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Censorship

I have repeatedly been censored for my insertion of the fact that Jay-Z laments the break up of the Fat Boys in his song "Heart of the City" however I am confused as to why my completely factual assertion is continuously removed. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 152.3.41.212 (talk) 21:31, 11 November 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Because that sort of "fat boys were mentioned in this song and that song" is not relevant in an encyclopedic context. Eli lilly 22:33, 11 November 2007 (UTC)[reply]

I believe you are incorrect as it emphasizes the fact that the Fat Boys are "regarded as a seminal part of early rap music recording history." —Preceding unsigned comment added by 152.3.41.212 (talk) 23:57, 11 November 2007 (UTC)[reply]

You don't think that the Jay Z track is the first one to reference the Fat Boys, do you? And they've been sampled all over the place, too. It's a slippery slope, starts with the Jay Z song and then soon it's a list of every song that references the Fat Boys, then next it's expanded to a list of songs that sample the Fat Boys... a big list of crap. And it's all against WP best practices. Eli lilly (talk) 01:32, 17 November 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Why is it that we can have a discussion of the TV Show "Everybody Loves Chris" and not put in a reference to a Jay-Z song? This is just typical Wikipedia fascism. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 76.182.39.118 (talk) 23:07, 3 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Well is there no answer?? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 76.182.39.118 (talk) 05:44, 25 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Fair use rationale for Image:Fatboyscover.jpg

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Louie Louie

Am I remembering correctly that the Fat Boys also covered "Louie Louie" on the Crushin' album? I see no track listing for it and the article mentions "Wipeout" and "The Twist." It might not be notable enough to make the article, but I was sure I'd find a reference to it. Medleystudios72 (talk) 18:41, 18 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Years of birth?

I noticed that this article disagrees with the articles for the individual members regarding their years of birth. To make it more confusing, this article has different years of birth for them than Wikipedia. I am unable to track down a reliable source for their dates of birth. --JHP (talk) 02:09, 10 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Makes it look like they recorded The Twist in 1984

The way it is written, it looks like they did "The Twist" for their 1984 album. But they actually did it on "Coming Back Hard Again" in 1989. https://www.google.com/search?safe=active&espv=2&biw=1440&bih=753&q=fat+boys+coming+back+hard+again&stick=H4sIAAAAAAAAAGOovnz8BQMDQxUHsxCXfq6-gWGOoXm6uRKcbZylJZ6dbKWfW1qcmayfWFSSWVxilZiTVJpb_IjRhVvg5Y97wlLWk9acvMZoyoVLpZAUF5trXklmSaWQABefFJJFGgw8e_t933nrTlPYcnP70thXVS85eyY_BwBMqJ-QlwAAAA&npsic=0&sa=X&ei=_9H8U_WTAouKyASV74CYBA&ved=0CDAQri4 — Preceding unsigned comment added by 208.97.218.10 (talk) 12:07, 26 August 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Damon Wembley death

It says on chat GPT that Damon Wembley died on January 24, 2022. I obviously can't use that as a source to update the main article. But if someone has a good source, please update this article to reflect that he is dead. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.25.206.126 (talk) 02:03, 26 June 2023 (UTC)[reply]

His Instagram account disproves this: https://www.instagram.com/legendaryfatboykoolrockski/?hl=en Roasted (talk) 22:47, 6 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Better image available?

Does anybody have access to a better image that could be used for the infobox? The current image is a combination of headshots of only two of the three members. There has to be something better out there that we can use. Preferably a picture of all three members at their peak. NJZombie (talk) 02:50, 2 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]