Early life and career

Smith was born in Los Angeles, California, the son of Margaret, who managed a retirement home, and James Smith.

He is known for his deep, gravelly voice and his million-selling hit singles, "Wild Thing" and "Funky Cold Medina".

Tone Lōc is also a voice actor, having voiced characters in several cartoon series. He voiced the character of "The Goanna" in the 1992 movie FernGully: The Last Rainforest. He also 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 own song "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.

Personal life

Legal issues

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

On June 18, 2011, Tone Lōc was arrested for felony domestic violence and possession of a Colt AR-15 Sporter rifle (restricted by California law) after an altercation with the mother of his child. He was released less than three hours later after posting $50,000 bail. 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.

Health problems

On May 29, 2009, Lōc was rushed to a Florida hospital after collapsing during a concert. The rapper had cut his elbow when he fell, and was released the same day.

On October 15, 2011, Lōc was hospitalized for exhaustion after collapsing on stage during a concert in Atlanta. He was taken to a local hospital where he was rehydrated via IV.

On March 16, 2013, Lōc collapsed on stage at a performance at the Bridge Bash in Des Moines, Iowa.

On December 6, 2013, Lōc collapsed on stage during a performance in San Francisco.

Discography

Studio albums

Year	Album details	Peak chart positions								Certifications
		US	US R&B	AUS	AUT	NZ	SWE	SWI	UK
1989	Lōc-ed After Dark Release date: January 23, 1989 Label: Delicious Vinyl	1	3	11	10	11	31	30	22	US: 2× Platinum
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	Album
		US	US Rap	US R&B	US Dan	AUS	AUT	NZ	SWI	UK
1988	"Wild Thing"	2	2	1	1	15	—	1	23	21	US: 2× Platinum AUS: Gold	Lōc-ed After Dark
1989	"Funky Cold Medina"	3	3	7	8	8	13	3	13	13	US: Platinum AUS: Gold
1990	"I Got It Goin' On"	—	18	59	—	52	—	27	—	55
1991	"All Through the Night"	80	—	16	—	—	—	—	—	—		Cool Hand Lōc
"—" denotes releases that did not chart

Featured singles

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
1992	FernGully: The Last Rainforest	Goanna	voice
	Bébé's Kids	Pee-Wee	voice
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
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 (TV Series)	Night Club Owner	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"

[ Source: Wikipedia ]