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Born in Crown Heights, Brooklyn, on September 14, 1973, Nasir bin Olu Dara Jones, also known as Nas (previously Nasty Nas and Escobar), is a well-known American hip-hop artist. His father is jazz musician Olu Dara, and he grew up in the notorious Queensbridge housing projects. Before assuming his more well-known alias of Nasty Nas, …
Along with fellow founders D’Angelo and Erykah Badu, Maxwell was enormously important in defining and shaping the neo-soul movement that rose to prominence in the latter half of the 1990s. Drawing his greatest inspiration from the concept of the R&B auteur (looking to artists like Prince, Marvin Gaye, Stevie Wonder, etc.), Maxwell recorded some of …
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Outkast, an Atlanta-based hip hop duo, emerged in 1992 when high school classmates André Benjamin and Antwan Patton joined forces. Initially calling themselves Two Shades Deep, they rebranded as Outkast upon signing with LaFace Records post-graduation in 1993.
Pusha T, born Terrence Thornton on May 14, 1977, in the Bronx, New York, is a prominent figure in hip-hop. He gained recognition as one half of the acclaimed duo Clipse, formed in 1992 in Virginia Beach.
Rappers of the 1990s found 2Pac to be one of the most intriguing and successful due to his unabashed threat, magnetic star power, and innate ability to appeal to both hedonists and revolutionaries. Decades after his sad demise, these attributes—combined with his frequently copied but never duplicated flow—have given him a lasting effect on hip-hop. …
Rapper Memphis Bleek made his recording debut in 1996 on Jay-Z’s Reasonable Doubt. He was born and raised in the Marcy Projects housing complex in Brooklyn, New York. Bleek, who is signed to Roc-A-Fella Records, released Coming of Age as his solo album in 1999. Even though his debut was well worth the attention, he …
Drake initially gained notoriety as Jimmy Brooks, a wheelchair-bound character he played for seven years on the adolescent serial opera Degrassi: The Next Generation. Following his departure from the program, he inked a record deal with Lil Wayne’s company Young Money Entertainment, which catapulted him into the global rapper elite.
With a distinct sense of melody and a fast, occasionally sung delivery, Bone Thugs-N-Harmony emerged from Cleveland, Ohio in the mid-1990s with two huge hits (“Thuggish Ruggish Bone” and “Tha Crossroads”), an excellent debut album, and a successful follow-up, before their rapid disintegration.
Kendrick Lamar Duckworth, who performs as Kendrick Lamar, was born in Compton, California, on June 17, 1987. After writing stories as a child, he put to music some lyrics about the rough Compton streets he grew up on. He rapped under the name K-Dot, releasing a series of increasingly popular mix tapes, which brought him …
Miguel is a modern R&B singer who specializes in sensual, swaggering ballads. His career has taken an interesting turn. The native of Los Angeles had been dabbling in the spotlight for a few years before making his breakthrough as a songwriter with Jaheim’s “Finding My Way Back,” an R&B hit that was nominated for a …
Mississippi-born rapper and record label owner Rick Ross has been nominated for Grammy Awards and faced backlash over his past. He has experienced a good deal of legal disputes in addition to the customary rap feud (with 50 Cent).
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Born June 17, 1987, in Compton, California, Kendrick Lamar Duckworth is the performer known as Kendrick Lamar. He began writing songs as a child and eventually turned his stories about the harsh Compton streets of his childhood into music. Rapper K-Dot gained notoriety after putting out a number of well-received mix tapes, attracting the interest …
Rapper Yungeen Ace from Florida had a rough upbringing that prepared him for a turbulent career in music. He was raised in an unusually solitary environment and, as a teenager, turned to music and the streets. He was one of twelve brothers. In March 2018, he started sharing his solo music online. Shortly after his …
Rapper Money Man, located in Atlanta, delivers quiet, measured stories about hustle and life on the streets over trap music. He has maintained control over his career by choosing to go independent rather than sign with a major label. He has released multiple mixtapes and achieved success with 2019’s “Paranoia,” which peaked at number 40 …
American rapper, singer, and songwriter Kentrell DeSean Gaulden, better known by his stage name YoungBoy Never Broke Again (or just YoungBoy), is a member of the NBA YoungBoy cast. With a peak position of number 31 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart, his song “Outside Today” is his most well-known work.
Rapper Charles Jones (also known as Foolio), who is based in Jacksonville, Florida, incorporates his tragic history into his songs and shares a personal perspective on how he has dealt with his harsh upbringing while also counting his blessings.
Rapper and vocalist Rod Wave rose quickly from local up-and-comer to platinum-certified fame, adept at switching from rough to sweet in a single sentence. Ghetto Gospel, which debuted in the Top Ten Billboard 200, was the culmination of the storyteller’s prolific output of vibrant full-length albums in 2018 and 2019. In 2020, Pray 4 Love …
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