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The Hanseatic Warehouse in King's Lynn is the only surviving Hanseatic League building in England

The Oostershuis, headquarters of the Hanseatic League in Antwerp

A kontor was a foreign trading post of the Hanseatic League. The word kontor means office in Norwegian and other Scandinavian languages.

In addition to the major kontore in London (Steelyard), Ipswich, Bruges, Bergen (Bryggen), and Novgorod (Peterhof), some ports had a representative merchant and a warehouse.

Of all the kontor buildings, only Bergen's kontor, known as Bryggen in Norway, has survived until the present day. Bryggen was closed for business in 1754. Bergen's kontor is on the UNESCO list of the World Cultural Heritage sites.

The Hanseatic Warehouse in King's Lynn, England, survives - but it was converted into offices in 1971.

Panoramic view of Bryggen

v t e Members of the Hanseatic League by Quarter Chief cities are highlighted; Free Imperial Cities of the Holy Roman Empire are shown in italics. Wendish Quarter Lübeck Anklam · Demmin · Greifswald · Hamburg · Kolberg (Kołobrzeg) · Lüneburg · Rostock · Rügenwalde (Darłowo) · Stettin (Szczecin) · Stolp (Słupsk) · Stockholm · Stralsund · Visby · Wismar Saxon Quarter Brunswick Berlin · Bremen · Erfurt · Frankfurt an der Oder · Goslar · Magdeburg Baltic Quarter Danzig (Gdańsk) Breslau (Wrocław) · Dorpat (Tartu) · Elbing (Elbląg) · Königsberg (Kaliningrad) · Kraków · Reval (Tallinn) · Rīga · Thorn (Toruń) Westphalian Quarter Cologne* Dortmund* Deventer · Groningen · Kampen · Münster · Osnabrück · Soest Principal Kontore Bryggen (Bergen) · Hanzekantoor (Bruges, Antwerp†) · Steelyard (London) · Peterhof (Novgorod) Subsidiary Kontore Bishop's Lynn · Falsterbo · Ipswich · Kovno (Kaunas) · Malmö · Polotsk · Pskov Other cities Bristol · Boston · Damme · Leith · Herford · Hull · Newcastle · Stargard · Yarmouth · York * Cologne and Dortmund were both capital of the Westphalian Quarter at different times. † Antwerp gained importance once Bruges became inaccessible due to the silting of the Zwin channel.

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Dedrick Rolison, (born August 9, 1971), better known by his stage name Mack 10 is an American rapper and actor. He was a member of hip hop trio Westside Connection, along with Ice Cube and WC. He is of African American and Mexican descent. He gets his nickname from the MAC-10 submachine gun.

Mack 10 made his first appearance on Ice Cube's "Bootlegs & B-Sides" compilation on the track "What Can I Do? (Remix.)"

Rolison married Tionne "T-Boz" Watkins, from R&B trio TLC in 2000. They have one daughter name Chase Rolison, born on October 20, 2000.^[1] In 2004, T-Boz filed for divorce and a restraining order against him.^[2]

Rolison is also the founder of independent record label Hoo-Bangin Records.

Career[link]

During the mid-'90s, when West Coast rap reigned supreme, Mack 10 emerged as a close associate of Ice Cube he debuted on the Friday soundtrack (1995) with "Take a Hit" and enjoyed several years of considerable commercial success before his popularity faded toward the end of the decade. The Los Angeles-area rapper's greatest success came early in his career, on the albums Mack 10 (1995) released by Priority Records, Bow Down (1996) with the supergroup Westside Connection a collaboration with Ice Cube and WC (of WC and the Maad Circle). Based On A True Story (1997), and The Recipe (1998), which between them included a string of notable hits ("Foe Life," "On Them Thangs," "Bow Down," "Gangstas Make the World Go Round," "Backyard Boogie," "Money's Just a Touch Away"). Mack 10's fortunes began to fade with The Paper Route (2000), his first album to fall short of either platinum or gold sales status, and his first to not spawn a significant hit. Bang Or Ball (2001), released by Cash Money Records, signaled a new direction for Mack 10, though it too failed to rival the commercial success of his mid- to late-'90s output. In subsequent years, he jumped back and forth from independent to major-label status and struggled to re-establish himself in a substantially altered rap marketplace where West Coast gangsta rap had fallen out of favor.

Discography[link]

Studio albums

• Mack 10 (1995)
• Based on a True Story (1997)
• The Recipe (1998)
• The Paper Route (2000)
• Bang or Ball (2001)
• Ghetto, Gutter & Gangster (2003)
• Hustla's Handbook (2005)
• Soft White (2009)
• 2000-1-0 (2012)

Collaboration albums

• Money Music (April 12, 2011) (with Glasses Malone)^[3]

Tours[link]

• Up In Smoke Tour (co-act)

Filmography[link]

References[link]

External links[link]

• Mack 10 at MTV
• Mack 10 at the Internet Movie Database

Robbie Rivera
Robbie Rivera at Winter Music Conference 2009
Background information
Birth name	Roberto Rivera
Born	(1973-08-07) August 7, 1973 (age 38) San Juan, Puerto Rico
Origin	Puerto Rico
Genres	Electro House Dance Funk Tribal Progressive House
Years active	1996–present
Labels	Juicy Music Virgin/EMI Records
Website	www.robbierivera.com

Roberto "Robbie" Rivera (born 1973) is a prolific house music producer and DJ born in Puerto Rico. He has an extensive catalog of original productions and remixes to his credit, ranging from Tribal to Progressive House, as well as incorporating Garage and Latin elements^[1]. He and his wife Monica Olabarrieta have homes in Miami and Ibiza. On October 28, 2009, DJ Magazine announced the results of their annual Top 100 DJ Poll, with Rivera placing #95.^[2]

Biography[link]

Early years (1986 - 1999)[link]

Rivera grew up in Puerto Rico, he was a fan of Freestyle and Eurobeat when he bought two turntables to teach himself Djing techniques. Rivera performed at weddings and school party gigs, eventually leading to nightclubs at age of 16. After high school graduation Rivera attended The Art Institute of Fort Lauderdale to study music production and was introduced to many different digital audio tools including the popular Protools program. While in college he released his first record, "El Sorullo", a track influenced by Latin house music. The track became popular in New York and Miami and his career was underway.^[3]

Rise to fame (2000 - present)[link]

In 2000, Rivera's track "Bang" became a huge hit, making it to number one of the United Kingdom dance chart. The track also made it on to several dance compilation albums and was used frequently during the 2000 Sydney Olympics. The song became popular enough that it gave Rivera some face time on Top of the Pops and MTV. Rivera started his own label, Juicy Records, and recorded mix CDs for Max Music, Filtered, and others. Rivera produced his first album Do You Want More? for Ultra Records and Independence in France. The first single "Which Way You're Going" reached the number one position on the U.S. Hot Dance Club Songs chart and was released on the UK label Toolroom, the track was created in early 2003 when Rivera contacted lyricist Ned Bigham, Jean-Jacques Smoothie and Timo Maas; It was the first completed song and lead track which was inspired by Coldplay's hit "Clocks".^[4] In 2003 he also released his track "Girlfriend" which featured vocals by Justine Suissa.^[5] During 2007, Rivera's Juicy Show began weekly airplay on XM Satellite Radio (now SIRIUS XM RADIO) in the United States and Canada. Today, Rivera's Juicy radio show can be heard on radio stations around the world, including (but not limited to): Radio FG,Contact FM and Fun Radio (France); Dero FM (Argentina); Vibe FM (Romania); Novoe Radio FM (Belarus); 105FM and various FM frequencies(Italy); Loca FM (Spain); Turkish Side FM (Cyprus); Risfe FM (Hungary); Radiovolum Digital (Norway); various FM frequencies (Brazil); Dance FM (Morocco).

In 2008 he made a collaboration with Armani Exchange by mixing an album called Twilight for the store.^[6]

Rivera's branded Juicy-themed DJ shows have a devoted following of club goers that number in the thousands at each show; the most well known of these parties is Juicy Beach, occurring at the oceanfront Nikki Beach Club venue in South Beach, Miami, every year during WMC (Winter Music Conference).

Rivera appears as the featured producer on the track "In The Morning" on Wynter Gordon's debut album With The Music I Die.

Discography[link]

Albums[link]

The following list contains studio albums produced by Robbie Rivera.^[7]

• 2005 Do You Want More?
• 2008 Star Quality
• 2009 Closer To the Sun
• 2011 Dance Or Die Series 1

EPs[link]

This list contains extended plays by Robbie Rivera, his aliases and co-productions.^[8]

Singles[link]

This list contains singles by Robbie Rivera, his aliases and co-productions, it does not contain singles which were remixed; For remixed singles look at Remixes section. ^[9]

Chart positions[link]

Aliases[link]

This list contains the names of the aliases used by Robbie Rivera. ^[13]

Co-productions[link]

This list contains the names of the co-productions with Robbie Rivera and other artists. ^[14]

References[link]

External links[link]

• Official Site
• Official Site
• DJ Times Magazine March 2010 cover story

See also[link]

• List of number-one dance hits (United States)
• List of artists who reached number one on the US Dance chart

Diana "Wynter" Gordon (born August 25, 1985 in South Jamaica, Queens, New York) is an American pop/dance singer-songwriter. She began as a writer for other artists, later signing with Atlantic Records where she began working on an album while continuing to write songs for other acts and providing vocals on songs. Her debut With the Music I Die was released in 2011.

Early life[link]

Gordon was born in Queens, New York City and was brought up in a poor and dangerous neighborhood in South Jamaica. She is the middle child of six, they lived in a two bedroom house.^[1] She recalled in an interview that many people she knew were deceased at a young age, because they "got into the wrong things".^[1] However, she refused to call her childhood difficult, she said that "if things were rough, I didn't feel it," explaining that the familiarity of the environment that she grew up in prevented her from objectively describing it.^[1] She attributed her well being to her strict mother who did not allow her to leave the yard and told her to go to the library after school.^[1] Her mother remarried when Gordon was 5, but Gordon did not have a close relationship with her step father.^[2] Her strict upbringing resulted in a strained relationship with her parents.^[2]

Gordon began singing at a young age and she began singing at funerals from the age of 6.^[1] She and her siblings would perform together in church and at street corners by her parents.^[2] They were strict about the music that Gordon and her siblings sang, only allowing them to listen to and sing gospel.^[2] However, Gordon would listen to the radio when her parents were not at home and recorded songs from the radio onto tapes that she smuggled into the house.^[2] It was during high school that Gordon decided that she was going to pursue music.^[3] She was later accepted to the Fiorello H. LaGuardia High School of Music & Art and Performing Arts^[2] and interned at a record company.^[3] Gordon wrote her first complete song, "Daddy's Song" at age 15.^[3]

Career[link]

2005–08: Career beginnings[link]

After high school, Wynter threw herself fully into realizing her music dreams, while also dealing with surviving on her own for the first time. She juggled several jobs while working in the studio at nights and as much as she could. During this time, Wynter met her manager, Keith White who introduced her to Don Pooh at Atlantic Records. Wynter worked closely with producer D'Mile since 2004 where they both came with her first track to fame, "Gonna Breakthrough" written by Wynter Gordon and produced by D'Mile was used as the title track to Mary J. Blige's 2005 album The Breakthrough. Soon after, Wynter was given an opportunity and signed to Atlantic Records, through Don Pooh Music Group, where she has been working on her debut album since 2004. Also, in 2008, Wynter penned two tracks for Danity Kane's second album Welcome to the Dollhouse, "2 of You" and "Do Me Good".

[edit] 2009–present: With the Music I Die and New Recordings

Wynter co-wrote the single "Sugar", a track that she was featured on with Flo Rida on his album R.O.O.T.S. (2009) after laying down a reference vocal.^[4] The track became an international hit and peaked at number five on the US Billboard Hot 100. Wynter also co-wrote and sang on the dance track "Toyfriend" from French DJ David Guetta's album One Love (2009). She worked closely with Jennifer Lopez, writing four tracks including "What Is Love", "What Is Love Part II", "Starting Over" and "Everybody's Girl" for her seventh studio album Love? (2011). Wynter is also writing for artists including Adrienne Bailon, Estelle & Gossip Girl star Leighton Meester.^[4]

She released her debut album, With the Music I Die, on June 17, 2011 in Australia. The first single from the album, "Dirty Talk" topped the US (Billboard) Hot Dance Club Songs and the Australian Singles Chart, and was certified 3x Platinum, The song was released in the UK and Ireland on 18 February 2011 where it peaked eight in Ireland and 25 in the UK. The song spent a total on eleven weeks inside the Top 40.^[5] The second single, "Til Death" has currently peaked on the Australian Singles Chart at 16 and number 3 on the US Dance Chart. She opened for Patrick Stump's second US tour in August and September. "Buy My Love" was released as the third single from "With The Music I Die".

Wynter announced via Twitter that she has already recorded some songs and hinted at her second studio album.

Discography[link]

Studio albums[link]

Extended plays[link]

Singles[link]

Promotional singles[link]

As a featured artist[link]

Other appearances[link]

Awards and nominations[link]

References[link]

External links[link]

• Official website