Fat Tony (rapper)
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Fat Tony in Brooklyn, New York, 2013.
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| Background information | |
| Birth name | Anthony Lawson Jude Ifeanyichukwu Obiawunaotu |
| Born | March 24, 1988 |
| Origin | Third Ward, Houston, Texas |
| Genres | Hip Hop |
| Occupation(s) | rapper, DJ |
| Instruments | vocals, bass guitar |
| Years active | 2005-present |
| Labels | Young One Records |
| Associated acts | Tom Cruz, Das Racist, Supreeme, Murs, Bun B, Kam Franklin, Kechphrase, Big Baby Gandhi |
| Website | fattonyrap |
Anthony Lawson Jude Ifeanyichukwu Obiawunaotu or Anthony Jude Obi (born March 24, 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, and has been recognized in URB's "Next 1000", a list of emerging new artists anticipated to breakthrough.
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. 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." 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. 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.
On March 24, 2011 he released a remix album entitled SCREWDARGAB. It was a "chopped-up, not slopped up" version of RABDARGAB remixed by Swishahouse co-founder DJ OG RON C.
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. 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". 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.
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