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Bessemer, Alabama
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Bessemer is a city southwest of Birmingham in Jefferson County, Alabama, United States, eight miles west of Hoover. The population was 27,456 at the 2010 Census, the town was founded in the postbellum era by the Bessemer Land and Improvement Company, owned by coal magnate Henry F. DeBardeleben, after he had inherited Daniel Pratts investments. The mayor and councilmen voted to incorporate the city of Bessemer on September 9,1887, Bessemer is located at 33°23′29″N 86°57′24″W, about 18 miles southwest of Birmingham, a little north of the center of the state. According to the U. S. Census Bureau, the city has an area of 40.8 square miles. Bessemer is situated in the midst of the ore and limestone district of Alabama. Iron ore was mined on the hills on the citys southeast side, coal was mined to the north and west, all three ingredients were necessary for steelmaking, which led to the area becoming a major steel center from about 1890 through the twentieth century. Steel is no longer made within the city limits, but is manufactured in the neighboring city of Fairfield. The climate in this area is characterized by hot, humid summers, according to the Köppen Climate Classification system, Bessemer has a humid subtropical climate, abbreviated Cfa on climate maps. Bessemer uses the mayor–city council form of government, the council has seven members, elected from single-member districts. As of 2016, Kenneth Gulley is mayor, a position elected at-large and he was first elected in 2010 and reelected to a second term in 2014. A satellite Jefferson County courthouse is located in downtown Bessemer, there is a special county government district known as the Bessemer Cutoff, established in the middle of the 20th century when Bessemer was a major city in its own right. A separate county government was considered a possibility, the Cutoff had a separate series of Alabama license plates, with a different numeric prefix than the rest of the county. Bessemer has since surpassed by other Birmingham suburbs such as Hoover. The term Bessemer Cutoff remains in usage by area residents. The United States Postal Service operates the Bessemer Post Office, the state Alabama Department of Corrections operates the William E. Donaldson Correctional Facility, a prison for men, in unincorporated Jefferson County, Alabama, the prison includes one of the two Alabama death rows for men. In 1900 Bessemer ranked eighth in population in the state, second in amount of capital invested in manufacturing, by 1911 ore mining, iron smelting and the manufacture of iron and coke were the chief industries of Bessemer, truck farming was also an important industry. Both blacks and whites from rural areas were attracted to the city for its work opportunities, gradually African Americans moved into industrial jobs and were part of integrated unions, such jobs enabled working-class families to enjoy middle-class incomes
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Atlanta
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Atlanta is the capital of and the most populous city in the U. S. state of Georgia, with an estimated 2015 population of 463,878. Atlanta is the cultural and economic center of the Atlanta metropolitan area, home to 5,710,795 people, Atlanta is the county seat of Fulton County, and a small portion of the city extends eastward into DeKalb County. In 1837, Atlanta was founded at the intersection of two lines, and the city rose from the ashes of the American Civil War to become a national center of commerce. Atlantas economy is considered diverse, with dominant sectors that include logistics, professional and business services, media operations, Atlanta has topographic features that include rolling hills and dense tree coverage. Revitalization of Atlantas neighborhoods, initially spurred by the 1996 Olympics in Atlanta, has intensified in the 21st century, altering the demographics, politics. Prior to the arrival of European settlers in north Georgia, Creek Indians inhabited the area, standing Peachtree, a Creek village located where Peachtree Creek flows into the Chattahoochee River, was the closest Indian settlement to what is now Atlanta. As part of the removal of Native Americans from northern Georgia from 1802 to 1825, the Creek ceded the area in 1821. In 1836, the Georgia General Assembly voted to build the Western, the initial route was to run southward from Chattanooga to a terminus east of the Chattahoochee River, which would then be linked to Savannah. After engineers surveyed various possible locations for the terminus, the zero milepost was driven into the ground in what is now Five Points. A year later, the area around the milepost had developed into a settlement, first known as Terminus, and later as Thrasherville after a merchant who built homes. By 1842, the town had six buildings and 30 residents and was renamed Marthasville to honor the Governors daughter, later, J. Edgar Thomson, Chief Engineer of the Georgia Railroad, suggested the town be renamed Atlantica-Pacifica, which was shortened to Atlanta. The residents approved, and the town was incorporated as Atlanta on December 29,1847, by 1860, Atlantas population had grown to 9,554. During the American Civil War, the nexus of multiple railroads in Atlanta made the city a hub for the distribution of military supplies, in 1864, the Union Army moved southward following the capture of Chattanooga and began its invasion of north Georgia. On the next day, Mayor James Calhoun surrendered Atlanta to the Union Army, on November 11,1864, Sherman prepared for the Union Armys March to the Sea by ordering Atlanta to be burned to the ground, sparing only the citys churches and hospitals. After the Civil War ended in 1865, Atlanta was gradually rebuilt, due to the citys superior rail transportation network, the state capital was moved from Milledgeville to Atlanta in 1868. In the 1880 Census, Atlanta surpassed Savannah as Georgias largest city, by 1885, the founding of the Georgia School of Technology and the citys black colleges had established Atlanta as a center for higher education. In 1895, Atlanta hosted the Cotton States and International Exposition, during the first decades of the 20th century, Atlanta experienced a period of unprecedented growth. In three decades time, Atlantas population tripled as the city expanded to include nearby streetcar suburbs
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From top to bottom left to right: Atlanta skyline seen from
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Atlanta in ruins during the Civil War, 1864
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In 1907, Peachtree Street, the main street of Atlanta, was busy with streetcars and automobiles.
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Georgia (U.S. state)
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Georgia is a state in the southeastern United States. It was established in 1733, the last of the original Thirteen Colonies, named after King George II of Great Britain, Georgia was the fourth state to ratify the United States Constitution, on January 2,1788. It declared its secession from the Union on January 19,1861 and it was the last state to be restored to the Union, on July 15,1870. Georgia is the 24th largest and the 8th most populous of the 50 United States, from 2007 to 2008,14 of Georgias counties ranked among the nations 100 fastest-growing, second only to Texas. Georgia is known as the Peach State and the Empire State of the South, Atlanta is the states capital, its most populous city and has been named a global city. Georgia is bordered to the south by Florida, to the east by the Atlantic Ocean and South Carolina, to the west by Alabama, the states northern part is in the Blue Ridge Mountains, part of the Appalachian Mountains system. Georgias highest point is Brasstown Bald at 4,784 feet above sea level, Georgia is the largest state entirely east of the Mississippi River in land area. Before settlement by Europeans, Georgia was inhabited by the mound building cultures, the British colony of Georgia was founded by James Oglethorpe on February 12,1733. The colony was administered by the Trustees for the Establishment of the Colony of Georgia in America under a charter issued by King George II. The Trustees implemented a plan for the colonys settlement, known as the Oglethorpe Plan. In 1742 the colony was invaded by the Spanish during the War of Jenkins Ear, in 1752, after the government failed to renew subsidies that had helped support the colony, the Trustees turned over control to the crown. Georgia became a colony, with a governor appointed by the king. The Province of Georgia was one of the Thirteen Colonies that revolted against British rule in the American Revolution by signing the 1776 Declaration of Independence, the State of Georgias first constitution was ratified in February 1777. Georgia was the 10th state to ratify the Articles of Confederation on July 24,1778, in 1829, gold was discovered in the North Georgia mountains, which led to the Georgia Gold Rush and an established federal mint in Dahlonega, which continued its operation until 1861. The subsequent influx of white settlers put pressure on the government to land from the Cherokee Nation. In 1830, President Andrew Jackson signed the Indian Removal Act into law, sending many eastern Native American nations to reservations in present-day Oklahoma, including all of Georgias tribes. Despite the Supreme Courts ruling in Worcester v. Georgia that ruled U. S. states were not permitted to redraw the Indian boundaries, President Jackson and the state of Georgia ignored the ruling. In 1838, his successor, Martin Van Buren, dispatched troops to gather the Cherokee
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A girl spinner in a Georgia cotton mill, 1909.
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Jekyll Island
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Hip hop music
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It developed as part of hip hop culture, a subculture defined by four key stylistic elements, MCing/rapping, DJing/scratching with turntables, break dancing, and graffiti writing. Other elements include sampling beats or bass lines from records, while often used to refer solely to rapping, hip hop more properly denotes the practice of the entire subculture. Hip hops early evolution occurred as sampling technology and drum machines became available and affordable. Turntablist techniques such as scratching and beatmatching developed along with the breaks and Jamaican toasting, rapping developed as a vocal style in which the artist speaks or chants along rhythmically with an instrumental or synthesized beat. The Sugarhill Gangs 1979 song Rappers Delight is widely regarded to be the first hip hop record to gain popularity in the mainstream. The 1980s marked the diversification of hip hop as the genre developed more complex styles, prior to the 1980s, hip hop music was largely confined within the United States. However, during the 1980s, it began to spread to scenes in dozens of countries. New school hip hop was the wave of hip hop music, originating in 1983–84 with the early records of Run-D. M. C. The Golden age hip hop period was a period between the mid-1980s and the early 1990s. Notable artists from this era include the Juice Crew, Public Enemy, & Rakim, Boogie Down Productions and KRS-One, EPMD, Slick Rick, Beastie Boys, Kool G Rap, Big Daddy Kane, Ultramagnetic MCs, De La Soul, and A Tribe Called Quest. Gangsta rap is a subgenre of hip hop that often focuses on the violent lifestyles, in the West Coast hip hop style, G-funk dominated mainstream hip hop for several years during the 1990s. I. G. In the 1990s, hip hop began to diversify with other regional styles emerging, such as Southern rap, at the same time, hip hop continued to be assimilated into other genres of popular music, examples being Neo soul and nu metal. Hip hop became a pop music genre in the mid-1990s. The popularity of hip hop music continued through the 2000s, with hip hop influences also increasingly finding their way into mainstream pop, the United States also saw the success of regional styles such as crunk, a Southern genre that emphasized the beats and music more than the lyrics. Starting in 2005, sales of hip hop music in the United States began to severely wane, during the mid-2000s, alternative hip hop secured a place in the mainstream, due in part to the crossover success of artists such as OutKast and Kanye West. Creation of the hip hop is often credited to Keith Cowboy, rapper with Grandmaster Flash. However, Lovebug Starski, Keith Cowboy, and DJ Hollywood used the term when the music was known as disco rap. Cowboy later worked the hip hop cadence into a part of his stage performance, the first use of the term in print was in The Village Voice, by Steven Hager, later author of a 1984 history of hip hop
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1520 Sedgwick Avenue, the Bronx, a venue used by Kool Herc that is often considered the birthplace of hip hop in 1973
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DJ Kool Herc, recognized as one of the earliest hip hop artists
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Grandmaster Flash
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Afrika Bambaataa (left)
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Vocals
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Singing is the act of producing musical sounds with the voice, and augments regular speech by the use of sustained tonality, rhythm, and a variety of vocal techniques. A person who sings is called a singer or vocalist, Singers perform music that can be sung with or without accompaniment by musical instruments. Singing is often done in an ensemble of musicians, such as a choir of singers or a band of instrumentalists, Singers may perform as soloists, or accompanied by anything from a single instrument up to a symphony orchestra or big band. Singing can be formal or informal, arranged or improvised and it may be done as a form of religious devotion, as a hobby, as a source of pleasure, comfort, or ritual, as part of music education, or as a profession. Excellence in singing requires time, dedication, instruction, and regular practice, if practice is done on a regular basis then the sounds can become more clear and strong. Professional singers usually build their careers around one specific genre, such as classical or rock. They typically take voice training provided by teachers or vocal coaches throughout their careers. Though these four mechanisms function independently, they are coordinated in the establishment of a vocal technique and are made to interact upon one another. During passive breathing, air is inhaled with the diaphragm while exhalation occurs without any effort, exhalation may be aided by the abdominal, internal intercostal and lower pelvis/pelvic muscles. Inhalation is aided by use of external intercostals, scalenes and sternocleidomastoid muscles, the pitch is altered with the vocal cords. With the lips closed, this is called humming, humans have vocal folds which can loosen, tighten, or change their thickness, and over which breath can be transferred at varying pressures. The shape of the chest and neck, the position of the tongue, any one of these actions results in a change in pitch, volume, timbre, or tone of the sound produced. Sound also resonates within different parts of the body and an individuals size, Singers can also learn to project sound in certain ways so that it resonates better within their vocal tract. This is known as vocal resonation, another major influence on vocal sound and production is the function of the larynx which people can manipulate in different ways to produce different sounds. These different kinds of function are described as different kinds of vocal registers. The primary method for singers to accomplish this is through the use of the Singers Formant and it has also been shown that a more powerful voice may be achieved with a fatter and fluid-like vocal fold mucosa. The more pliable the mucosa, the more efficient the transfer of energy from the airflow to the vocal folds, Vocal registration refers to the system of vocal registers within the voice. A register in the voice is a series of tones, produced in the same vibratory pattern of the vocal folds
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American jazz singer and songwriter
Billie Holiday in New York City in 1947
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"Vocalist" redirects here. See also:
Lead vocalist and
Backing vocalist.
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Ercole de' Roberti: Concert, c. 1490
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Rock singer Ian Gillan performing live with
Deep Purple in
Hoyos del Espino in 2013.
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1017 Brick Squad Records
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The label itself has been a home to a roster of prominent hip hop artists that included Waka Flocka Flame, OJ da Juiceman, Chief Keef, Young Thug, and Young Scooter. Gucci Mane opened the record label after signing with Mizay Entertainment in 2007, following the release of his independent album, on May 4,2010, Mane announced he had closed So Icey Entertainment and left Mizay Entertainment due to business problems with Debra Antney. Gucci Mane stated that he was starting his own record label, the first artists to sign up to 1017 Brick Squad were OJ Da Juiceman, Wali Da Great, and Waka Flocka Flame, who signed up whilst they were still signed to Mizay Entertainment. Juicemans debut album was released through the Brick Squad record label. Brick Squads first mainstream success occurred in 2009, when Gucci released The State vs. Radric Davis, Brick Squad also signed Waka Flocka Flame, who released his debut album, Flockaveli, through Brick Squad, Mizay Entertainment, and Warner Bros. On September 28,2010, Mane released his studio album, The Appeal. On December 16,2011, member Slim Dunkin was shot and he was shot while arguing with another person in the building, who has been identified as another Atlanta rapper, Young Vito. On February 25,2013, Young Vito was acquitted of murdering Slim Dunkin, on March 15,2013, via Twitter, Gucci Mane said that he dropped Waka Flocka Flame and he was no longer a member of 1017 Brick Squad. The next day, Guccis management claimed his Twitter account was hacked, however Waka would claim this to be false and later diss Gucci Mane at a Dipset reunion concert in New York City. On March 27,2013, Waka told MTV that it would be impossible for him to be dropped from 1017 Brick Squad as he owns stake in the company. He also confirmed there was indeed a feud going on between the rappers and they would never make music or do business together again. On May 8,2013, Gucci Mane announced via Twitter that Chicago rapper Chief Keef was the newest member of 1017 Brick Squad, the following day, Gucci announced that he also signed producer C4, who had frequently worked with 1017 artists in the past. On September 7,2013, various members of 1017 Brick Squad and Brick Squad Mafia traded shots back and forth on Twitter, including Gucci Mane, Waka Flocka, Frenchie, Wooh Da Kid, and OJ da Juiceman. Gucci would go on to say fuck brick squad and accuse his former manager, Waka Flockas mom Debra Antney, of stealing money from OJ da Juiceman and Frenchie. Frenchie also accused Gucci Mane of paying for Young Vitos lawyer, the murderer of former 1017 Brick Squad artist Slim Dunkin. Frenchie would release a diss record towards Gucci the following day, during the following days, it was revealed that OJ da Juiceman, Frenchie, and Woo da Kid were no longer officially signed to 1017 Brick Squad Records. Their street counterparts were divided, with gangsters in the streets siding with OG Mack Drama. It was also revealed that Waka Flocka recently bought out a deal with Atlantic Records
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Brick Squad Monopoly
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Atlantic Records
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Atlantic Recording Corporation is an American major record label founded in October 1947 by Ahmet Ertegün and Herb Abramson. In 2004, Atlantic Records and its sister label Elektra Records merged into Atlantic Records Group, craig Kallman is currently the chairman of Atlantic Records. Ahmet Ertegün served as founding chairman until his death on December 14,2006, the brothers had become ardent fans of jazz and rhythm & blues music, amassing a collection of over 15,00078 RPM records. He convinced the family dentist, Dr Vahdi Sabit, to invest $10,000 and recruited Herb Abramson, Abramson had worked as a part-time A&R manager/producer for the jazz label National Records, signing Big Joe Turner and Billy Eckstine. He founded Jubilee Records in 1946, but had no interest in its most successful artists, so, in September 1947, he sold his share in Jubilee to his partner, Jerry Blaine, and invested $2500 in the new Atlantic label. When interviewed in 2009 she attributed her reputation to the companys chronic cash-flow shortage, most of the problems we had with artists were that they wanted advances, and that was very difficult for us. We were undercapitalized for a long time, the labels original office in the Ritz Hotel, Manhattan proved too expensive so they relocated to an $85 per month room in the Hotel Jefferson. In its early years Atlantic focused principally on modern jazz although it released some country and western and spoken word recordings. The union action forced Atlantic to use almost all its capital to cut and stockpile enough recordings to last through the ban, Ertegun and Abramson spent much of the late 1940s and early 1950s scouring nightclubs in search of talent. Ertegun composed many songs under the alias A, in early 1949 a New Orleans distributor phoned Ertegun trying to obtain Stick McGhees Drinking Wine, Spo-Dee-O-Dee, which was unavailable due to the closure of McGhees previous label. Ertegun knew Sticks younger brother Brownie McGhee, with whom Stick happened to be staying, so he contacted the McGhee brothers, Ertegun asked about artists royalties, which he paid, which surprised Columbia executives, who did not, which scuttled the deal. On the recommendation of broadcaster Willis Conover, Ertegun and Abramson went to see Ruth Brown at the Crystal Caverns club in Washington and she was badly injured in a car accident en route to New York but Atlantic supported her for nine months and then signed her. Her first release for the label So Long, cut at her second Atlantic session on May 25,1949 with the Eddie Condon band, was a major hit, reaching #6 on the R&B chart. Brown went on to more than eighty songs for the label, becoming the most prolific. So significant was Browns success to Atlantics fortunes that the label became known colloquially as The House That Ruth Built. The Clovers Dont You Know I Love You became the labels first R&B #1 in September 1951 and she hit #1 again in March–April 1952 with 5-10-15 Hours. After she left the label in 1961 Browns fortunes declined rapidly - within a few years was reduced to working as a cleaner and bus-driver to support her children. Brown eventually received a payment of $20,000 and founded a charity
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"Weird Al" Yankovic edits the Atlantic Records' Wikipedia page to read "YOU SUCK!" in the music video for the song "
White & Nerdy "
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Atlantic Records logo as of 2015.
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Asylum Records
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Asylum Records is an American record label founded in 1971 by David Geffen and partner Elliot Roberts. It was taken over by Warner Communications in 1972, and later merged with Elektra Records to become Elektra/Asylum Records, after various incarnations, today it is geared primarily towards hip-hop, along with rock and alternative metal. It is owned by Warner Music Group, and is distributed through Atlantic Records. Asylum was founded in 1971 by David Geffen, and partner Elliot Roberts, who had worked as agents at the William Morris Agency. They had previously founded their own management company, Geffen was unable to get a recording contract for their client Jackson Browne. While pitching Browne to Ahmet Ertegun, Geffen said, Youll make a lot of money, Ertegun replied, You know what, David, I have a lot of money. Why dont you start a company and then youll have a lot of money. They agreed immediately that Ertegun would put up the funds, Atlantic Records would distribute Asylum Records. Although they knew they would sign Browne, the first act that Geffen asked to join the label was his close friend Laura Nyro, Nyro agreed, but without Geffens knowledge she changed her mind and re-signed with Columbia Records. Geffen said it was the biggest betrayal of his life up to that point, Asylums early releases were distributed by Atlantic Records. His seventh and final album for the label, Heartattack and Vine, was released in 1980, former Creedence Clearwater Revival frontman John Fogerty signed with the label in 1974. The biggest coup for Asylum was signing Bob Dylan, who had been with Columbia Records since the early 1960s but who, Dylan recorded two albums, Planet Waves and the live Before the Flood, for Asylum before returning to Columbia. Columbia reissued Dylans two Asylum albums in 1981, Asylum was taken over by Warner Communications in 1973, and merged with Elektra Records to become Elektra/Asylum Records. David Geffen and Elliot Roberts each received $2 million in cash and $5 million in Warner Communications stock, Geffen served as president and chairman of Elektra/Asylum Records until 1975, when he crossed over to film and was named vice-chairman of Warner Bros. By the middle of the decade, the company was calling itself Elektra Records. By this time Asylums remaining acts had been shifted to the Elektra roster, although catalog recordings, Asylum was reformatted into a Country music label, still operated by Elektra, in 1992. Under the new format, Asylum scored successful recordings by acts as Emmylou Harris, Brother Phelps, Thrasher Shiver, Kevin Sharp, Bryan White. They also produced many critically acclaimed albums by such as Mandy Barnett, Guy Clark, The Cox Family, Bob Woodruff, John Douglas Myers
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Warner Bros. Records
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Warner Bros. Records was established on March 19,1958, as the recorded-music division of the American film studio Warner Bros. For most of its existence it was one of a group of labels owned and operated by larger parent corporations. The sequence of companies that controlled Warner Bros. and its allied labels evolved through a series of corporate mergers. Over this period, Warner Bros. Records grew from a minor player in the music industry to become one of the top recording labels in the world. In 2003, these assets were divested by their then owner Time Warner. This independent company traded as the Warner Music Group before being bought by Access Industries in 2011, WMG is the smallest of the three major international music conglomerates and the worlds last publicly traded major music company. Cameron Strang serves as CEO of the company, artists currently signed to Warner Bros. At the end of the silent movie period, Warner Bros, pictures decided to expand into publishing and recording so that it could access low-cost music content for its films. This new group controlled valuable copyrights on standards by George and Ira Gershwin and Jerome Kern, the label signed rising radio and recording stars Bing Crosby, Mills Brothers, and Boswell Sisters. In December 1931, Warner Bros. offloaded Brunswick to the American Record Corporation for a fraction of its former value, in a lease arrangement which did not include Brunswicks pressing plants. Warner Bros. sold Brunswick a second time, this time along with the old Brunswick pressing plants Warner owned, to Decca Records in exchange for a financial interest in Decca. The studio stayed out of the business for more than 25 years. Warner Bros. reëntered the record business in 1958 with the establishment of its own recording division, by this time, the established Hollywood studios were reeling from multiple challenges to their former dominance - the most notable being the introduction of television in the late 1940s. Legal changes also had a impact on their business—lawsuits brought by major stars had effectively overthrown the old studio contract system by the late 1940s. Pictures sold off much of its library in 1948 and, beginning in 1949. Semenenko in particular had a professional interest in the entertainment business. With the record business booming - sales had topped US$500 million by 1958 - Semnenko argued that it was foolish for Warner Bros, another impetus for the labels creation was the brief music career of Warner Bros. actor Tab Hunter. In 1958, the studio signed Hunter as its first artist to its newly formed record division, to establish the label, the company hired former Columbia Records president James B
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The gold, black and red label design used for Warner Bros. stereo albums from 1958 to 1968 and mono albums from 1964 to 1968.
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The grey, black, white and yellow label design used for Warner Bros. mono albums from 1958 to 1964 when it switched to the same gold label as the stereo version.
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"Cream Puff War" (1967), the first Warner Bros. single by
The Grateful Dead, showing the orange label with chevron border used on WBR's American 45s for much of the 1960s.
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Beginning in 1968, Warner LP and single label designs became identical. From 1968 to 1970, the label was called Warner Bros.-Seven Arts Records. The basic design and colour scheme of the W7 label were retained after the company name reverted to Warner Bros. Records and the "WB" shield in 1970 and remained in use until 1973.
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1017 Bricksquad
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The label itself has been a home to a roster of prominent hip hop artists that included Waka Flocka Flame, OJ da Juiceman, Chief Keef, Young Thug, and Young Scooter. Gucci Mane opened the record label after signing with Mizay Entertainment in 2007, following the release of his independent album, on May 4,2010, Mane announced he had closed So Icey Entertainment and left Mizay Entertainment due to business problems with Debra Antney. Gucci Mane stated that he was starting his own record label, the first artists to sign up to 1017 Brick Squad were OJ Da Juiceman, Wali Da Great, and Waka Flocka Flame, who signed up whilst they were still signed to Mizay Entertainment. Juicemans debut album was released through the Brick Squad record label. Brick Squads first mainstream success occurred in 2009, when Gucci released The State vs. Radric Davis, Brick Squad also signed Waka Flocka Flame, who released his debut album, Flockaveli, through Brick Squad, Mizay Entertainment, and Warner Bros. On September 28,2010, Mane released his studio album, The Appeal. On December 16,2011, member Slim Dunkin was shot and he was shot while arguing with another person in the building, who has been identified as another Atlanta rapper, Young Vito. On February 25,2013, Young Vito was acquitted of murdering Slim Dunkin, on March 15,2013, via Twitter, Gucci Mane said that he dropped Waka Flocka Flame and he was no longer a member of 1017 Brick Squad. The next day, Guccis management claimed his Twitter account was hacked, however Waka would claim this to be false and later diss Gucci Mane at a Dipset reunion concert in New York City. On March 27,2013, Waka told MTV that it would be impossible for him to be dropped from 1017 Brick Squad as he owns stake in the company. He also confirmed there was indeed a feud going on between the rappers and they would never make music or do business together again. On May 8,2013, Gucci Mane announced via Twitter that Chicago rapper Chief Keef was the newest member of 1017 Brick Squad, the following day, Gucci announced that he also signed producer C4, who had frequently worked with 1017 artists in the past. On September 7,2013, various members of 1017 Brick Squad and Brick Squad Mafia traded shots back and forth on Twitter, including Gucci Mane, Waka Flocka, Frenchie, Wooh Da Kid, and OJ da Juiceman. Gucci would go on to say fuck brick squad and accuse his former manager, Waka Flockas mom Debra Antney, of stealing money from OJ da Juiceman and Frenchie. Frenchie also accused Gucci Mane of paying for Young Vitos lawyer, the murderer of former 1017 Brick Squad artist Slim Dunkin. Frenchie would release a diss record towards Gucci the following day, during the following days, it was revealed that OJ da Juiceman, Frenchie, and Woo da Kid were no longer officially signed to 1017 Brick Squad Records. Their street counterparts were divided, with gangsters in the streets siding with OG Mack Drama. It was also revealed that Waka Flocka recently bought out a deal with Atlantic Records
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Yo Gotti
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Mario Mims, better known by his stage name Yo Gotti, is an American rapper. In 1996, Gotti released his debut album Youngstas On a Come Up under the alias Lil Yo. He went to release From Da Dope Game 2 Da Rap Game, Self-Explanatory, Life, Back 2 da Basics, Live from the Kitchen, I Am, Mims grew up in Ridgecrest Apartments of Frayser, Memphis. He began his career around the age of 14, rapping as Lil Yo, affiliated with DJ Sound. Between 2000 and 2006, Yo Gotti released a string of independent albums, from Da Dope Game 2 Da Rap Game, Self-Explanatory, Life and Back 2 da Basics. After several delays Yo Gotti released his label debut studio album Live From The Kitchen on January 10,2012. The albums original first single was titled 5 Star and it was released on May 20,2009, the single peaked at 79 on the Hot 100,19 on U. S R&B and 11 on U. S Rap. Women Lie, Men Lie featuring Lil Wayne the albums single was released on December 11,2009. The song peaked at 81 on 100,22 on the U. S R&B and 12 on the U. S Rap, look In the Mirror was the third single released 7 months after the second single on July 27,2010. The song peaked at 97 on the U. S R&B chart, Live From The Kitchen debuted at number 12 on the US Billboard 200, with 16,000 copies sold in its first week of sales in the United States. After three weeks on the chart the album has sold 36,000 copies in the United States, in 2012 due to Gottis views of the low sales of his debut album he took his departure from RCA Records & Polo Grounds Music. On October 17,2012, he released the 7th version of his mixtape series Cocaine Muzik entitled Cocaine Muzik 7. In early 2013, Gotti announced that he and his label CMG had been signed to a deal with Epic Records from longtime business partner L. A. Reid. On May 28,2013, Yo Gotti announced that his studio album would be titled I Am. The first single from his studio album I Am is titled Act Right and features Young Jeezy. The song debuted at #5 on the Bubbling Under Hot 100 Singles chart and at #39 on the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart. As of September 21, it has peaked at #100 on the Hot 100, making it Gotti and YGs third Hot 100 entry, #33 on Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart, in July 2013, it was announced that the album would be released on November 19,2013. On September 2,2013, Yo Gotti released the mixtape Nov 19th, on October 7,2013, the albums second official single King Shit featuring T. I. was sent to mainstream urban radio in the United States
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Yo Gotti in July 2009.
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2 Chainz
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Tauheed Epps, known professionally as 2 Chainz, is a Grammy award-winning American rapper from College Park, Georgia. He initially gained recognition for being one-half of the Southern hip hop duo Playaz Circle, alongside his friend and fellow rapper. They are perhaps best known for being signed to fellow Georgia-based rapper Ludacris Disturbing tha Peace label, in February 2012, Epps signed a solo record deal with Def Jam Records, an imprint of Universal Music Group. The following August, he released his studio album Based on a T. R. U. II, Me Time was released on September 11,2013 and it was supported by the singles Feds Watching and Used 2. 2 Chainz was born Tauheed Epps in College Park, Georgia and he attended North Clayton High School, where he played basketball and graduated second in his class. While in high school, he dealt marijuana and was arrested for cocaine possession when he was 15 years old. He later attended Alabama State University on a scholarship, and played on its team for the 1996–97 season. Theres a lot of stuff on there, to the point that every time I try to fix one thing, something else comes out. In fact, he attended Alabama State for his freshman year only, I got into some trouble, went somewhere else, and came back. But I graduated, and that’s that, Epps formed the hip hop duo Playaz Circle in College Park, Georgia in 1997, with his high school friend Earl Conyers, while Epps adopted Tity Boi as his moniker. After taking interest in Playaz Circle, Ludacris began to record songs with the group. Ludacris soon became one of the rappers in the Southern United States. After hearing of their situation, Ludacris requested of Epps that the duo join his newly formed record label Disturbing Tha Peace, Epps agreed to sign, although Conyers did not officially join the label until his mother regained her health, a year after the initial signing. Their debut album Supply & Demand, was released on October 30,2007, the lead single and their debut single, Duffle Bag Boy, became an urban hit single. The song features Lil Wayne, and was performed by the duo at the BET Hip Hop Awards, the duo released their second studio album Flight 360, The Takeoff, on September 29,2009. In January 2010, Playaz Circle filmed a video for their single Big Dawg featuring Lil Wayne. Shortly afterwards, Epps left Disturbing tha Peace, a move he claimed was taken in order to advance his career, although Ludacris was initially reluctant to allow Epps to leave the label, he eventually accepted the decision
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2 Chainz in May 2014
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Gorilla Zoe
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Alonzo Mathis, better known by his stage name Gorilla Zoe is an American rapper. He is a former artist with Trustnobody Ent and he subsequently became a member of rap group Boyz N Da Hood. His solo debut album Welcome to the Zoo ghost written by Ernest Gibbs and his next two albums, Dont Feed Da Animals and King Kong were released in 2009 and 2011. In 2015, he released two mix tapes, Recovery and Raised in the Jungle, in 2006 He replaced Young Jeezy as a member of Boyz n da Hood. He first saw success in collaborations with Yung Jocs Coffee Shop and Bottle Poppin and he would then be signed as a solo artist for Block Entertainment & Bad Boy South. On June 19,2007 Gorilla Zoe released his first single Hood Figga it was a success peaking on the Billboard 100 at #38. His first solo album, Welcome to the Zoo, was released October 2007, peaking at #18 on the Billboard 200, #8 on Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums, and #3 on Top Rap Albums. In 2007 Gorilla Zoe was chosen for the 2008 XXL Freshmen cover along with rappers Saigon, Plies, Rich Boy, Joell Ortiz, Lupe Fiasco, Lil Boosie, Crooked I, on October 28,2008 Gorilla Zoe released His first single from his second album entitled Lost. Dont Feed da Animals topped the Billboard Top Rap Albums chart, on March 17,2009 Gorilla Zoes second solo album, Dont Feed da Animals, it sold 29,000 copies its first week peaking on the Billboard 200 at #8. The second single from the album was What It Is, featuring Rick Ross, and Kollosus, for the month of February 2010, Gorilla Zoe released a mixtape every day on the mixtape website DatPiff. com. Gorilla Zoe is currently working on a mixtape with Die-Verse Citys member Qu1k and he also released an EP named I Am Atlanta 3, it is currently available on iTunes. Allmusic rated the album three-and-a-half stars out of five, the song from the album, Whats Goin On, was released on December 14,2010, and peaked no.99 at the Billboard Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs Chart. 2007, Welcome to the Zoo 2009, Dont Feed da Animals 2011, King Kong 2015, Raised In The Jungle Official website
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Gorilla Zoe
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Waka Flocka Flame
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Juaquin James Malphurs, better known as Waka Flocka Flame or simply Waka Flocka, is an American rapper. His debut studio album Flockaveli was released in 2010 and his second studio album Triple F Life, Friends, Fans & Family was released in 2012 and was preceded by the lead single Round of Applause. Malphurs was born in South Jamaica, New York and his family eventually settled in Riverdale, Georgia. His mother, Debra Antney, is rapper Gucci Manes former manager, the name Waka was given to him by his cousin, after the Muppets character Fozzie Bears catchphrase, Waka Waka. The name Flocka Flame was given to him by Gucci Mane, Waka Flocka came to fame with his breakthrough single O Lets Do It in 2009, which peaked at number 62 on the US Billboard Hot 100. Waka Flocka is a member of 1017 Brick Squad with Gucci Mane, OJ Da Juiceman, Frenchie, on January 19,2010, Malphurs was shot and robbed at a car wash in Atlanta. The bullet went through his right arm and his debut album, Flockaveli, was released on October 1,2010. The album debuted at six on the US Billboard 200. The album is titled after the Italian political theorist Machiavelli, and inspired by Tupac Shakur, whose stage name. He was named the eighth hottest MC of 2010 by MTV, Gucci Mane fired Waka Flockas mother as his manager. There was initially no animosity between the two due to this event. In an MTV interview, both he and Waka Flocka affirmed that their relationship was, at the time, in good standing even though no longer spoke to one another. In early September, Gucci Mane was seen at Flockas Flockaveli listening party supporting the artist, in 2011, Waka Flocka posed for a nude but not revealing picture for PETA, to boycott killing animals and wearing fur. The picture says ink not mink, Waka Flocka released several mixtapes in 2011, including Salute Me or Shoot Me 3, Benjamin Flocka and his last Twin Towers 2 with fellow rapper Slim Dunkin. On August 9,2011, his album with Gucci Mane. The first single was She Be Puttin On, featuring the now deceased Slim Dunkin, Round of Applause, featuring Canadian rapper Drake, was released on October 14,2011 as the first single from his second studio album, Triple F Life, Friends, Fans & Family. It was produced by frequent collaborator, Lex Luger, the album itself was released on June 8,2012. On January 22,2013, Waka Flocka announced that he has completed his third studio album and he revealed the album will feature guest appearances from Timbaland and Wyclef Jean
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Waka Flocka performing at the London Hall in
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Waka Flocka in 2010
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Migos
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Computer Go is the field of artificial intelligence dedicated to creating a computer program that plays the traditional board game Go. The game of Go has been a subject of artificial intelligence research for decades. Go is a board game that requires intuition, creative. It has long considered a difficult challenge in the field of artificial intelligence and is considerably more difficult to solve than chess. Many in the field of artificial intelligence consider Go to require more elements that mimic human thought than chess, good wrote in 1965, Go on a computer. – In order to programme a computer to play a game of Go, rather than merely a legal game – it is necessary to formalise the principles of good strategy. The principles are more qualitative and mysterious than in chess, so I think it will be even more difficult to programme a computer to play a reasonable game of Go than of chess. Prior to 2015, the best Go programs only managed to reach amateur dan level, on the small 9×9 board, the computer fared better, and some programs managed to win a fraction of their 9×9 games against professional players. Prior to AlphaGo, some researchers had claimed that computers would never defeat top humans at Go, the first Go program was written by Albert Lindsey Zobrist in 1968 as part of his thesis on pattern recognition. It introduced a function to estimate territory and Zobrist hashing to detect ko. In April 1981, Jonathan K Millen published an article in Byte discussing Wally, Bruce F. Webster published an article in the magazine in November 1984 discussing a Go program he had written for the Apple Macintosh, including the MacFORTH source. In 1998, very strong players were able to beat computer programs while giving handicaps of 25–30 stones, there was a case in the 1994 World Computer Go Championship where the winning program, Go Intellect, lost all three games against the youth players while receiving a 15-stone handicap. In general, players who understood and exploited a programs weaknesses could win with much larger handicaps than typical players, developments in Monte Carlo tree search and machine learning brought the best programs to high dan level on the small 9x9 board. In 2009, the first such programs appeared which could reach, in 2010, at the 2010 European Go Congress in Finland, MogoTW played 19x19 Go against Catalin Taranu. MogoTW received a handicap and won. In 2011, Zen reached 5 dan on the server KGS, the account which reached that rank uses a cluster version of Zen running on a 26-core machine. In 2012, Zen beat Takemiya Masaki by 11 points at five stones handicap, in 2013, Crazy Stone beat Yoshio Ishida in a 19×19 game at four stones handicap. The 2014 Codecentric Go Challenge, a match in an even 19x19 game, was played between Crazy Stone and Franz-Jozef Dickhut
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Rick Ross
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William Leonard Roberts II, known professionally by his stage name Rick Ross, is an American rapper and entrepreneur. In 2009, Ross founded the record label Maybach Music Group, on which he released his studio albums Deeper Than Rap, Teflon Don, God Forgives, I Dont, Mastermind, Hood Billionaire, Ross was also the first artist signed to Diddys management company Ciroc Entertainment. In early 2012, MTV named Ross as the Hottest MC in the Game, william Leonard Roberts II was born in Clarksdale, Mississippi, and raised in Carol City, Florida. After graduating from Miami Carol City Senior High School, he attended the historically black college Albany State University on a football scholarship, Roberts worked as a correctional officer for 18 months from December 1995, until his resignation in June 1997. In his early years at Suave House Records, Roberts initially made his debut under the pseudonym Teflon Da Don and he made his recording debut on the song Aint Shhh to Discuss on Erick Sermons lone album for DreamWorks, Def Squad Presents Erick Onasis. In the mid-2000s, he changed his name to Rick Ross and he derived his stage name from the former drug kingpin Freeway Rick Ross, to whom he has no connection. After being signed to Suave House Records, former label for rap duo 8Ball & MJG, he signed a deal with Slip-n-Slide Records. While signed to Slip-n-Slide, Roberts toured with fellow rapper Trick Daddy and made guest performances on other Slip-n-Slide albums. His debut album Port of Miami was released in August 2006 and debuted at the top spot on the U. S. Billboard 200 album chart, Christian Hoard of Rolling Stone magazine predicted that it would be the summers biggest rap record. The second single was Push It, which samples Scarface, the song from the gangster film Scarface. The music video for Push It was modeled after the film, during that time, Ross made guest performances on two singles from DJ Khaleds debut Listennn. The Album, Born-N-Raised and Holla at Me, Port of Miami received Gold certification from the Recording Industry Association of America on November 8,2006. In March 2008, his second album Trilla was released and, as its predecessor Port of Miami had, debuted at the top of the Billboard 200. Its lead single Speedin featuring R. Kelly peaked at number 21 on the U. S. Billboard Bubbling Under Hot 100 Singles, the third single Here I Am featured Nelly and Avery Storm. MTV News ranked Ross on the spot in its 2008 Hottest MCs in the Game list among ten rappers. The fourth single This Is The Life featured Trey Songz and was released in July, I look at all the strategies people use and what made them successful. What made Birdman just as relevant today after selling 50 million records, to see the class of Jay-Z, his accomplishments and see how he sits backs and accurately makes his moves. A track from the album called Valley of Death was what stood out to MTV reporters, in the song, Ross speaks briefly on his controversial stint as a prison guard
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Rick Ross performing for the Mastermind Tour in Toronto on June 15, 2014.
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Rick Ross performing in 2011.
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Usher (singer)
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Usher Raymond IV is an American singer, songwriter, dancer, and actor. Born in Dallas, Texas but raised and lived in Chattanooga, Tennessee until moving to Atlanta, at the age of 12, his mother put him in local singing competitions, before catching the attention of a music A&R from LaFace Records. In 1994 he released his debut album, Usher. 8701 produced the number-one singles U Remind Me and U Got It Bad and it sold 8 million copies worldwide and won his first two Grammy Awards as Best Male R&B Vocal Performance in 2002 and 2003. Confessions established him as one of the musical artists of the 2000s decade. Bolstered by its four consecutive Billboard Hot 100 number one singles, Burn, Confessions Part II, and My Boo, it has been certified Diamond by the RIAA. Here I Stand and Raymond v. Raymond, debuted atop of the Billboard 200, the EP, Versus, also produced the Hot 100 top-five single DJ Got Us Fallin in Love. Looking 4 Myself, also debuted atop the Billboard 200 chart, Raymond v. Raymond and Looking 4 Myself received Grammy Awards for R&B singles There Goes My Baby and Climax. Hard II Love peaked at five of the Billboard 200 albums chart. Usher has sold 23.8 million albums and 38.2 million digital songs in the United States, to date, his worldwide sales stand at 43 million albums and 75 million records overall, making him one of the best-selling music artists of all time. Usher has won awards and accolades including 18 Billboard Music Awards and 8 Grammy Awards. Billboard also placed him at number 6 on their list of Top 50 R&B/Hip-Hop Artists of the Past 25 Years, Usher has attained 9 US Hot 100 number-one singles. Considered an icon and sex symbol, he was inducted into the Georgia Music Hall of Fame, in 2008, he started his own record label Raymond-Braun Media Group, a joint venture with talent manager Scooter Braun that includes Canadian singer Justin Bieber. Usher was born in Dallas, Texas, the son of Jonetta Patton, from Tennessee, Usher spent the majority of his young life in Chattanooga, his father left the family when Usher was a year old. Usher grew up with his mother, then-stepfather, and half-brother, while in Atlanta, Usher attended North Springs High School. At age 10, Usher joined an R&B local quintet called the NuBeginnings, Usher recorded 10 songs with the group in 1991, and the ensuing album, Nubeginning Featuring Usher Raymond IV, was only made available regionally and by mail order. However, Patton took him out because, according to her, the album was re-released nationally in April 2002 by Hip-O Records. At age 13, Usher would meet A. J, alexander at local talent show in Atlanta
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Usher during the Division 1 launch party, 2010
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Usher arriving in
Miami, Florida, to attend the 2004
MTV Video Music Awards
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Usher performing with
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Shakira at the
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Usher performing in 2010
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Soulja Boy
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DeAndre Cortez Way, known professionally as Soulja Boy Tell Em, or simply Soulja Boy, is an American rapper, record producer, actor and entrepreneur. In September 2007, his debut single Crank That peaked at one on the U. S. Billboard Hot 100. The single was initially self-published to the internet, and later became a hit in the United States for seven non-consecutive weeks starting in September 2007. On August 17, Way was listed at number 18 on the Forbes list of Hip-Hop Cash Kings of 2010 for earning $7 million for that year. Way has released three albums and one independent album, his debut studio album Souljaboytellem. com was certified platinum by the RIAA. The DeAndre Way sold only 100,000 copies, Way was born in Chicago and moved to Atlanta at the age of six, where he became interested in rap music. At age 14, he moved to Batesville, Mississippi, with his father who provided a studio for Way to explore his musical ambitions. In November 2005, Way posted his songs on the website SoundClick, following positive reviews on the site, he established accounts on YouTube and Myspace. In March 2007, he recorded Crank That and released his first independent album Unsigned & Still Major, Da Album Before da Album, followed by a low-budget video demonstrating the Crank That dance. By the end of May 2007, Crank That had received its first airplay and Way met with Mr. Collipark to sign a deal with Interscope Records. On August 12,2007, the song was used on the television series Entourage, Ways major label debut album, Souljaboytellem. com, was released in the United States on October 2, peaking at number four on both the Billboard 200 and Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums charts. The album was recorded using just the demo version of FL Studio. For the 50th Grammy Awards, Way was nominated for Best Rap Song with Crank That, Souljaboytellem. com received a favorable review from Allmusic, but received mainly negative reviews from other sources such as Entertainment Weekly. Several reviewers credited Soulja Boy with spearheading a new trend in hip-hop, the follow-up to souljaboytellem. com, iSouljaBoyTellem, was released on December 16,2008 to negative critical reception. The first single from the album, Bird Walk, peaked at number 40 on the Billboard Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart and it was performed on YouTube Live on November 22,2008, with an introduction from MC Hammer. Kiss Me Thru the Phone, with Sammie, followed, peaking at three on the Hot 100 and number one on the Hot Rap Tracks charts. Chris Brown was originally Ways first choice to sing the hook, Way then tried to do it on his own with Auto-Tune but he found it unacceptable. It sold over 2,000,000 digital copies in the United States, on January 26,2009, Way released the third single Turn My Swag On
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Soulja Boy at
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Soulja Boy performing "
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Chief Keef
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Keith Cozart, better known by his stage name Chief Keef, is an American rapper and record producer from Chicago, Illinois. During his teenage years and while under house arrest, Keefs music videos were met with acclaim from local school students. His increasing popularity led to him being the subject of a bidding war among labels. Ultimately, Keef signed a record deal with Interscope Records. Keef also became the CEO of his own label, Glory Boyz Entertainment. His debut album Finally Rich was released on December 18,2012, since becoming famous, Keef has continued to experience ongoing legal issues. Despite being dropped from Interscope in late 2014, Keef continued self-releasing mixtapes through his Glo Gang label, although Keef had originally planned Bang 3 to be released as his second album, a then-track from the album, Nobody, developed into its own project. Keef released Nobody as an album in December 2014, while continuing to delay the often-pushed back Bang 3. Chief Keef was born Keith Cozart in Chicago, Illinois when his mother was 16 and he grew up in the Parkway Garden Homes, located in the Washington Park neighborhood on the citys South Side. Keef is estranged from his father, when he was a minor, Keefs legal guardian was his grandmother. He began rapping at a young age, regularly listed as 5, using his mothers karaoke machine. During his childhood, Keef attended Dulles Elementary School and the Banner School, Keef dropped out of Dyett High School at age 15. In 2011, Keef first earned attention from Chicagos South Side community with his mixtapes, The Glory Road. In December, Keef fired gunshots from a Pontiac Grand Prix in Chicagos Washington Park neighborhood, police showed up at the scene and the incident resulted in Keef being arrested and charged with unlawful use of a weapon. Keef was consequently placed under house arrest at his grandmothers house for 30 days, followed by another 30 days of home confinement. It has been noted that by the time this incident occurred, Keef had already achieved local South Side popularity, while under house arrest, Keef posted several videos to his YouTube account. These videos were at the forefront of Chicagos hip hop subgenre, the attention he received increased during the short time between the release of his mixtapes, Bang and Back From the Dead, and music videos, including Bang, 3Hunna and I Dont Like. Once his house arrest ended, WorldStarHipHop released a video of a child hysterically celebrating Keefs release from house arrest and it also caught fellow Chicago rapper Kanye Wests attention, and West created a remix of the song with rappers Pusha T, Jadakiss and Big Sean
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Kanye West, a fellow Chicagoan, discovered Chief Keef, and has since remixed his songs and collaborated with Keef
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Chief Keef performing at
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Chief Keef (far right, in grey) performing at Lollapalooza 2012
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Chief Keef has drawn comparisons to 50 Cent.
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Future (rapper)
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Nayvadius DeMun Wilburn, known professionally as Future, is an American rapper, singer, songwriter, and record producer. Born and raised in Atlanta, Georgia, Wilburn first became involved in music as part of the Dungeon Family collective, where he was nicknamed the Future. After amassing a series of mixtapes between 2010 and 2011, Future signed a record label deal with Epic Records and A1 Recordings. He subsequently released his album, Pluto, in April 2012 to positive reviews. Futures second album, Honest, was released in April 2014, between late 2014 and early 2015, he released a trio of mixtapes, Monster, Beast Mode, and 56 Nights. His next releases, DS2, What a Time to Be Alive, EVOL, FUTURE, the latter two made him the first artist to debut to two albums consecutively at the top of that chart. Future has also released several singles certified gold or higher by the RIAA, including Turn On the Lights, Move That Dope, Fuck Up Some Commas, Where Ya At, Jumpman, nayvadius DeMun Wilburn was born on November 20,1983 in Atlanta, Georgia. He began using his name while performing as one of the members of the musical collective The Dungeon Family. His first cousin, record producer and Dungeon Family member Rico Wade, encouraged him to sharpen his writing skills, Future voices his praise of Wades musical influence and instruction, calling him the mastermind behind his sound. He soon came under the wing of Atlantas own Rocko who signed him to his label A-1 Recordings, since then his work ethic has driven him to his success. From 2010 to early 2011, Future released a series of mixtapes including 1000, Dirty Sprite, the latter included the single Tony Montana, in reference to the Scarface film. During that time, Future was also partnering with a fellow rapper Gucci Mane on their collaborative album Free Bricks, and co-wrote YCs single Racks. Future signed a label recording contract with Epic Records fellow American rapper Rockos A1 Recordings, in September 2011, days before the release of his next mixtape. The mixtape was described by XXL magazine as ranging from simple and it would almost feel antiquated if Future werent amassing hits, or if he werent bringing some subtle new dimensions to the micro-genre. Though Future had told MTV that Streetz Calling would be his final mixtape prior to the release of his studio album, another mixtape. In December 2011, Future was featured on the cover of Issue #77 of The FADER, before his album being released in April 2012. Future was selected to the annual XXL Freshmen list in early 2012 and his debut album Pluto, originally planned for January, was eventually released on April 17. It included remixes of Tony Montana featuring Drake and Magic featuring T. I, according to Future, Magic was the first record T. I. jumped on when he came outta jail
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Future in July 2014
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Young Thug
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Jeffery Lamar Williams, best known professionally as Young Thug, is an American rapper from Atlanta, Georgia. I. and Gucci Mane. Young Thug initially released a series of independent mixtapes beginning in 2011 with I Came From Nothing, in early 2013, he signed a record deal with Gucci Manes 1017 Records and later that year he released his label debut mixtape 1017 Thug, which featured the track Picacho. Young Thug received mainstream recognition in 2014 with the songs Stoner and Danny Glover in addition to appearances on singles, including About the Money. That year, he signed to Lyor Cohens 300 Entertainment and collaborated on the mixtapes Black Portland and Rich Gang. In 2015, he released a number of mixtapes, including Barter 6 and these were followed in 2016 by the mixtapes Im Up, Slime Season 3, and Jeffery in anticipation of his long-delayed debut studio album, Hy. £UN35. Jeffery Lamar Williams was born on August 16,1991, in Atlanta, Georgia and he is from Sylvan Hills, a neighborhood in Atlanta, and grew up in the Jonesboro South projects. Other rappers from the neighborhood include Waka Flocka Flame,2 Chainz, Ludacris and Williams childhood friend PeeWee Longway, Thug subsequently released his first project on the label, his fourth mixtape,1017 Thug. The mixtape was met with reviews from music critics, which noted it for its original style. 1017 Thug was included in a number of lists for 2013, such as the Pitchfork Albums of the Year, Honorable Mention. FACT called it the best mixtape of 2013, Rolling Stone placed it at five on their 10 Best Mixtapes of 2013. In July 2013, Complex included him in their list of 25 New Rappers to Watch Out For, in October 2013, Young Thug released his commercial debut single Stoner. The song spawned a number of remixes by several rappers, including Wale, Jim Jones, Jadakiss, Iamsu. and Trick-Trick. Thug expressed his disapproval for the remixes, commenting If you feel like my song isnt tough enough to the point where you have to freestyle, dont think Im happy that youre doing it because of who you are. His song Danny Glover also received a number of remixes by Waka Flocka Flame and Nicki Minaj, in December 2013, Thug performed at Fools Gold Day Off show in Miami, among Danny Brown, Trick Daddy and Travis Scott. Pitchfork ranked 1017 Thug as one of the best albums of the first half of the 2010s decade, on January 18,2014, Young Thug revealed that he was offered $1.5 million to sign to Futures Freebandz record label. In March 2014, Young Thugs affiliation with Cash Money Records and its executive officer Birdman. However, the labels publicist later stated this was untrue, in 2014, Thug also recorded several songs with Kanye West, who praised him for his ability to make songs so fast. Thug announced that he has upcoming mixtapes with Rich Homie Quan, Chief Keef, Young Thug would go on to be featured on the March 2014 cover of The Fader
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Lil Wayne (pictured) is the biggest influence of Thug.
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Fetty Wap
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Willie Maxwell II, is an American rapper better known by his stage name Fetty Wap. His first single, Trap Queen, peaked at two in the U. S. on Billboard Hot 100 in May 2015. This helped Fetty Wap secure a deal with 300 Entertainment. He subsequently released two Top 10 singles in the U. S.679 and My Way, Fetty Waps eponymously titled debut album was released in September 2015 and reached number one on Billboard 200 chart. Willie Maxwell was born on June 7,1991 and raised in Paterson, Maxwell, born with glaucoma in both eyes, revealed in a 2015 interview that doctors were unable to save his left eye and instead fitted him with an ocular prosthesis. He began taking interest in music in 2013, initially starting off as only a rapper, he later decided to start singing as well because he wanted to do something different. He was nicknamed Fetty as he was known for making money, Wap was added to the end of the name to perform under in tribute to Gucci Manes alias, GuWop. Fetty Waps commercial debut single, titled Trap Queen, was released in early 2014. He recorded the song in February 2014, however it did not gain recognition until mid-November 2014. The song Trap Queen is about a woman dealing and cooking crack cocaine and his debut mixtape, Fetty Wap, The Mixtape was originally set for release in February 2015 but was delayed because he continued to create new songs. In June 2015, Wap was included in XXLs 2015 Freshman Class, on June 29,2015, Wap released his second single 679. The songs accompanying video premiered on YouTube in May, before being commercially released. 679 had a version with Monty only and an added verse by Wap. The Remy Boyz Version was removed from the album His next single, My Way, later, Drake remixed My Way and created the version that was then played on radio. Afterwards,679 reached the Hot 100 top 10 peaking at number four, during the week of July 26,2015 to August 1,2015, the rapper matched Billboard marks by hip-hop prominent artists Eminem and Lil Wayne. He became the first male rapper with three occupying the top 20 spots on the Billboard Hot 100 chart since Eminem did so in 2013. He also became the first male rapper in four years to have concurrent singles reach the top 10 of the chart since Lil Wayne did so in 2011. With his fourth single Again, Wap became the first act in the Hot Rap Songs charts 26-year history to chart his first four entries in the top 10 simultaneously, Waps debut studio album Fetty Wap was released on September 25,2015
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Fetty Wap performing in August 2015
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Young Dolph
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Adolph Thornton, Jr. better known by his stage name Young Dolph, is an American rapper. In February 2016, Dolph released his studio album, King of Memphis. Genasis hit single Cut It, which peaked at number 35 on the Billboard Hot 100, adolph Thornton, Jr. was born on August 11,1985 in Chicago, Illinois. His family moved to Memphis, Tennessee, when he was 2 years old and he has two sisters and two brothers. In his hit track “Preach” he rapped that, “Mama always in the streets, in 2008 he was involved in a car accident which nearly took his life and later that same year his grandmother died from lung cancer. These series of incidents motivated his “wake up” call and he started doing music around that time because it served as an emotional release. In addition, Young Dolph and his fellows all complained about fake rappers telling stories about what they’ve never done and his partners encouraged him to do more music after hearing his first song, even though he did it simply for fun. His first mixtape, Paper Route Campaign, was a success and confirmed his journey into the entertainment industry
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Brick Squad Monopoly
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1017 Records' logo
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T.I.
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Clifford Joseph Harris Jr. better known by his stage names T. I. and Tip, is an American hip hop recording artist and actor from Atlanta, Georgia. He signed his first major-label record deal in 1999, with Arista Records subsidiary, in 2001, T. I. formed the Southern hip hop group Pimp Squad Click, alongside his longtime friends and fellow Atlanta-based rappers. Upon being released from Arista, T. I. signed to Atlantic Records and subsequently became the executive officer of his own label imprint, Grand Hustle Records. T. I. is also perhaps best known as one of the artists who popularized the hip hop subgenre trap music, along with Young Jeezy and Gucci Mane. T. I. has released nine albums, with seven of them reaching the top five of the US Billboard 200 chart. Throughout his career, T. I. has also released several successful singles, including Bring Em Out, Whatever You Like, Live Your Life, Dead and Gone, Ball. He began to gain recognition in 2003, following his first high-profile feature, on fellow Atlanta-based rapper Bone Crushers hit single. He earned more prominence with the release of Trap Muzik, which includes the Top 40 hits, Rubber Band Man, the next year, T. I. appeared on Destinys Childs international hit, Soldier, alongside Lil Wayne. His subsequent albums, King and T. I. vs. T. I. P. generated high record sales and were supported by singles, such as What You Know and Big Shit Poppin. In 2013, T. I. was featured on Robin Thickes hit single Blurred Lines, alongside Pharrell Williams, in November 2013, T. I. announced that he had signed with Columbia Records, after his 10-year contract with Atlantic came to an end. He released his Columbia Records debut, Paperwork, in October 2014, in February 2016, T. I. announced he signed a distribution deal with Roc Nation, to release his tenth album. T. I. has won three Grammy Awards, namely Best Rap Solo Performance, Best Rap Performance by a Duo or Group and Best Rap/Sung Collaboration. T. I. has served two terms in county jail, twice for probation violations and a federal prison bid for a U. S. federal weapons charge, while serving 11 months in prison, he released his seventh studio album, No Mercy. T. I. has also had an acting career, starring in the films ATL, Takers, Get Hard, Identity Thief. He is also an author, having written two novels Power & Beauty and Trouble & Triumph, both of which were released to moderate success. T. I. has also starred in the American reality television series T. I. s Road to Redemption, in 2009, Billboard ranked him as the 27th Artist of the 2000s decade. Clifford Joseph Harris Jr. was born on September 25,1980, in Atlanta, Georgia and he was raised by his grandparents in Atlantas Center Hill neighborhood just off Bankhead Highway. His father resided in New York City, and he would go there to visit
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T.I. performing in September 2012.
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Mug shot of T.I..
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T.I. at the
Summer Jam concert in
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T.I. in 2009.
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1017 Records
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The label itself has been a home to a roster of prominent hip hop artists that included Waka Flocka Flame, OJ da Juiceman, Chief Keef, Young Thug, and Young Scooter. Gucci Mane opened the record label after signing with Mizay Entertainment in 2007, following the release of his independent album, on May 4,2010, Mane announced he had closed So Icey Entertainment and left Mizay Entertainment due to business problems with Debra Antney. Gucci Mane stated that he was starting his own record label, the first artists to sign up to 1017 Brick Squad were OJ Da Juiceman, Wali Da Great, and Waka Flocka Flame, who signed up whilst they were still signed to Mizay Entertainment. Juicemans debut album was released through the Brick Squad record label. Brick Squads first mainstream success occurred in 2009, when Gucci released The State vs. Radric Davis, Brick Squad also signed Waka Flocka Flame, who released his debut album, Flockaveli, through Brick Squad, Mizay Entertainment, and Warner Bros. On September 28,2010, Mane released his studio album, The Appeal. On December 16,2011, member Slim Dunkin was shot and he was shot while arguing with another person in the building, who has been identified as another Atlanta rapper, Young Vito. On February 25,2013, Young Vito was acquitted of murdering Slim Dunkin, on March 15,2013, via Twitter, Gucci Mane said that he dropped Waka Flocka Flame and he was no longer a member of 1017 Brick Squad. The next day, Guccis management claimed his Twitter account was hacked, however Waka would claim this to be false and later diss Gucci Mane at a Dipset reunion concert in New York City. On March 27,2013, Waka told MTV that it would be impossible for him to be dropped from 1017 Brick Squad as he owns stake in the company. He also confirmed there was indeed a feud going on between the rappers and they would never make music or do business together again. On May 8,2013, Gucci Mane announced via Twitter that Chicago rapper Chief Keef was the newest member of 1017 Brick Squad, the following day, Gucci announced that he also signed producer C4, who had frequently worked with 1017 artists in the past. On September 7,2013, various members of 1017 Brick Squad and Brick Squad Mafia traded shots back and forth on Twitter, including Gucci Mane, Waka Flocka, Frenchie, Wooh Da Kid, and OJ da Juiceman. Gucci would go on to say fuck brick squad and accuse his former manager, Waka Flockas mom Debra Antney, of stealing money from OJ da Juiceman and Frenchie. Frenchie also accused Gucci Mane of paying for Young Vitos lawyer, the murderer of former 1017 Brick Squad artist Slim Dunkin. Frenchie would release a diss record towards Gucci the following day, during the following days, it was revealed that OJ da Juiceman, Frenchie, and Woo da Kid were no longer officially signed to 1017 Brick Squad Records. Their street counterparts were divided, with gangsters in the streets siding with OG Mack Drama. It was also revealed that Waka Flocka recently bought out a deal with Atlantic Records
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Brick Squad Monopoly
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Young Jeezy
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Jay Wayne Jenkins, better known by his stage name Young Jeezy, is an American rap artist from Atlanta, Georgia. In 1998, he launched the label imprint CTE World, aside from his solo career, Jeezy is the de facto leader of the southern hip hop group United Streets Dopeboyz of America, and is a former member of the Bad Boy Records rap group Boyz n da Hood. Jeezy is also known for helping pioneer the hip hop subgenre trap music, alongside fellow Atlanta-based rappers T. I. Jeezy embarked on his music career in 2001, as Lil J, with the release of Thuggin Under the Influence. He later joined Boyz n da Hood in 2005, the year his solo major label debut Lets Get It. Its lead single Soul Survivor, which features R&B singer Akon and his subsequent albums, The Inspiration and The Recession, both yielded chart-topping singles. Jay Wayne Jenkins was born in Columbia, South Carolina and relocated to Atlanta, because his parents were separated, custody of him transferred between family members frequently. In an interview with XXL magazine, he described his childhood as empty, in 1994, he spent nine months in YCA, a boot camp in Fort Stewart, Georgia, for narcotics possession. Jeezy released his first independent album, Thuggin Under the Influence and it featured artists such as Freddy J. Kinky B, Fidank, and Lil Jon, who also produced some of the tracks. In 2003, Jeezy released Come Shop wit Me, a set featuring completely new tracks with some songs from T. U. I. Jeezy signed with Bad Boy Records in 2004 and joined the group Boyz n da Hood, whose self-titled album was released in June 2005 and peaked at #5 on the Billboard 200 albums charts. In May 2004, Jazze Phas manager Henry Noonie Lee showed Young Jeezys demo to his friend Shakir Stewart, Vice President Artist, Stewart fell in love with it the first time heard it and took it to L. A. Reid. Reid recognised the talent and gave Stewart the green light to sign him, as the hottest thing on the street at the time, various labels - including Warner and Interscope – were after his signature. However, Young Jeezy decided he wanted to be in business with Stewart, as a result, signed with Def Jam Records. Young Jeezys debut single off his album, And Then What featuring Mannie Fresh. Young Jeezys major label debut, Lets Get It, Thug Motivation 101, was released on July 26,2005 and it debuted at #2 on the Billboard 200, selling 172,000 copies in its first week and was later certified Platinum by the RIAA. The second single off the album, Soul Survivor featuring Akon reached #4 on the Billboard Hot 100, the third single, My Hood, reached #77 on the Billboard Hot 100. In an interview with HitQuarters, A&R Shakir Stewart said that Jeezy had recorded over 60 songs for the album, in interviews and on several records, Young Jeezy has affirmed his resistance to commercialism in his music. Maintaining his street credibility, according to Young Jeezy, is of the utmost concern to him as an artist, in 2005, Young Jeezy was featured in several popular hip hop songs including Gucci Manes Icy and Boyz n da Hoods Dem Boyz
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Young Jeezy in 2005
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Young Jeezy in 2006
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Trap House
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Trap House is the debut studio album by American rapper Gucci Mane. It was released on May 24,2005, by Big Cat Records, the albums debut single, Icy, was released on April 13,2005. The song features guest verse from a fellow American rapper Young Jeezy, the albums second single, Go Head, was released on July 5,2005. The song features guest verse from a female rapper Mac Bree-Z, the single was also included on Gucci Manes second album Hard to Kill. The albums third single, Money Dont Matter, was released on September 13,2005, the song features guest vocals from a female American recording artist Torica, while the production was handled by Nitti. The title track, Trap House, was released as the fourth single on November 22,2005. The song was produced by Shawty Redd, the albums fifth and final single, Thats All, was released on December 7,2005. The song was produced by Nitti
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The State vs. Radric Davis
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The State vs. Radric Davis is the sixth studio album by American rapper Gucci Mane. It was released on December 8,2009, the State vs. Radric Davis comes after a slew of independent releases, mixtapes, and features over the past few years. Productions from Polow da Don, Drumma Boy, Mannie Fresh, featured artists includes, Usher, Plies, Lil Wayne, Camron, Soulja Boy, Rick Ross, Bun B, OJ da Juiceman, Wooh da Kid, Waka Flocka Flame, and Nicki Minaj. The iTunes deluxe version contains the EP, Wasted, The Prequel, the album debuted at number 10 on the US Billboard 200 selling 89,000 copies in its first week. The album was met generally favorable reviews from music critics. As of August 19,2012, the album has sold an estimated 424,000 copies, with the success of The State vs. Radric Davis, Gucci Mane announced that his next two albums will be parts of a trilogy. The second, and third album will be called The Appeal, Georgias Most Wanted due for release September 28,2010, however he later decided to break the trilogy and change the third albums title. Wasted featuring Plies was released as the single on September 26,2009. It peaked at number thirty-six in the Billboard Hot 100, spotlight featuring Usher was released as the second single on October 19,2009, and peaked at number forty-two in the US as well as reaching number fifteen on Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart. The songs subject matter involves the proceeds from the sale of codeine-infused lemonade. Bingo featuring Soulja Boy and Waka Flocka Flame was released as the single on January 12,2010. Worst Enemy was released as the first promotional single on November 12,2009, the song revisits Gucci Manes past, how it led to his fame, and how hes moving on in life despite his struggles. Young Jeezy and T. I. are referenced in the song, a music video for the song was released on December 8,2009. Heavy was released as the promotional single on November 25,2009. The videos for the deluxe edition tracks Bricks featuring Yung Ralph and Yo Gotti, Photoshoot, a music video was also filmed for All About the Money featuring Rick Ross. Bricks, and Photoshoot both managed to peak, respectively, at nineteen, and number eighteen on the US Billboard Bubbling Under R&B/Hip-Hop Singles chart. The State vs. Radric Davis received generally favorable reviews from music critics, at Metacritic, which assigns a normalized rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, the album received an average score of 66, based on 11 reviews. Radric Davis delivers the full spectrum of Gucci Mane, showing both the cash and yellow diamond-loving side, as well as his more reflective side, Radric Davis has proven the rappers case beyond a reasonable doubt
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The State vs. Radric Davis
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Lil Wayne
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Dwayne Michael Carter Jr. known professionally as Lil Wayne, is an American hip hop recording artist and author from New Orleans, Louisiana. In 1991, at the age of nine, Lil Wayne joined Cash Money Records as the youngest member of the label, in 1996, Lil Wayne joined the southern hip hop group Hot Boys, with his Cash Money label-mates Juvenile, Young Turk and Lil Doogie. Hot Boys debuted with Get It How U Live. that same year, Most of the groups success came with their platinum-selling album Guerrilla Warfare and the 1999 single Bling Bling. Along with being the flagship artist of Cash Money Records, Lil Wayne is also the Chief Executive Officer of his own imprint, Young Money Entertainment. Lil Waynes solo debut album Tha Block Is Hot, was certified platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America and his subsequent albums, Lights Out and 500 Degreez, went on to be certified gold. Wayne reached higher popularity with his fourth album Tha Carter, which was led by the single Go D. J. and his appearance on Destinys Childs Top 10 single Soldier, that same year. The album was followed by Tha Carter II, as well as several mixtapes, Wayne gained more prominence with his sixth album Tha Carter III, which became his most successful album to date, with first-week sales of over one million copies in the United States. The album won the Grammy Award for Best Rap Album and includes the hit singles Lollipop, A Milli, following the success of Tha Carter III, Wayne decided to record a rock-esque album titled Rebirth. The album, released in 2010, was certified gold by the RIAA, in March 2010, Lil Wayne began serving an 8-month jail sentence in New York after being convicted of criminal possession of a weapon stemming from an incident in July 2007. Waynes eighth album I Am Not a Human Being, was released during his incarceration and his 2011 album and first following his release, Tha Carter IV, sold 964,000 copies in its first week of availability in the United States. It includes the singles 6 Foot 7 Foot, How to Love, on September 27,2012, Lil Wayne passed Elvis Presley as the male with the most entries on the Billboard Hot 100 chart, with 109 songs. The record has since passed by other artists. Lil Waynes thirteenth studio album, Tha Carter V has been delayed multiple times and has no scheduled release date, Dwayne Michael Carter Jr. was born on September 27,1982, and grew up in the Hollygrove neighborhood of New Orleans, Louisiana. His mother, a cook, gave birth to him when she was 19 years old and his parents divorced when he was 2, and his father permanently abandoned the family. Although Wayne and Birdman have a relationship and Birdman calls Carter his son, Waynes biological father. Lil Wayne has also spoken about his stepfather, Rabbit. Carter has a dedicated to Rabbit, who was murdered before Carter became a star. Carter enrolled in the program of Lafayette Elementary School and in the drama club of Eleanor McMain Secondary School
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Lil Wayne performing in March 2011
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Lil Wayne performing at Voodoo Music Experience in 2008.
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Omarion
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Omari Ishmael Grandberry, better known as Omarion, is an American singer, songwriter, rapper, actor and dancer. He is best known as being the singer of the American R&B boy band B2K, the group achieved success with singles like Bump, Bump, Bump. His second solo album,21, contained his single to date, Ice Box. His third solo album, Ollusion, was released on January 12,2010, with the lead single, I Get It In. His fourth solo album, Sex Playlist, spawned the single, Post to Be, Omarion also ventured into acting, with appearances in films such as You Got Served, Fat Albert, Somebody Help Me and The Proud Family Movie. Born in Inglewood, California, to Leslie Burrell and Trent Grandberry, at school he played on the football team and was also known for his quirky dance moves. Although he dropped out of school midway, Omarion began to perform at age five, before he made it into the music business, he was in commercials for Kelloggs Corn Pops and McDonalds. He also made cameos in the R&B girl group Before Darks music videos, the smooth harmony singing that formed an integral part of the band B2K, helped him establish a solo career. His younger brother ORyan is also a singer, in early 2004, Omarion appeared in several films, most notably You Got Served in which he starred alongside Marques Houston, as well as his former B2K band mates. The movie centered on a group of friends in a hip hop dance crew who take part in dance competitions. That same year, he played the role of the school bully Reggie in the comedy Fat Albert, based on the animated series Fat Albert, on February 22,2005, Omarion released his debut solo album O. The album debuted at #1 on the Billboard 200 and Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums charts, the first single from the album was O. The single peaked at #27 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart, the second single Touch, peaked at #94 on the Billboard Hot 100. The album received a third and final release with, Im Tryna, O has sold over 758,000 copies in the United States since its release. Omarion received a Grammy nomination for the album at the 48th Grammy Awards for Best Contemporary R&B Album, on December 26,2006 Omarion released his second album 21. The album debuted at #1 on the Billboard 200 and Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums charts, the first single from the album was Entourage. The second single Ice Box, produced by Timbaland, peaked at #12 on the Billboard Hot 100 and is Omarions most successful single to date. 21 has sold over 390,000 copies in the United States since its release, towards the end of 2007, he displayed his acting skills in the thriller Somebody Help Me
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Omarion in 2007.
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Mariah Carey
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Mariah Carey is an American singer, songwriter, record producer, and actress. In 1990, Carey rose to fame with the release of Vision of Love from her eponymous debut album, the album produced four chart-topping singles in the US and began what would become a string of commercially successful albums which solidified the singer as Columbias highest selling act. Carey and Boyz II Men spent a record sixteen weeks atop the Billboard Hot 100 in 1995–1996 with One Sweet Day, following a contentious divorce from Sony Music head Tommy Mottola, Carey adopted a new image and traversed towards hip hop with the release of Butterfly. In 1998, she was honored as the worlds best-selling recording artist of the 1990s at the World Music Awards, Carey parted with Columbia in 2000, and signed a record-breaking $100 million recording contract with Virgin Records America. In the weeks prior to the release of her film Glitter and its soundtrack in 2001. The project was received and led to a general decline in the singers career. Careys recording contract was out for $50 million by Virgin. After a relatively unsuccessful period, she returned to the top of music charts with The Emancipation of Mimi, Carey once again ventured into film with a well-received supporting role in Precious, and was awarded the Breakthrough Performance Award at the Palm Springs International Film Festival. Throughout her career, Carey has sold more than 200 million records worldwide, according to the RIAA, she is the third-best-selling female artist in the United States, with 63.5 million certified albums. With the release of Touch My Body, Carey gained her 18th number-one single in the United States, in 2012, the singer was ranked second on VH1s list of the 100 Greatest Women in Music. Mariah Carey was born in Huntington, New York, to Patricia and her mother is of Irish descent, while her father had African-American and Afro-Venezuelan ancestry. The surname Carey was adopted by her Venezuelan grandfather, Francisco Núñez, Patricia was an occasional opera singer and vocal coach before she met Alfred in 1960. As he began earning a living as an engineer, the couple married later that year. After their elopement, Patricias family disowned her for marrying a black man, Carey later explained that she felt neglected by her maternal family while growing up, which affected her greatly. In the years between the births of Careys older sister Alison and herself, the Carey family struggled within the community due to their ethnicity, Careys name was derived from the song They Call the Wind Maria, originally from the 1951 Broadway musical Paint Your Wagon. When Carey was three, her parents divorced, after their separation, Alison moved in with her father, while the other two children, Mariah and brother Morgan, remained with their mother. Carey grew apart from her father and would stop seeing him altogether. By age four, she recalled that she had begun to sneak the radio under her covers at night, during elementary school, she excelled in subjects that she enjoyed, such as music, art, and literature, but did not find interest in others
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Carey performing on
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Carey exiting the
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Carey performing "One Sweet Day" alongside
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Carey at the
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Rae Sremmurd
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Rae Sremmurd is an American hip hop duo originating from Tupelo, Mississippi formed by brothers, Swae Lee and Slim Jxmmi. In 2013, they signed a deal with Mike Will Made-Its EarDrummers imprint. The group released their debut album SremmLife in January 2015, which went on to sell over 1,000,000 copies in the US and was certified Platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America and their sophomore album, SremmLife 2 was released in August 2016. They also created their own label, SremmLife Crew, the same year, the name Rae Sremmurd is derived from their home label, EarDrummers, by spelling each word backwards. Aaquil Ibinshaman Brown and his little brother Khalif Malikibnsham Brown were born in Inglewood, California in December 29,1991 and in June 7,1993 respectively. They grew up with their mother, Bernadette Walker, and their brother, Michael and their mother worked for the army, she was regularly deployed in different states. The family moved several times, leaving California for Mississippi, Maryland, the two brothers started practicing, dancing and writing music together at an early age. In Texas, at some point around his 10th birthday, Khalif learned to produce music using Fruity Loops. While the two boys were in school, the family left Texas and moved back to Mississippi to join Bernadettes new companion, Floyd Sullivan. They settled in the city of Tupelo, Mississippi, in the notorious Ida Street housing projects, the young couple had a son named Floyd Jr. Sullivan. To support the family and to keep the boys in school, Brown brothers met Jemiah Middlebrooks at Tupelo, while he was playing basketball at a local park. They decided to found the hip hop band Dem Outta St8 Boyz with him, Aaquil took the stage name CaliBoy, Khalif choosed Kid Krunk and Jemiah took Lil Pantz. They used money from their jobs to buy equipment and to produce music at home. The two brothers were composing their own beats and the trio were rapping on it, visibly inspired by Soulja Boy, the boys released songs and dance videos on social networks of the time. It was at the time that the group met and became friends with Jermarcus Jackson aka JJ. He since became the DJ of the group, shortly after, Bernadette Walker and her companion were splitting up. Following the break-up, the two started to skipping school. They also worked more seriously on music which brought them to coming in at all hours of the night while they had school the next morning, in order to deal with this situation, the mother started kicking her sons out the house, leaving them homeless
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Rae Sremmurd in 2015
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Billboard Hot 100
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The Billboard Hot 100 is the music industry standard record chart in the United States for singles, published weekly by Billboard magazine. Chart rankings are based on sales, radio play and online streaming, the weekly sales period was originally Monday to Sunday, when Nielsen started tracking sales in 1991, but was changed to Friday to Thursday in July 2015. Radio airplay, which, unlike sales figures and streaming data, is available on a real-time basis. A new chart is compiled and officially released to the public by Billboard on Tuesdays, as of the issue for the week ending on April 15,2017, the Hot 100 has had 1,061 different number one hits. The current number one song is Shape of You by Ed Sheeran, prior to 1955, Billboard did not have a unified, all-encompassing popularity chart, instead measuring songs by individual metrics. At the start of the era in 1955, three such charts existed, Best Sellers in Stores was the first Billboard chart, established in 1936. This chart ranked the biggest selling singles in retail stores, as reported by merchants surveyed throughout the country, Most Played by Jockeys was Billboards original airplay chart. It ranked the most played songs on United States radio stations, as reported by radio disc jockeys, Most Played in Jukeboxes ranked the most played songs in jukeboxes across the United States. On the week ending November 12,1955, Billboard published The Top 100 for the first time, the Top 100 combined all aspects of a singles performance, based on a point system that typically gave sales more weight than radio airplay. The Best Sellers In Stores, Most Played by Jockeys and Most Played in Jukeboxes charts continued to be published concurrently with the new Top 100 chart. The week ending July 28,1958 was the publication of the Most Played By Jockeys and Top 100 charts. On August 4,1958, Billboard premiered one main all-genre singles chart, the Hot 100 quickly became the industry standard and Billboard discontinued the Best Sellers In Stores chart on October 13,1958. The Billboard Hot 100 is still the standard by which a songs popularity is measured in the United States, the Hot 100 is ranked by radio airplay audience impressions as measured by Nielsen BDS, sales data compiled by Nielsen Soundscan and streaming activity provided by online music sources. There are several component charts that contribute to the calculation of the Hot 100. Charts are ranked by number of gross audience impressions, computed by cross-referencing exact times of radio airplay with Arbitron listener data. Hot Singles Sales, the top selling singles compiled from a sample of retail store, mass merchant and internet sales reports collected, compiled. The chart is released weekly and measures sales of commercial singles. With the decline in sales of singles in the US
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World War II
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World War II, also known as the Second World War, was a global war that lasted from 1939 to 1945, although related conflicts began earlier. It involved the vast majority of the worlds countries—including all of the great powers—eventually forming two opposing alliances, the Allies and the Axis. It was the most widespread war in history, and directly involved more than 100 million people from over 30 countries. Marked by mass deaths of civilians, including the Holocaust and the bombing of industrial and population centres. These made World War II the deadliest conflict in human history, from late 1939 to early 1941, in a series of campaigns and treaties, Germany conquered or controlled much of continental Europe, and formed the Axis alliance with Italy and Japan. Under the Molotov–Ribbentrop Pact of August 1939, Germany and the Soviet Union partitioned and annexed territories of their European neighbours, Poland, Finland, Romania and the Baltic states. In December 1941, Japan attacked the United States and European colonies in the Pacific Ocean, and quickly conquered much of the Western Pacific. The Axis advance halted in 1942 when Japan lost the critical Battle of Midway, near Hawaii, in 1944, the Western Allies invaded German-occupied France, while the Soviet Union regained all of its territorial losses and invaded Germany and its allies. During 1944 and 1945 the Japanese suffered major reverses in mainland Asia in South Central China and Burma, while the Allies crippled the Japanese Navy, thus ended the war in Asia, cementing the total victory of the Allies. World War II altered the political alignment and social structure of the world, the United Nations was established to foster international co-operation and prevent future conflicts. The victorious great powers—the United States, the Soviet Union, China, the United Kingdom, the Soviet Union and the United States emerged as rival superpowers, setting the stage for the Cold War, which lasted for the next 46 years. Meanwhile, the influence of European great powers waned, while the decolonisation of Asia, most countries whose industries had been damaged moved towards economic recovery. Political integration, especially in Europe, emerged as an effort to end pre-war enmities, the start of the war in Europe is generally held to be 1 September 1939, beginning with the German invasion of Poland, Britain and France declared war on Germany two days later. The dates for the beginning of war in the Pacific include the start of the Second Sino-Japanese War on 7 July 1937, or even the Japanese invasion of Manchuria on 19 September 1931. Others follow the British historian A. J. P. Taylor, who held that the Sino-Japanese War and war in Europe and its colonies occurred simultaneously and this article uses the conventional dating. Other starting dates sometimes used for World War II include the Italian invasion of Abyssinia on 3 October 1935. The British historian Antony Beevor views the beginning of World War II as the Battles of Khalkhin Gol fought between Japan and the forces of Mongolia and the Soviet Union from May to September 1939, the exact date of the wars end is also not universally agreed upon. It was generally accepted at the time that the war ended with the armistice of 14 August 1945, rather than the formal surrender of Japan
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Clockwise from top left: Chinese forces in the
Battle of Wanjialing, Australian
25-pounder guns during the
First Battle of El Alamein, German
Stuka dive bombers on the
Eastern Front in December 1943, a U.S. naval force in the
Lingayen Gulf,
Wilhelm Keitel signing the
German Instrument of Surrender, Soviet troops in the
Battle of Stalingrad
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Adolf Hitler at a German
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Italian soldiers recruited in 1935, on their way to fight the
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Detroit
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Detroit is the most populous city in the U. S. state of Michigan, the fourth-largest city in the Midwest and the largest city on the United States–Canada border. It is the seat of Wayne County, the most populous county in the state, the municipality of Detroit had a 2015 estimated population of 677,116, making it the 21st-most populous city in the United States. Roughly one-half of Michigans population lives in Metro Detroit alone, the Detroit–Windsor area, a commercial link straddling the Canada–U. S. Border, has a population of about 5.7 million. Detroit is a port on the Detroit River, a strait that connects the Great Lakes system to the Saint Lawrence Seaway. The Detroit Metropolitan Airport is among the most important hubs in the United States, the City of Detroit anchors the second-largest economic region in the Midwest, behind Chicago, and the thirteenth-largest in the United States. Detroit and its neighboring Canadian city Windsor are connected through a tunnel and various bridges, Detroit was founded on July 24,1701 by the French explorer and adventurer Antoine de la Mothe Cadillac and a party of settlers. During the 19th century, it became an important industrial hub at the center of the Great Lakes region, with expansion of the American automobile industry in the early 20th century, the Detroit area emerged as a significant metropolitan region within the United States. The city became the fourth-largest in the country for a period, in the 1950s and 1960s, suburban expansion continued with construction of a regional freeway system. A great portion of Detroits public transport was abandoned in favour of becoming a city in the post-war period. Due to industrial restructuring and loss of jobs in the auto industry, between 2000 and 2010 the citys population fell by 25 percent, changing its ranking from the nations 10th-largest city to 18th. In 2010, the city had a population of 713,777 and this resulted from suburbanization, corruption, industrial restructuring and the decline of Detroits auto industry. In 2013, the state of Michigan declared an emergency for the city. Detroit has experienced urban decay as its population and jobs have shifted to its suburbs or elsewhere, conservation efforts managed to save many architectural pieces since the 2000s and allowed several large-scale revitalisations. More recently, the population of Downtown Detroit, Midtown Detroit, paleo-Indian people inhabited areas near Detroit as early as 11,000 years ago. In the 17th century, the region was inhabited by Huron, Odawa, Potawatomi, for the next hundred years, virtually no British, colonist, or French action was contemplated without consultation with, or consideration of the Iroquois likely response. When the French and Indian War evicted the Kingdom of France from Canada, the 1798 raids and resultant 1799 decisive Sullivan Expedition reopened the Ohio Country to westward emigration, which began almost immediately, and by 1800 white settlers were pouring westwards. By 1773, the population of Detroit was 1,400, by 1778, its population was up to 2,144 and it was the third-largest city in the Province of Quebec
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From top to bottom, left to right:
Downtown Detroit skyline and the
Detroit River,
Fox Theatre,
Dorothy H. Turkel House in
Palmer Woods,
Belle Isle Conservatory,
The Spirit of Detroit,
Fisher Building,
Eastern Market,
Old Main at
Wayne State University,
Ambassador Bridge, and the
Detroit Institute of Arts
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Ste. Anne de Détroit, founded in 1701 by French colonists, is the second-oldest continuously operating
Catholic parish in the United States. The present church was completed in 1887.
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A 4
p.m. change of work shift at the Ford Motor Company assembly plant in
Highland Park, Michigan, 1910s
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Looking south down
Woodward Avenue, with the Detroit skyline in the distance, July 1942
36.
Run-DMC
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Run–D. M. C. was an American hip hop group from Hollis, Queens, New York, founded in 1981 by Joseph Simmons, Darryl McDaniels, and Jason Mizell. The group is widely acknowledged as one of the most influential acts in the history of hip hop culture. Run-D. M. C. is one of the most well-known hip hop acts of the 1980s who, along with LL Cool J, The Beastie Boys and they were the first group in the genre to have a gold album and be nominated for a Grammy Award. Run-D. M. C. was the hip hop act to perform at Live Aid in 1985. The group was among the first to highlight the importance of the MC, in 2004, Rolling Stone ranked them number 48 in their list of the greatest musical artists of all time. In 2007, Run-D. M. C. was named The Greatest Hip Hop Group of All Time by MTV. com, on April 4,2009, rapper Eminem inducted them into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. Became only the second hip hop group in history to be inducted, after Grandmaster Flash, as a teenager, Simmons was recruited into hip-hop by his older brother, Russell, who was then an up-and-coming hip-hop promoter. Simmons appeared onstage as a DJ for rapper Kurtis Blow, who was managed by Russell, known as DJ Run, Son of Kurtis Blow, Simmons soon began performing with Kurtis Blow. Previously, McDaniels had been focused on athletics than music. Simmons convinced McDaniels to start rapping, and though McDaniels would not perform in public, Mizell was known for his flashy wardrobe and b-boy attitude, which led to minor legal troubles as a teen. Thereafter, he decided to pursue music fame and began entertaining in the soon after. Eventually, Simmons and McDaniels rapped in front of Mizell at the park, following Russells success managing Kurtis Blow, he helped Run record his first single, a song called Street Kid. The song went unnoticed, but despite the failure, Runs enthusiasm for hip-hop was growing. Simmons soon wanted to record time with McDaniels, but Russell refused. After they completed school and started college in 1982, Simmons and McDaniels finally convinced Russell to let them record as a duo. A year later, in 1983, Russell agreed to help record a new single and land a record deal. A name which, incidentally, the group hated at first, DMC said later, We wanted to be the Dynamic Two, the Treacherous Two — when we heard that s**t we was like, Were gonna be ruined. After signing with Profile Records, Run-D. M. C, released their first single Its Like That/Sucker MCs, in late 1983
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Run-D.M.C. in a promotional shot. From left to right:
Jam Master Jay,
Darryl McDaniels, and
Joseph Simmons.
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Album cover for the group's single "My Adidas"
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A
test pressing release for the single
"Faces" from the album Back from Hell
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A single from Run–D.M.C.'s final album Crown Royal
37.
Beastie Boys
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The Beastie Boys were an American hip hop group from New York City, formed in 1981. For the majority of their career, the group consisted of Michael Mike D Diamond, Adam MCA Yauch, Berry left shortly thereafter, and was replaced by Horovitz. They toured with Madonna in 1985 and a year released their debut album Licensed to Ill. With seven platinum or better albums from 1986 to 2004, the Beastie Boys were one of the hip hop acts worldwide. In 2009, they released digitally remastered editions of their albums Pauls Boutique, Check Your Head, Ill Communication. Their eighth studio album, Hot Sauce Committee Part Two, was released in 2011, and received positive reviews. They were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in April 2012, just the third rap group to enter the Hall, after Run–D. M. C. and Grandmaster Flash, the following month, MCA died of cancer of the parotid salivary gland. In June 2014, Mike D confirmed that he and Ad-Rock would not continue the Beastie Boys, prior to forming the Beastie Boys, Michael Diamond was part of a number of bands such as the Walden Jazz Band, BAN and The Young Aborigines. The band supported Bad Brains, the Dead Kennedys, the Misfits and Reagan Youth at venues such as CBGB, A7, Trudy Hellers Place and Maxs Kansas City, playing at the latter venue on its closing night. In November 1982 the Beastie Boys recorded the 7 EP Polly Wog Stew at 171A studios, on November 13,1982, the Beastie Boys played Philip Puccis birthday for the purposes of his short concert film of the Beastie Boys, Beastie. Pucci held the concert in Bard Colleges Preston Drama Dance Department Theatre and this performance marked the Beastie Boys first on screen appearance in a published motion picture. The opening band for that performance was The Young and the Useless, skills to Pay the Bills later went on to earn the Recording Industry Association of Americas gold sales award for selling more than 500,000 copies. The band also recorded and then performed its first hip hop track, Cooky Puss, based on a prank call by the group to Carvel Ice Cream in 1983. It was a part of the new line-up’s first EP, also called Cooky Puss, which was the first piece of work that showed their incorporation of the rap phenomenon. It quickly became a hit in New York underground dance clubs, in 1983, the new line-up released the Cooky Puss EP, which offered the first evidence of them picking up on the underground rap phenomenon and the use of samples. ‘Beastie Revolution’ was later sampled for a British Airways commercial, earning them $40,000 in royalties, due to the success of Cooky Puss they began to incorporate rap into their sets. They decided to hire a DJ for their shows and ended up getting an NYU student named Rick Rubin. Soon thereafter, Rubin began producing records and he then formed Def Jam Recordings with fellow NY University student Russell Simmons and approached the band about producing them for his new label
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The Beastie Boys live in 2007 L–R:
Ad-Rock,
MCA and
Mike D
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The Beastie Boys at Club Citta Kawasaki, Japan Check Your Head tour Photo: Masao Nakagami, September 16, 1992
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The Beastie Boys (left to right)
Ad-Rock,
Mike D, and
MCA performing in
Barcelona, Spain in September 2007.
38.
LL Cool J
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James Todd Smith, known professionally as LL Cool J, is an American rapper, actor, author, and entrepreneur from Queens, New York. LL Cool J is also known as one of the forefathers of pop rap and he has released 13 studio albums and two greatest hits compilations. His twelfth album Exit 13, was his last for his deal with Def Jam Recordings. His latest album, Authentic, was released in April 2013, in 2010, VH1 considered him to be in their 100 Greatest Artists Of All Time list. LL Cool J has also appeared in films, including In Too Deep, Any Given Sunday. He currently stars in a role as NCIS Special Agent Sam Hanna, on the CBS crime drama television series NCIS. LL Cool J is also the host of Lip Sync Battle on Spike, LL Cool J was born James Todd Smith on January 14,1968, in Bay Shore, New York, the son of Ondrea Griffeth and James Louis Smith, Jr. In an episode of Finding Your Roots, LL learned his mother was adopted by Eugene Griffith, the series genetic genealogist CeCe Moore identified LLs biological grandparents as Ethel Mae Jolly and Nathaniel Christy Lewis through analysis of his DNA. LLs biological great-uncle was hall of fame boxer, John Henry Lewis and he began rapping at age 9 and was influenced by hip-hop group The Treacherous Three. His grandfather, a jazz saxophonist, bought him $2,000 worth of equipment, Smith later discussed his childhood background and rapping, stating that By the time I got that equipment, I was already a rapper. In this neighborhood, the kids grow up in rap and its like speaking Spanish if you grow up in an all-Spanish house. I got into it when I was about 9, and since then all I wanted was to make a record and hear it on the radio. In a VH1 documentary, LL Cool J, at 14 years of age, revealed that he wanted to call himself J-Ski. Under his new name, LL Cool J, Smith was signed by Def Jam, which led to the release of his first official record. The single was a hard-hitting, streetwise b-boy song with spare beats, Smith later discussed his search for a label, stating I sent my demo to many different companies, but it was Def Jam where I found my home. That same year, Smith made his debut concert performance at Manhattan Center High School. In a later interview, LL Cool J recalled the experience, stating They pushed the lunch room tables together and me and my DJ, Cut Creator, as soon as it was over there were girls screaming and asking for autographs. Right then and there I said This is what I want to do, LLs debut single sold over 100,000 copies and helped establish both Def Jam as a label and Smith as a rapper
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LL Cool J in 2010.
LL Cool J
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LL Cool J performing in Germany.
LL Cool J
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LL Cool J performing in
Wilmington, Delaware in August 2008.
39.
Knights Inn
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Knights Inn is a hotel chain owned by Wyndham Worldwide and based in Parsippany, New Jersey. Knights Inns used to be one-story units with all-exterior corridors and medieval-inspired architecture, Knights Inn started in Columbus, Ohio when its first location opened in 1974. The Columbus-based Cardinal Industries, Inc. former manufacturer of prefabricated buildings such as apartments and motels, the chain utilized extensive landscaping and Tudor architecture, and all properties featured only one story. The buildings were prefabricated, and were shipped on trucks to their sites. Knights Inn introduced Arborgate Inn, a brand featuring fewer amenities and more modern architecture. Knights Inn filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy in 1989, one year after the introduction of Arborgate Inn, hospitality Management Systems acquired the Knights Inn franchise and management contract rights from Cardinal Industries in 1991. HMS successfully sued the owners of properties re-branded from Knights Inn, Cendant purchased Knights Inn in 1995. At this same time, the brands were discontinued. In 2004, Cendant merged the Villager Inn brand, which it had previously acquired, Cendant spun off its hotel properties as Wyndham Worldwide in 2006. In November 2007, there were 225 properties open in the United States, List of hotels List of motels Official website
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A Knights Inn location
Knights Inn
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Knights Inn
40.
East Atlanta
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East Atlanta is a neighborhood on the east side of Atlanta, Georgia, United States. Moreland Avenue, and the neighborhoods of North Ormewood Park, Ormewood Park and Woodland Hills, parts of unincorporated DeKalb County, such as Gresham Park Candler-McAfee, share borders with East Atlanta to the south and east. Prior to the arrival of American colonists, the area had been dominated by the Creek Native American people, the Sandtown-Flat Shoals Trail existed along high ground as part of a trade route system between the Chattahoochee River and the coast. This trail would eventually become Flat Shoals Avenue, after the forcible removal of the Creek in the 1820s, American citizens began acquiring land in the area through the Georgia land lotteries. During the Civil War, Atlanta became a supply hub of the southern war effort. Lemuel P. Grant designed the fortifications to protect his plantation on the eastside of the city in what is now Grant Park. McPherson placed his Yankee forces on high ground a mile east of Grants plantation, a Union cannon was placed at the intersection of Glenwood Avenue and Flat Shoals Road to protect the flank of the front line. The Confederate forces were able to attack from behind, however, the Battle of Atlanta, which was part of the Atlanta Campaign and sealed the fate of the Confederacy, was fought in East Atlanta behind Union lines resulting in more than 12,000 deaths. Today many historic markers dot the neighborhood including two upturned cannons where Confederate General Walker and Union General McPherson were killed, East Atlanta recovered after the Civil War, quickly becoming a developing unincorporated town. The Marbut and Minor Mercantile Store was soon established at the crossroads of Glenwood Avenue, by the late 1890s, the store had grown to encompass five different businesses including a dry goods store, feed and seed, blacksmith, livery stable, and grocery store. In 1905, lumber and railroad baron William Zuber built a large white columned frame mansion as a present for his new bride on property that fronts Flat Shoals. The house is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. The East Atlanta Banking Company entered the East Atlanta community in 1911, moving into its new building at Flat Shoals, the building is now home to a bar. A Post Office, a newspaper, a silent movie theatre, the land to the south of Glenwood Avenue was owned by former Georgia Governor Joseph Emerson Brown. With Browns support, a grid of streets was planned around a 13-acre public green space, after 1915, in a series of votes, East Atlanta residents chose to be annexed into the city limits of Atlanta in order to gain access to fire protection and public education. Water and sewer service also enabled residents to indoor plumbing. As the residential area grew, nearby businesses prospered, the Madison Theatre talking picture show and a new public library were built with the help of public donations. Under the protection of the Fair Housing Act, middle-class black families were assisted in efforts to purchase houses in the area, in response, many white families left the area, selling their homes for as low as $1,500 for a 3-bedroom home
East Atlanta
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East Atlanta Beer Fest
41.
Bun B
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Bernard Freeman, known by his stage name Bun B, is an American rapper and was one half of the southern rap duo UGK. He is also a guest lecturer at Rice University, located in Houston, Texas. He released his official solo album, Trill OG, on August 3,2010. In the late 1980s, Pimp C started the rap duo UGK and he first released a demo tape titled Underground King which didnt feature Bun B on the track. Instead, it featured Pimp Cs friend Mitchell Queen, Bun B and friend Jalon Jackson had their own group called P. A. Both groups joined forces and formed the group 4 Black Ministers, Queen and Jackson later left the group leaving Pimp C and Bun B so they decided to revert to UGK. The demo Pimp C recorded with Mitchell Queen, Underground King and they then released an extended play titled The Southern Way. The release of this record caught the attention of Jive Records, the song Pocket Full of Stones became the first UGK song to get major airplay throughout the United States. Their third album, Ridin Dirty, peaked at number 2 on the R&B Charts in 1996, after releasing their fourth studio album, Dirty Money, Pimp C got sentenced to jail. Singles featuring a Bun B guest appearance included They Dont Know by Paul Wall, Gimme That by Webbie, Bun B also appeared in a documentary titled Screwed In Houston produced by VBS/Vice that details the history of the Houston rap scene. In October 2005, Bun Bs debut solo album Trill was released, singles included Draped Up, Git It, and Get Throwed. The album peaked at the number 6 spot on the American Billboard 200 chart, after Pimp C died in 2007, Bun B returned to a solo career. In 2008, he released his album, II Trill. The first single was Thats Gangsta featuring Jamaican American artist Sean Kingston and it debuted at number 2 on the Billboard 200, selling 98,000 copies. Other singles were Damn Im Cold featuring Lil Wayne and Youre Everything featuring Rick Ross, David Banner, DJ Corbett and 8Ball & MJG, Bun Bs third album is Trill OG. In an interview with MTV Live, Bun B stated that 2Pac was set to feature on the album, the album was released under Universal Music Group on August 3,2010. On October 28,2011, a song titled The Life, on March 3,2012, Bun B leaked a song featuring Royce da 59 and Redman titled Stop Playin after he reached 400,000 followers on Twitter. He has not announced the appearance on his upcoming album His fourth studio album was rumored to be titled, Trill 4 Life
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Bernard performing live in August 2007.
42.
Killer Mike
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Michael Render, better known by his stage name Killer Mike, is an American hip hop recording artist, actor and activist from Atlanta, Georgia. He is the founder of Grind Time Official Records, which he launched through the SMC and he has since released five full-length albums as a solo artist. In December 2008, Mike confirmed he signed to fellow Atlanta-based rapper T. I. s Grand Hustle Records, music, produced entirely by American rapper-producer El-P. In 2013, the two formed a duo, branding themselves Run the Jewels. The two signed to Fools Gold Records and released their debut in June of that year. Killer Mike is also known as a social and political activist, focusing on subjects including social inequality, police brutality, and systemic racism. He was a visible and vocal supporter of Bernie Sanders during his 2016 U. S. presidential campaign, Killer Mike has been featured in the films 20 Funerals, Idlewild and ATL. In 1995, Killer Mike briefly attended Morehouse College, where he met producers The Beat Bullies and he was also featured on several other tracks that year, including Poppin Tags from Jay-Zs The Blueprint 2. Killer Mike released his album, Monster, in 2003. The albums lead single was Akshon, which featured OutKast on guest vocals, a remix of Akshon was included on the soundtrack of EA Sports video game Madden NFL2004. The albums second single was A. D. I. D. A. S, featuring Big Boi and Sleepy Brown, which peaked at #60 on the Billboard Hot 100. It is Killer Mikes highest charting single to date as a lead artist, following the release of his own material, he appeared on Flip Flop Rock and Bust on the Speakerboxx half of OutKasts Speakerboxxx/The Love Below double album. He also appeared on Southern Takeover with Pastor Troy on Chamillionaires CD The Sound of Revenge, Killer Mike appeared alongside T. I. on the song Never Scared by Bone Crusher in his album AttenCHUN. It peaked at #26 on the Hot 100, becoming Mikes second top 40 hit, the song was also used on the Madden NFL2004 game soundtrack and by the Atlanta Braves for their 2003 season. What was to be his second album, Ghetto Extraordinary, had its release pushed back several times due to disputes between Big Boi and Sony Records. Originally recorded in 2005, the album was eventually self-released as a mixtape in 2008. Killer Mikes second official album, I Pledge Allegiance to the Grind, was released on his own Grind Time Official label in 2006, according to an article published in the June 2007 issue of XXL, Killer Mike addressed why he left the Purple Ribbon roster. He stated that he felt as if Purple Ribbon was the equivalent to the Clippers, while he wanted to join the Lakers
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Killer Mike performing in 2014.
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Killer Mike performing in May 2008.
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Killer Mike (left) and El-P (right) as Run the Jewels at
Treefort Music Fest in 2014.
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Lil Scrappy
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Darryl Kevin Richardson, better known by his stage name Lil Scrappy, is an American rapper. Richardson was discovered by producer and performer Lil Jon while performing at a bar, along with labelmates Trillville, Lil Scrappy was one of the first signings to Lil Jons BME Recordings. He has built a reputation and eager following throughout the Atlanta hip hop scene. Lil Scrappy released his debut album Bred 2 Die Born 2 Live on May 5,2006 on BME Recordings/Reprise Records/G-Unit Records South now Cashville Records. The album features appearances by Yung Joc, Three 6 Mafia, Lil Jon, Young Buck,50 Cent, Olivia, Young Dro and it was produced by Lil Jon and 50 Cent. The first single Money in the Bank features Young Buck and became Lil Scrappys second Top 30 single, the second single from the album is called Gangsta Gangsta and features Lil Jon. Oh Yeah is the single from Bred 2 Die Born 2 Live and features E-40. J-Bo, Lil Jon, & Too Short made cameo appearances in the video, the song also received significant air play on various urban stations. In late 2008 Lil Scrappy announced that his studio album would not be released under G-Unit Records or other former label BME Records. Lil Scrappys second album, Prince of the South, was released on May 13,2008 through Real Talk Entertainment. In early 2009 Lil Scrappys announced the title of for his studio album. Also in 2009 Lil Scrappy appeared in the motion picuture Just Another Day the tale of the realities of rap music. Lil Scrappys second independent album, Prince of the South 2, was released on October 19,2010 through Real Talk Entertainment just like his first independent album. On On September 8,2009 Lil Scrappy released the first single from the album entitled Addicted To Money but it failed to reach the Billboard charts so it was dubbed as a promo single. Then on September 28,2010 Lil Scrappy released the first single from the album Bad which featured Stuey Rock, on November 2,2011 after the album never saw an official release, Lil Scrappy announced that the album would be released in early 2012. Lil Scrappy also announced that he and DTP had parted ways and that his Gs Up imprint has partnered with S-Line, Gs Up/S-Line has embarked in a joint venture with Bonzi Records, a label owned by platinum producer J. Wells & will be distributed by Fontana/Universal. The official first single from the album will be Helicopter that features 2 Chainz & Twista, the music video premiered on MTV Jams, and was directed by Edgar Esteves. Lil Scrappy appears on VH1 Love & Hip Hop, Atlanta, after a long-awaited release Tha Grustle was finally released on June 26,2012
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Lil Scrappy, September 15, 2007.
44.
Freaky Gurl
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Freaky Gurl is a song by rapper Gucci Mane from his albums Hard to Kill and Trap-A-Thon. The song was produced by Cyber Sapp and sampled elements from a 2002 song called Lick by Joi. The official remix, which features Lil Kim & Ludacris was released on December 11,2007 for digital downloads and is featured on his debut studio album Back to the Trap House. Nicki Minaj also remixed the song under the name Wanna Minaj. for her mixtape Sucka Free and her remix features Manes chorus, Lil Kims verse and new verse by Minaj. Lyrics of this song at MetroLyrics
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"Freaky Gurl"
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Ludacris
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Christopher Brian Chris Bridges, better known by his stage name Ludacris, is an American hip hop recording artist and actor from Atlanta, Georgia. Alongside his manager, Chaka Zulu, Ludacris is the co-founder of Disturbing tha Peace, throughout his career, Ludacris has won Screen Actors Guild, Critics Choice, MTV, and Grammy Awards. Along with fellow Atlanta-based rappers Big Boi and André3000 of OutKast, born in Champaign, Illinois, Ludacris moved to Atlanta at age nine, where he began rapping. In 2001, he released Word of Mouf, followed by Chicken-n-Beer in 2003 and he took a more serious approach with his next two albums, Release Therapy, and Theater of the Mind. His next record, Battle of the Sexes, was released in 2010, Ludaversal was released on March 31,2015. As an actor, he has appeared in films including Crash, Gamer, and New Years Eve, but is best known for playing Tej Parker in the The Fast and the Furious film series. Ludacris was born as Christopher Brian Bridges in Champaign, Illinois and he later moved to the Chicago area, where he attended Emerson Middle School in Oak Park, and Oak Park & River Forest High School for one year. He then moved to Centreville, Virginia and attended Centreville High School for one year and he attended Banneker High School in Atlanta, Georgia and graduated in 1995. From 1998 to 1999, he studied management at Georgia State University. His parents were both African-American, and he also has some English and Native American ancestry and he is a distant cousin of late comedian Richard Pryor. Bridges wrote his first rap song at age nine when moving to Atlanta, Bridges served as an intern and then a DJ at Atlantas Hot 97.5 under the name Chris Lova Lova. He was also known for DJing during Freaknik at one point, Ludacris collaborated with Timbaland on the track Phat Rabbit from his album Tims Bio, Life from da Bassment. This song was a hit in many countries, in Ludacris early music career he collaborated with Dallas Austin and Jermaine Dupri. In 1998, Ludacris began to record his debut album Incognegro and this album was the defining example of Ludacris fast, wild, and comedic flow, a unique style for southern rappers. Timbaland handled part of the production, despite its poor sales, it was never deleted and is still sold today. Ludacris also appeared on Timbalands 1998 debut on Phat Rabbit, a track that would later be used on his re-issue of Incognegro called Back For The First Time, in 2000, Ludacris released his major label debut, Back for the First Time. It was produced with the help of the underground producer Sessy Melia, the album reached as high as #4 on the U. S. Billboard 200, and was a major success. Ludacris made his mark on the industry with such as Southern Hospitality and Whats Your Fantasy, along with his first ever single the Phat Rabbit
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Ludacris at Midtown 2012
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Ludacris during a 2011 New Year's Day concert in a Miami Beach nightclub
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Heel window of the Clyde x Luda
Puma Clyde sneaker showing the
Disturbing tha Peace logo
