"It's just plain fact that you can't say the words ""Sir Mix-A-Lot"" in a sentence without them being followed by the phrase ""baby got back."" Rapper Sir Mix-A-Lot's rump-smacking, booty-shaking posterior end-exalting smash single ""Baby Got Back"" is not, in fact, Sir Mix-A-Lot's only hit song, yet this Grammy-winning tribute to women with big butts has caught the nation by its blue (and white) collar, ramming that silly and altogether danceable hit down the throats of every teenager and adult in the entire country.According to pop culture, Sir Mix-A-Lot emerged in 1992 when ""Baby Got Back"" hit radio waves and dance floors across the U.S., but in reality the West Coast rapper (whose real name is Anthony Ray) started nailing hits up on the Billboard charts long before ""Baby Got Back"" came along. Ray, a Seattle, Washington native, first broke onto the music scene in 1988 with his charting album Swass, a release spawning the hit single ""Posse on Broadway."" Old school electro music was Sir Mix-A-Lot's bag from the beginning, and his bouncy beats and bass-heavy music was part of the hip-hop scene from the late ‘80s, when ""Posse on Broadway"" debuted on MTV. 1989's Seminar featured the charting singles ""Beepers,"" ""My Hooptie"" and ""I Got Game,"" yet it wasn't until the early ‘90s that Sir Mix-A-Lot really took off. Known for imitating Seattle pimps, Sir Mix-A-Lot took the main stage in 1992 wearing a mink coat and matching pimp hat, rapping the words ""I like big butts and I cannot lie."" ""Baby Got Back"" was the song of the ‘90s, left completely unphased by feminist boycotts and sparking the attention of fans spanning every genre of music.Following up the Grammy Award-winning single ""Baby Got Back"" was tough business, but it was no impossible feat for the legendary Sir Mix-A-Lot. The phenomenal rapper went on through the rest of the ‘90s releasing hits like ""One Time's Got No Case,"" ""Ride"" and ""Jump on It,"" sparking another national dance craze with the latter."
