Overweight Pooch
{{Short description|American rapper}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=March 2015}}
{{Infobox musical artist
| name = Overweight Pooch
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| alias = (Big) Pooch
| origin = Phoenix, Arizona, US
| birth_date = {{birth date|1970|09|18}}
| birth_place = Harlem, New York
| death_date = {{Death date and age|2021|9|23|1970|09|18}}
| death_place = Phoenix, Arizona
| genre = {{flat list|
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| years_active = 1990–1992
| label = A&M/PolyGram
| associated_acts = CeCe Peniston
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Overweight Pooch (born Shatonya Davis, September 18, 1970 - September 23, 2021) was a female rapper. Her name comes from her childhood nickname.[http://www.phoenixnewtimes.com/1992-07-08/music/hip-hop-homegirls/ 'Shatonya Davis interview, Phoenix New Times'] Retrieved 27 October 2010
Career
In 1991, Pooch released her only album, Female Preacher, on A&M Records and scored a moderate commercial success with the single "I Like It", which charted at number #16 on the U.S. Billboard Hot Dance Music/Club Play chart,[{{BillboardURLbyName|artist=overweight pooch|chart=all}} ‘Overweight Pooch, I Like It, US Chart Data’] Billboard Magazine and at #58 in the UK Singles Chart.[https://www.officialcharts.com/artists/ ‘Overweight Pooch, I Like It, UK Chart Data’] OfficialCharts.com The composition featured vocals by CeCe Peniston, who contributed to two other songs on Davis' album ("Kickin' Da Blues" and "Female Preacher"). She was married and had three children. Pooch died on September 23, 2021—five days after turning 51 years old.{{cite web |title=In Memory Of Tonya "Big Pooch" Davis |url=https://everloved.com/life-of/tonya-pooch-davis/obituary/ |website=everloved.com |publisher=Ever Loved, Inc. |access-date=2023-04-29}}
Discography
=Albums=
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!Year !Title |
| 1991
|align="left"|Female Preacher |
=Singles=
| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"
!rowspan="2"|Year !rowspan="2"|Title !colspan="2"|Peak chart positions !rowspan="2"|Album |
| style="font-size:smaller;"
!width="35"| UK | first= David | last= Roberts | year= 2006 | title= British Hit Singles & Albums | edition= 19th | publisher= Guinness World Records Limited | location= London | isbn= 1-904994-10-5 | page= 413}} !width="35"| US Dance |
| style="text-align:center;" rowspan="2"|1991
|align="left"|"Ace Is a Spade"[http://www.discogs.com/Overweight-Pooch-Ace-Is-A-Spade/master/166997 'Overweight Pooch, Ace Is a Spade, single'] Retrieved 27 October 2010 | — | — |rowspan="2"| Female Preacher |
| align="left"|"I Like It"[http://www.discogs.com/Overweight-Pooch-feat-Ce-Ce-Peniston-I-Like-It/master/166998 'Overweight Pooch, I Like It, single'] Retrieved 21 October 2010
| 58 | 16 |
| colspan="6" style="font-size: 8pt"| "—" denotes a single that did not chart or was not released in that region. |
==Promotional releases==
References
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External links
- {{AllMusic|class=artist|id=p15139|label=Overweight Pooch}}
- [http://www.discogs.com/artist/Overweight+Pooch?anv=Overweight+Pooch%2C+The Overweight Pooch] on Discogs
- [{{BillboardURLbyName|artist=overweight pooch|chart=all}} Overweight Pooch] at Billboard.com
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Category:Rappers from Manhattan
Category:20th-century American women rappers
Category:African-American women rappers
Category:20th-century American rappers
Category:20th-century African-American women