Cook adopted the Fatboy Slim moniker in 1996 and released Better Living Through Chemistry to critical acclaim. Follow ups, You’ve Come a Long Way, Baby and Halfway Between the Gutter and the Stars as well as their associated singles including « The Rockafeller Skank« , « Praise You« , « Right Here Right Now » and « Weapon of Choice » helped to popularise the big beatgenre which achieved mainstream popularity in the 1990s. As Fatboy Slim, he has won ten MTV Video Music Awards and two Brit Awards. In 2008, Cook founded a project called The Brighton Port Authority.