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Big Boy's Neighborhood

Genre	Comedy, Talk, Rhythmic Contemporary Hit Radio
Running time	4 hours (approximately)
Country	United States
Home station	KPWR 105.9 FM Los Angeles
Syndicates	ABC Radio Networks
Starring	Big Boy Qdeezy Perez Hilton Tattoo Liz Hernandez
Air dates	since September 2007
Website	radiobigboy.com

Big Boy (born 1969) is a radio host currently heard on Los Angeles hip hop/R&B station KPWR (Power 106) and hip hop/Rap station 93.1 FM Jamz out of Madison, Wisconsin in the mornings from 5 to 9. His stage name derives from his formerly large build, which he modified through duodenal switch surgery in 2003, leading to a weight loss of over 250 pounds.

Big Boy was born in Chicago, but moved to Los Angeles at age 2. After becoming acquainted with the music industry while DJ-ing Culver City High School parties, Big Boy soon became a bodyguard for the music group Pharcyde. Big Boy was friends with the Baka Boyz, the morning show hosts at Power 106. Always being a funny personality, in 1994 Big Boy was offered a hosting position with the station, soon proving successful in nighttime and afternoon hosting spots.

Big Boy's image became well known throughout the Greater Los Angeles Area in the late 1990s and early 2000s, when Power 106 placed his nearly-nude 500-plus pound image onto billboards throughout the area.^{[citation needed]}

Big Boy has been named Personality of the Year four times by the Radio Music Awards^{[citation needed]} and three times by Radio and Records magazine. The National Association of Broadcasters awarded him the Marconi Award in 2002 and 2004.

He has made cameo appearances in movies such as Malibu's Most Wanted, The Players Club, and Charlie's Angels 2, and co-starred in Deuce Bigalow: Male Gigolo.^{[citation needed]} Fox television signed Big Boy to co-star in the police drama Fastlane in the fall of 2002.^{[citation needed]} He has appeared numerous times on the hit HBO Entourage TV series.^{[citation needed]} He was also featured on the second episode of the VH1 reality series, I Love New York, hosting the "I Love New York Management".^{[citation needed]} Big Boy is in the development process for his own network sitcom and hosts his syndicated weekend show formerly called "Big Boy's Hip Hop Spot." He has performed on-air voice-overs on MTV's reality game show Yo Momma.^{[citation needed]}

On May 24, 2006, Big Boy's Neighborhood Morning Show began national syndication. This replaced Big Tigger and Egypt, who in turn, replaced the Star & Bucwild Morning Show based out of New York City hip hop station, WWPR-FM "Power 105.1 FM." Star was fired from the Clear Channel-owned station due to threats made against the welfare of the family of rival DJ Envy of WQHT "Hot 97" - KPWR's sister station.

On October 7, 2006, the DJ proposed to his girlfriend on stage during Mariah Carey's The Adventures of Mimi Tour at Staples Center, LA. Their first child, a boy, was born on February 22, 2007. Big Boy married on June 28, 2008.

On August 6, 2007, Big Boy signed a multi-year deal with ABC Radio Networks to syndicate the show, and his weekend show Big Boy's Hip Hop Spot. The show launched nationally on August 20 and is also now called Big Boy's Neighborhood.^{[citation needed]}

External links

• Radio Big Boy
• Big Boy (radio host) at the Internet Movie Database