to everything," said Anthony Obi, a rapper known as Fat Tony. "But some things deserve special consideration."〕 ==Career== Fat Tony's debut album ''RABDARGAB'' was released October 19, 2010 and featured production entirely from Tom Cruz formerly of Atlanta-based rap group Supreeme.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Fat Tony helps keep local sound original – Life & Arts )〕 The album features appearances by Murs, Negashi Armada aka Blunt Fang from Supreeme, Charly East, Bo. P, Kam Franklin, and Tom Cruz. "RABDARGAB" is a reference to a late 1990s Houston Independent School District campaign aimed at elementary school students to promote literacy by offering $1 to students in exchange for book reports. The acronym stands for "Read a Book – Do A Report – Get a Buck."〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=RAB DAR GAB H.I.S.D. PSA )〕 With the release of this album, Fat Tony ran a promotion entitled LISDARGAB (Listen, Do a Review, Get a Buck) where Fat Tony undertook to send anyone who emailed him a review for ''RABDARGAB'' a dollar bill in the mail.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=RABDARGAB )〕 The album was preceded by a mixtape release entitled ''RABDARGAB: The EPreview'' mixed by Fat Tony's DJ iPod Ammo. The mixtape featured collaborations with Das Racist, Juiceboxxx, HOSPITAL, Jade <3, Tecla, Smash Bro, and more.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=RABDARGAB: THE EPREVIEW )〕 On March 24, 2011 he released a remix album entitled ''SCREWDARGAB''. It was a "chopped-up, not slopped up" version of ''RABDARGAB''〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Fat Tony - SCREWDARGAB: Chopped Not Slopped: DJ OG RON C (File, MP3, Album) at Discogs )〕 remixed by Swishahouse co-founder DJ OG RON C.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=SCREWDARGAB )〕 On June 1, 2012, Young One Records released ''Double Dragon''; a collaborative free album with producer Tom Cruz. ''Double Dragon'' features Fat Tony and Tom Cruz performing as a duo and is entirely produced by Tom Cruz.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Mixtape Premiere: Fat Tony & Tom Cruz "Double Dragon" )〕 The album is a precursor to Fat Tony's second album ''Smart Ass Black Boy''. In November 2012, Fat Tony released the first single from ''Smart Ass Black Boy'' entitled "BKNY".〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Fat Tony "BKNY" Video )〕〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=FAT TONY FEAT. OLD MONEY - "BKNY" (PROD. BY TOM CRUZ) (OFFICIAL VIDEO) )〕 In March 2013, Vice Magazine announced the ''Smart Ass Black Boy'' album release date and premiered the second single entitled "Hood Party" featuring Kool A.D. and Despot.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=VICE Premiere: "Hood Party" by Fat Tony )〕 ''Smart Ass Black Boy'', Fat Tony's second album, was released June 11, 2013 on Young One Records. The album is produced by Tom Cruz and was written in two days and recorded in four days in Los Angeles, California during April 2012.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=NPR premieres Houston rapper Fat Tony’s new album )〕 NPR premiered a full length stream of ''Smart Ass Black Boy'' on June 3, 2013 and wrote positively of the album's material.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=First Listen: Fat Tony, 'Smart Ass Black Boy' )〕 The album received positive reviews from XXL Magazine,〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Fat Tony – ‘Smart Ass Black Boy’ Album Review' )〕 Rolling Stone,〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Fat Tony, 'Smart Ass Black Boy' )〕 SPIN,〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Fat Tony , 'Smart Ass Black Boy' Review' )〕 Robert Christgau for MSN,〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Fat Tony/Young Fathers' )〕 AllMusic,〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Smart Ass Black Boy - Fat Tony )〕 and Houston Press.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Fat Tony Remains Houston's Smart Ass Black Boy On New Album' )〕 Pitchfork premiered the "Hood Party" video on the album's release date.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Video: Fat Tony Featuring Kool A.D. and Despot: "Hood Party"'" )〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Fat Tony (rapper)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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