Name	Young Noble
Background	solo_singer
Birth name	Rufus Cooper III
Origin	Rancho Cucamonga, California, U.S.
Born	March 21, 1978
Genre	Hip hop
Years active	1996-present
Label	1Nation, Outlawz, Affluent, Real Talk Ent., Cashville
Associated acts	Outlawz, Tupac Shakur, The Game, Layzie Bone, Stic.man, Hussein Fatal, Yukmouth, JT the Bigga Figga, Lil' Flip, Young Buck
Url	OutlawzMedia.Net

Rufus Cooper III (born March 21, 1978), also know by his stage name Young Noble is an American rapper who worked with the group Outlawz in 1996.

Noble appeared on Shakur's album, on the song's "Bomb First (My Second Reply)", "Hail Mary", "Life of an Outlaw", "White Man'z World" and "Just Like Daddy".

On December 21, 1999, Shakur album Still I Rise was released which consisted of material recorded with 2Pac and one solo song. Noble replaced Fatal's vocals on the songs.

Discography

Solo albums

2002: Noble Justice

2010:

Collaborations and compilations

2002: Street Warz (with JT the Bigga Figga)

2006: Thug Brothers (with Layzie Bone)

2006: Against All Oddz (with E.D.I.)

2006: Soldier 2 Soldier (with stic.man)

2007: Thug in Thug Out (with Hussein Fatal)

2008: All Eyez on Us (with Lil' Flip)

References

External links

Category:Outlawz members Category:African American rappers Category:Musicians from California Category:People from San Bernardino County, California Category:1976 births Category:Cashville Records artists Category:Converts to Islam Category:People from Rancho Cucamonga, California Category:Living people

Abovestyle	red
Name	Tao Ruspoli
Caption	Tao Ruspoli's self portrait
Birth date	November 07, 1975
Birth place	Bangkok, Thailand
Residence	Venice, Los Angeles, California
Nationality	Italy and United States
Occupation	filmmaker, musician
Spouse	Olivia Wilde (2003-present)
Parents	Alessandro Ruspoli, 9th Prince of Cerveteri and Debra Berger

Tao dei Principe Ruspoli (born 7 November 1975) is an American filmmaker and musician.

Background

Ruspoli is the second son of occasional actor and aristocrat Prince Alessandro Ruspoli, 9th Prince of Cerveteri and Austrian-American actress Debra Berger. He is the older brother of Bartolomeo dei Principi Ruspoli (born 6 October 1978 in Rome), second husband of Aileen Getty.

Tao was born in Bangkok, Thailand and raised in Rome and Los Angeles. He graduated from the University of California, Berkeley with a Bachelor of Arts in Philosophy.

He married actress Olivia Wilde on June 7, 2003 in Washington, Virginia.

He currently lives and works in Venice, Los Angeles, California.

Career

His feature narrative debut, Fix, was one of 10 feature films to screen in competition at the 2008 Slamdance Film Festival and soon afterward at the Santa Barbara International Film Festival where Ruspoli was awarded the Heineken Red Star Award for "most innovative and progressive filmmaker." Fix also won the Festival Award for Best Film at the 2008 Brooklyn Film Festival, Vail Film Festival and the 2008 Twin Rivers Media Festival, as well as other prizes at several international festivals.

His most well-known documentary is Just Say Know, a personal discussion of his family's drug addiction. His other films include , a feature length documentary about the flamenco way of life as it is lived by Gypsies in the south of Spain. He has directed a number of other short documentaries, including El Cable (also about Flamenco), and (a portrait of the renowned logician, mathematician and concert pianist Raymond Smullyan).

Tao founded LAFCO in 2000. The Los Angeles Filmmakers Cooperative, is a bohemian collective of filmmakers and musicians who work out of a converted school bus. Through LAFCO, Tao has produced several films.

His producing credits include the feature film Camjackers, which he also acted in and co-edited. Camjackers won the best editing award at the 44th Ann Arbor Film Festival.

Tao is an accomplished flamenco guitar player.

Filmography

Jack (1996) Production Assistant

Bulworth (1998) Art department Assistant

Tango, no me dejes nunca (1998) Camera Apprentice (as Teo Rispoli)

Just Say Know (2002) Director, Cinematographer and Film editor

(2004) Director, Cinematographer and Film editor

El Cable (2004) Director, Cinematographer, Editor and Film producer

(2005) Director, Cinematographer and Film producer

Camjackers (2006) Whack Filmmaker #1 and also Film editor and Executive Producer

Fix (2008) Milo and also Writer, Cinematographer and Film director

Behind the Wheel (2008) Film director

Being in the World (2009) Film director

Recordings

Flamenco, Mapleshade Records, 2005

References

External links

Official website

Category:1975 births Category:Living people Category:American film directors Category:American people of Austrian descent Category:American people of Italian descent Category:University of California, Berkeley alumni

Name	Khujo
Born	March 13, 1972
Background	solo_singer
Origin	Atlanta, Georgia
Genre	Rap, Hip-hop
Years active	1995–present
Label	Arista Records, Koch Records, Lex Records
Associated acts	Goodie Mob, Dungeon Family, Willie Isz, Dyme Deville | URL =

Khujo (Willie Knighton, Jr.) is an American hip hop musician who was born on March 13, 1972 in Atlanta, Georgia.He has child name NaToya Knight. He is one-fourth of Goodie Mob (along with T-Mo, Cee-Lo, and Big Gipp), and one-half of The Lumberjacks (with T-Mo). Khujo is a very spiritual man known for his distinct, grunty voice and free-flowing rhyming style. He rhymes about all aspects of street life, often intertwining those subject with God metaphorically or directly. In 2002 he was involved in a car crash which resulted in the amputation of his right leg below the knee.

He released his debut solo album, The Man Not The Dawg, in 2002 to limited success. In it he delved into more personal, gritty topics that wouldn't have fit in the cohesive, conscious songs in the early Goodie Mob albums.

In 2008 the first tracks from his forthcoming collaboration with Jneiro Jarel appeared on internet blogs. The tracks, "Georgiavania" and "In The Red" featured production by Jneiro Jarel and vocals by Jneiro and Khujo. The group is called Willie Isz. The two artists had previously collaborated on the 2008 single "OPR8R" by Shape Of Broad Minds. The Willie Isz album "Georgiavania" is due to be released on Lex Records in April 2009.

Khujo prefers to be called a messenger as opposed to a rapper, saying, "'Cuz rappas wrap gifts." He belonged to the Party Crashers rap group in middle school and formed the Six Sense rap group in high school with soon-to-be Dungeon Family affiliates Ray Murray, Big Gipp, and others.

While some mistakenly believe that Khujo's name is an adaptation of "Cujo" the violent dog from the popular Stephen King novel and subsequent film, it is actually a tribute to the leader of the tribal Maroons who lead escaped slaves to freedom.

Discography

With Goodie Mob

Soul Food (1995), LaFace Records

Still Standing (1998), LaFace Records

World Party (1999), LaFace Records

One Monkey Don't Stop No Show (2004), Koch

With The Lumberjacks

Livin' Life As Lumberjacks (2005), Koch

A.T.L. 2 (A-Town Legends 2) (The Lumberjacks & Pastor Troy) (2008) Siccness Records/ Flix

With Willie Isz

Georgiavania (2009), Lex

Solo

The Man Not the Dawg (2002), Street Level

Mercury (2007), Day One Music

''G-Mob Godfather(2009),prod.by DPG's Daz Dillinger itunes

References

Category:Rappers from Atlanta, Georgia Category:Dungeon Family Category:African American rappers Category:People from Atlanta, Georgia Category:Southern hip hop Category:Living people Category:1972 births

Playername	James Wade
Fullname	James Martin Wade
Nickname	The Machine
Dateofbirth	April 06, 1983
Cityofbirth	Aldershot
Countryofbirth	England
Hometown	Aldershot
Homecountry	England
Since	2001
Darts	20g Unicorn James Wade
Laterality	Left-handed
Music	I Gotta Feeling by Black Eyed Peas
Bdo	2001–2004
Pdc	2004 – present
Currentrank	3
Bdo world	Last 16 2004
World masters	Last 64 2002, 2003
World darts trophy	Last 16 2003
Int. darts league	QF 2004
Pdc world	SF 2009
Matchplay	Winner 2007
Grand prix	Winner 2007, 2010
Uk open	Winner 2008
European	SF 2009
Vegas	Runner-up 2008
Grand slam	Runner-up 2010
Premier league	Winner 2009
Championship league	Winner 2010
Pc finals	SF 2009
Tournament	Players Ch'ship
Resultyears	2008
Achievement	2006 PDC Young Player of the Year
Updated	23 October 2007

James Wade (born James Martin Wade on 6 April 1983 in Aldershot, Hampshire) is an English professional darts player, currently playing in the Professional Darts Corporation (PDC). He became the youngest player ever to win a major PDC title at the World Matchplay in July 2007. He has since won the 2007 World Grand Prix, the 2008 UK Open, the 2009 Premier League, the 2010 World Grand Prix and 2010 Championship League Darts, and has been at a career-high ranking of second in the PDC Order of Merit.

Early career

Wade reached the final of the British Classic in 2001 at the age of just 18, losing to John Walton but the following year he won the Swiss Open and then made his television debut at the 2003 Lakeside World Championship, but lost 2–3 in the first round to Dennis Harbour having missed eight darts to win the match in the fourth set. In other BDO Open events during 2003, he reached the Norway Open final, Belgian Open semi-finals and Dutch Open quarter finals.

At the 2004 Lakeside World Championship, he beat Shaun Greatbatch 3–0 in the first round, before losing to Darryl Fitton in the second round. Later in 2004, he reached a series of quarter-finals including the German Open, the Isle of Man Open and the prestigious International Darts League in May – which was his last tournament as a BDO affiliated player.

PDC switch

In May 2004, despite having qualified for the final stages of many BDO tournaments, Wade took the decision to forfeit his automatic place in the 2004 World Darts Trophy and 2005 BDO World Championship to join the Professional Darts Players Association (PDPA) and the PDC circuit.

He made his PDC World Darts Championship début in 2005, losing in the first round to Mark Holden. He bounced back from this to win the Irish Masters in February and reach the last 16 of the UK Open later that year. He also qualified for the Las Vegas Desert Classic (beating the experienced Ronnie Baxter) and the World Grand Prix during the year as well. He also qualified for the 2006 World Championship, losing again in the first round, this time 3–2 to Wayne Jones, who would go on to reach the semi-finals, despite having won the first six legs for a two-set lead.

Wade reached the last 16 of the 2007 PDC World Championship losing to Terry Jenkins having earlier beaten New Zealand qualifier Warren French and Dave Ladley.

Major breakthrough

He made his major breakthrough on television during the 2006 World Matchplay in July. He sensationally reached the final, beating four experienced and respected darts players, in his first ever appearance at the Winter Gardens. He beat Denis Ovens in the first round 10–1, having had darts to make it a 10–0 whitewash. In the second round he beat former World Championship finalist Kevin Painter 13–9, ending one leg with two double-20s to cause a minor controversy, and beat Chris Mason 16–4 in his quarter-final. In the semi-finals he came back from 1–5 down to beat Roland Scholten 19–17 in a tiebreaker, which requires the winner to win by two clear legs. In the final he played Phil Taylor but despite being 8–5 up, he lost 18–11.

He then returned to Blackpool in 2007 to claim the title – his first major televised tournament success and became the youngest player ever to win a PDC televised event in doing so. His route to the title and £50,000 cheque saw him beat Wayne Jones, Dennis Priestley, Mervyn King, Adrian Lewis and Terry Jenkins (who beat Taylor in the semi-final) in the final.

Although Wade's victory was nothing short of emphatic over the ever-tenacious Jenkins, many believe his semi-final victory over Lewis was one of the finest performances ever seen at the Winter Gardens . He consistently checked out ton-plus scores whilst Lewis, fresh from defeating world champion Raymond van Barneveld, having a 3-dart average of over 100, was unable to keep up with the fast-improving Wade.

Wade also won the next PDC major tournament – the 2007 World Grand Prix in Dublin in October beating van Barneveld by 5 sets to 1 in the semi-final and repeating his Blackpool success over Jenkins in the final.

Wade's aforementioned successes in 2007 were rewarded with him winning the 2007 PDC Player of the Year. Wade became the second recipient of this award, following in the footsteps of Taylor in 2006. He was presented with it at the annual PDC Awards Dinner in January 2008.

Wade reached the quarter-finals of the 2008 PDC World Championship, being defeated 5 sets to 4 in a close encounter against John Part, who went on to win the tournament.

In January 2008, Wade became the first player to defeat Taylor in the Premier League, winning the match 8 legs to 6. Taylor however exacted revenge with a 16–8 victory in the final on 26 May 2008 after Wade had defeated van Barneveld in the semi-final.

On 8 June 2008, Wade beat American Gary Mawson 11–7 in the final to win the 2008 UK Open, claiming his third major trophy within a year. The following month, he reached the finals of the Las Vegas Desert Classic, losing 13–7 to Taylor. Then in July reached his 3rd World Matchplay final in a row, losing for the 2nd time in 3 years in the final to Taylor 18–9, making this the 3rd major final loss of the year against Taylor.

In the 2009 PDC World Championship, Wade reached a stage further than the previous year, reaching the semi-finals before losing 4-6 to van Barneveld.

Wade won the 2009 Premier League Darts tournament, defeating Mervyn King 13–8 at the Wembley Arena. However, he failed to defend his UK Open title in 2009 after losing to Peter Manley 9–8 in the third round. He then failed to reach the World Matchplay final for the first time, losing in the quarter-finals to Ronnie Baxter.

Wade lost to an on-fire Simon Whitlock in the quarter-finals of the 2010 World Championship. Whitlock won 5–3 in sets.

Defending his Premier League title, Wade reached the final of the 2010 Premier League, where he played against Phil Taylor. Taylor won 10–8, hitting two nine-dart finishes during the match.

Wade won the 2010 World Grand Prix, beating Adrian Lewis 6–3 in the final. Four days later, he won his second major tournament inside a week by defeating Taylor 6–5 in the 2010 Championship League Darts final.

Wade reached another major final in 2010 at the Grand Slam, seeing both Terry Jenkins and Mervyn King squander match darts against him before Wade himself threw away an 8–0 lead against BDO player Scott Waites as Waites won 16–12.

Despite the loss at the Grand Slam, Wade was touted by many as the favourite to win the 2011 World Championship due to his Grand Prix and Champions League Darts victories as well as Taylor's slight dip in form. However, Wade was beaten by world number 47 Mensur Suljovic 4–2 in the second round.

Nicknames

Whilst it is somewhat traditional for a darts player to adopt a sobriquet, Wade has adopted several in his short career so far. His first nickname, The Gladiator was changed following his nine-dart exploits in 2006 to 009 – a take on James Bond's 007. This was used during the 2007 PDC World Darts Championship.

In November 2007, during the 2007 Grand Slam of Darts – he was introduced on television graphics as having "no nickname". In December 2007, following a competition which invited fans to provide him with a new nickname, Wade became known as Spectacular. A play on the fact that Wade is one of the few players who wears spectacles when he plays. For his Premier League debut in January 2008 he unveiled another nickname – "The Machine" which is now regarded as his permanent nickname and used in his walk on in all tournaments.

Nine dart finishes

He became the first player to hit three tournament nine-dart finishes in a calendar year during 2006. They came at the North-West UK Open Regional Final in March, the PDPA Players Championship at Hayling Island in June and he completed his hat-trick at the Vauxhall Men's Open in November. None of these achievements were in televised competitions.

Wade came within one dart of achieving the first ever nine-darter with a double start at the 2007 World Grand Prix in Dublin. In the semi-final against van Barneveld he hit double top to open the leg, then six treble 20s, treble 17 then missed a bullseye for a unique nine-darter.

On 20 November 2008, Wade completed his first live nine-darter hitting two 180s then T20, T19 and D12 against Gary Anderson in the second round of the 2008 Grand Slam of Darts which was shown on ITV4. However, Anderson went on to win the match 10–8, therefore Wade became the first man to hit a nine-dart finish in a major televised tournament in the UK and then go on to lose the match. (Michael van Gerwen had previously done so in a tournament on Dutch television.)

Outside darts

Wade quit his job at a garage in Aldershot twelve days before the World Matchplay 2006, to concentrate on becoming a full-time professional darts player.

Wade dated Soccer AM presenter Helen Chamberlain but the pair split after roughly a year together. The pair had reportedly "drifted apart" from each other. Wade has admitted it hit him hard, affecting his darts.

World Championship Performances

2003 (BDO) – First Round lost to Dennis Harbour 2–3

2004 (BDO) – Second Round lost to Darryl Fitton 1–3

2005 (PDC) – First Round lost to Mark Holden 0–3

2006 (PDC) – First Round lost to Wayne Jones 2–3

2007 (PDC) – Third Round lost to Terry Jenkins 3–4

2008 (PDC) – Quarter-finalist lost to John Part 4-5

2009 (PDC) – Semi-finalist lost to Raymond van Barneveld 4–6

2010 (PDC) – Quarter-finalist lost to Simon Whitlock 3–5

2011 (PDC) – Second Round lost to Mensur Suljovic 2–4

Career finals

PDC premier event finals: 12 (6 titles, 6 runner-ups)

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References

External links

James Wade's official web site

James Wade wins PDC Player Of The Year award

Category:1983 births Category:English darts players Category:Living people Category:People from Aldershot Category:Professional Darts Corporation players