The Mad Stuntman

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The Mad Stuntman is the stage name adopted by Mark Quashie, mostly known by his vocals on the world hit I Like to Move It by Erick Morillo. Born in 1967 in Trinidad and Tobago, and a resident of Flatbush, Brooklyn, New York, since the age of nine, Stuntman took his name from the Lee Majors' television series The Fall Guy.

He met prolific US producer Erick Morillo through a friend and the two combined on tracks for Strictly Rhythm Records which they never envisioned to be crossover material. They were proved emphatically wrong in 1994 by the sustained sales of I Like To Move It, a huge club hit the previous year. Licensed to Positiva Records in the UK, its chart life was an erratic one, running a sequence of weekly positions which read 10, 12, 12, 10, 9, 7, 5, 8, 7, 7, boosted by a 40-date club tour. That and the fact that at no stage was it play-listed by Radio 1 DJs. They followed up with the Top 10 hit, "Go On Move", and the Top 20 hits "Can You Feel It" and "Raise Your Hands".

Reel 2 Real returned to the UK Top 10 in 1996 with "Jazz It Up". "Are You Ready For Some More?" attempted a more eclectic fusion of Latin and Afro-Caribbean music with house beats. Morillo has subsequently concentrated on other projects. Stuntman currently lives in New York.