Sir Mix-a-Lot

About

Anthony L. Ray (born August 12, 1963), better known by his stage name Sir Mix-a-Lot or his CB handle Prime Minista, is an American rapper, songwriter, and record producer. He is best known for his 1992 hit song “Baby Got Back”, which peaked at number one on the Billboard Hot 100.

Anthony Ray was born on August 12, 1963, in Auburn, Washington, and grew up in Seattle’s Central District. In Ray’s youth, his mother worked as a licensed practical nurse at the King County Jail. Ray was a fan of hip hop and started rapping in the early 1980s.
While living in the Bryant Manor apartments on 19th Ave and East Yesler Way, Anthony Ray started school at Roosevelt High School, near the University District, when the Seattle Public School District was in the midst of what would be a 21-year experiment to integrate the school system. Students were bused from their neighborhoods to schools at the other end of the city. From 1978 to 1999, when the busing program was in operation, minorities were the chief beneficiaries of busing, going from the South End and the Central Area to predominantly white schools in the North End.
Ray said he knew that some North End residents did not want black…