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{{short description|American musician}}

{{Infobox musical artist
| name               = GoGo Bouncey 
| image              = GoGoBounceyTwoDrums.jpg
| caption            = 
| birth_name         = Nathaniel Marshall Lucas Sr 
| birth_date         = December 03, 1966
| birth_place        = Washington DC
| occupation         = {{flatlist|
* Musician
* Actor}}
| instrument         = {{flatlist|
* Percussion 
* Vocals
* Piano
}}
| genre              = {{flatlist|
* [[Go-Go]]
* [[R&B music|R&B]]
* [[Hip hop music|Hip Hop]]
* [[Jazz music|Jazz]]
* [[Gospel music|Gospel]]
}}
| years_active       = 1984&ndash;present
| associated_acts    = {{flatlist|
* [[Chuck Brown]]
* [[Experience Unlimited]]
* [[Little Benny & the Masters]]
* Trip Star
* Proper Utensils
* Horu Music Experience
* Pump  Blenders
* The 202 Project
* Johnny B
}}
| module = {{infobox person
| child = yes
| children = 3 
| website = {{URL|www.facebook.com/gogobouncey}}
}}
}}

'''Nathaniel Marshall Lucas Sr''' (born December 3, 1966), better known as '''Go-Go Bouncey''', is an American actor, musician, songwriter. His first debut music recording was on the single Ho Ho Santa by the High Potential Band which was released in 1989. He then followed up by being on two Little Benny & the Masters albums, Getting Funky Up In Here and Take Me Out To The Go-Go. He then joined the Grammy Nominated Band E.U. Experience Unlimited who was nominated for the song Doin Da Butt which was featured on Spike Lee's movie sound track School Daze. He did two albums with E.U.<ref>Smith, David (2002). “Interviewing Bouncey of 1-Luv Band” ''TMOTTGoGo'' magazine, pp. 49</ref>, the album Fire and Make Money. He followed up with another appearance on Little Benny & the Masters album Get Your Drink On (Get Your Freak On), which had a host of Go-Go Allstars like Jas.Funk, JuJu House, Go-Go Mickey and more. Two songs on this album was with the Rock & Roll Hall of Famer Chuck Brown “The Godfather of Go-Go”.<ref>Lornell, Kip; Charles C. Stephenson, Jr. (2001). ''The Beat: Go-Go's Fusion of Funk and Hip-Hop''. Billboard, {{ISBN|0-8230-7727-6}}</ref> He was also featured with various artist Jonny B, Hip Hop Artist Trip Star, Horu Music Experience, and his latest The 202 Project.

In 2002 he was featured with his first acting role in a commercial for Crystal Restaurant and Bar Located in Hyattsville MD. He appeared in the TMOTTGoGo Documentary performing in the Live Little Benny & The Masters performance. His most recent acting appearance is the movie Residue released in 2020, written and directed by Merawi Gerima.<ref>Cartagena, Rosa (2020-09-28). [https://www.washingtonian.com/2020/09/28/residue-merawi-gerima-interview  “How Netflix’s ‘Residue’ Became a Must-Watch Film About Racism and Gentrification in DC”], ''Washingtonian''</ref>

The Trip Star Foundation, a non-profit organization co-founded by Lucas in January 2016, was created to help the underserved in Washington, DC area. The Foundation provides clothing and food to the homeless, organizes back to school supply drives and Christmas toy drives as well as bicycle raffles for children. In addition, the Foundation also provides free haircuts with a mobile haircut bus.

== Early life ==
[[File:GoGoBounceyBlueSmile.png|thumb|right|upright|GoGo Bouncey big smile blue shirt]]
Nathaniel Marshall Lucas Sr was born on December 3, 1966 in [[Washington, D.C.]]. He is the son of Marjorie (Clash) Lucas, who was twenty-two when he was born, his father's name is John Nathaniel Lucas. He was also raised by his stepfather Edward Botts. His father was a musician and his stepfather loved to listen to music all day. He realized at the age of 9 that he wanted to be in showbiz, and he joined a singing group that contained friends from his neighborhood. The group would perform for their neighborhood and travel to recreation centers. His mother knew he wanted to be a musician like his father because he would take the bar stools to his room and beat on them like conga Drums to music. He then started saving his money to buy a set of congas one drum at a time. When his mother moved to [[Takoma Park, Maryland]], he joined the school Band as a Trombone Player at [[Montgomery Blair High School]]. He then became the conga player for a Band named Motivation that had peers from his school who were known for doing shows throughout [[Maryland]] and Washington, D.C. His mother then moved to [[Gaithersburg, Maryland]] where he joined the Jazz Band at [[Colonel Zadok A. Magruder High School|Magruder High School]].

== Discography ==

'''Studio albums'''
* ''High Potential II Band - Ho Ho Santa'' (1989)
* ''Little Benny & The Masters - Getting Funky Up In Here'' (1991)
* ''Little Benny & The Masters – Take Me Out To The Go-Go'' (1992)
* ''E.U. – The Album Fire'' (1995)
* ''E.U. - Make Money'' (1996)
* ''Little Benny & The Masters – Get Your Drink On (Get Your Freak ON)'' (1997)
* ''Chuck Brown – Hello'' (1997)
* ''Jonny B – Pencil Sketches'' (2002)
* ''Trip Star – Last Call'' (2016)
* ''Horu Music Experience – Everybody’s Birthday'' (2018)
* ''Trip Star – Trust Issues'' (2019)
* ''The 202 Project – Wake Up Everybody'' (2020)

== Filmography ==

=== Film ===
{|class="wikitable sortable"
|-
!Year
!Title
!Role
|-
|2018
|''[[TMOTTGoGo Inside The Pocket Documentary]]''
|Himself
|-
|2020
|''[[Residue]]''
|Drum Instructor
|}

=== Television ===
{|class="wikitable sortable"
|-
!Year
!Title
!Role
!Notes
|-
|2002
|''Crystal Restaurant''
|Himself
|TV Commercial
|}

==See also==
*[[Go-go|Go-Go Music]]
*Chuck Brown
*[[Anthony Harley]]
*[[Kevin Kato Hammond]]
*Little Benny & the Masters
*[[Anwan Glover]]
*Experience Unlimited
*[[Trouble Funk]]
*[[Junk Yard Band]]

== References ==
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== External links ==
{{Commons category}}
* {{IMDb name|11927261}}
* [https://www.imdb.com/video/vi831570201/ Residue Trailer]
* [https://www.imdb.com/video/vi3554917145/ TMOTTGoGo Documentary Trailer]
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