Christopher Boykin
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| Christopher "Big Black" Boykin | |
|---|---|
| Born | Christopher Boykin January 26, 1972 Wiggins, Mississippi, United States |
| Other name(s) | Big Black, Black Lavender, Sexual Chocolate |
| Occupation | Bodyguard |
| Years active | 2003–present |
| Official website | |
Christopher "Big Black" Boykin (born January 26, 1972) is a professional bodyguard, best known for his role on MTV's Rob & Big, which followed him and his co-star/best friend Rob Dyrdek.
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[edit] Career
Boykin is a United States Navy veteran, where he was a culinary specialist. He worked as an executive protection specialist until he met Rob Dyrdek in 2003. Boykin currently resides in Allen, TX, a suburb of Dallas, where he lives with his children.
[edit] Television
In a skit for DC Shoes, Dyrdek hired "Big Black" to be a bodyguard in order to protect him from security guards.[1] In 2004, they played their characters again in The DC Video: Deluxe Edition DVD.[2] From November 2006 to April 2008, he and Dyrdek starred in their television show Rob & Big, an MTV reality series.
Throughout the show "Big" uses phrases such as "22's" and "Do work son!" These phrases have in turn become very popular. The term "Do Work" is probably the most well known, and can be used in any situation. After three seasons, Boykin left the reality shows in order to focus more on being a father when his long-time girlfriend became pregnant.
"Big Black" was also featured in skateboarding video games Skate and Skate 2, along with Dyrdek. During the early days of Rob & Big, they featured an episode of Rob and "Big Black" actually going to the EA building to shoot for the first of the two games.
[edit] Music
Boykin is a member of the hip hop group called The Chunky Boys. The group consists of four members: Big Black, Bam Bam, Zeus, and Steve OG. They describe their music as "a collage of chunky material influenced by our size as well as our girth." Bam Bam and Big Black of The Chunky Boys are featured on Dyrdek's fictitious artist Bobby Light's song "Dirty Girl." It was recorded at home and a music video was created shortly after. All of this was featured in an episode from the second season of Rob & Big.
[edit] Apparel
Boykin has his own clothing line. The clothes are available through his online store, Big Black Clothing. The store sells shirts and accessories for men, women, and children.
[edit] World records
Boykin set two separate Guinness World Records for eating as part of his former show Rob & Big. These consisted of "most bananas peeled and eaten in one minute" (three) and "most powdered donuts eaten in three minutes" (five, with 15 seconds to spare). Dyrdek also set 21 skateboarding records for the show.[3]
[edit] References
- ^ The Surfeyes Sunglass Blog!
- ^ T Mobile Guide to Action
- ^ Rob and Big (Season 3) | Guinness World Records | Episode Summary. MTV. Retrieved on 2009-04-18.
