by Jay Z & Kanye West
Genre- Hip Hop
Location- New York
Links- official site
Showing posts with label hip hop. Show all posts
Showing posts with label hip hop. Show all posts
December 20, 2011
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February 9, 2011
Viktor Vaughn
by Viktor Vaughn
Genre- hip hop
Location-born in London, England but raised in Long Beach, New York
Other Works- no other works under the name Viktor Vaughn, but many under his other names
Links-official site
December 8, 2010
DJ Premier
by DJ Premier
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Genre- Hip Hop
Location- Brooklyn, NY
Other Works- Way too many to list...but one major one is the group Gang Starr.
More Info- Born on March 21st, 1966 in Houston, TX. His name is Christopher Edward Martin, but is known by DJ Premier or Primo to name a couple. DJ Premier has been making music since 1984, and is arguable hip hop's greatest producer. One main project of his was Gang Starr in which he did the producing and instrumentals along with MC GURU. See my post on Gang Starr as well.
Common
by Common
Genre- hip hop
Location- Chicago, Illinois
Other Works- many...see Common on allmusic.com, or wikipedia
More Info- Born on March 13th, 1972 in the South Side of Chicago. Common was previously Common Sense. He had his debut album, Can I Borrow a Dollar? in 1992. He is an artist and an actor and has won many Grammis. He used to be a vegan, and is a supporter of animal rights.
Links- Allmusic
Wikipedia
Pitchfork
Amazon
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Wikipedia
Pitchfork
Amazon
Kanye West
by Kanye West
Genre- hip hop
Location- Chicago, Illinois
Other Works- The College Dropout, 2004
Late Registration, 2005
Late Orchestration: Live at Abbey Road Studios, 2006
Graduation, 2007
My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy, 2010
More Info- Born on June 8th, 1977 as Kanye Omari West in Atlanta Georgia. At the age of three he and his mother moved to Chicago, IL. His mother, Dr. Donda West was an English professor, and his father was a former Black Panther and photojournalist. His mother passed away on November 10th, 2007 after complications of surgery.
December 6, 2010
The Notorious B.I.G.
by The Notorious B.I.G.
Genre- hip hop
Location- Brooklyn, New York City, New York
Other Works- Life After Death, 1997
More Info- Biggie was born as Christopher George Latore Wallace in Brooklyn on May 21st, 1972. He was murdered on March 9th, 1997 by gunshot wounds in Los Angeles, California.
Links- Allmusic
Jay-Z
by Jay-Z
Genre- hip hop
Location- Bedford-Stuyvesant neighborhood of Brooklyn, NY, in the Marcy Houses housing project originally
Other Works- too many to list, see allmusic
More Info- Jay-Z is the most successful hip hop artist out there, his net worth in 2010 was over $450 million. He is married to Beyonce. Born on December 4th, 1969. His full name is Shawn Corey Carter. He was raised in the Marcy housing projects of Brooklyn, NYC. The name Jay-Z comes from the name Jazzy, which he was known by in his childhood neighborhood. Also, the J/Z subway lines had a stop at Marcy Avenue in Brooklyn. If you want to know more about Jay-Z or his life, just listen to his music...he will tell you it all.
Links- official site
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