Tone Lōc

Tone Lōc
Birth name Anthony Terrell Smith
Also known as Tone-Lōc
Born (1966-03-03) March 3, 1966
Origin Los Angeles, California, U.S.
Genres Hip hop, funk, pop, new jack swing
Occupation(s) Actor
Rapper
Producer
Years active 1987–present
Labels Delicious Vinyl
Rhino Entertainment

Anthony Terrell Smith (born March 3, 1966), better known by his stage name Tone Lōc or Tone-Lōc /ˈtoʊn ˈloʊk/, is an American rapper and actor. He is best known for his hit songs "Wild Thing" and "Funky Cold Medina".

Early life

Anthony Terrell Smith was born March 3, 1966 in Los Angeles, California, the son of Margaret, who managed a retirement home, and James Smith.[1]

Career

Tone Lōc is known for his deep, gravelly voice and his million-selling hit singles, "Wild Thing" and "Funky Cold Medina".[2]

An occasional actor, he has performed in several feature films, includingThe Adventures of Ford Fairlane and Posse.[3] Tone Lōc is also a voice actor, having voiced characters in several television cartoon series such as King of the Hill and C-Bear and Jamal,[3] and he was featured in the animated movie Bébé's Kids, playing the wise-cracking baby Pee Wee.[4] He voiced the character The Goanna in the 1992 movie FernGully: The Last Rainforest.[5]

He voiced Fud Wrapper, the host of the animatronic show Food Rocks, which played at Epcot from 1994 to 2004. In this latter role, he sang the song "Always Read the Wrapper", a parody of his second hit single "Funky Cold Medina".

His song "Ace Is In The House" features in the films Ace Ventura: Pet Detective (1994) and Ace Ventura Jr: Pet Detective (2009). He provided vocals for Fefe Dobson for a track called "Rock It 'Til You Drop It" on her first album, 2003's Fefe Dobson.

He was among the performers on the I Love the 90's tour which lasted from April through October 2016.[6]

Personal life

Tone-loc has 5 sons and 1 daughter.

In December 2010, Lōc was arrested for DUI. He was released on bail claiming a medical condition had caused a seizure.[3]

On June 18, 2011, Tone Lōc was arrested for felony domestic violence and felony possession of an assault weapon (a Colt AR-15 Sporter rifle,[7] restricted by California law,[8] but not involved in the domestic incident[7]) after an altercation with the mother of one of his children.[9] He was released less than three hours later after posting $50,000 bail.[10][11] On October 3, 2011, he entered a plea of no contest to both charges, and was sentenced to one day in county jail, three years of probation, 52 weeks of anger management counseling and 30 days of community service.[7]

Health problems

Tone Lōc has collapsed onstage multiple times since 1995; some if not all of these collapses have been due to seizures, according to at least one report.[12] On May 29, 2009, he was rushed to a Florida hospital[13] after collapsing during a concert in Pensacola.[12] The rapper had cut his elbow when he fell, and was released the same day.[13] On October 15, 2011, he was hospitalized for exhaustion after collapsing on stage during a concert in Atlanta. He was taken to a local hospital where he was intravenously rehydrated.[14] Another similar incident occurred in 2012.[15] On March 16, 2013, he collapsed onstage, at a performance at the Bridge Bash in Des Moines, Iowa,[15] but he refused hospital care.[12] He collapsed onstage on December 6, 2013 during a performance in San Francisco, California and collapsed again on November 26, 2016, during a performance in Sioux Falls, South Dakota, but he later returned to the stage.[16]

Discography

Studio albums

Year Album details Peak chart positions Certifications
(sales threshold)
US
[17]		 US R&B
[18]		 AUS
[19]		 AUT
[20]		 NZ
[21]		 SWE
[22]		 SWI
[23]		 UK
[24]
1989 Lōc-ed After Dark 1 3 11 10 11 31 30 22
1991 Cool Hand Lōc
  • Release date: November 19, 1991
  • Label: Delicious Vinyl
 — 46 — 39 — — — —
"—" denotes releases that did not chart

Singles

Year Single Peak chart positions Certifications
(sales threshold)		 Album
US
[26]		 US Rap
[27]		 US R&B
[28]		 US Dan
[29]		 AUS
[30][31]		 AUT
[32]		 NZ
[33]		 SWI
[34]		 UK
[24]
1987 "On Fire"[35][36] — — — — — — — — — single only[A]
1988 "Wild Thing" 2 2 1 1 15 — 1 23 21 Loc-ed After Dark
1989 "Funky Cold Medina" 3 3 7 8 8 13 3 13 13
"I Got It Goin' On" — 18 59 — 52 — 27 — 55
1991 "All Through the Night"
(featuring El DeBarge)		 80 — 16 — — — — — — Cool Hand Loc
1992 "Cool Hand Loc"[40] — — — — — — — — —
1993 "Posse Love"[41] — — — — — — — — — Posse (Soundtrack)
1994 "Ace Is In The House"[42] — — — — — — — — — Ace Ventura (Soundtrack)
"—" denotes releases that did not chart
Notes
  • A ^ a remix of this song was later included on Loc-ed After Dark
Year Single Artist Peak chart positions Album
US US R&B
1990 "We're All in the Same Gang" West Coast Rap All-Stars 35 10 Non-album song

Awards and nominations

Year Association Category Nominated work Result
1989 MTV Video Music Awards Best Rap Video "Wild Thing" Nominated
1990 Grammy Awards Best New Artist Himself Nominated
Best Rap Solo Performance "Funky Cold Medina" Nominated
American Music Awards Favorite Rap/Hip-Hop Artist Himself Nominated
Favorite Rap/Hip-Hop Album Lōc-ed After Dark Nominated
Favorite Rap/Hip-Hop New Artist Himself Nominated
Favorite Dance New Artist Won
1991 Grammy Awards Best Rap Performance by a Duo or Group "We're All in the Same Gang" Nominated

Filmography

Film

Year Title Role Notes
1990 The Adventures of Ford Fairlane Slam the Rapper
The Return of Superfly uncredited
1991 Yakety Yak, Take it Back Himself
1992 FernGully: The Last Rainforest Goanna voice
Bébé's Kids Pee-Wee voice
Trash Talk Himself
1993 Posse Angel
Poetic Justice J Bone
Surf Ninjas Lieutenant Spence
A Cool Like That Christmas Marvin TV movie
1994 Car 54, Where Are You? Hackman
Ace Ventura: Pet Detective Emilio
Blank Check Juice
1995 Crosstown Traffic Keiser TV movie
Heat Richard Torena
1996 Spy Hard Gangster #1
1997 Fakin' Da Funk Frog
1998 Freedom Strike Tyler Haynes
2000 Whispers: An Elephant's Tale Macho Bull
Titan A.E. Tek voice
2001 Deadly Rhapsody Jelly's Cousin
They Crawl Clarence
2002 Storm Watch Ray
2006 Totally Awesome Himself TV movie
2011 White T produced & written by Blake Phillips Jerry
2016 Zootopia Bat Eyewitness voice

Television

Year Title Role Notes
1990 The Earth Day Special Himself
1992-1994 Roc Ronnie Paxton 7 episodes
1994 Aladdin Magma Episode: "Smolder and Wiser"
1995 Touched by an Angel Albert Turner Episode: "Operation Smile"
NewsRadio Security Guard
Lorenzo		 Episode: "Friends"
Episode: "Xmas Story"
1996–1997 C-Bear and Jamal C-Bear Lead role
1996 Living Single Lester Tate Episode: "School's Out Forever"
1997 Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child The Giant / Desmond Bear Episode: "Jack and the Beanstalk"
Episode: "Goldilocks and the Three Bears"
Martin Himself Episode: "Ain't That About a Ditch"
Dangerous Minds Mr. Summers Episode: "To'e Me Up, To'e Me Down"
1999 Early Edition Derek 'D.J.' Johnson Episode: "Number One with a Bullet"
2000–2001 Rude Awakening Lenny 2 episodes
2001 Thieves Special Agent Al Trundall
2002 The District JT Betancourt Episode: "Twist of Hate"
Static Shock Hyde Episode: "Static Shag"
2004 The WB's Superstar USA Panelist
2005 King of the Hill Bouncer Episode: "Smoking and the Bandit"
Yes, Dear Dave Episode: "Barbecue"
2008 Chowder Chestnut 3 episodes
2014 Uncle Grandpa Moon Man Episode: "Bezt Frends"

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Tone-Loc Biography (1966?-)". FilmReference.com.
  2. ↑ Roberts, David (2006). British Hit Singles & Albums (19th ed.). London: Guinness World Records Limited. p. 561. ISBN 1-904994-10-5.
  3. 1 2 3 Kaufman, Gil (July 15, 2011). "Tone Loc Pleads Not Guilty To Domestic Violence Charges". MTV.com. Retrieved January 24, 2017.
  4. ↑ Tone Lōc on IMDb
  5. ↑ "Update: Ferngully: the Last Rainforest (1992) Acting Credits". NYTimes.com. The New York Times Company. April 10, 1992.
  6. ↑ Spanos, Brittany (March 29, 2016). "Salt-N-Pepa, Vanilla Ice to Headline 'I Love the '90s' Tour". Rolling Stone. Retrieved January 24, 2017.
  7. 1 2 3 "Rapper Tone Loc pleads no contest to domestic violence charge". CNN. October 4, 2011. Archived from the original on October 10, 2011. Retrieved January 24, 2017.
  8. ↑ "California Firearms Laws" (PDF). ag.ca.gov. Office of the Attorney General, California Dept. of Justice. 2007. Retrieved January 24, 2017.
  9. ↑ Duke, Alan (June 19, 2011). "Police: Tone Loc arrested after fight with his child's mother". CNN. Retrieved June 19, 2011.
  10. ↑ "Tone Loc arrested in domestic violence case". MSN.com. Associated Press; TMZ.com; TODAY news services. June 19, 2011. Retrieved January 24, 2017.
  11. ↑ Martinez, Edecio (June 20, 2011). "Rapper Tone Loc arrested on domestic violence charge". CBSnews.com. Archived from the original on August 25, 2011. Retrieved January 24, 2017.
  12. 1 2 3 Newson, Kelly (March 17, 2013). "Lil Wayne, Tone Loc and Morrissey all under the doctor’s watch". Guardian Liberty Voice. Retrieved January 24, 2017.
  13. 1 2 Langhorne, Cyrus (May 29, 2009). "Update: Tone Loc Recovering After Concert Seizure, Released From Hospital". sohh.com.
  14. ↑ Grossberg, Josh (October 17, 2011). "Tone Loc collapses after playing 'Funky Cold Medina'". MSN.com.
  15. 1 2 "Tone Loc collapses onstage at Bridge Bash". Des Moines Register; USA Today. March 17, 2013. Retrieved 17 March 2013.
  16. ↑ Dexter, Christopher; Ferguson, Danielle (November 26, 2016). "Tone Loc collapses on stage at Premier Center, later returns". Argus Leader. Retrieved January 24, 2017.
  17. ↑ "Tone-Loc Album & Song Chart History - Billboard 200". Billboard. Retrieved December 26, 2010.
  18. ↑ "Tone-Loc Album & Song Chart History - R&B/Hip-Hop Albums". Billboard. Retrieved December 26, 2010.
  19. ↑ "Australian charts portal". australian-charts.com. Hung Medien. Retrieved December 26, 2010.
  20. ↑ "Austria Top 40". austriancharts.at. Hung Medien. Retrieved December 26, 2010.
  21. ↑ "New Zealand charts portal". charts.org.nz. Hung Medien. Retrieved December 26, 2010.
  22. ↑ "Swedish charts portal". swedishcharts.com. Hung Medien. Retrieved December 26, 2010.
  23. ↑ "Die Offizielle Schweizer Hitparade und Music Community" [The Official Swiss Hit Parade and Music Community]. hitparade.ch. Hung Medien. Retrieved December 26, 2010.
  24. 1 2 "Chart Stats - Tone Loc". chartstats.com. Archived from the original on January 19, 2013. Retrieved December 26, 2010.
  25. ↑ "RIAA - Gold & Platinum - December 26, 2010: Tone-Loc certified albums". riaa.com. Recording Industry Association of America. Retrieved December 26, 2010.
  26. ↑ "Tone-Loc Album & Song Chart History - Hot 100". Billboard. Retrieved December 26, 2010.
  27. ↑ "Tone-Loc : Allmusic : Billboard Singles". Allmusic. Retrieved December 26, 2010.
  28. ↑ "Tone-Loc Album & Song Chart History - R&B/Hip-Hop Songs". Billboard. Retrieved December 26, 2010.
  29. ↑ "Tone-Loc Album & Song Chart History - Dance/Club Play Songs". Billboard. Retrieved December 26, 2010.
  30. ↑ "Top 50 peaks: Tone Loc". australian-charts.com. Hung Medien. Retrieved December 26, 2010.
  31. ↑ "25 Years Ago This Week: October 8, 1989". chartbeat.blogspot.com.au. Retrieved September 16, 2015. I Got It Goin' On
  32. ↑ "Austria Top 40". austriancharts.at. Hung Medien. Retrieved December 26, 2010.
  33. ↑ "New Zealand charts portal". charts.org.nz. Hung Medien. Retrieved December 26, 2010.
  34. ↑ "Die Offizielle Schweizer Hitparade und Music Community" [The Official Swiss Hit Parade and Music Community]. hitparade.ch. Hung Medien. Retrieved December 26, 2010.
  35. ↑ "Tone-Loc - On Fire / I Got It Goin' On". Discogs.com.
  36. ↑ "Tone-Loc - On Fire / Cheeba Cheeba". Discogs.com.
  37. ↑ "RIAA - Gold & Platinum - December 26, 2010: "Wild Thing" certified awards". riaa.com. Recording Industry Association of America. Retrieved December 26, 2010.
  38. 1 2 Ryan, Gavin (2011). Australia's Music Charts 1988-2010. Mt. Martha, Victoria, Australia: Moonlight Publishing.
  39. ↑ "RIAA - Gold & Platinum - December 26, 2010: "Funky Cold Medina" certified awards". riaa.com. Recording Industry Association of America. Retrieved December 26, 2010.
  40. ↑ "Tone-Loc - Cool Hand Loc". Discogs.com.
  41. ↑ "Tone-Loc - Posse Love". Discogs.com.
  42. ↑ "Tone-Loc - Ace Is In The House". Discogs.com.
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