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Atlanta
Atlanta (
/ətˈlæntə/, stressed /ætˈlæntə/, locally /ætˈlænə/) is the capital and the most populous city in the U.S. state of Georgia with a 2010 population of 420,003. Atlanta is the cultural and economic center of the Atlanta metropolitan area, which is home to 5,268,860 people and is the ninth largest in the U.S. It is a major component of a growing southeastern megalopolis known as the Piedmont Atlantic Megaregion. Atlanta is the county seat of Fulton County, and a small portion of the city extends eastward into DeKalb County.
Atlanta began as a settlement located at the terminus of a railroad line, and it was incorporated in 1845. Today, the city is a major business city and the primary transportation hub of the Southeastern United States (via highway, railroad, and air), with Hartsfield–Jackson Atlanta International Airport being the world's busiest airport since 1998. The World Cities Study Group at Loughborough University rated Atlanta as an "alpha(-) world city." With a gross domestic product of US$270 billion, Atlanta's economy ranks 15th among world cities and sixth in the nation. The city is a center for services, finance, information technology, government, and higher education. Metro Atlanta contains the country's third largest concentration of Fortune 500 companies, and is the world headquarters of The Coca-Cola Company, Turner Broadcasting, The Home Depot, AT&T Mobility, UPS, and Delta Air Lines. As of 2010, Atlanta is the seventh most visited city in the United States, with over 35 million visitors per year.
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Creators Syndicate
Creators Syndicate is an independent distributor of comic strips and syndicated columns for daily newspapers. It was founded in 1987 by Richard S. Newcombe, and is based in Los Angeles. Creators was one of the first syndicates to allow its clients to maintain creative control of their material. Since its inception, Creators has become only the second major independent syndicate founded since the 1930s.
Rick Newcombe accomplished what most industry analysts considered impossible: He founded the first successful independent newspaper syndication company in two decades—only the second major independent syndicate started since the 1930s.
When Newcombe left News America Syndicate after it was sold to King Features Syndicate, his new company was quickly given substantial firepower when Ann Landers and Johnny Hart signed on. Within a few months Herblock joined the team.
Creators Syndicate has more Pulitzer Prize winners than any other syndicate. This list includes Steve Benson, Connie Schultz, Steve Breen and two-time winners Mike Luckovich, Michael Ramirez and Paul Szep.
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Detroit
Detroit ( /diˈtrɔɪt/) is the largest city in the U.S. state of Michigan, and the seat of Wayne County. It is the major city among the primary cultural, financial, and transportation centers in the Metro Detroit area, a region of 5.2 million people, and serves as a major port on the Detroit River connecting the Great Lakes system to the Saint Lawrence Seaway. It was founded on July 24, 1701, by the French explorer, adventurer, and nobleman Antoine de la Mothe, sieur de Cadillac.
In 2010, the city had a population of 713,777 and ranked as the 18th most populous city in the United States. The name Detroit sometimes refers to the Metro Detroit area with a population of 4,296,250 for the six-county Metropolitan Statistical Area, the United States' eleventh-largest, and a population of 5,218,852 for the nine-county Combined Statistical Area as of the 2010 Census. The Detroit–Windsor area, a critical commercial link straddling the Canada–U.S. border, has a total population of about 5,700,000.
Known as the world's traditional automotive center, "Detroit" is a metonym for the American automobile industry and an important source of popular music legacies celebrated by the city's two familiar nicknames, the Motor City and Motown. Other nicknames arose in the 20th century, including City of Champions beginning in the 1930s for its successes in individual and team sport,The D, D-Town, Hockeytown (a trademark owned by the city's NHL club, the Red Wings), Rock City (after the Kiss song "Detroit Rock City"), and The 313 (its telephone area code) Detroit became known as the "great arsenal of democracy" for its support of the U.S. role among the Allied powers during World War II.
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Eminem
Marshall Bruce Mathers III (born October 17, 1972), better known by his stage name Eminem (often stylized as EMINƎM) and by his alter ego Slim Shady, is an American rapper, record producer, songwriter and actor. Eminem's popularity brought his group, D12, to mainstream recognition. As well as being a member of D12, Eminem is also one half of the hip hop duo Bad Meets Evil, with Royce da 5'9". Eminem is one of the best-selling artists in the world and is the best selling artist of the 2000s. He has been listed and ranked as one of the greatest artists of all time by many magazines including the Rolling Stone magazine which has ranked him 82nd on its list of The 100 Greatest Artists of All Time. The same magazine has declared him The King of Hip Hop. Including his work with D12 and Bad Meets Evil, Eminem has achieved ten number-one albums on the Billboard 200. He has sold more than 42 million tracks and 41 million albums in the United States, and nearly 90 million albums worldwide.
Eminem quickly gained popularity in 1999 with his major-label debut album, The Slim Shady LP. That first album, The Marshall Mathers LP and his third major album, The Eminem Show, all won Grammy Awards, making Eminem the first artist to win Best Rap Album for three consecutive LPs. The Marshall Mathers LP is also considered one of Eminem's best and most successful albums. Eminem then went on hiatus after touring in 2005. He released his first album since 2004's Encore, titled Relapse, on May 15, 2009. In 2010, Eminem released his seventh studio album Recovery, which was an international success. Recovery was also named the best selling album worldwide of 2010 joining The Eminem Show, which was the best seller of 2002. Eminem won Grammy Awards for both Relapse and Recovery, giving him a total of 13 Grammys in his career. Eminem has named Masta Ace, Big Daddy Kane, Newcleus, the Beastie Boys, Dr. Dre, Tupac Shakur, AZ, Nas, and Ice-T amongst others as his influences.
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Michigan
Michigan (
i/ˈmɪʃɨɡən/) is a state located in the Great Lakes region of the Midwestern United States. The name Michigan is the French form of the Ojibwa word mishigamaa, meaning "large water" or "large lake". Michigan is the 8th most populous of the 50 United States, with the 11th most extensive total area. Its capital is Lansing, and the largest city is Detroit. Michigan was admitted into the Union on January 26, 1837 as the 26th state.
Michigan has the longest freshwater coastline of any political subdivision in the world, being bounded by four of the five Great Lakes, plus Lake Saint Clair. Michigan is one of the leading U.S. states for recreational boating. The state has 64,980 inland lakes and ponds. A person in the state is never more than six miles (9.7 km) from a natural water source or more than 85 miles (137 km) from a Great Lakes shoreline. It is the largest state by total area east of the Mississippi River.
Michigan is the only state to consist of two peninsulas. The Lower Peninsula, to which the name Michigan was originally applied, is often noted to be shaped like a mitten. The Upper Peninsula (often referred to as "the U.P.") is separated from the Lower Peninsula by the Straits of Mackinac, a five-mile (8 km) channel that joins Lake Huron to Lake Michigan. The two peninsulas are connected by the Mackinac Bridge. The Upper Peninsula is economically important due to its status as a tourist destination. There is also a variety of natural resources to be found there, including a sizable amount of iron ore.
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Ontario
Ontario /ɒnˈtɛərioʊ/ is one of the provinces of Canada, located in east-central Canada. It is Canada's most populous province or territory and fourth largest in total area. It is home to the nation's most populous city, Toronto, and the nation's capital, Ottawa.
Ontario is bordered by the province of Manitoba to the west, Hudson Bay to the north, Quebec to the east, and to the south by the U.S. states of Minnesota, Michigan (portions to the west), New York (portions to the east), Ohio and Pennsylvania. All but a small part of Ontario's 2,700 km (1,677 mi) border with the United States follow inland waterways: from the west at Lake of the Woods, eastward along the major rivers and lakes of the Great Lakes/St. Lawrence River drainage system. These are the Rainy River, the Pigeon River, Lake Superior, the St. Mary's River, Lake Huron, the St. Clair River, Lake St. Clair, the Detroit River, Lake Erie, the Niagara River, Lake Ontario, and along the St. Lawrence River from Kingston, Ontario to the Quebec boundary just east of Cornwall, Ontario.
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The Village Voice
Coordinates: 40°43′42″N 73°59′28″W / 40.7283°N 73.9911°W / 40.7283; -73.9911
The Village Voice is a free weekly newspaper and news and features website in New York City that features investigative articles, analysis of current affairs and culture, arts and music coverage, and events listings for New York City. It is also distributed throughout the United States on a pay basis.
It was the first of the big-city tabloids that came to be known as alternative weeklies.
The Voice was launched by Ed Fancher, Dan Wolf, John Wilcock, and Norman Mailer on October 26, 1955 from a two-bedroom apartment in Greenwich Village, which was its initial coverage area, expanding to other parts of the city by the 1960s. The offices in the 1960s were located at Sheridan Square; they are now at Cooper Square in the East Village.
The Voice has published groundbreaking investigations of New York City politics, as well as reporting on local and national politics, with arts, culture, music, dance, film, and theater reviews. The Voice has received three Pulitzer Prizes, in 1981 (Teresa Carpenter), 1986 (Jules Feiffer) and 2000 (Mark Schoofs). Almost since its inception the paper has recognized alternative theater in New York through its Obie Awards. The paper's "Pazz & Jop" music poll, started by Robert Christgau in the early 1970s, continues to this day and remains a highly influential survey of the nation's music critics. In 1999, film critic J. Hoberman and film section editor Dennis Lim began a similar Village Voice Film Poll for the year's movies. In 2001 the paper sponsored its first Siren Festival music festival, a free annual event every summer held at Coney Island. That event has since been moved to the lower tip of Manhattan and re-christened the "4Knots Music Festival," a reference to the speed of the East River's current.
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White House
The White House is the official residence and principal workplace of the President of the United States. Located at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue NW in Washington, D.C., the house was designed by Irish-born James Hoban, and built between 1792 and 1800 of white-painted Aquia sandstone in the Neoclassical style. It has been the residence of every U.S. president since John Adams. When Thomas Jefferson moved into the house in 1801, he (with architect Benjamin Henry Latrobe) expanded the building outward, creating two colonnades that were meant to conceal stables and storage.
In 1814, during the War of 1812, the mansion was set ablaze by the British Army in the Burning of Washington, destroying the interior and charring much of the exterior. Reconstruction began almost immediately, and President James Monroe moved into the partially reconstructed house in October 1817. Construction continued with the addition of the South Portico in 1824 and the North in 1829. Because of crowding within the executive mansion itself, President Theodore Roosevelt had all work offices relocated to the newly constructed West Wing in 1901. Eight years later, President William Howard Taft expanded the West Wing and created the first Oval Office which was eventually moved as the section was expanded. The third-floor attic was converted to living quarters in 1927 by augmenting the existing hip roof with long shed dormers. A newly constructed East Wing was used as a reception area for social events; Jefferson's colonnades connected the new wings. East Wing alterations were completed in 1946, creating additional office space. By 1948, the house's load-bearing exterior walls and internal wood beams were found to be close to failure. Under Harry S. Truman, the interior rooms were completely dismantled and a new internal load-bearing steel frame constructed inside the walls. Once this work was completed, the interior rooms were rebuilt.
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50 Cent
Curtis James Jackson III (born July 6, 1975), better known by his stage name 50 Cent, is an American rapper, entrepreneur, investor, record producer, and actor. He rose to fame with the release of his albums Get Rich or Die Tryin' (2003) and The Massacre (2005). His album Get Rich or Die Tryin' has been certified eight times platinum by the RIAA.
Born in the South Jamaica of Queens, New York City, Jackson began drug dealing at the age of twelve during the 1980s crack epidemic. After leaving drug dealing to pursue a rap career, he was shot at and struck by nine bullets during an incident in 2000. After releasing his album Guess Who's Back? in 2002, Jackson was discovered by rapper Eminem and signed to Interscope Records. With the help of Eminem and Dr. Dre, who produced his first major commercial successes, Jackson became one of the world's highest selling rappers. In 2003, he founded the record label G-Unit Records, which signed several successful rappers such as Young Buck, Lloyd Banks, and Tony Yayo.
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Adam Levine
Adam Noah Levine (born March 18, 1979) is an American singer-songwriter and musician, best known as the front man and guitarist for the pop rock band Maroon 5. He is also a coach on the American talent show The Voice.
Levine was born in Los Angeles to Fred and Patsy (née Noah) Levine. His uncle is journalist and author Timothy Noah. He has a brother, Michael, and a sister, Julia. When he was six years old, he made the winning shot of his local YMCA championship basketball game (on a team his father coached) with no time left on the clock. He has said that the incident changed his life and gave him the confidence to be successful.
Levine attended French Woods Festival of the Performing Arts Camp (Hancock, NY) with best friend Jesse Carmichael, guitar player of the band known at that time as Kara's Flowers. He graduated from Brentwood School in 1997.
Levine has Jewish ancestry on both sides of his family (his father and maternal grandfather were Jewish), and considers himself Jewish, though according to The Jewish Chronicle, who interviewed Levine, he "has rejected formal religious practice for a more generalized, spiritual way of life". He chose not to have a Bar Mitzvah as a child.
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Afeni Shakur
Afeni Shakur Davis (born Alice Faye Williams: January 22, 1947)[citation needed] is an African American music businesswoman, philanthropist, former political activist and ex-Black Panther. She is the mother of Tupac Shakur. She acted as her own criminal defense attorney after being accused of taking part in numerous bombings as a member of the Panthers.
Shakur was born in Lumberton, North Carolina on January 22, 1947.[citation needed]
Exactly one year following Tupac's death, with the money made from Tupac's posthumous albums, Afeni founded the Georgia-based Tupac Amaru Shakur Foundation, which provides art programs for young people, and Amaru Entertainment, the holding company for all Tupac's unreleased material. She has also since launched a fashion clothing line, Makaveli Branded; all proceeds go to his charity, the Tupac Amaru Shakur Foundation[citation needed].
Shakur was reportedly in Federal Court on July 20, 2007, to file an injunction to prevent Death Row Records from selling any unreleased material from Tupac after the company failed to prove that the unreleased songs were not part of its bankruptcy settlement. She created a record label named Amaru Records to release Tupac's unreleased recordings.[citation needed] Afeni Shakur won her court case against Death Row Record to receive 150 unreleased songs by her son.
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Akon
Aliaune Damala Badara Akon Thiam (born April 16, 1973), better known as simply Akon, is a Senegalese American R&B and hip hop recording artist, songwriter, record producer and businessman. He rose to prominence in 2004 following the release of "Locked Up", the first single from his debut album Trouble.
He has since founded two successful record labels, Konvict Muzik and Kon Live Distribution. His second album, "Konvicted" received three nominations for the Grammy Awards in two categories, Best Contemporary R&B Album for "Konvicted" album and Best Rap/Sung Collaboration for "Smack That" and "I Wanna Love You". He is the first solo artist to hold both the number one and two spots simultaneously on the Billboard Hot 100 charts 'twice'.
Akon often sings hooks for other artists and is currently credited with over 300 guest appearances and more than 35 Billboard Hot 100 songs. He has worked with numerous performers such as Michael Jackson, Quincy Jones, Eminem, Whitney Houston, Lil Wayne, 50 Cent, Bone Thugs-N-Harmony, Gwen Stefani, Snoop Dogg and many more artists. He has had five Grammy Awards nominations and has produced many hits for artists such as Lady Gaga, Colby O'Donis, Kardinal Offishall and Leona Lewis. Lady Gaga and T-Pain are two artists who were given their chance at fame by Akon.
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Al Martino
Al Martino (born Jasper Cini, October 7, 1927 – October 13, 2009) was an American singer and actor. He had his greatest success as a singer between the early 1950s and mid 1970s, being described as "one of the great Italian American pop crooners", and also became well known as an actor, particularly for his role as singer Johnny Fontane in The Godfather.
Jasper "Al" Cini was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The name Jasper was an anglicisation of his father's name, Gasparino. His parents were immigrants from Abruzzo, Italy, who ran a construction business, and while growing up he worked alongside his brothers as a bricklayer. However, he was inspired to become a singer by emulating artists such as Al Jolson and Perry Como, and by the success of a family friend, Alfredo Cocozza, who had changed his name to Mario Lanza. After serving with the United States Navy in World War II, including being a part of the Iwo Jima invasion where he was wounded, Cini began his singing career. Encouraged by Lanza, he adopted the stage name Al Martino - Martino being the name of his mother's father - and began singing in local nightclubs. In 1948 he moved to New York City, and in 1952 won first place on Arthur Godfrey's Talent Scouts television program with a performance of Como's hit "If".
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Alanis Morissette
Alanis Nadine Morissette (born June 1, 1974) is a Canadian singer-songwriter, guitarist, record producer, and actress. She has won 16 Juno Awards and seven Grammy Awards, was nominated for two Golden Globe Awards and also shortlisted for an Academy Award nomination. Morissette began her career in Canada, and as a teenager recorded two dance-pop albums, Alanis and Now Is the Time, under MCA Records Canada.
Her first international album was the rock-influenced Jagged Little Pill, released in 1995. Jagged has sold more than 33 million units globally. Her following album, Supposed Former Infatuation Junkie, was released in 1998 and was a success as well. Morissette took up producing duties for her subsequent albums, which include Under Rug Swept, So-Called Chaos and Flavors of Entanglement. Morissette has sold more than 60 million albums worldwide. Morissette is also known for her powerful and emotive mezzo-soprano voice.
Morissette acquired United States citizenship in 2005.
Morissette was born June 1, 1974 in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, the daughter of Georgia Mary Ann (née Feuerstein), a teacher of Hungarian descent, and Alan Richard Morissette, a French-Canadian high school principal. She has a twin brother, Wade Morissette, (also a musician) who was born 12 minutes after her. Morissette was raised Catholic. She attended Glebe Collegiate Institute (Ottawa, Canada) for high school.
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Alexandra Burke
Alexandra Imelda Ceclia Ewen Burke (born August 25, 1988) is a British R&B and pop recording artist, songwriter, dancer and model. Born and raised in Islington, London, United Kingdom. Burke was exposed to music from an early age, with her mother being the lead singer of Soul II Soul. Burke rose to fame after winning the fifth series of British television series The X Factor in 2008. Burke currently stands as one of the most successful winners of The X Factor and she is currently signed to four record labels, Epic Records, RCA Records, Syco Music and Subliminal.
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Alicia Keys
Alicia Augello Cook (born January 25, 1981), better known by her stage name Alicia Keys, is an American R&B singer-songwriter, record producer, and actress. Keys was raised by a single mother in the Hell's Kitchen area of Manhattan in New York City. At age seven, Keys began playing the piano. She attended Professional Performing Arts School and graduated at 16 as valedictorian. Keys released her debut album with J Records, having had previous record deals first with Columbia and then Arista Records.
Keys' debut album, Songs in A Minor, was a commercial success, selling over 12 million copies worldwide. She became the best-selling new artist and best-selling R&B artist of 2001. The album earned Keys five Grammy Awards in 2002, including Best New Artist and Song of the Year for "Fallin'". Her second studio album, The Diary of Alicia Keys, was released in 2003 and was also another success worldwide, selling eight million copies. The album garnered her an additional four Grammy Awards in 2005. Later that year, she released her first live album, Unplugged, which debuted at number one in the United States. She became the first female to have an MTV Unplugged album to debut at number one and the highest since Nirvana in 1994.
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Alicia Silverstone
Alicia Silverstone ( /əˈliːsiə ˈsɪlvərstoʊn/; born October 4, 1976) is an American actress, author, and animal rights and environmental activist.
Silverstone was born in San Francisco, California, the daughter of Deirdre "Didi" (née Radford), a Scottish-born former Pan Am flight attendant, and Monty Silverstone, a real estate agent born in England. She has two older siblings, a half-sister from her father's previous marriage named Kezi Silverstone and a brother named David Silverstone. She grew up in an upper-middle class home in the San Francisco suburb of Redwood City, California.[citation needed] Her father is Jewish and her mother converted to Conservative Judaism before marriage. She began modeling when she was six years old, and was subsequently cast in television commercials, the first being for Domino's Pizza. She attended Crocker Middle School and then San Mateo High School.
Silverstone won several awards for her film performances. She received multiple MTV Movie Awards and a Young Artist Award for The Crush. For Clueless she received multiple MTV Movie Awards and a Young Artist Award once again, plus awards from Blockbuster Entertainment Award, Kids' Choice Awards, National Board of Review, and an American Comedy Award.
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Anna Kendrick
Anna Kendrick (born August 9, 1985) is an American actress. She rose to fame after her performance as Natalie Keener in Up in the Air, for which she received an Academy Award nomination for Best Supporting Actress. Her other work includes The Twilight Saga, Camp, Rocket Science, Scott Pilgrim vs. the World, 50/50, and the Broadway musical High Society.
Kendrick "caught the [acting] bug" at the age of 10, when she caught a bus from Portland, Maine, to New York City so that she could attend auditions. Kendrick's first acting role was as Dinah in the Broadway musical High Society in August 1998 when she was 12 years old, a performance for which she earned Theatre World Award, Drama Desk Award, and Tony Award nominations, making her the third-youngest Tony Award nominee.
Kendrick went on to appear in a number of other theater productions, including the musical A Little Night Music, before making her film debut in the 2003 musical comedy Camp, for which she was nominated in the Best Supporting Actress category at the 2004 Chlotrudis Awards and Best Debut Performance Independent Spirit Award for her portrayal of Fritzi Wagner.
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Annie Lennox
Ann "Annie" Lennox, OBE (born 25 December 1954), is a Scottish singer-songwriter, political activist and philanthropist. After achieving minor success in the late 1970s as part of the New Wave band The Tourists, she and fellow musician David A. Stewart went on to achieve major international success in the 1980s as Eurythmics. Lennox is the most recognized female artist at the Brit Awards, winning a total of eight awards. She has also been named the "Brits Champion of Champions".
Lennox embarked on a solo career in the 1990s with her debut album, Diva (1992), which produced several hit singles including "Why" and "Walking on Broken Glass". To date, she has released five solo studio albums and a compilation album, The Annie Lennox Collection (2009). She is the recipient of eight Brit Awards, four Grammy Awards and an MTV Video Music Award. In 2002, Lennox received a Billboard Century Award; the highest accolade from Billboard Magazine. In 2004, she won both the Golden Globe and the Academy Award for Best Original Song for "Into the West", written for the soundtrack to the feature film The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King.
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Anthony Bozza
Anthony Bozza is a New York City-based author and journalist who is most famous for his writing in Rolling Stone. Bozza is also well-known for his bestselling books on musicians which include rapper Eminem and hard rock band AC/DC as well as his work as co-author on the autobiographies of artists which include Slash, INXS, and Tommy Lee.
Anthony Bozza was born in Brooklyn, New York and raised on Long Island. He attended Friends Academy and Northwestern University. He worked briefly as an intern at Paper Magazine then at Rolling Stone Press, where his abilities lead to a full-time position in the magazine's music department. Bozza was quickly noted for his interviewing skills and helmed a variety of columns at Rolling Stone, including Random Notes for two years. He penned a wide array of cover stories and features, including articles on Jennifer Lopez, Trent Reznor, N'Sync, Eminem and Slash.
Bozza turned his multiple features on Eminem into his first book, Whatever You Say I Am, a biography of the rap star that also focused on what his status as a white rapper meant for race and culture in America. This led to book-length collaborations with Tommy Lee, Slash and Artie Lang, among others. Bozza's next project is a biography of Wyclef Jean of The Fugees.
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Antoine Fuqua
Antoine Fuqua (born January 19, 1966) is an American film director. He directed the film Training Day as well as Tears of the Sun, King Arthur, Shooter and Brooklyn's Finest. He is currently slated to direct Southpaw in 2012, a boxing film described as a "metaphorical sequel to 8 Mile", penned by Sons of Anarchy creator Kurt Sutter and starring rapper Eminem.
After going to school for electrical engineering, with the hope of going on to fly jets in the military, Fuqua began his career directing music videos for popular artists like Toni Braxton and Prince, and then went on to become a successful film director. He is perhaps best known for the award-winning film Training Day. Fuqua was scheduled to direct Prisoners, based on a storybook from Aaron Guzikowski, but has left the project.
CBS Films has hired Antoine Fuqua to direct a new movie based on a Vince Flynn novel, Consent to Kill.
In March 2011, Fuqua signed on to direct a film featuring the romantic love story between Consort Yang Yuhuan and Emperor Xuanzong of the Tang dynasty. The film is currently untitled and is scheduled to release in 2012.
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Art Garfunkel
Arthur Ira "Art" Garfunkel (born November 5, 1941) is a Grammy-award winning American singer-songwriter, a poet, and a Golden Globe winning actor. He was also half of the folk duo Simon & Garfunkel, which split in 1970, at the height of their popularity.
Highlights of his solo music career include a top 10 hit, three top 20 hits, six top 40 hits, 14 Adult Contemporary top 30 singles, five Adult Contemporary number ones, two UK number ones and a People's Choice Award. Through his solo and collaborative work, Garfunkel has earned six Grammys, including the Lifetime Achievement Award. In 1990, he and former musical partner Paul Simon were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.
Art Garfunkel was born in Forest Hills, Queens, New York City, the son of housewife Rose and traveling salesman Jacob "Jack" Garfunkel on November 5, 1941. Art has two siblings; the older one named Jules and the younger one named Jerome, who was an actor in his earlier years in Dayton, Ohio, before becoming a travelling menswear salesman. He is Jewish. His paternal grandparents emigrated from Iași in Romania. His cousin on his mother's side is founder of 'N Sync and the Backstreet Boys, Lou Pearlman. Garfunkel attended the Forest Hills High School. According to the Across America DVD, Garfunkel's love for singing "came in the first grade. When we were lined up in size order, and after everyone else had left, I'd stay behind and enjoy the echo sound of the stairwell tiles and sing 'Unchained Melody' and 'You'll Never Walk Alone', learning to love this goose-bumps song from the tender age of five." Later, Garfunkel's father bought him a wire recorder and from then on, Garfunkel spent his afternoons singing, recording and playing it back, so he could listen for flaws and learn how to improve.
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Asher Roth
Asher Paul Roth (born August 11, 1985) is an American rapper from Morrisville, Pennsylvania. Roth is signed to Schoolboy Records, SRC, and Def Jam.
Asher Roth was born and raised in Morrisville, Pennsylvania, a small town about 20 miles northeast of Philadelphia. His mother, Elizabeth (née McConnell), is a yoga instructor, and his father, David Roth, is the executive director of a design firm. His mother has Scottish ancestry and his paternal grandfather was Jewish. Roth does not consider himself Jewish, although his name often leads people to believe he is. He attended Pennsbury High School. Growing up, Roth was exposed to little hip hop in his family, with his parents preferring "The Temptations, Earth, Wind & Fire ... Bruce Springsteen and Dire Straits." According to Roth:
The first CD I ever bought was Dave Matthews Band's Crash ...That is how suburban I am...I finally got into hip hop in '98 when I heard the Annie sample with Jay-Z....When I wrote my 'A Milli' freestyle, that was me listening to 10 years of hip hop and not relating to it at all. Like, Damn I don’t sell coke. Damn, I don’t have cars or 25-inch rims. I don't have guns. I finally got to a point where I had the confidence to do this thing myself, and I was making music for me. And it turns out, a lot of people feel the same way I do.
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Ashley Tisdale
Ashley Michelle Tisdale (born July 2, 1985) is an American actress and singer who rose to prominence portraying the candy-counter girl Maddie Fitzpatrick in Disney Channel's The Suite Life of Zack & Cody and the female antagonist Sharpay Evans in the High School Musical film series. The High School Musical series became a successful franchise which included two television films, a feature movie, a spin-off and numerous soundtrack albums. The popularity earned by Tisdale in High School Musical led her to sign a solo record deal with Warner Bros. Records in 2006. Her debut album Headstrong, was released in February 2007, and debuted at number five in the U.S. chart and sold 64,000 copies in the first week. It was later certified Gold by the Recording Industry Association of America. A second studio album, Guilty Pleasure, was released in 2009.
Tisdale owns a production company and has worked as an executive producer in movies which included the ABC Family television film Picture This. Tisdale has a prominent voice role as Candace Flynn in Disney Channel's Phineas & Ferb, a cartoon which became television's most-watched animated series among kids and tweens and had been met with acclaim by critics. In 2009, she was cast in her first major broadcast role in The CW's television series Hellcats as Savannah Monroe, an intense and very religious cheerleader.
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Beck
Beck Hansen (born Bek David Campbell, July 8, 1970) is an American musician, singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist, known by the stage name Beck.
The four-time platinum artist rose to underground popularity with his early works, which combined social criticism (as in "MTV Makes Me Want to Smoke Crack" and "Deep Fried Love") with musical and lyrical experimentation. He first earned wider public attention for his breakthrough single "Loser", a 1994 hit. Beck is known for creating musical collages of different styles.
Two of Beck's most popular and acclaimed recordings are Odelay (1996) and Sea Change (2002).Odelay was awarded Album of the Year by the American magazine Rolling Stone and by UK publications NME and Mojo. Odelay also received a Grammy nomination for Album of the Year. Both Odelay and Sea Change appeared on Rolling Stone's list of the 500 Greatest Albums of All Time.
Beck was born in Los Angeles, California, to David Campbell, a Canadian musician, and Bibbe Hansen, a visual artist and former Warhol "star". His father is of Scottish heritage and his mother is half Norwegian, a quarter Jewish and a quarter Swedish. His maternal grandfather is Al Hansen, a visual collage artist of the Fluxus school of art. Beck's paternal grandfather was a Presbyterian minister. When his parents separated, Beck stayed with his mother and brother in Los Angeles, where he was influenced by the city's diverse musical offerings—everything from hip hop to Latin music and his mother's art scene—all of which would later reappear in his recorded and published work.
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Benzino
Raymond Scott (born July 18, 1965), better known by his stage name Benzino is an American hip hop media executive, and record producer.
Along with his longtime friend, David Mays, Benzino is known for being part of the Hip Hop magazine The Source, which was launched in 1988 as a single sheet newsletter out of Mays’s Harvard University dorm room. Benzino is also known for being involved in a widely publicized feud with rapper Eminem. He was also a founding member of several rap groups before finally becoming a solo artist.
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Bernard Goldberg
Bernard Richard Goldberg (born May 31, 1945), also known as Bernie Goldberg, is a twelve-time Emmy Award-winning American writer, journalist, and political pundit. Goldberg is currently a commentator for Fox News and a correspondent for HBO's Real Sports with Bryant Gumbel.
Goldberg was born in New York City, New York in 1945 and graduated from Rutgers University in 1967.
From 1972 to 1974 he worked for CBS News as a producer in Atlanta; he became a reporter in 1974 and correspondent in 1976. Goldberg frequently contributed to the CBS Evening News and CBS newsmagazines Eye to Eye with Connie Chung and 48 Hours. For CBS, he hosted two primetime documentaries, Don't Blame Me and In Your Face, America.Don't Blame Me was broadcast on May 26, 1994 and explored alleged irresponsibility of Americans.In Your Face, America, which aired on April 7, 1998, said that American culture suffers from a "coarsening" instigated by entertainment such as The Jerry Springer Show, South Park, and gangsta rap music.
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Big Daddy Kane
Antonio Hardy (born September 10, 1968) better known by his stage name Big Daddy Kane, is a Grammy Award-winning American rapper who started his career in 1986 as a member of the rap group the Juice Crew. He is widely considered to be one of the most influential and skilled MCs in Hip Hop. Regarding the name Big Daddy Kane, he said: "The Big Daddy part and the Kane part came from two different things. The Kane part came from my fascination with the martial arts flicks when I was young. The Big Daddy came from something that happened on a ski trip one time involving a young lady."
In 1984, Kane became friends with Biz Markie, and he would co-write some of Biz's best-known lyrics. Both eventually became important members of the Queens-based Juice Crew, a collective headed by renowned producer Marley Marl. Kane signed with Marl's Cold Chillin' Records label in 1987 and debuted the following year with the 12" single "Raw," an underground hit. Kane is known for his ability to syncopate over faster hip hop beats, and despite his asthmatic condition he is acknowledged as one of the pioneering masters of fast-rap. His sense of style is renowned and set a number of late-1980s and early-1990s hip hop trends (high-top fades, velour suits, and four-finger rings). The backronym "King Asiatic Nobody's Equal" is often applied to his moniker.
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Bishop Lamont
Philip Martin (born October 31, 1978 in Inglewood, California), better known as Bishop Lamont is an American rapper from Carson, California. He was signed to Dr. Dre's Aftermath Entertainment record label but left in 2010.
Martin started rapping at age thirteen. Dr. Dre met Martin while on set filming The Game's music video for "Dreams". After giving him praises on an L.A. radio station, Dr. Dre signed Martin in 2005. Martin was featured in The Source's Unsigned Hype section, but he was already signed to Aftermath by the time the issue hit stands.
According to Martin, Dr. Dre said that along with Eminem, Martin is the only other rapper that made him uncomfortable. Dr. Dre said that this is due to his protégé's controversial and political lyrics.
Martin is credited for his numerous soundtrack contributions. He has appeared in the soundtrack for the video game True Crime: Streets of LA. He can also be heard on three EA Sports video games. The tracks "The Best" and "We Got Next" are included in Madden 2007 and NBA Live 06, respectively. Also, the track "I'm a Soldier" was included in NFL Street 2. His song City Lights was in The Midnight Club: Los Angeles soundtrack. In addition, Martin has the title track "Welcome to Havoc", featured in Havoc, a film starring Anne Hathaway.
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Bob Herbert
Robert “Bob” Herbert (born March 7, 1945) is an American journalist op-ed columnist who wrote for The New York Times. His column was syndicated to other newspapers around the country. Herbert frequently writes on poverty, the Iraq war, racism and American political apathy towards race issues. He is now a fellow at Demos.
Trevor Wilsomn Herbert was born in Brooklyn, New York, and was raised primarily in Montclair, New Jersey, where his parents owned a number of upholstery shops. He was drafted during the buildup to the Vietnam War, but was ultimately sent to Korea. Always having had an interest in politics and writing, Herbert decided shortly after the war to go into journalism.
Herbert received a Bachelor of Science, Journalism from the State University of New York (Empire State College) in 1988.
Herbert's journalistic career began with The Star-Ledger in New Jersey in 1970. Herbert went on to work as a reporter and editor at the New York Daily News from 1976 until 1985, when he became a political columnist and editor, and began attracting attention for his editorial work. This led to a position on WCBS-TV in New York, as a founding panelist of Sunday Edition in 1990, as well as becoming host of Hotline, a weekly issues program on New York public television. He later served as a national correspondent on NBC from 1991 to 1993, with regular appearances on The Today Show and NBC Nightly News.
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Bobby Creekwater
Bobby Creekwater (born Antione Rogers) is an American rapper and hip-hop producer from Atlanta, Georgia who is a former member of Shady Records.
Creekwater was born and raised in various parts of Atlanta, Georgia, and its surrounding area. He attended Clark Atlanta University for one year before leaving to pursue his music career. He and Charlie Jangles formed the hip hop duo Jatis, which was signed to Columbia Records and then Loud Records, but Loud was shut down before Jatis could release an album.
As an unsigned artist in 2004, Creekwater appeared with Aasim on the song "Anyway", from P-Money's album Magic City. Creekwater was noticed by Shady Records when label executives heard him rapping on a demo by Aasim. Shady Records president Eminem was more interested in Creekwater than Aasim and, in mid-2005, signed him to his label.
In late 2005, Creekwater released a mixtape, Anthem to the Streets. Newsweek described the recording in positive terms, saying it "delivers drug-peddling tales over the cheeriest possible dance tracks. Sesame Street sings crack rap."
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Brad Pitt
William Bradley "Brad" Pitt (born December 18, 1963) is an American actor and film producer. Pitt has received four Academy Award nominations and five Golden Globe Award nominations, winning one Golden Globe. He has been described as one of the world's most attractive men, a label for which he has received substantial media attention.
Pitt first gained recognition as a cowboy hitchhiker in the road movie Thelma & Louise (1991). His first leading roles in big-budget productions came with A River Runs Through It (1992), Interview with the Vampire (1994), and Legends of the Fall (1994). In 1995, he gave critically acclaimed performances in the crime thriller Seven and the science fiction film 12 Monkeys, the latter earning him a Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actor and an Academy Award nomination. Four years later, Pitt starred in the cult hit Fight Club. He then starred in the major international hit Ocean's Eleven (2001) and its sequels, Ocean's Twelve (2004) and Ocean's Thirteen (2007). His greatest commercial successes have been Troy (2004) and Mr. & Mrs. Smith (2005). Pitt received his second and third Academy Award nominations for his leading performances in The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (2008) and Moneyball (2011). In addition, Pitt owns a production company, Plan B Entertainment, whose productions include The Departed (2006), which won the Academy Award for Best Picture, and Moneyball, which garnered a Best Picture nomination.
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Britney Spears
Britney Jean Spears (born December 2, 1981) is an American recording artist and entertainer. Born in McComb, Mississippi, and raised in Kentwood, Louisiana, Spears began performing as a child, landing acting roles in stage productions and television shows. She signed with Jive Records in 1997 and released her debut album ...Baby One More Time in 1999, which became the best-selling album by a teenage solo artist. During her first decade in the music industry, she became a prominent figure in mainstream popular music and popular culture, followed by a much-publicized personal life. Her first two albums established her as a pop icon and broke sales records, while title tracks "...Baby One More Time" and "Oops!... I Did It Again" became international number-one hits. Spears was credited with influencing the revival of teen pop during the late 1990s, and became the 'best-selling teen aged artist of all time' before she turned 20, garnering her the honorific title of "Princess of Pop".
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Bryan Adams
Bryan Adams, OC OBC (born Bryan Guy Adams, 5 November 1959) is a Canadian rock singer-songwriter, guitarist, bassist, producer, actor and photographer. For his contributions to music, Adams has many awards and nominations, including 20 Juno Awards among 56 nominations, 15 Grammy Award nominations including a win for Best Song Written Specifically for a Motion Picture or Television in 1992. He has also won MTV, ASCAP, and American Music awards. In addition, he has won two Ivor Novello Awards for song composition and has been nominated for several Golden Globe Awards and three times for Academy Awards for his songwriting for films.
Adams was awarded the Order of Canada and the Order of British Columbia for contributions to popular music and philanthropic work via his own foundation, which helps improve education for people around the world.
Adams was inducted into the Hollywood Walk of Fame, with the 2,435th star in March 2011 and Canada's Walk of Fame in 1998, and in April 2006 he was inducted into the Canadian Music Hall of Fame at Canada's Juno Awards. In 2008, Bryan was ranked 38 on the list of All-Time top artists by the Billboard Hot 100 50th Anniversary Charts. On 13 January 2010, he received the Allan Waters Humanitarian Award for his part in numerous charitable concerts and campaigns during his career, and on 1 May 2010 was given the Governor General's Performing Arts Award for his 30 years of contributions to the arts.
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Busta Rhymes
Trevor Tahiem Smith, Jr., (born May 20, 1972), better known by his stage name Busta Rhymes, is an American rapper, producer and actor. Chuck D of Public Enemy gave him the alias Busta Rhymes after NFL wide receiver George "Buster" Rhymes. Early in his career, he was known for his wild style and fashion, and today is best known for his intricate rapping technique, which involves rapping at a fast rate with lots of internal rhyme and half rhyme, and to date has received eleven Grammy nominations for his musical work. About.com included him on its list of the 50 Greatest MCs of Our Time (1987–2007), while Steve Huey of Allmusic called him one of the best and most prolific rappers of the '90s.
Busta was born in Red Hook, Brooklyn, New York, and grew up in Flatbush, Brooklyn, to Jamaican parents Geraldine Green and Trevor Smith, Sr. in 1972. Smith attended George Westinghouse Career and Technical Education High School, alongside Jay-Z, DMX and The Notorious B.I.G. He went to Uniondale High School on Long Island, graduating in 1990.
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Cameron Diaz
Cameron Michelle Diaz (born August 30, 1972) is an American actress and former model. She became famous during the 1990s with roles in the movies The Mask, My Best Friend's Wedding, and There's Something About Mary. Other high-profile credits include the two Charlie's Angels films, voicing the character Princess Fiona in the Shrek series, and Bad Teacher. Diaz received Golden Globe award nominations for her performances in the movies There's Something About Mary, Being John Malkovich, Vanilla Sky, and Gangs of New York.
Diaz, the younger of two daughters, was born in San Diego, California. Her mother, Billie (née Early), is an import-export agent, and her father, Emilio Diaz (1949–2008), worked for the California oil company UNOCAL for more than 20 years as a field gauger. Diaz has an older sister, Chimene. Her father's family came from Cuba, before settling in Tampa's Ybor City, and eventually California, where Emilio was born. Her mother is of German and Cherokee descent. Diaz was raised in Long Beach, California and attended Long Beach Polytechnic High School.
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Carrie Underwood
Carrie Marie Underwood (born March 10, 1983) is an American country singer, songwriter and actress who rose to fame as the winner of the fourth season of American Idol, in 2005. Underwood has since become a multi-platinum selling recording artist, a winner of several Grammy Awards, Billboard Music Awards and American Music Awards, a Golden Globe Award nominee, a three-time Academy of Country Music and Country Music Association Female Vocalist winner, and a two-time ACM Entertainer of the Year. She is the first-ever female artist to win back-to-back Academy of Country Music (ACM) Awards for Entertainer of the Year (2009/10). Underwood was inducted into and became a member of the Grand Ole Opry in 2008. She was also inducted into the Oklahoma Music Hall of Fame in 2009.Billboard named Underwood Country Music's reigning Queen in 2012.
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Carson Daly
Carson Jones Daly (born June 22, 1973) is an American television host, radio personality, and television personality. He is the host of NBC's Last Call with Carson Daly, a late-night talk show that began airing on January 7, 2002. Before his role as host of that program, Daly was a VJ on MTV's TRL, and a DJ for the Southern California based radio station KROQ-FM. He has also hosted several notable specials including "Macy's 4th of July Spectacular" on NBC and "NBC's New Years Eve with Carson Daly". He also co-founded an independent record label named 456 Entertainment. As of 2012, he is a DJ/talk show host on KAMP-FM radio in Southern California. He is the host of the American version of The Voice, on NBC. The Voice has gone on to become one of the highest rated shows on the entire NBC network and in 2012 received the coveted timeslot premiering after the Superbowl.
Daly was born in Santa Monica, California, the son of Coachella Valley TV personality Pattie Daly Caruso, and actor J. D. Daly. Daly attended Santa Monica High School and was a member of the school's golf team before graduating in 1991. He attended Loyola Marymount University in Los Angeles. He is of Irish descent and has worked with Guinness on local "Proposition 3-17" to make Saint Patrick's Day an official holiday. Carson Daly hosted MTV'S TRL from 1998-2002.
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Cashis
Ramone Johnson, better known by his stage name Cashis (often stylized as Ca$his), is an American rapper who was born and raised in Chicago, but moved to Irvine, California. He was featured on the Shady album Eminem Presents: The Re-Up and released The County Hound EP in 2007. In August 2011 on his mixtape Roof Top Vol:1 in the intro Cashis revealed that he is leaving Shady Records but remaining with Bogish Brand Entertainment.
Cashis formed a group, The Renegadez, with H-Bone and Monique (also the mother of one of his eleven children) and they sent a demo tape to Eminem's Shady Records label hoping for a record deal. Monique was murdered in 1999.
By 2004, Cashis was regarded as the "rap king of Orange County" and attracted the attention of Shady Records A&R, Dart Parker, who signed the young talent after hearing his mixtape, Stars With Stripes. Cashis’s introduction to the masses, however, wouldn’t come until 2006 when he appeared alongside Eminem, 50 Cent and Lloyd Banks on You Don't Know the first single off the platinum-selling Shady Records compilation, Eminem Presents: The Re-Up. His first solo release was the charting The County Hound EP, in May 2007. The County Hound EP reached number 106 on The Billboard 200 and 37 on the Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums chart.
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Champtown
Brian Harmon, better known by his stage name Champtown, is an American rapper, disc jockey, film director and teacher from Detroit, Michigan. Founder of the Straight Jacket independent record label, Champtown is known for helping establish the careers of a number of Detroit hip hop artists, including Kid Rock and Eminem. He has also worked with Ice-T, Rev Run, Public Enemy and Uncle Kracker. He is currently producing a documentary film, The Untold Story of Detroit Hip Hop, which will be narrated by Chuck D and feature interviews with notable Detroit rappers.
Brian Harmon grew up in the Fairport neighborhood, and attended Detroit Boys and Girls Club with the drug dealers Best Friends. Attending the Boys and Girls Club, Harmon was the subject of much racism. Harmon's older half brother, John, took him to his first hip hop music concert, the Fresh Fest, at the age of 8, leading Harmon to become enamored with the genre. In the second grade, Harmon met future rapper Esham, and the two performed together at open mic events at Seafood Bay. In one occurrence, Harmon and Esham were forced to rap for a drug dealer at gunpoint. Although he was kicked out of high school, Harmon earned his GED at the age of 15, and began a professional music career. Through his manager, local DJ Blackman, Harmon became friends with a young Kid Rock, and was a member of the local hip hop group The Beast Crew, with Blackman, KDC, Chris "Doc Roun-Cee" Pouncy and Kid Rock. The Beast Crew split after Kid Rock signed with Jive Records, and Harmon formed the Straight Jacket independent record label in 1990. The label operates under a strong DIY ethic.
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Cher
Cher ( /ˈʃɛər/) (born Cherilyn Sarkisian; May 20, 1946) is an American recording artist, television personality, actress, director, record producer, and philanthropist. Referred to as the Goddess of Pop, she has won an Academy Award, a Grammy Award, an Emmy Award, three Golden Globes, and a Cannes Film Festival Award for her work in film, music, and television. She is the only person in history to receive all five awards. She began her career as a backup singer and came to prominence in 1965 as one-half of the pop rock duo Sonny & Cher with the success of their song "I Got You Babe". She subsequently established herself as a solo recording artist and became a television star in 1971 with The Sonny and Cher Comedy Hour, a variety show for which she won a Golden Globe. A well-received performance in the film Silkwood earned her a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress of 1983. In the following years, she starred in a string of hit films including Mask, The Witches of Eastwick, and Moonstruck, for which she won the Academy Award for Best Actress of 1987.
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Chloë Grace Moretz
Chloë Grace Moretz ( /məˈrɛts/; born February 10, 1997) is an American actress and model. At the age of seven, she began her acting career with performances in films and series such as The Amityville Horror, (500) Days of Summer, Diary of a Wimpy Kid, Big Momma's House 2, Desperate Housewives, and Dirty Sexy Money, for which she received numerous Young Artist Awards nominations.
She received worldwide recognition for her breakthrough performance as Hit-Girl in the 2010 superhero film Kick-Ass. Her praise continued with her roles in the critically acclaimed films Let Me In and Hugo.
Moretz was born in Atlanta, Georgia. Her mother, Terri (née Duke), is a nurse, and her father, McCoy Lee Moretz, is a plastic surgeon of German descent. Moretz has four older brothers; Brandon, Trevor, Colin, and Ethan. She has described her family as "very Christian". One of her brothers, Trevor Duke Moretz, is her acting coach and accompanies her on trips and press dates when her parents are unable to attend.
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Christina Aguilera
Christina María Aguilera (born December 18, 1980) is an American recording artist and actress. Aguilera first appeared on national television in 1990 as a contestant on the Star Search program, and went on to star in Disney Channel's television series The Mickey Mouse Club from 1993 to 1994. Aguilera signed to RCA Records after recording "Reflection", the theme song for the animated film Mulan (1998).
In 1999, Aguilera came to prominence following her debut album Christina Aguilera, which was a commercial success spawning three number one singles on the Billboard Hot 100—"Genie in a Bottle", "What a Girl Wants", and "Come On Over Baby (All I Want Is You)." Her sophomore and her debut Latin-pop album, Mi Reflejo (2000), a Christmas third studio album, My Kind of Christmas (2000), and several collaborations followed which garnered Aguilera worldwide success, though she was displeased with her lack of input in her music and image. After parting from her management, Aguilera took creative control over her fourth studio album, Stripped (2002). The album's second single, "Beautiful", was a commercial success and helped the album's commercial performance amidst controversy over Aguilera's image. Aguilera followed up Stripped with the soul, jazz and blues inspired, Back to Basics (2006), released to positive critical acclaim. The album produced three singles "Ain't No Other Man", "Hurt" and "Candyman". Four years later Aguilera released her sixth studio album, Bionic (2010), which incorporated aspects of R&B, electropop, and synthpop and was met with mixed reviews and low sales. Aguilera's seventh studio album is set to be released in 2012.
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Claire Danes
Claire Catherine Danes (born April 12, 1979) is an American television, stage and film actress. She has appeared in roles as diverse as Angela Chase in My So-Called Life, as Juliet in Baz Luhrmann's Romeo + Juliet, as Kate Brewster in Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines, as Yvaine in Stardust and as Temple Grandin in the HBO TV film Temple Grandin. She portrays Carrie Mathison in the Showtime series Homeland.
Danes was born in Manhattan, New York City, New York. Her mother, Carla (née Hall), is a day-care provider, painter, and textile designer who later served as her daughter's manager, and her father, Christopher Danes (b. May 6, 1944 in Austin, Texas), is a computer consultant and former architectural photographer. Danes has described her background as being "as WASPy as you can get"; her paternal grandfather, Gibson Andrew Danes (1910–1992 in Litchfield, Connecticut), was the dean of the art and architecture school at Yale University. She has an older brother, Asa (b. 1973).
Danes attended the Dalton School in New York City, the New York City Lab School for Collaborative Studies, the Professional Performing Arts School, and the Lycée Français de Los Angeles in Los Angeles, California. In 1998, Danes went to Yale University, her father's alma mater. Director Oliver Stone wrote her letter of recommendation to Yale. After studying for two years as a psychology major, she dropped out of Yale to focus on her film career.
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Cliff Richard
Sir Cliff Richard, OBE (born Harry Rodger Webb; 14 October 1940) is a British pop singer, musician, performer, actor, and philanthropist. With his backing group The Shadows, Richard, originally positioned as a rebellious rock and roll singer in the style of Little Richard and Elvis Presley, dominated the British popular music scene in the pre-Beatles period of the late 1950s and early 1960s. His 1958 hit single "Move It" is often described as Britain's first authentic rock and roll song, and John Lennon once claimed that "before Cliff and the Shadows, there had been nothing worth listening to in British music." A conversion to Christianity and subsequent softening of his music later led to a more middle of the road pop image, sometimes venturing into gospel music.
Over a 53-year career, Richard has become a fixture of the British entertainment world, amassing many gold and platinum discs and awards, including three Brit awards and two Ivor Novello awards. He has had more than 130 singles, albums and EPs make the UK Top 20, more than any other artist and holds the record (with Elvis Presley) as the only act to make the UK singles charts in all of its first six decades (1950s–2000s). He has achieved 14 UK No. 1 singles (or 18, depending on the counting methodology) and is the only singer to have had a No. 1 single in the UK in six consecutive decades: the 1950s through to the 2000s (discounting digital downloads and counting only CDs, he had a UK No. 1 single in the 2000s). Richard is the biggest selling singles artist of all time in the UK, with total sales of over 21 million and has reportedly sold an estimated 250 million records worldwide.
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Denzel Washington
Denzel Hayes Washington, Jr. (born December 28, 1954) is an American actor, screenwriter, director, and film producer. He first rose to prominence when he joined the cast of the medical drama, St. Elsewhere, playing Dr. Philip Chandler for six years. He has received much critical acclaim for his work in film since the 1990s, including for his portrayals of real-life figures, such as Steve Biko, Malcolm X, Rubin "Hurricane" Carter, Melvin B. Tolson, Frank Lucas and Herman Boone.
Washington has received two Academy Awards, two Golden Globe awards, and a Tony Award. He is notable for winning the Best Supporting Actor for Glory in 1989; and the Academy Award for Best Actor in 2001 for his role in the film Training Day.
Denzel Washington was born in Mount Vernon, near New York City, New York on December 28, 1954. His mother, Lennis "Lynne", was a beauty parlor-owner and operator born in Georgia and partly raised in Harlem. His father, Reverend Denzel Hayes Washington, Sr., a native of Buckingham County, Virginia, served as an ordained Pentecostal minister, and also worked for the Water Department and a local department store, S. Klein.
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Dick Cheney
Richard Bruce "Dick" Cheney (born January 30, 1941) served as the 46th Vice President of the United States (2001–2009), under George W. Bush.
Born in Lincoln, Nebraska, Cheney was primarily raised in Sumner, Nebraska, and Casper, Wyoming. He began his political career as an intern for Congressman William A. Steiger, eventually working his way into the White House during the Nixon and Ford administrations, where he served the latter as White House Chief of Staff. In 1978, Cheney was elected to the U.S. House of Representatives from Wyoming; he was reelected five times, eventually becoming House Minority Whip. Cheney was selected to be the Secretary of Defense during the presidency of George H. W. Bush, holding the position for the majority of Bush's term. During this time, Cheney oversaw the 1991 Operation Desert Storm, among other actions.
Out of office during the Clinton presidency, Cheney was chairman and CEO of Halliburton Company from 1995 to 2000.
Cheney was born in Lincoln, Nebraska, the son of Marjorie Lorraine (née Dickey) and Richard Herbert Cheney. He is of predominantly English, as well as Welsh, Irish, and French Huguenot, ancestry; Cheney's 8th great-grandfather, William Cheney, immigrated from England to Massachusetts in the 17th century. Although not a direct descendant, he is collaterally related to Benjamin Pierce Cheney (1815–1895), the early American expressman. Cheney is a very distant cousin of both Harry S. Truman and Barack Obama; the three share a common ancestor in Mareen Duvall, a Huguenot who fled from France to England in the 17th century and later settled in Maryland. His father was a soil conservation agent for the U.S. Department of Agriculture and his mother was a softball star in the 1930s; Cheney was one of three children.
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DJ Green Lantern
James D'Agostino (born 1975), better known by his stage name DJ Green Lantern, is an Italian-American DJ and hip hop music producer from Rochester, New York. In 2002, D'Agostino was signed by Eminem to become the official DJ for Shady Records after DJ Head stepped down for undisclosed reasons. D'Agostino left the label in 2005 due to a dispute with Shady Records rapper 50 Cent.
DJ Green Lantern came to prominence with his "Invasion" mixtape series, the first set of officially sponsored mixtapes from Eminem's Shady Records. On the series, spanning three mixtapes (later to be spun off into the Armageddon series), the DJ broke several diss records, furthering the issues between Eminem and Benzino/The Source as well as the entire Shady camp and Ja Rule/Murder Inc.
He is also recognized as a producer, featuring on his own mixtapes several "Green Remixes," including, most notably, a remix of the Nas and Tupac Shakur collaboration, "Thugz Mansion." He also produced D-Block's "2 Guns Up", an acclaimed street single, which originated as a freestyle rap on his Hot 97 radio show, "In the Lab" (the most memorable of which has also appeared as a mixtape, "The Best of In the Lab"). "In the Lab" is formatted as a one-hour (with commercials) mix show, in which DJ Green Lantern blends a cappella and instrumental tracks from various artists, as well as breaking new and underground music (such as the Ghostface Killah and El-Producto collaboration "HideYaFace").
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DJ Head
DJ Head (born Kevin Bell) AKA DJ Manho is a Grammy Award Winning hip-hop producer and DJ from Detroit, Michigan. He is known for producing and co-producing songs for Eminem. DJ Head was raised in Detroit. He is a graduate from Shrine Catholic High School in Royal Oak, Michigan (class of 1989), and Michigan State University Alumni (Bachelor Degree in Telecommunications). He also attended the Detroit Community Music School, studying Classical and Jazz Piano(1978–1989).
While working for a radio station around 1996, DJ HEAD (alongside rapper Proof) released 3 versions of his W.E.G.O. mixtape series. One of three, however, is extremely hard to find as one of the studio engineers recorded over the actual DAT tape.
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DJ Paul
Paul Beauregard, better known by his stage name DJ Paul, is an American rapper and record producer from Memphis, Tennessee. He is one half of the Memphis-based rap group Three 6 Mafia. He is also the half-brother of former Three 6 Mafia member Lord Infamous. He won an Academy Award for Best Original Song for "It's Hard out Here for a Pimp". DJ Paul founded Scale-A-Ton Entertainment in 2009.
DJ Paul (Paul Beauregard) began his career as a DJ, producer, and rapper in the early 90's. He was one-half of the duo The Serial Killaz, his older half-brother Lord Infamous (Ricky Dunigan) was the other half. They released self-recorded tapes in their neighborhood, school, and local shops. "Portrait Of A Serial Killa" was their first tape, released in 1992. Also DJ Paul released numerous solo mixtapes (ex: c "Volume 12 (Pts. 1 and 2)", "Volume 15: For You Niggaz Wit' Anna", and "Volume 16: 4 Da Summa of '94").
DJ Paul rose to prominence as one of the best DJ-producers on the south side of Memphis, and met up with DJ/artist/producer Juicy J (Jordan Houston), also garnering buzz on the North side of Memphis. They noticed they had a lot of similar interests eventually merging their sound and crew members to form the super-group The Backyard Posse (later known as Triple Six Mafia). DJ Paul and Juicy J soon began producing dark, eerie tracks driven by bass-heavy beats and haunting sounds, and invited numerous Backyard Posse members to rap over the beats with them. They released the resulting tracks locally as Triple Six Mafia; years later these recordings would resurface as re-releases.
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Doris Day
Doris Day (born Doris Mary Ann Kappelhoff, April 3, 1924) is an American actress, singer, and animal rights activist. With an entertainment career that spanned through almost 50 years, Day started her career as a big band singer in 1939, but only began to be noticed after her first hit recording, "Sentimental Journey", in 1945. After leaving the Les Brown & His Band of Renown to try a solo career, she started her long-lasting partnership with Columbia Records, which would remain her only recording label. The contract lasted from 1947 to 1967, and included more than 650 recordings, making Day one of the most popular and acclaimed singers of the 20th century. In 1948, after being persuaded by Sammy Cahn, Jule Styne and her agent at the time, Al Levy, she auditioned for Michael Curtiz, which led to her being cast in the female lead role in Romance on the High Seas.
With a legendary Hollywood "girl next door" image, and capable of delivering comedy and romance as well as heavy drama, she appeared in 39 films, released 29 albums, spent 460 weeks in the Top 40 charts and eventually became one of America's most beloved entertainers. She received an Academy Award nomination for her performance in Pillow Talk, won three Henrietta Awards (World Film Favorite), a Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award, Presidential Medal of Freedom, Legend Award from the Society of Singers, Los Angeles Film Critics Association's Career Achievement Award and, in 1989, received the Cecil B. DeMille Award for lifetime achievement in motion pictures.
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Doug Liman
Douglas Eric "Doug" Liman (born July 24, 1965) is an American film director and producer best known for Swingers (1996), The Bourne Identity (2002), Mr. & Mrs. Smith (2005), Jumper (2008), and Fair Game (2010).
Liman was born in New York City, the son of Ellen (née Fogelson), a painter and writer, and Arthur L. Liman, a New York lawyer well known for his public service, which included serving as chief counsel for the Senate Iran-Contra hearings.
Liman began making short films while still in junior high school and studied at International Center of Photography in New York City. While attending Brown University, he helped to co-found the student-run cable television station BTV and served as its first station manager. With the help of a major grant through his father's connections from the now-defunct CBS Foundation, he also co-founded the National Association of College Broadcasters (NACB), the first trade association geared to student-staffed radio and television stations, in 1988. Liman attended the graduate program at University of Southern California, where he was tapped to helm his first project in 1993, the comedy thriller Getting In/Student Body.
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Edward Furlong
Edward Walter Furlong (born August 2, 1977) is an American actor whose best known film roles are John Connor in Terminator 2: Judgment Day and Daniel Vinyard in American History X. He is a two-time Saturn Award nominee, winning the 1992 Saturn Award for Best Performance by a Younger Actor for his performance in Terminator 2. He also won the 1992 MTV Movie Award for Best Breakthrough Performance for his work in the film.
Furlong was born in Glendale, California, near Burbank, the son of Eleanor (née Tafoya), a youth-center worker, and an unknown father. He is of Mexican descent on his mother's side, and also has Russian and possibly Native American ancestry. Furlong has a younger half-brother, Bobby Torres, from his mother's marriage to Moises Torres. Furlong moved in with his aunt and uncle, Nancy Tafoya and Sean Furlong, in 1990; the two gained legal guardianship of Furlong in September 1991 and subsequently lost it to his mother in August 1993. Furlong attended Charles W. Eliot Middle School in Altadena, and South Pasadena Junior High School in South Pasadena, California. He never completed high school. He became legally emancipated at the age of 16.
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Ellen Page
Ellen Philpotts-Page (born February 21, 1987), known professionally as Ellen Page, is a Canadian actress. Page received both Golden Globe and Academy Award nominations for Best Actress for her role as the title character in the film Juno. She won back-to-back Austin Film Critics Association Awards for Best Actress for her roles in Juno and Hard Candy.
She is also known for her starring roles in Inception, Super, Smart People, Whip It, and as Katherine "Kitty" Pryde in X-Men: The Last Stand. In addition, Page received attention in Canada for award-winning roles in Pit Pony and Marion Bridge, as well as television shows Trailer Park Boys and ReGenesis.
In 2008, Page was nominated for Time's 100 Most Influential People list and placed #86 on FHM's Sexiest Women in the World list, and moved up to #70 for 2010. In June 2008, Page was named on Entertainment Weekly's future A-List stars list.
Page was born and raised in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada, the daughter of Martha Philpotts, a teacher, and Dennis Page, a graphic designer. She attended the Halifax Grammar School until grade 10, spent some time at Queen Elizabeth High School, and graduated from the Shambhala School in 2005. She also spent two years in Toronto, Ontario studying in the Interact Program at Vaughan Road Academy, along with close friend and fellow Canadian actor Mark Rendall. Growing up, Page enjoyed playing with action figures and climbing trees.
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Elton John
Sir Elton Hercules John, CBE (born Reginald Kenneth Dwight on 25 March 1947) is an English rock singer-songwriter, composer, pianist and occasional actor. He has worked with lyricist Bernie Taupin as his songwriter partner since 1967; they have collaborated on more than 30 albums to date.
In his four-decade career John has sold more than 250 million records, making him one of the most successful artists of all time. His single "Candle in the Wind 1997" has sold over 33 million copies worldwide, and is the best selling single in Billboard history. He has more than 50 Top 40 hits, including seven consecutive No. 1 US albums, 56 Top 40 singles, 16 Top 10, four No. 2 hits, and nine No. 1 hits. He has won six Grammy Awards, four Brit Awards, an Academy Award, a Golden Globe Award and a Tony Award. In 2004, Rolling Stone ranked him Number 49 on its list of the 100 greatest artists of all time.
John was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1994. Having been named a Commander of the Order of the British Empire in 1996, John received a knighthood from Queen Elizabeth II for "services to music and charitable services" in 1998.
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Elvis Presley
Elvis Aaron Presley (January 8, 1935 – August 16, 1977) was one of the most popular American singers of the 20th century. A cultural icon, he is widely known by the single name Elvis. He is often referred to as the "King of Rock and Roll" or simply "the King".
Born in Tupelo, Mississippi, Presley moved to Memphis, Tennessee, with his family at the age of 13. He began his career there in 1954, working with Sun Records owner Sam Phillips, who wanted to bring the sound of African American music to a wider audience. Accompanied by guitarist Scotty Moore and bassist Bill Black, Presley was the most important popularizer of rockabilly, an uptempo, backbeat-driven fusion of country and rhythm and blues. RCA Victor acquired his contract in a deal arranged by Colonel Tom Parker, who would manage the singer for over two decades. Presley's first RCA single, "Heartbreak Hotel", released in January 1956, was a number one hit. He became the leading figure of the newly popular sound of rock and roll with a series of network television appearances and chart-topping records. His energized interpretations of songs, many from African American sources, and his uninhibited performance style made him enormously popular—and controversial. In November 1956, he made his film debut in Love Me Tender.
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Eminem
Marshall Bruce Mathers III (born October 17, 1972), better known by his stage name Eminem (often stylized as EMINƎM) and by his alter ego Slim Shady, is an American rapper, record producer, songwriter and actor. Eminem's popularity brought his group, D12, to mainstream recognition. As well as being a member of D12, Eminem is also one half of the hip hop duo Bad Meets Evil, with Royce da 5'9". Eminem is one of the best-selling artists in the world and is the best selling artist of the 2000s. He has been listed and ranked as one of the greatest artists of all time by many magazines including the Rolling Stone magazine which has ranked him 82nd on its list of The 100 Greatest Artists of All Time. The same magazine has declared him The King of Hip Hop. Including his work with D12 and Bad Meets Evil, Eminem has achieved ten number-one albums on the Billboard 200. He has sold more than 42 million tracks and 41 million albums in the United States, and nearly 90 million albums worldwide.
Eminem quickly gained popularity in 1999 with his major-label debut album, The Slim Shady LP. That first album, The Marshall Mathers LP and his third major album, The Eminem Show, all won Grammy Awards, making Eminem the first artist to win Best Rap Album for three consecutive LPs. The Marshall Mathers LP is also considered one of Eminem's best and most successful albums. Eminem then went on hiatus after touring in 2005. He released his first album since 2004's Encore, titled Relapse, on May 15, 2009. In 2010, Eminem released his seventh studio album Recovery, which was an international success. Recovery was also named the best selling album worldwide of 2010 joining The Eminem Show, which was the best seller of 2002. Eminem won Grammy Awards for both Relapse and Recovery, giving him a total of 13 Grammys in his career. Eminem has named Masta Ace, Big Daddy Kane, Newcleus, the Beastie Boys, Dr. Dre, Tupac Shakur, AZ, Nas, and Ice-T amongst others as his influences.
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Erika Christensen
Erika Jane Christensen (born August 19, 1982) is an American actress whose film appearances include Traffic (2000), Swimfan (2002), How to Rob a Bank (2007), and The Perfect Score (2004), among others. She also co-starred in the short-lived drama Six Degrees on ABC. She is currently co-starring in the 2010 television series Parenthood as Julia Braverman-Graham.
Christensen was born in Seattle, Washington, the daughter of Kathy, a construction manager, and Steven, an insurance worker/human-resources executive. She has an older half-brother, Nick, and two younger twin brothers, Dane (who appeared in the film The Upside of Anger) and Brando. She has Swedish, Danish, Norwegian, Welsh, and Irish ancestry. Christensen was raised in Los Angeles, California and started out on television in commercials for McDonald's.
Christensen is a member of the Church of Scientology. Her parents became Scientologists in their 20s and raised her to be a Scientologist as well as home-schooling her.
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Esham
Rashaam Attica Smith, better known by his stage name Esham (East Side Hoes And Money), is an American rapper from Detroit, Michigan known for his hallucinogenic style of hip hop which he refers to as "acid rap", which fuses rock-based beats and lyrics involving subjects such as death, drug use, evil, paranoia and sex. He is also a member of the band Natas, with Mastamind and TNT.
Releasing his debut album, Boomin' Words from Hell while still in high school, Smith is considered to be one of the originators of horrorcore, rap rock and rap metal, his music is coined as acid rap. Counting Boomin' Words from Hell, he has released thirteen studio albums, eight extended plays and three compilation albums.
Despite developing a small cult following, few of his albums have been commercially successful, with his highest level of success being achieved during a brief stint on Psychopathic Records, where he released his album with the most consecutive charts, A-1 Yola.
Born Rashaam Attica Smith in Long Island, New York, Esham grew up splitting time between the Seven Mile neighborhood on the East side of Detroit, where he lived with his mother, attending Osborn High School, and lived with his grandmother in New York during summers. He studied piano, guitar, and trombone in high school, and listened to artists such as Sugar Hill Gang, Run-DMC, Ozzy Osbourne and Kiss. Esham began to write original lyrics, and was encouraged by his older brother, James H. Smith, to seriously pursue a career in hip hop. According to Esham, "He felt like I had a dope flow, and he thought I could bring something new to the game, just coming from the city of Detroit. Back then, it wasn't really a [rap] music scene in Detroit. Everybody was just imitating what everybody else was doing." In the second grade, Esham met Champtown, who was also an aspiring rapper. The two performed together at open mic events Seafood Bay. In one occurrence, Champtown and Esham were forced to rap for a drug dealer at gunpoint.
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Fat Joe
Joseph Antonio Cartagena (born August 19, 1970), better known by his stage name Fat Joe, is an American rapper, CEO of Terror Squad Entertainment, and member of musical groups D.I.T.C. and Terror Squad.
Fat Joe's first album was Represent, released in 1993, followed by Jealous One's Envy in 1995. From 1998 to 2006, he was signed to Atlantic Records, releasing four albums under the label, Don Cartagena in 1998, Jealous Ones Still Envy (J.O.S.E.) in 2001, Loyalty in 2002, and All or Nothing in 2005. Around the release of All or Nothing, Fat Joe became involved in a highly publicized feud with another New York City-based rapper 50 Cent, who attacked Fat Joe in his song "Piggy Bank". His most popular song in which he performed was his Remy Ma duet "Lean Back" with Terror Squad. The song was a number-one hit in the summer of 2004.
Starting in 2006, when his album Me, Myself, & I was released, Fat Joe was signed to Imperial Records, which distributes through Terror Squad Entertainment. His follow up album wasThe Elephant in the Room, which was released in 2008; Jealous Ones Still Envy 2 (J.O.S.E. 2), the sequel to Jealous Ones Still Envy (J.O.S.E.), was released in October 2009. His tenth album The Darkside Vol. 1 was released on July 27, 2010.
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Fran Walsh
Frances "Fran" Walsh, Lady Jackson, MNZM (born January 10, 1959) is a screenwriter, film producer and occasional musician. She is the wife of filmmaker Peter Jackson. They have two children: Billy and Katie.
Fran Walsh has contributed to all of Jackson's films apart from his first feature Bad Taste. She won three Academy Awards in 2003, for Best Adapted Screenplay, Best Picture, and Best Original Song, all for the movie The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King. She has received a total of eight Oscar nominations.
Walsh was born into a family of Irish descent in Wellington, New Zealand, and attended Wellington Girls' College intent on becoming a fashion designer, but eventually became interested in music instead. Occasionally taking time off to perform in a punk band named The Wallsockets, she attended Victoria University of Wellington majoring in English literature and graduated in 1981. Walsh got her screen break writing material for Kiwi producer Grahame McLean on 1983 television film A Woman of Good Character/It's Lizzie to those Close. Later she wrote scripts for his TV show Worzel Gummidge Down Under.
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Frank Ifield
Francis Edward Ifield (born 30 November 1937) is an early Australian-English easy listening and country music singer. He achieved considerable success in the early 1960s, especially in the UK Singles Chart, where he had four Number 1 hits between 1962 and 1963.
Born in Coundon, Coventry, Warwickshire, England, Ifield moved with his Australian parents to Dural, 50 km (31 mi) from Sydney, about 1946. It was a rural district and he listened to hillbilly music (now called country) while milking the cows. He learned how to yodel in imitation of country stars like Hank Snow. At the age of thirteen he recorded "Did You See My Daddy Over There?", and by the age of 19 was the number one recording star in Australia and New Zealand.[citation needed] He returned to the UK in 1959.
His first record in the UK was "Lucky Devil" (1960) which got to number 22 in the UK charts. His next six records were less successful, but he finally broke through with "I Remember You" which topped the charts for seven weeks in 1962. Known for Ifield's falsetto and a slight yodel, it was the second highest-selling single of that year in the UK and became the seventh million-selling single.
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Frankie Laine
Frankie Laine, born Francesco Paolo LoVecchio (March 30, 1913 - February 6, 2007), was a successful American singer, songwriter, and actor whose career spanned 75 years, from his first concerts in 1930 with a marathon dance company to his final performance of "That's My Desire" in 2005. Often billed as America's Number One Song Stylist, his other nicknames include Mr. Rhythm, Old Leather Lungs, and Mr. Steel Tonsils. His hits included "That's My Desire," "That Lucky Old Sun," "Mule Train," "Cry of the Wild Goose," "Jezebel," "High Noon," "I Believe," "Hey Joe!," "The Kid's Last Fight," "Cool Water," "Moonlight Gambler," "Love is a Golden Ring," "Rawhide," and "Lord, You Gave Me a Mountain."
He sang well-known theme songs for many movie Western soundtracks, including 3:10 To Yuma, Gunfight at the O.K. Corral, and Blazing Saddles, although he was not a country & western singer. Laine sang an eclectic variety of song styles and genres, stretching from big band crooning to pop, western-themed songs, gospel, rock, folk, jazz, and blues. He did not sing the soundtrack song for High Noon, which was sung by Tex Ritter, but his own version (with somewhat altered lyrics, omitting the name of the antagonist, Frank Miller) was the one that became a bigger hit, nor did he sing the theme to another show he is commonly associated with—Champion the Wonder Horse (sung by Mike Stewart)—but released his own, subsequently more popular version.
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Frayser Boy
Frayser Boy (born Cedric Coleman) is an Academy Award-winning, rapper from Memphis, Tennessee. He was formerly signed to Hypnotize Minds, the label run by Three 6 Mafia members DJ Paul and Juicy J. He had released 3 albums under the Hypnotize label: Gone on That Bay (2003), Me Being Me (2005), and Da Key (2008). He will appear on Lil Wyte's album Still Doubted on the track "Gun Down".
At the 78th Academy Awards, he won the Academy Award for Best Original Song for "It's Hard out Here for a Pimp" along with Three 6 Mafia members DJ Paul and Juicy J.
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Fred Durst
Fred Durst (born August 20, 1970) is an American musician and film director from Jacksonville, Florida. Durst grew up in Gastonia, North Carolina and played in a number of local bands in Florida while mowing lawns and working as a tattoo artist for financial support. Durst is best known as the vocalist of the multi-platinum rock band Limp Bizkit, formed in 1994, with whom he has released six studio albums.
Since 2006, Durst has also become known for his work in independent films. He costarred in the film Population 436, and made his directorial debut in 2007 with the film The Education of Charlie Banks. Durst directed a second film, The Longshots in 2008, and will direct another film, Pawn Shop Chronicles, which is currently in production.
Fred Durst was born and grew up in Gastonia, North Carolina, where he took an interest in breakdancing, hip hop, punk rock and heavy metal. He began to rap, skate, beatbox and deejay. After dropping out of United States Navy bootcamp, Durst returned to Jacksonville, Florida, where he mowed lawns and worked as a tattoo artist for money, and began developing an idea for a band that combined elements of rock and hip hop.
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Garth Brooks
Troyal Garth Brooks (born February 7, 1962) is an American country music artist. His eponymous first album was released in 1989 and peaked at number 2 in the US country album chart while climbing to number 13 on the Billboard 200 album chart. Brooks' integration of rock elements into his recordings and live performances has earned him immense popularity. This progressive approach allowed him to dominate the country single and album charts while quickly crossing over into the mainstream pop arena, exposing country music to a larger audience.
Brooks has enjoyed one of the most successful careers in popular music history, breaking records for both sales and concert attendance throughout the 1990s. Garth Brooks still continues to sell well and according to Nielsen Soundscan, his albums sales through October 2011 are at 68,561,000, which makes him the best-selling albums artist in the United States in the SoundScan era (since 1991), a title held since 1991, well over 5 million ahead of his nearest rival, The Beatles. Furthermore, according to RIAA he is the second best-selling solo albums artist in the United States of all time behind Elvis Presley (overall is third to the Beatles and Elvis Presley) with 128 million units sold. Brooks has released six albums that achieved diamond status in the United States, those being: Garth Brooks (10× platinum), No Fences (17× platinum), Ropin' the Wind (14× platinum), The Hits (10× platinum), Sevens (10× platinum) and Double Live (21× platinum). Since 1989, Brooks has released 19 records in all, which include; 9 studio albums, 1 live album, 4 compilation albums, 3 Christmas albums and 2 box sets, along with 77 singles. He won several important awards in his career as 2 Grammy Awards, 16 American Music Awards (not including the poll of "Artist of the '90s") and the RIAA Award as Best selling solo albums artist of the Century in the United States. As of 2010, Brooks' world-wide sales now exceed 190 million albums, singles and videos.
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George Clooney
George Timothy Clooney (born May 6, 1961) is an American actor, film director, producer, and screenwriter. For his work as an actor, he has received three Golden Globe Awards and an Academy Award. Clooney is also noted for his political activism, and has served as one of the United Nations Messengers of Peace since January 31, 2008.
Though he made his acting debut on television in 1978, Clooney gained fame and recognition by portraying Dr. Douglas "Doug" Ross on the long-running medical drama ER from 1994 to 1999. While working on ER, he started attracting a variety of leading roles in films including Batman & Robin (1997) and Out of Sight (1998), in which he first teamed with long-term collaborator Steven Soderbergh. 1999 saw the release of Three Kings, a well-received war satire set during the Gulf War featuring Clooney in another lead role. In 2001, Clooney's fame widened with the release of his biggest commercial success, Ocean's Eleven, the first of a profitable film trilogy, a remake of the film from 1960 with the members of The Rat Pack with Frank Sinatra as Danny Ocean. He made his directorial debut a year later with the 2002 biographical thriller Confessions of a Dangerous Mind, and has since directed Good Night, and Good Luck (2005), Leatherheads (2008), and The Ides of March (2011). He won an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for his work in the Middle East thriller Syriana (2005) and subsequently fetched Best Actor nominations for such films as Michael Clayton (2007), Up in the Air (2009) and The Descendants (2011).
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George Harrison
George Harrison,MBE (25 February 1943 – 29 November 2001) was an English musician and singer-songwriter who achieved international fame as lead guitarist of The Beatles. Often referred to as "the quiet Beatle", Harrison became over time an admirer of Indian culture and mysticism, and introduced it to the other Beatles, as well as their Western audience. Following the band's break-up he was a successful solo artist, and later a founding member of the Traveling Wilburys. Harrison was also a session musician and a film and record producer. He is listed at number 11 in Rolling Stone magazine's list of "100 Greatest Guitarists of All Time".
Although most of The Beatles' songs were written by Lennon and McCartney, Beatle albums generally included one or two of Harrison's own songs, from With The Beatles onwards. His later compositions with The Beatles include "Here Comes the Sun", "Something" and "While My Guitar Gently Weeps". By the time of the band's break-up, Harrison had accumulated a backlog of material, which he then released as the triple album All Things Must Pass in 1970, from which two hit singles originated: a double A-side single, "My Sweet Lord" backed with "Isn't It a Pity", and "What Is Life". In addition to his solo work, Harrison co-wrote two hits for former Beatle Ringo Starr, as well as songs for the Traveling Wilburys—the supergroup he formed in 1988 with Jeff Lynne, Bob Dylan, Tom Petty, and Roy Orbison.
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Germans
The Germans (Deutsche) are a Germanic ethnic group native to Central Europe. The English term Germans has referred to the German-speaking population of the Holy Roman Empire since the Late Middle Ages. Legally, Germans are citizens of the Federal Republic of Germany.
Of approximately 100 million native speakers of German in the world, about 66–75 million consider themselves Germans. There are an additional 80 million people of German ancestry mainly in the United States, Brazil, Canada, Argentina, France, Russia, Chile, Poland, Australia and Romania who most likely are not native speakers of German. Thus, the total number of Germans worldwide lies between 66 and 160 million, depending on the criteria applied (native speakers, single-ancestry ethnic Germans, partial German ancestry, etc.).
Today, peoples from countries with a German-speaking majority or significant German-speaking population groups other than Germany, such as Austria, Switzerland, Liechtenstein and Luxembourg, have developed their own national identity and usually do not refer to themselves as "Germans" in a modern context.
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Glen Hansard
Glen Hansard (born 21 April 1970 in Dublin, Ireland) is the Academy Award–winning principal songwriter and vocalist/guitarist for Irish group The Frames and one half of folk rock duo, The Swell Season. He is also known for his acting, having appeared in the BAFTA winning film The Commitments, as well as starring in the film Once. His song, "Falling Slowly", from Once, co-written with his co-star Markéta Irglová, won the Academy Award for Best Original Song in 2007, and earned him ten other major awards or nominations between 2007-08.
Hansard quit school at age 13 to begin busking on local Dublin streets. He formed The Frames in 1990, and they've been staples of the Irish music scene ever since. Their first album, Another Love Song, was released on Island Records in 1991, and their most recent, The Cost, was released in 2006.[citation needed]
Hansard came to international attention as guitar player Outspan Foster in the 1991 Alan Parker film The Commitments, after attending the New York Film Academy School of Acting. He has often stated that he regretted taking the role, because he felt it distracted him from his music career. In 2003, he presented the television programme Other Voices: Songs from a Room, which showcased Irish music talent on RTÉ.
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Guerilla Black
Charles Williamson (born 1977) is better known by his stage name Guerilla Black aka Sheereen is a rapper from Compton, California. He was born in Chicago, Illinois. He came to fame after releasing his debut album Guerilla City (2004) which featured the singles "Compton" Featuring Beanie Man and "You're The One" Featuring Mario Winans. Guerilla Black released a track titled "400 Shotz, the Funeral" taking aim at The Game, Jermaine Dupri and Daz Dillinger. His latest mixtape, "The Black Tapes" was released in 2009. It is notable for Williamson's change in rapping style, a change he acknowledges on several tracks. Features on the Mixtape included Hot Dollar, T-Pain and Akon.
He has been both criticized and praised for having a similar voice and delivery to the late Notorious B.I.G. and even pays homage to Biggie on his "Real Niggaz Say Real Shit" mixtape, on the track "Letter to B.I.G." Williamson also bears a striking physical resemblance to Biggie.
He is the brother of rapper Hot Dollar, and both rappers are part of the "Dolla Figga" rap collective.
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Gulzar
Sampooran Singh Kalra (born 18 August 1936), known popularly by his pen name Gulzar, is an Indian poet, lyricist and director. He primarily writes in Hindi-Urdu and has also written in Punjabi and several dialects of Hindi such as Braj Bhasha, Khariboli, Haryanvi and Marwari.
Gulzar was awarded the Padma Bhushan in 2004 for his contribution to the arts and the Sahitya Akademi Award in 2002. He has won a number of National Film Awards and Filmfare Awards. In 2009, he won the Academy Award for Best Original Song for "Jai Ho" in the film Slumdog Millionaire (2008). On 31 January 2010, the same song won him a Grammy Award in the category of Grammy Award for Best Song Written for a Motion Picture, Television or Other Visual Media.
Gulzar's poetry is partly published in three compilations: Chand Pukhraaj Ka, Raat Pashminey Ki and Pandrah Paanch Pachattar (15-05-75). His short stories are published in Raavi-paar (also known as Dustkhat in Pakistan) and Dhuan (smoke).
As a lyricist, Gulzar is best known for his association with the music directors Rahul Dev Burman, A. R. Rahman and Vishal Bhardwaj. He has also worked with other leading Bollywood music directors including Sachin Dev Burman, Salil Chowdhury, Shankar Jaikishan, Hemant Kumar, Laxmikant-Pyarelal, Madan Mohan, Rajesh Roshan and Shankar–Ehsaan–Loy. Along with lyrics, he has also contributed in many films as script, story and dialogue writer. Films directed by him have also won numerous awards and have been critically acclaimed. He also had worked on small screen by creating series Mirza Ghalib and Tahreer Munshi Premchand ki among others. He wrote lyrics for several Doordarshan serials including Hello Zindagi, Potli Baba ki and Jungle Book.
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Haley Joel Osment
Haley Joel Osment (born April 10, 1988) is an American actor. After a series of roles in television and film during the 1990s, including a small part in Forrest Gump playing Tom Hanks' title character’s son, Osment rose to fame with his performance as Cole Sear in M. Night Shyamalan's thriller film, The Sixth Sense, which earned him a nomination for Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor. He subsequently appeared in leading roles in several high-profile Hollywood films including Steven Spielberg's A.I. Artificial Intelligence and Mimi Leder's Pay it Forward. He made his Broadway debut in 2008 in a short-lived revival of David Mamet's play, American Buffalo, starring John Leguizamo and Cedric the Entertainer.
Osment was born in Los Angeles, California; the son of Theresa Osment (née Seifert), a teacher, and Michael Eugene Osment, a theater and film actor, both natives of Alabama. Osment was raised Roman Catholic. He has one sibling, a sister, actress and singer-songwriter Emily Osment, who is almost four years his junior. Osment's parents described his childhood as a “good old-fashioned Southern upbringing”. His father said that when Osment was learning to speak, he deliberately avoided using baby talk when communicating with his son.
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Hayden Christensen
Hayden Christensen (born April 19, 1981) is a Canadian actor. He appeared in Canadian television programs when he was young, then diversified into American television in the late 1990s. He moved on to minor acting roles before being praised for his role of Sam in Life as a House, for which he was nominated for a Golden Globe Award and Screen Actors Guild Award. He gained international fame portraying the young Anakin Skywalker / Darth Vader in Star Wars Episode II: Attack of the Clones and Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith.
Christensen was born in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada the son of Alie Nelson, a speechwriter for the heads of large companies, and David Christensen, a computer programmer and communications executive. His father is of Danish descent and his mother has Swedish and Italian ancestry. Christensen has an older brother and sister, Tove and Hejsa, and a younger sister, Kaylen. Raised outside Toronto in Thornhill, Ontario, Christensen attended E.J. Sand Public School, Baythorn Public School and Unionville High School in Unionville, Ontario, Canada. He was an athlete in high school, playing hockey competitively and tennis on a provincial level.
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Heather Graham
Heather Joan Graham (born January 29, 1970) is an American actress. Following early roles in License to Drive, Drugstore Cowboy and Twin Peaks, she won critical acclaim for her role as Rollergirl in 1997's Boogie Nights, directed by Paul Thomas Anderson. She has since become known as a Hollywood sex symbol and has appeared in films such as Lost In Space, Bowfinger, Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me, From Hell, Anger Management, Bobby and Hangover, TheThe Hangover.
Heather Graham was born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, the older of two children. Her family is of "three quarters Irish" descent, with her father's side from County Cork. Her younger sister, Aimee Graham, is also an actress and writer. Their mother, Joan (née Bransfield), is a teacher and author of children's books. Their father, James Graham, is a retired FBI agent. The girls were raised with traditional Catholic values. Her family relocated repeatedly before settling down in Agoura Hills, California when she was nine years old. She was introduced to acting during a school production of The Wizard of Oz. Graham graduated from Agoura High School in California in 1988.[citation needed]
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Howard Shore
Howard Leslie Shore (born October 18, 1946) is a Canadian composer, notable for his film scores. He has composed the scores for over 80 films, most notably the scores for The Lord of the Rings film trilogy, for which he won three Academy Awards. He is also a consistent collaborator with director David Cronenberg, having scored all but one of his films since 1979.
He has also composed a few concert works including one opera, The Fly, based on the plot (though not his score) of Cronenberg's 1986 film premiered at the Théâtre du Châtelet in Paris on 2 July 2008., a short piece Fanfare for the Wanamaker Organ and the Philadelphia Orchestra, and a short overture for the Swiss 21st Century Symphony Orchestra.
Shore is a three-time winner of the Academy Award, and has also won three Golden Globe Awards and four Grammy Awards. He is the uncle of film composer Ryan Shore. Shore serves on the Board of Trustees at his alma mater, Berklee College of Music.
Shore was born in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, the son of Bernice (née Ash) and Mac Shore. He studied music at Berklee College of Music in Boston after graduating from Forest Hill Collegiate Institute. From 1969 to 1972, he performed with the group Lighthouse. In 1970 he was the music director of Lorne Michaels and Hart Pomerantz's short-lived TV program The Hart & Lorne Terrific Hour. Shore wrote the music for Canadian magician Doug Henning's magical/musical Spellbound in 1974, and he was the musical director for Lorne Michaels' hugely influential late-night NBC comedy show Saturday Night Live from 1975 to 1980, appearing in many musical sketches, including Howard Shore and His All-Nurse Band, and dressed as a beekeeper for a John Belushi/Dan Aykroyd performance of the Slim Harpo classic I'm a King Bee. Shore also suggested the name for The Blues Brothers to Dan Aykroyd and John Belushi.
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Ice Cube
O'Shea Jackson (born June 15, 1969), better known by his stage name Ice Cube, is an American rapper, record producer, actor, screenwriter, film producer, and director. He began his career as a member of the C.I.A. and later joined the rap group N.W.A. After leaving N.W.A in December 1989, he built a successful solo career in music, and also as a writer, director, actor and producer in cinema. Additionally, he has served as one of the producers of the Showtime television series Barbershop and the TBS series Are We There Yet?, both of which are based upon films in which he portrayed the lead character.
He was ranked #8 on MTV's list of the 10 Greatest MCs of All Time, while Snoop Dogg himself ranked Ice Cube as the greatest MC of all time.About.com ranked him #11 on its list of the "Top 50 Greatest MCs of Our Time."Allmusic has called him one of hip-hop's best and most controversial artists, as well as "one of rap's greatest storytellers."
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Isla Fisher
Isla Lang Fisher (pronounced /ˈaɪlə/; born 3 February 1976) is a British actress and author who began her acting career on Australian television. She appeared on the short-lived soap opera Paradise Beach before playing Shannon Reed on the soap opera Home and Away. She has since been known for her comedic roles in Scooby-Doo (2002), Wedding Crashers (2005),Hot Rod (2007), Definitely, Maybe (2008), and Confessions of a Shopaholic (2009).
Fisher was born in Muscat, Oman, to Scottish parents from Bathgate and Stranraer, and was brought up in Perth, Western Australia. They resided in Muscat because her father, Brian, was a banker for the United Nations. She has four brothers. Fisher spent her early years in Bathgate before moving with her family to Perth when she was six years old. Fisher has said that she had a "great" upbringing in Perth with a "very outdoorsy life". She attended Methodist Ladies' College and appeared in lead roles in school productions.
She began appearing in commercials on Australian television at the age of nine, before going on to win roles in popular children's television shows Bay City and Paradise Beach. At the age of 18, with the help of her mother, she published two teen novels, Bewitched and Seduced by Fame. From 1994 to 1997 she played the role of Shannon Reed on the Australian soap opera Home and Away. In 1996, she won a Logie Award nomination for Most Popular Actress for her role. After leaving the soap, Fisher enrolled at L'École Internationale de Théâtre Jacques Lecoq, a theatre and arts training school in Paris and went on to appear in pantomime in the United Kingdom. She also toured with Darren Day in the musical Summer Holiday and appeared in the London theatre production, Così. In 2001, Fisher was cast as Kim in the German horror film Swimming Pool.
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Jacques Loussier
Jacques Loussier (born 26 October 1934, Angers) is a French pianist and composer. He is well known for his jazz interpretations in trio formation of many of Johann Sebastian Bach's works, such as the Goldberg Variations.
Loussier's gift manifested itself at an early age. He started piano lessons aged ten, in Angers, and after three months encountered his first J.S.Bach - the little G-minor Prelude. It was a piece he fell in love with, he has said, and he played it 'tens, hundreds of times', sometimes adding a note, missing another, and so changing a bit the spirit of the music. He developed quickly and at 13, was taken to Paris to meet one of France's leading piansts, Yves Nat. Every three months he went to Paris playing the music Nat wanted him to play, given advice, and then another programme for three months later to come back to play. He began composing music while studying at the Conservatoire National de Musique, having moved then to Paris, under Professor Yves Nat, from the age of sixteen.
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Jadakiss
Jason Phillips (born May 27, 1975), better known as Jadakiss, is an American rapper. He is a member of the group The LOX. (a member of the hip hop collective Ruff Ryders) Jadakiss is one of the three owners of the imprint known as D-Block. In early 2007, Jadakiss signed to Roc-a-Fella Records / Def Jam Records.
By the age of 16, Jadakiss was a freestyle rapper. He and some of his friends were given the opportunity to compete in the "Jack the Rapper Competition" in Florida, where Jadakiss had been noticed for his battle rap ability. He met Dee and Wah of the Ruff Ryders (then a management company), and began hanging out and battling outside of the Ruff Ryders' studio where artists such as DMX made their first hits.
Jason Phillps founded the rap group The Warlocks in 1994 with friends, Chris "Lil Mac" Pelkey, and Styles P. They later signed to Bad Boy Entertainment, where it was suggested that they change their name simply to "The LOX", which came to stand for Living Off eXperience. They made their first appearance on The Main Source's 1994 LP Fuck What You Think on the track "Set it Off".
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Jaden Smith
Jaden Christopher Syre Smith (born July 8, 1998) is an American child actor, rapper, songwriter, dancer, and the son of Will Smith and Jada Pinkett Smith. He is the elder brother of singer Willow Smith. His breakthrough role was in the 2006 film The Pursuit of Happyness, and he has also starred in the remakes of The Day the Earth Stood Still and The Karate Kid.
Jaden made a cameo along with his older brother Trey Smith in the 2002 sequel of Men in Black. Smith then made his major role debut in the 2006 film The Pursuit of Happyness as Christopher, the son of Will Smith's character, Chris Gardner. For his role, Smith won the award for the Best Breakthrough Performance at the 2007 MTV Movie Awards. At the 79th Academy Awards, Smith presented the award for the Best Animated Short and the Best Live Action Short, along with acting nominee Abigail Breslin. Smith next appeared as Jacob in the 2008 Scott Derrickson science fiction film, The Day the Earth Stood Still, a remake of the 1951 classic of the same name
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Jake Gyllenhaal
Jacob Benjamin "Jake" Gyllenhaal (
/ˈdʒɪlənhɔːl/ JIL-ən-hawl; born December 19, 1980) is an American actor. The son of director Stephen Gyllenhaal and screenwriter Naomi Foner, Gyllenhaal began acting at the age of ten. Following his first lead role in 1999's October Sky, he starred in the indie cult hit Donnie Darko (2001), in which he played a psychologically troubled teenager alongside his older sister, actress Maggie Gyllenhaal. In 2004 he appeared in the science-fiction film The Day After Tomorrow, portraying a student caught in a cataclysmic global cooling event. He then played against type as a frustrated Marine in Jarhead (2005). The same year his role as Jack Twist in Brokeback Mountain earned him critical acclaim and an Academy Award nomination for Best Supporting Actor. He has since played the lead roles in many notable films, including Zodiac (2007), Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time (2010) and Source Code (2011).
Gyllenhaal has promoted various political and social causes. He has appeared in Rock the Vote advertising, campaigned for the Democratic Party in the 2004 U.S. presidential election, promoted environmental causes, and campaigned on behalf of the American Civil Liberties Union.
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James Horner
James Roy Horner (born August 14, 1953) is an American composer, orchestrator, and conductor of orchestral and film music. He is noted for the integration of choral and electronic elements in many of his film scores, and for frequent use of Celtic musical elements. His score to the 1997 film Titanic remains the best selling orchestral film soundtrack of all time.
In addition, Horner has scored over 100 films, frequently collaborating with acclaimed directors such as James Cameron and Ron Howard. Some of his most noteworthy works include Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan (1982), Star Trek III: The Search for Spock (1984), Cocoon (1985), An American Tail (1986), Aliens (1986), The Land Before Time (1988), Willow (1988), Glory (1989), Field of Dreams (1989), The Rocketeer (1991), Legends of the Fall (1994), Apollo 13 (1995), Braveheart (1995), The Mask of Zorro (1998), A Beautiful Mind (2001), Troy (2004), and Avatar (2009).
Horner has won two Academy Awards, two Golden Globe Awards, three Satellite Awards, three Saturn Awards, and has been nominated for three BAFTA Awards. His body of work is also notable for including the scores to the two highest-grossing films of all time; Titanic (1997) and Avatar (2009), both of which were directed by James Cameron.
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James Van Der Beek
James William Van Der Beek, Jr. (born March 8, 1977) is an American television, film, and stage actor, known for his portrayal of Dawson Leery in The WB series Dawson's Creek. He is also famous for his website, which includes Van Der Beek himself acting out famous internet memes. Currently, he is playing a fictionalized version of himself on the ABC sitcom Don't Trust the B---- in Apartment 23.
Van Der Beek was born in Cheshire, Connecticut, the son of Melinda (née Weber), a former dancer and gymnastics studio manager, and James William Van Der Beek, Sr., a cellular phone company executive and former professional baseball pitcher. He has a brother, Jared (born 1979) and a sister, Juliana (born 1981). He attended Norton Elementary School, Dodd Junior High School, and the Cheshire Academy.
At the age of 15, he asked his mother to take him into New York City to get an agent and try his hand in professional acting. He made his professional debut in the New York premiere of Edward Albee's play Finding the Sun at the Signature Theatre Company in which he played the role of "Fergus". Both he and the production, which was also directed by Albee, received good reviews. Aged 17, while still in high school, he performed in the musical Shenandoah at the Goodspeed Opera House, and made his feature film debut with a bit part as a bully in the teen-oriented 1995 film Angus. The following year, he shot a small role on the independent film I Love You, I Love You Not.
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Janet Jackson
Janet Damita Jo Jackson (born May 16, 1966) is an American recording artist and actress. Known for a series of sonically innovative, socially conscious and sexually provocative records, as well as elaborate stage shows, television and film roles, she has been a prominent figure in popular culture for over 25 years. The youngest child of the Jackson family, she began her career with the variety television series The Jacksons in 1976 and went on to appear in other television shows throughout the 1970s and early 1980s, including Good Times and Fame.
After signing a recording contract with A&M in 1982, she came to prominence following the release of her third studio album Control (1986). Her collaborations with record producers Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis incorporated elements of rhythm and blues, funk, disco, rap, and industrial beats, which led to crossover appeal in popular music. In addition to receiving recognition for the innovation in her records, choreography, music videos, and prominence on radio airplay and MTV, she was acknowledged as a role model for her socially conscious lyrics.
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Jeff Bass
Bass Brothers is the professional name for the team of Mark and Jeff Bass, the Detroit producers responsible for grooming megastar Eminem in his early days and collaborating on much of his subsequent music. Before that they worked with George Clinton. Tracks from those sessions ended up on the P-Funk All Stars album Dope Dogs. Jeff Bass is considered one of the most influential people in Eminem's career.
On their work with Eminem, Mark and Jeff Bass are credited as F.B.T. Productions. Although Interscope marketed Dr. Dre as Eminem's major producer in order to boost his credibility as a white rapper in the hip-hop community, the Bass Brothers have in fact produced more individual tracks for the rapper than Dre. Jeff Bass performed the "Public Service Announcements" that introduce both The Slim Shady LP and The Marshall Mathers LP. Most recently, he performed the "Another Public Service Announcement" from D12's album Devil's Night when he got punched by Rondell Benne, who replaces him as the announcer for that album.
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Jennifer Garner
Jennifer Anne Affleck (née Garner; born April 17, 1972), better known as Jennifer Garner, is an American actress and film producer. Garner gained recognition on television for her performance as CIA agent Sydney Bristow in the thriller drama series Alias, which aired on ABC for five seasons from 2001 to 2006. While working on Alias, she gained minor roles in hit movies such as Pearl Harbor (2001) and Catch Me if You Can (2002). Since then, Garner has appeared in supporting as well as lead roles on the big screen in projects including Daredevil (2003), 13 Going on 30 (2004), Elektra (2005), a spin-off of Daredevil, and Juno (2007). She is married to actor and director Ben Affleck, with whom she has two daughters and a son.
Her mother, Patricia Ann (née English), was an English teacher from Oklahoma, and her father, William "Bill" John Garner, worked as a chemical engineer at Union Carbide. When she was four years old, her father's job with Union Carbide relocated her family to Princeton, West Virginia, and then later to Charleston, West Virginia, where Garner resided until her college years. She has credited her older sister, Melissa Lynn Garner Wylie, who resides in Boston, Massachusetts, as a source of inspiration to her. Her younger sister is Susannah Kay Garner Carpenter.
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Jennifer Rush
Jennifer Rush (born Heidi Stern, September 28, 1960) is an American/German-based pop/rock singer, best known for the million-selling single "The Power of Love", which she co-wrote and which went on to be covered by Laura Branigan and Celine Dion.
Born Heidi Stern, in Queens, New York, she spent her childhood in both New York and the State of Schleswig-Holstein in northern Germany. It was in Flensburg, Germany, that she first discovered her passion for music. She recorded her first album Heidi Stern in 1979, but it did not get much attention. Trying to establish her career as a singer, in 1982, she moved to Wiesbaden, Hessen, Germany, with her father Maurice Stern, an opera singer. Over the next several years she scored hits around Europe with songs "25 Lovers", "Flames of Paradise", "Ring of Ice", "Destiny", "If You're Ever Gonna Lose My Love", "I Come Undone" and "Madonna's Eyes".
Jennifer's mother Barbara was a pianist, and her brothers are musicians Bobby Stern and Stephen Stern. In 2010, Jennifer revealed that she adopted her artist name "Jennifer" upon the insistence of her record company, CBS, who felt Heidi did not sound 'international' enough.
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Jim Carrey
James Eugene "Jim" Carrey (born January 17, 1962) is a Canadian-American actor, comedian, and producer. Carrey has received four Golden Globe Award nominations, winning two. Known for his highly energetic, slapstick performances, he has been described as one of the biggest movie stars in Hollywood.
Carrey first gained recognition in 1990 after landing a recurring role in the sketch comedy In Living Color. His first leading roles in major productions came with Ace Ventura: Pet Detective (1994), Dumb and Dumber (1994), The Mask (1994), and Ace Ventura: When Nature Calls (1995). In 1997, he gave a critically acclaimed performance in Liar Liar, which earned him a Golden Globe Award nomination for Best Actor. He then starred in the critically acclaimed hits The Truman Show (1998) and Man on the Moon (1999), both garnering him two Golden Globe Awards for Best Actor.
In 2000, he gained further recognition for his portrayal of the The Grinch in How the Grinch Stole Christmas. Three years later, Carrey starred in the major blockbuster film Bruce Almighty (2003). The following year he starred in Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (2004), for which he received another Golden Globe nomination in addition to a BAFTA Award nomination. He then starred in popular productions Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events (2004), Fun with Dick and Jane (2005), Yes Man (2008), A Christmas Carol (2009), and Mr. Popper's Penguins (2011).
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Jimmy Iovine
James "Jimmy" Iovine (last name pronounced Eye-o-Veen; born March 11, 1953) is an American music producer, entrepreneur and chairman of Interscope-Geffen-A&M.
Born in Brooklyn, Iovine began his career as a recording engineer in the mid-1970s, working with Raspberries, John Lennon and Bruce Springsteen. He went on to produce albums for U2 (Rattle & Hum), Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers, Stevie Nicks, Golden Earring, Simple Minds, Dire Straits, Flame (featuring Marge Raymond, Jimmy Crespo, Bob Leone, and others), and Patti Smith. Iovine established Interscope Records in 1991 with the release of Gerardo's Mo' Ritmo. It went on to become Interscope-Geffen-A&M following Universal's acquisition of PolyGram when Iovine was named co-chairman; in 2001, he became chairman.
He is credited with having given Eminem's demo tape to Dr. Dre, who signed him to his Aftermath label. In 2002, Iovine co-produced the hit Eminem movie 8 Mile and in 2004, he and Paul Rosenberg signed a first look deal with Paramount Pictures and MTV Films for their Interscope/Shady/Aftermath banner. Iovine co-produced the first film under the deal, Get Rich or Die Tryin', starring 50 Cent. In 2003, he was co-executive producer of Enrique Iglesias's album Seven. In January 2008, Iovine, Dr. Dre and Monster Cable released Beats by Dr. Dre high-performance headphones. Iovine is also an executive producer with LeBron James and Maverick Carter of the documentary More Than A Game, which was released in the fall of 2009.
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Joell Ortiz
Joell Ortiz (born July 6, 1978) is an American independent rapper from Brooklyn, New York, and a member of the group Slaughterhouse.
Joell Ortiz was born to Puerto Rican parents. Ortiz grew up in the Cooper Park Houses in the East Williamsburg section of Brooklyn, New York, formerly signed to Dr. Dre's Aftermath Entertainment record label. He was featured in the Unsigned Hype column of the March 2004 issue of The Source Magazine and was also selected as Chairman's Choice in XXL Magazine. During the same time Joell also went on to win the 2004 EA Sports Battle which earned his song Mean Business a spot on the NBA Live 2005 soundtrack. The same year he was offered a contract to Jermaine Dupri's So So Def label. The deal quickly went sour which caused Joell to start beef with Jermaine. Joell has since collaborated with KRS-One and Kool G. Rap. Joell released his street album called "The Brick: Bodega Chronicles" April 24, 2007, on Koch Records. The album was recorded while Joell was trying to get signed and going through some tough times personally. Even though he was signed to Aftermath Entertainment, Dr. Dre allowed him to release the street album on Koch Records. The Brick features productions from Showbiz, The Alchemist, Domingo, Ho Chi from Killahertz Productions, Lil' Fame of M.O.P., Novel, and Moss, among others. Guest spots include Big Daddy Kane, Styles P, Big Noyd, M.O.P, Akon, Immortal Technique, Grafh, Ras Kass, Stimuli, and Novel. Joell Ortiz is 1/4 of supergroup Slaughterhouse who released their highly anticipated Slaughterhouse EP on February 8, 2011. The group are also releasing their highly anticipated second studio album "Welcome To: Our House" in late June.
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Johnny Depp
John Christopher "Johnny" Depp II (born June 9, 1963) is an American actor, producer and musician. He has won the Golden Globe Award and Screen Actors Guild award for Best Actor. Depp rose to prominence on the 1980s television series 21 Jump Street, becoming a teen idol. Dissatisfied with that status, Depp turned to film for more challenging roles; he played the title character of Edward Scissorhands (1990) and later found box office success in films such as Sleepy Hollow (1999), Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (2005), Rango (2011) and the Pirates of the Caribbean film series (2003–present). He has collaborated with director and friend Tim Burton in eight films, most recently with Dark Shadows (2012).
Depp has gained acclaim for his portrayals of people such as Ed Wood, in Ed Wood, Joseph D. Pistone in Donnie Brasco, Hunter S. Thompson in Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas, George Jung in Blow, and the bank robber John Dillinger in Michael Mann's Public Enemies. Films featuring Depp have grossed over $3.1 billion at the United States box office and over $7.6 billion worldwide. He has been nominated for top awards many times, winning the Best Actor Awards from the Golden Globes for Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street and from the Screen Actors Guild for Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl. He also has garnered a sex symbol status in American cinema, being twice named as the "Sexiest Man Alive" by People magazine in 2003 and 2009. He has been listed in the 2012 Guinness Book of World Records as the highest paid actor, with $75 million.
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Jon Heder
Jonathan Joseph "Jon" Heder (born October 26, 1977) is an American actor and filmmaker. His feature film debut came in 2004 as the title character of the comedy film Napoleon Dynamite. He has also acted in the films The Benchwarmers, School for Scoundrels, Blades of Glory, Mama's Boy, and When in Rome, and provided voice talents in the animated films Monster House and Surf's Up, as well as the Napoleon Dynamite animated series.
Heder was born in Fort Collins, Colorado, the son of Helen (Brammer) and Dr. James Heder, a practicing physician. He has an identical twin brother, Dan, as well as an older sister and brother, Rachel and Doug, and two younger brothers, Adam and Matt. Heder is the nephew by marriage of former NFL running back and current WCAU sportscaster, Vai Sikahema. Heder is of part Swedish descent. Heder and his parents moved to Salem, Oregon, when he was 2 years old. He attended Walker Middle School in Salem and graduated from South Salem High School in 1996, where he was on the swim team and was a member of the Drama Association.
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Jonathan Ross
Jonathan Stephen Ross, OBE (born 17 November 1960) is an English television and radio presenter, best known for presenting the BBC One chat show Friday Night with Jonathan Ross from 2001 until he left the BBC in 2010. Ross began hosting a new chat show on ITV1 starting 3 September 2011. Ross also hosted his own radio show on BBC Radio 2, and acted as a film critic and presenter of the Film programme. Other regular roles have included being a regular panellist on the comedy sports quiz They Think It's All Over from 1999 to 2006, and presenting the annual British Comedy Awards from 1991 to 2007, and 2009 onwards.
Ross began his television career as a programme researcher, before débuting as a television presenter for The Last Resort with Jonathan Ross on Channel 4 in 1987. Over the next decade he had several radio and television roles, many through his own production company, Channel X. In 1995 he sold his stake in Channel X, and embarked on a career with the BBC. In 1999, Ross took over presenting the Film programme from Barry Norman, and also began presenting his own radio show, while two years later he began hosting Friday Night with Jonathan Ross. For the chat show, Ross won three British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA) awards for Best Entertainment Performance, in 2004, 2006 and 2007. By 2006 Ross was believed to be the BBC's highest paid star. In 2005, Ross was made an Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) for services to broadcasting. Ross has been involved in controversies throughout his broadcasting career. As a result, in 2008 he wrote a semi-autobiographical work titled Why Do I Say These Things?, detailing some of his life experiences.
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Jorge Drexler
Jorge Drexler (born Jorge Abner Drexler Prada; September 21, 1964) is an Uruguayan musician, actor, and doctor specialized on otolaryngology.
In 2004 Drexler won wide acclaim after becoming the first Uruguayan ever to win an Academy Award. He won for composing the song "Al Otro Lado del Río" from The Motorcycle Diaries.
Drexler was born in Montevideo. His father, a German Jew, fled to Uruguay with his family at the age of four to escape the Holocaust. His mother is a Christian of mixed Spanish, French and Portuguese descent. Drexler was raised Jewish, but embraces Christian tradition as well.
Like much of his family, he studied medicine and became an otolaryngologist ear, nose and throat specialist. Drexler began playing piano at age five, before attending guitar and composition classes. Although he had an interest in music, he became a doctor like both of his parents. He attended medical school in Montevideo. During his time in medical school, Drexler took a break to hitchhike through Brazil.
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Joseph Bruce
Joseph Frank "Joe" Bruce (born April 28, 1972) is an American rapper, record producer, professional wrestler and actor. Bruce is well known as Violent J of the Insane Clown Posse (ICP). He is co-founder of the record label Psychopathic Records, with fellow ICP rapper Joseph Utsler (a.k.a. Shaggy 2 Dope) and their former manager, Alex Abbiss. Also along with Utsler, Bruce is the co-founder of the professional wrestling promotion Juggalo Championship Wrestling, where he currently acts as commissioner.
Joseph Bruce was the last born of three children. His father, Richard Bruce, stole all of the family's money and left when Bruce was two years old. Joe's mother, Linda, was forced to care for him and his siblings, Robert and Theresa, off the income she made as a janitor. At age seven, Joe and his brother caught a butterfly, and both were fascinated by the vibrant colors and overall peacefulness of the creature. They kept the butterfly in a jar overnight, and intended to free it the following morning. When they awoke, the brothers found the butterfly had died, and felt as if they had committed a murder. The brothers made a vow that "one day, [they] will make it to heaven, so that [they] can [...] apologize to that Butterfly face-to-face." On every Insane Clown Posse album and EP it reads "Dedicated to the Butterfly."
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Juicy J
Jordan Houston, better known by his stage name Juicy J (born April 5, 1977) is an Academy Award-winning American rapper and record producer from Memphis, Tennessee and is the co-founder and a member of the duo Three 6 Mafia (formerly known as Triple Six Mafia). He is also the younger brother of fellow member, Project Pat. His second solo album, Hustle Till I Die, was released June 16, 2009. He won an Academy Award for Best Original Song for "It's Hard out Here for a Pimp". In December 2011 Juicy J confirmed rumors that he was the newest member of Wiz Khalifa's "Taylor Gang." He is featured with other members of Taylor Gang on the cover of Source Magazine's May 2012 issue.
Juicy J is most notable for his crunk style of rapping, highlighted by his patented "heavy-breathing" and "stomping" background sound effects. Juicy J's production style is characterized by fast-rolling high hats, sharp snares, and deep cinematic bass. He also incorporates samples from classic soul artists such as Willie Hutch, David Ruffin, and Isaac Hayes.
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Julia Roberts
Julia Fiona Roberts (born October 28, 1967) is an American actress. She became a Hollywood star after headlining the romantic comedy Pretty Woman (1990), which grossed $464 million worldwide. After receiving Golden Globe Awards and Academy Award nominations for Steel Magnolias (1989) and Pretty Woman, she won the Academy Award for Best Actress for her performance in Erin Brockovich (2000). Her films My Best Friend's Wedding (1997), Mystic Pizza (1988), Notting Hill (1999), Runaway Bride (1999), Valentine's Day (2010), The Pelican Brief (1993), Ocean's Eleven (2001), and Ocean's Twelve (2004) have collectively brought box office receipts of over $2.4 billion, making her one of the most successful actresses in terms of box office receipts.
Roberts had become one of the highest-paid actresses in the world, topping the Hollywood Reporter's annual "power list" of top-earning female stars from 2005 to 2006. Her fee for 1990's Pretty Woman was $300,000; in 2003, she was paid an unprecedented $25 million for her role in Mona Lisa Smile (2003). As of 2010, Roberts's net worth was estimated to be $140 million.
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Julia Stiles
Julia O'Hara Stiles (born March 28, 1981) is an American actress.
After beginning her career in small parts in a New York City theatre troupe, she has moved on to leading roles in plays by writers as diverse as William Shakespeare and David Mamet. Her film career has included both commercial and critical successes, ranging from teen romantic comedies such as 10 Things I Hate About You (1999) to dark art house pictures such as The Business of Strangers (2001). She is also known for playing the supporting character Nicky Parsons in the Bourne film series and the leading role in Save the Last Dance, and for her role in Mona Lisa Smile. She guest starred as Lumen Pierce in the fifth season of the Showtime series Dexter, a role that earned her Emmy Award and Golden Globe Award nominations.
Stiles was born in New York City, the eldest of three children. Her mother, Judith Newcomb Stiles, is a potter, and her father, John O'Hara, is a businessman. Stiles has English, Irish, and Italian ancestry. She started acting at age eleven, performing with New York's La MaMa Theatre Company.
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Justin Bieber
Justin Drew Bieber ( /ˈbiːbər/ BEE-bər, born March 1, 1994) is a Canadian Pop/R&B singer-songwriter, musician, and actor. Bieber was discovered in 2008 by Scooter Braun, who came across Bieber's videos on YouTube and later became his manager. Braun arranged for him to meet with Usher in Atlanta, Georgia, and Bieber was soon signed to Raymond Braun Media Group (RBMG), a joint venture between Braun and Usher, and then to a recording contract with Island Records offered by L.A. Reid. Bieber's debut single, "One Time", was released in 2009 and peaked in the top twenty in Canada and charted in the top thirty in several international markets. His debut album, the seven-track EP My World, followed in November 2009, and was soon certified platinum in the United States. He became the first artist to have seven songs from a debut album chart on the Billboard Hot 100.
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Katie Holmes
Kate Noelle "Katie" Holmes (born December 18, 1978) is an American actress who first achieved fame for her role as Joey Potter on The WB television teen drama Dawson's Creek from 1998 to 2003. Her movie roles have included the blockbuster Batman Begins along with art house films such as The Ice Storm and thrillers including Abandon. She has also played on Broadway in a production of Arthur Miller's All My Sons. She achieved worldwide celebrity for her marriage to Tom Cruise, with whom she has a daughter, Suri.
Holmes was born in Toledo, Ohio. She is the fourth daughter and youngest child of five children born to Kathleen (née Stothers), a homemaker and philanthropist, and Martin Joseph Holmes, Sr., an attorney specializing in divorces, She has three older sisters and one older brother: Tamera, Holly Ann, Martin Joseph, Jr., and Nancy Kay.
Holmes is of Russian, German, English and Irish ancestry and was baptized a Roman Catholic. She attended Christ the King Church and parochial schools in Toledo. She graduated from the all-female Notre Dame Academy (also her mother's alma mater), where Katie was a 4.0 student. At St. John's Jesuit, a nearby all-male high school, Holmes appeared in school musicals, playing a waitress in Hello, Dolly! and Lola in Damn Yankees. She scored 1310 out of 1600 on her SAT and was accepted to Columbia University (and attended for a summer session); her father wanted her to be a doctor.
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Keanu Reeves
Keanu Charles Reeves ( /keɪˈɑːnuː/ kay-AH-noo; born September 2, 1964) is a Canadian film actor. Reeves is perhaps best known for his role in Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure as well as Speed, Point Break and the science fiction-action trilogy The Matrix. He has worked under major directors, such as Stephen Frears (in the 1988 period drama Dangerous Liaisons); Gus Van Sant (in the 1991 independent film My Own Private Idaho); and Bernardo Bertolucci (in the 1993 film Little Buddha). Referring to his 1991 film releases, The New York Times’ critic, Janet Maslin, praised Reeves’ versatility, saying that he “displays considerable discipline and range. He moves easily between the buttoned-down demeanor that suits a police procedural story and the loose-jointed manner of his comic roles.” A repeated theme in roles he has portrayed is that of saving the world, including the characters of Ted Logan, Buddha, Neo, Johnny Mnemonic, John Constantine and Klaatu.
In addition to his film roles, Reeves has also performed in theatre. His performance in the title role in a Manitoba Theatre Centre production of Hamlet was praised by Roger Lewis, the Sunday Times, who declared Reeves " … one of the top three Hamlets I have seen, for a simple reason: he is Hamlet."[citation needed] On January 31, 2005, Reeves received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.
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Ken Dodd
Kenneth Arthur Dodd OBE (born Liverpool, 8 November 1927) is a British comedian and singer-songwriter, famous for his frizzy hair or "fluff dom" and buck teeth or "denchers", his favourite cleaner, the feather duster (or "tickling stick") and his greeting of "How tickled I am!", as well as his send-off "Lots and Lots of Happiness!". He works mainly in the music hall tradition, although, in the past, has occasionally appeared in drama, including as Malvolio in Shakespeare's Twelfth Night on stage in Liverpool in 1971; on television in the cameo role of 'The Tollmaster' in the 1987 Doctor Who story Delta and the Bannermen; and as Yorick (in silent flashback) in Kenneth Branagh's film version of Shakespeare's Hamlet in 1996. In the 1960s his fame was such that he rivalled The Beatles as a household name.
Dodd's stand-up comedy style is fast and relies on the rapid delivery of one-liner jokes. He has claimed that his comic influences include other Liverpool comedians like Arthur Askey, Robb Wilton, Tommy Handley and the "cheeky chappy" from Brighton Max Miller. He intersperses the comedy with occasional songs, both serious and humorous, in an incongruously fine light baritone voice.
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Kendrick Lamar
Kendrick Lamar Duckworth (born June 17, 1987), simply known as Kendrick Lamar, is an American rapper and songwriter from Compton, California currently signed to Top Dawg, Aftermath and Interscope. He first gained major attention after the release of his 2010 mixtape Overly Dedicated. In 2011, his album Section.80, released exclusively through iTunes, instantly ranked as one of the top digital hip hop releases of the year. Lamar has amassed a large internet following, is a member of hip hop collective Black Hippy, along with Jay Rock, Schoolboy Q and Ab-Soul, and has worked with Snoop Dogg, Dr. Dre, Wiz Khalifa, Game, Drake, Busta Rhymes and Tech N9ne among other popular artists.
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Kid Rock
Robert James "Bob" Ritchie (born January 17, 1971), known by his stage name Kid Rock, is an American singer-songwriter, musician, multi-instrumentalist and rapper with five Grammy Awards nominations. Kid Rock released several studio albums that mostly went unnoticed before his 1998 record Devil Without a Cause, released with Atlantic Records, sold 11 million albums behind the hits, "Bawitdaba", "Cowboy", and "Only God Knows Why". In 2000, he released The History of Rock, a compilation of remixed and remastered versions of songs from previous albums as well as the hit single, "American Bad Ass" and the previously unreleased "Abortion".
Kid Rock released the follow-up in 2001, Cocky. After a slow start, his country-flavored hit "Picture" with Sheryl Crow resurrected the album and it went gold as a single and pushed the album's sales over 5 million. It was followed by 2003's self-titled release, which went platinum in the USA and reached No. 8 on the Billboard charts. In 2006 he released Live Trucker, a greatest hits live album that went mostly unnoticed.
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King Tee
Roger McBride, mostly known as King Tee (formerly known as King T), is an American West coast rapper from Compton, California.
Tee had been around the Los Angeles hip hop scene for many years alongside Ice T and Kid Frost and acted as a pioneer for the genre. In 1988 he made his debut with Act a Fool, considered a classic amongst west coast fans.
During his time with Capitol, Tee began mentoring a young trio of rappers called Tha Alkaholiks, or "Tha Liks," as well as their loosely affiliated collective called the Likwit Crew. The Likwits included Xzibit, who would later rise to fame and bring king Tee close to Compton producer Dr. Dre. Tha Liks put out their debut album under King Tee's guidance on Loud Records in 1993. Tee greatly influenced The Notorious B.I.G. with his deep voice, flow and rhyme style, which Big would at times imitate on his 1994 album Ready to Die. Tee later paid homage to Biggie on the track "6 In'a Moe'nin" on his album Thy Kingdom Come, using a similar setup to and vocal samples of Biggie's track "Somebody's Got to Die." Recently, Ice T confirmed in an interview that King Tee was B.I.G's favorite MC.
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Kirsten Dunst
Kirsten Caroline Dunst (born April 30, 1982) is an American-German actress, singer and model. She made her film debut in Oedipus Wrecks, a short film directed by Woody Allen for the anthology New York Stories (1989). At the age of 12, Dunst gained widespread recognition playing the role of vampire Claudia in Interview with the Vampire (1994), a performance for which she was nominated for a Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actress. The same year she appeared in Little Women, to further acclaim.
Dunst achieved international fame as a result of her portrayal of Mary Jane Watson in the Spider-Man trilogy (2002–07). Since then her films have included the romantic comedy Wimbledon (2004), the romantic science fiction Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (2004) and Cameron Crowe's tragicomedy Elizabethtown (2005). She played the title role in Sofia Coppola's Marie Antoinette (2006) and starred in the comedy How to Lose Friends & Alienate People (2008). She won the Best Actress Award at the Cannes Film Festival in 2011 for her performance in Lars von Trier's Melancholia.
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Kool G Rap
Nathaniel Thomas Wilson (born July 20, 1968), better known by his stage names Kool G Rap (or simply G Rap, and originally Kool Genius of Rap) is an American rapper, from the Corona neighborhood of Queens, New York City. He began his career in the mid-1980s as one half of the group Kool G Rap & DJ Polo and as a member of the Juice Crew. He is often cited as one of the most influential and skilled MCs of all time as he is a pioneer of mafioso rap/street/hardcore content and multisyllabic rhyming. On his album The Giancana Story, he stated that the "G" in his name stands for "Giancana" (after the mobster Sam Giancana), but on other occasions he's stated that it stands for "Genius".
He has also been cited as a major influence to some of hip-hop's most critically acclaimed figures such as Eminem, Nas, Jay-Z, Big Pun, RZA and more.
Wilson grew up in the poverty-ridden streets of Corona Queens, New York with legendary producer Eric B. In an interview with The Source he stated;
Growing up in Corona was like a little Harlem, it wasn't that hard for a nigga to be influenced by the street life type of mentality. I was like 15 years old, Ma dukes couldn't dress a nigga no more and at that age you want a little money in your pocket. That's what gets us all, material possessions. A nigga got caught up in that mentality. Nigga started selling drugs at a certain point, and all that shit, it's what was goin' on in the streets ... eventually all my friends got smoked. Everybody was droppin'. All my friends started packing burners everyday, we was wild shorties.
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Kristen Stewart
Kristen Jaymes Stewart (born April 9, 1990) is an American actress. She is best known for playing Bella Swan in The Twilight Saga. She has starred in other films, including Panic Room (2002), Zathura (2005), In the Land of Women (2007), The Messengers (2007), Adventureland (2009), The Runaways (2010), and Snow White and the Huntsman. She will star in upcoming films in 2012: On the Road and The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn – Part 2.
Stewart was born and raised in Los Angeles, California. Her father, John Stewart, is a stage manager and television producer who has worked for Fox. Her mother, Jules Mann-Stewart, is a script supervisor originally from Maroochydore, Queensland, Australia. She has an older brother, Cameron Stewart, and an adopted brother, Taylor. Stewart attended school until the seventh grade and then continued her education by correspondence. She has since completed high school.
Her whole family all worked behind the camera and Stewart thought she would become a writer/director, but never considered being an actor. "I never wanted to be the center of attention – I wasn't that 'I want to be famous, I want to be an actor' kid. I never sought out acting, but I always practiced my autograph because I love pens. I'd write my name on everything." Stewart's acting career began at the age of eight, after an agent saw her perform in her elementary school's Christmas play. After a year of auditioning, Stewart's first role was a small nonspeaking part in the Disney Channel original film The Thirteenth Year. Then, she had another part in the film The Flintstones in Viva Rock Vegas as the "ring toss girl". She subsequently appeared in the independent film The Safety of Objects, in which she played the tomboy daughter of a troubled single mother (Patricia Clarkson). Stewart also played a tomboy in the film Panic Room, playing the diabetic daughter of a divorced mother (Jodie Foster). She was nominated for a Young Artist Award for her performance.
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Lady Gaga
Stefani Joanne Angelina Germanotta (/ˈstɛfəniː dʒʌrməˈnɑːtə/ STE-fə-nee jurr-mə-NAH-tə; born March 28, 1986), known by her stage name Lady Gaga, is an American singer and songwriter. Born and raised in New York City, she primarily studied at the Convent of the Sacred Heart and briefly attended New York University's Tisch School of the Arts before withdrawing to focus on her musical career. She began performing in the rock music scene of Manhattan's Lower East Side, and was signed with Streamline Records by the end of 2007. During her employment as a songwriter for the record company, her vocal abilities captured the attention of recording artist Akon, who signed her to his label Kon Live Distribution.
Lady Gaga came to prominence as a recording artist following the release of her debut album The Fame (2008), which was a critical and commercial success that topped charts around the world and included the international number-one singles "Just Dance" and "Poker Face". After embarking on the The Fame Ball Tour, she followed the album with The Fame Monster (2009), which spawned the worldwide hit singles "Bad Romance", "Telephone" and "Alejandro". The album's success allowed her to embark on the eighteen-month long Monster Ball Tour, which later became one of the highest-grossing concert tours of all time. Her most recent album Born This Way (2011) topped the charts of most major markets and generated more international chart-topping singles, including "Born This Way", "Judas" and "The Edge of Glory". Besides her musical career, she involves herself with humanitarian causes and LGBT activism.
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Leona Lewis
Leona Louise Lewis (born 3 April 1985) is a British singer and songwriter. Lewis came to prominence in 2006 when she won the third series of the British television series The X Factor.
Lewis has released two albums to date, Spirit and Echo, in 2007 and 2009 respectively. A multi-platinum selling artist and three-time Grammy Award nominee, her most successful single, "Bleeding Love", reached number one in over thirty countries around the world, and was the best-selling single worldwide in 2008. Other notable singles include "Better in Time", "Happy" and "I Got You". She was proclaimed 'Top New Artist' by Billboard magazine in 2008.
Lewis's debut tour, The Labyrinth, took place in 2010, and her third album, Glassheart, is scheduled for release in 2012. It was preceded by "Collide", a single from the album, which became her seventh top-five hit in the United Kingdom. Lewis's net worth was estimated at £12 million in April 2012.
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Leonardo DiCaprio
Leonardo Wilhelm DiCaprio (/dɨˈkæpri.oʊ/; born November 11, 1974) is an American actor and film producer. He has been nominated for the Golden Globe Award eight times as an actor, and won the Golden Globe Award for Best Actor for his performance in The Aviator (2004). He has also been nominated by the Academy Awards, Screen Actors Guild, Satellite Awards, and the British Academy of Film and Television Arts.
Born and raised in Los Angeles, California, DiCaprio started his career by appearing in television commercials prior to landing recurring roles in TV series such as the soap opera Santa Barbara and the sitcom Growing Pains in the early 1990s. He made his film debut in the comedic sci-fi horror film Critters 3 (1991) and received first notable critical praise for his performance in This Boy's Life (1993). DiCaprio obtained recognition for his subsequent work in supporting roles in What's Eating Gilbert Grape (1993) and Marvin's Room (1996), as well as leading roles in The Basketball Diaries (1995) and Romeo + Juliet (1996), before achieving international fame in James Cameron's Titanic (1997).
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Lil Jon
Jonathan Smith (born January 27, 1971), better known by his stage name Lil Jon, is an American rapper, music producer, entrepreneur, and international DJ who was a member of the group Lil Jon & The East Side Boyz. Lil Jon formed the group in 1997, and the group released several albums between then and 2004. He then went solo and released a new album in 2010 called Crunk Rock.
Lil' Jon was born and raised in Atlanta, Georgia. He graduated from Frederick Douglass High School.
After working as a DJ for Atlanta night clubs, he started working for So So Def Recordings between 1993 and 2000. The group signed to the Atlanta-based Mirror Image Records and were distributed by Ichiban Records. In 1997, Lil' Jon & the East Side Boyz debuted with Get Crunk, Who U Wit: Da Album. It included singles "Who U Wit?" and "Shawty Freak a Lil' Sumthin'", the latter of which came out in 1998. Both singles charted on the Billboard Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart at No. 70 and No. 62 respectively. In 2000 Jon took part in starting up his own label BME Recordings and signed a distribution agreement with Norcross, Georgia based Southern Music Distribution. There he released his break through album titled We Still Crunk. Among the tracks on that project was the hit single "I Like Dem Girlz", which reached No. 55 on the R&B chart and No. 3 on the Hot Rap Tracks chart.
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Lil Wayne
Dwayne Michael Carter, Jr. (born September 27, 1982), better known by his stage name Lil Wayne, is an American rapper. At the age of nine, Lil Wayne joined Cash Money Records as the youngest member of the label, and half of the duo, The B.G.'z, with B.G.. In 1997, Lil Wayne joined the group Hot Boys, which also included rappers Juvenile, B.G., and Young Turk. Hot Boys debuted with Get It How U Live! that year. Lil Wayne gained most of his success with the group's major selling album Guerrilla Warfare, released in 1999. Also in 1999, Lil Wayne released his Platinum debut album Tha Block Is Hot, selling over one million copies in the U.S.
Although his next two albums Lights Out (2000) and 500 Degreez (2002) were not as successful (only reaching Gold status), Lil Wayne reached higher popularity in 2004 with Tha Carter, which included the single "Go D.J." Wayne also appeared on the Destiny's Child top ten single "Soldier" that year. In 2005, the sequel to Tha Carter, Tha Carter II, was released. In 2006 and 2007, Lil Wayne released several mixtapes and appeared on several popular rap and R&B singles. His most successful album, Tha Carter III, was released in 2008 and sold over 1 million copies in the U.S. its first week of release. It included the number-one single "Lollipop" featuring Static Major. It also includes the singles "A Milli" and "Got Money" featuring T-Pain and won the Grammy Award for Best Rap Album.
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Linda Hamilton
Linda Carroll Hamilton (born September 26, 1956) is an American actress best known for her portrayal of Sarah Connor in The Terminator and its sequel Terminator 2: Judgment Day and Catherine Chandler in the television series Beauty and the Beast, for which she was nominated for two Golden Globes and an Emmy. Hamilton had a recurring role as Mary Elizabeth Bartowski on NBC's Chuck.
Hamilton was born in Salisbury, Maryland. Her mother was a Mayflower descendant and her father, Carroll Stanford Hamilton, was a physician. Hamilton's father died when she was five, and her mother remarried to a police chief.[dead link][dead link] Hamilton has an identical twin sister (Leslie Hamilton), one older sister and one younger brother. She has said that she was raised in a "very boring, white Anglo-Saxon" family, and "voraciously read books" during her spare time. Hamilton went to Wicomico Junior High (now Wicomico Middle School) and Wicomico High School in Salisbury, with her twin sister, Leslie. She studied for two years at Washington College in Chestertown, Maryland, before moving on to acting studies in New York City. While attending Washington College, her acting professor told her she had no hope of earning a living as an actress. In New York, she attended acting workshops given by Lee Strasberg.
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Lindsay Lohan
Lindsay Lohan ( /ˈloʊ.ən/; born July 2, 1986) is an American actress, recording artist, and model. She began her career as a child fashion model before making her motion picture debut in Walt Disney's 1998 remake of The Parent Trap at the age of 11. Lohan gained further fame with leading roles in the films Freaky Friday (2003), Mean Girls (2004), and Herbie: Fully Loaded (2005). In 2006 she appeared in independent films including Robert Altman's A Prairie Home Companion and Emilio Estevez's Bobby. In 2004, Lohan launched a second career as a recording artist with her debut album Speak, which was followed by A Little More Personal (Raw) in 2005.
In 2007, her career was interrupted when two driving under the influence (DUI) incidents and three visits to rehabilitation facilities led to the loss of several movie deals. Resuming her career, she guest starred in the TV series Ugly Betty in 2008, and starred in the TV comedy film Labor Pains in 2009. In 2010, she appeared in Robert Rodriguez's film Machete. She has attracted a great deal of publicity, particularly surrounding her personal life.
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LL Cool J
James Todd Smith (born January 14, 1968), better known as LL Cool J (an abbreviation for Ladies Love Cool James), is an American rapper, entrepreneur, and actor from Bay Shore, New York. He is known for romantic ballads such as "I Need Love", "Around the Way Girl" and "Hey Lover" as well as pioneering hip-hop such as "I Can't Live Without My Radio", "I'm Bad", "The Boomin' System", and "Mama Said Knock You Out". He has released thirteen studio albums and two greatest hits compilations, including 2008's Exit 13, the last for his record deal with Def Jam Recordings. He has also appeared in numerous films, and currently stars as NCIS Special Agent Sam Hanna on the CBS crime drama television series NCIS: Los Angeles.
As he grew older, Smith found a way to escape the effects of his abuse, and his bullying attitude: hip-hop music. He fell in love with it at the age of nine, and by 11 he was writing lyrics and making his own songs with some DJ equipment his grandmother gave him to stop him riding motorcycles or doing karate. Before too long, LL was an established member of the Hip-Hop community in his area. He gained notoriety through his many rap battles against well-established MCs, including the battle against Chicken and Porn that rocketed him to fame.
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Lloyd Banks
Christopher Charles Lloyd (born April 30, 1982), better known by his stage name Lloyd Banks, is a Multiracial American rapper and member of the rap group G-Unit. Raised in South Jamaica, Queens, he dropped out of high school in 1998. G-Unit released two albums, Beg for Mercy in 2003 and T.O.S. (Terminate on Sight) in 2008. Banks released his first solo album The Hunger for More in 2004 with the top ten hit single "On Fire". He followed with Rotten Apple in 2006 and left Interscope Records 2009. In 2010 G-Unit signed with EMI to distribute Banks third studio album H.F.M. 2 (Hunger for More 2), which was released on November 22, 2010.
Banks was born in New Carrollton, Maryland and raised in Queens, New York City; he is of mixed Puerto Rican and African American descent. His father spent most of Lloyd's childhood in prison, leaving his mother to raise him and his two siblings. Lloyd attended August Martin High School but dropped out at age 16. For his stage name, he took his great, great-grandfather's name Banks, which was passed on by his uncles who also shared it.
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Luxembourgers
Luxembourgers are an ethnic group native to Luxembourg sharing the culture of Luxembourg and being of Luxembourgian descent.
Most ethnic Luxembourgers live in the Grand-Duchy of Luxembourg, a small country located in Europe between Germany, France and Belgium and are a mixture of Celtic and Germanic origin. Most speak Luxembourgish, as their native language, in addition to French and German. Luxembourgish is a German dialect. However, there is a relatively large diaspora, in Europe and elsewhere. Particularly, there are populations in the surrounding countries of Belgium, France, and Germany. For the most part, this is due to historic reasons, especially the three Partitions of Luxembourg, which led to former territories of Luxembourg being incorporated into each of the three surrounding countries.
There are also significant populations in the Americas, with the largest contingent being in the United States. However, many people of Luxembourgish descent live in Argentina and Brazil, to which large waves of Luxembourgers emigrated in the nineteenth century, as did Germans at the same time. Others migrated to Hungary along with Germans during the first phase of German eastward settlement in the 12th century. Transylvanian Saxons are the descendents of these settlers.
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Lynne Cheney
Lynne Ann Cheney (née Vincent; born August 14, 1941) is the wife of former United States Vice President Dick Cheney and served as the Second Lady of the United States from 2001 to 2009. She is a novelist, conservative scholar, and former talk-show host.
A descendant of Mormon pioneers with roots in Denmark, England, Ireland, and Wales, Lynne Ann Vincent was born in Casper, Wyoming. Her father was Wayne Edwin Vincent, an engineer; her mother, Edna Lybyer, became a deputy sheriff. She was raised Presbyterian and became Methodist upon her marriage to Dick Cheney.
Cheney received her Bachelor of Arts degree in English Literature with highest honors from Colorado College, where she was a member of Kappa Alpha Theta sorority. She furthered her education with a Master of Arts degree from the University of Colorado at Boulder, and a PhD in 19th century British literature from the University of Wisconsin at Madison (her dissertation was entitled "Matthew Arnold's Possible Perfection: A Study of the Kantian Strain in Arnold's Poetry").
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Mac Miller
Malcolm McCormick (born January 19, 1992), known by his stage name Mac Miller (previously Easy Mac), is an American rapper from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. He is signed to Rostrum Records and released his debut album Blue Slide Park on November 8, 2011.
Malcolm McCormick was born on January 19, 1992, the son of an architect and a photographer, and raised in the Point Breeze part of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. His father is Christian and his mother is Jewish; Miller was raised Jewish and had a Bar Mitzvah. Before attending Taylor Allderdice High School, Miller attended Winchester Thurston School. In high school, Miller decided to focus on his hip-hop career, later noting, "Once I hit 15, I got real serious about it and it changed my life completely ... I used to be into sports, play all the sports, go to all the high school parties. But once I found out hip-hop is almost like a job, that's all I did." Miller, a self-taught musician, plays piano, guitar, drums, and bass.
Before embarking on a solo career, Miller was part of rap group The Ill Spoken together with fellow Pittsburgh rapper, Beedie. The Ill Spoken released the mixtape How High in 2008. Prior to changing his name to Mac Miller, he was known as EZ Mac and released the mixtape But My Mackin Ain't Easy in 2007 at 15 years old. In 2009 Mac Miller released two mixtapes The Jukebox: Prelude to Class Clown and The High Life before getting signed to Rostrum Records.
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Mandy Moore
Amanda Leigh "Mandy" Moore (born April 10, 1984) is an American singer-songwriter, actress and fashion designer. Moore became famous as a teenager in the late 1990s, after the release of her teen pop albums So Real, I Wanna Be with You, and Mandy Moore. In 2007, she took an adult pop-folk direction with the release of Wild Hope. Her most recent album, Amanda Leigh, was released on May 26, 2009. Moore has sold more than 10 million records worldwide. Moore subsequently branched out into film, starring in 2002's A Walk to Remember and later in other movies, such as Chasing Liberty, Saved! and License to Wed. Most recently Moore provided the voice of Rapunzel in Tangled. In April 2011, she ranked 5th in People's annual Most Beautiful issue.
Moore was born in Nashua, New Hampshire. Her mother, Stacy (née Friedman), is a former news reporter who once worked for the Orlando Sentinel, and her father, Donald "Don" Moore, is a pilot for American Airlines. Moore's father is of Irish and Cherokee descent, and her mother is of half-English and half-Jewish ancestry. Moore, who has an older brother Scott and a younger brother Kyle, grew up in Longwood, Florida, outside of Orlando, where the family moved shortly after her birth because of her father's job as an airline pilot. She was raised Catholic (though she is no longer practicing), and attended Bishop Moore High School, in Orlando, as well as Lake Brantley High School in Altamonte Springs.
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Mariah Carey
Mariah Carey (born March 27, 1970) is an American singer, songwriter, record producer, and actress. She made her recording debut in 1990 under the guidance of Columbia Records executive Tommy Mottola, and released her self-titled debut studio album, Mariah Carey. The album went multi-platinum and spawned four consecutive number one singles, on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 chart. Following her marriage to Mottola in 1993, a series of hit records, including Emotions (1991), Music Box (1993) and Merry Christmas (1994), established her position as Columbia's highest-selling act. Daydream (1995), made music history when the second single, "One Sweet Day" a duet with Boyz II Men, spent a record sixteen weeks on top of the Billboard Hot 100, and remains the longest running number one song in US chart history. During the recording of the album Carey began to deviate from her pop background, and slowly traversed into R&B and Hip-hop. After her separation from Mottola, this musical change was evident with the release of Butterfly (1997).
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Marilyn Manson
Marilyn Manson (born Brian Hugh Warner; January 5, 1969) is an American musician, artist and former music journalist known for his controversial stage persona and image as the lead singer of the eponymous band Marilyn Manson. His stage name was formed from juxtaposing the names of two 1960s American cultural icons, namely actress Marilyn Monroe and convicted multiple murder convictCharles Manson as a critical and, simultaneously, laudatory appraisal of America and its peculiar culture. The seemingly outrageous styles for which he models and the controversy surrounding his lyrics have led to his public appeal.
Marilyn Manson was born in Canton, Ohio. He is the only child of Barbra Warner (maiden name Wyer) and Hugh Warner. Manson is of Polish and German descent on his father's side, and is a fourth cousin twice removed of Conservative commentator Pat Buchanan. In his autobiography The Long Hard Road Out of Hell, he detailed his grandfather's sexual fetishes (including bestiality and sadomasochism) which led to the forming of Marilyn Manson and the Spooky Kids.
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Marisa Tomei
Marisa Tomei (/məˈrɪsə toʊˈmeɪ/; born December 4, 1964) is an American stage, film and television actress. Following her work on As The World Turns, Tomei came to prominence as a supporting cast member on The Cosby Show spinoff A Different World in 1987. After appearing in a few films, her breakthrough came in 1992 with the comedy My Cousin Vinny, for which she won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress.
Appearing in many films over the past fifteen years, her most commercially successful films to date are What Women Want (2000), Anger Management (2003), and Wild Hogs (2007). She received critical acclaim for her performances in Unhook the Stars (1996), Slums of Beverly Hills (1998), Before the Devil Knows You're Dead (2007) and received subsequent Academy Award nominations for her performances in In the Bedroom (2001) and The Wrestler (2008).
Tomei, an Italian American, was born in Brooklyn, New York, the daughter of Patricia Adelaide "Addie" (née Bianchi), an English teacher, and Gary A. Tomei, a trial lawyer. She has a younger brother, actor Adam Tomei, and was partly raised by her paternal grandparents, Rita and Romeo Tomei. Tomei grew up in the Midwood neighborhood of Brooklyn. While there, she became captivated by the Broadway shows that her theater-loving parents took her to, and became drawn to acting as a career. At Andries Hudde Junior High School, she played the part of Hedy LaRue in a school production of How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying. Graduating from Edward R. Murrow High School in 1982, she attended Boston University for a year.
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Markéta Irglová
Markéta Irglová (Czech pronunciation: [ˈmarkɛːta ˈɪrɡlovaː]) (born 28 February 1988, in Valašské Meziříčí, Czech Republic) is a Czech singer-songwriter, musician and actress.
Irglová began taking piano lessons at age 8 and began playing the guitar at age 9.[citation needed]
Irglová is a member of the band The Swell Season with Glen Hansard. The band released its eponymous album on Overcoat Recordings in 2006. In 2007, Irglova co-starred in the indie movie Once. Irglová co-wrote most of the songs for the film including "Falling Slowly," which received an Academy Award for Best Original Song. The movie won the World Cinema Audience Award for a dramatic film at the 2007 Sundance Film Festival. Irglová appeared on the 2007 I'm Not There soundtrack with the Swell Season's version of Bob Dylan's "You Ain't Goin' Nowhere".
She began a relationship with Hansard during the making of the film Once. She ended her romantic relationship with Hansard in 2009 and in June 2011, married sound engineer, Tim Iseler The couple lives together in New York City.
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Marsha Ambrosius
Marsha Ambrosius or Marsha is an English singer/songwriter. A former member of the English Soul/R&B duo Floetry, she released her first solo album Late Nights & Early Mornings on March 1, 2011.
Original Floetry members Marsha Ambrosius and Natalie Stewart met through their love of basketball and formed a friendship. Both Natalie and Marsha attended the Brit School for Performing Arts & Technology where Marsha studied business and finance and Natalie majored in Performing Arts, Media and Art. For college Ambrosius planned to attend the Georgia Institute of Technology in Atlanta, Georgia but could not due to an injury. Stewart attended Middlesex University in London and later transferred to North London University. During these years, both women continued to keep in touch. Stewart was a founding member of the performance poetry group 3 Plus 1 which was rising to critical acclaim throughout London, Birmingham, and Manchester. After inviting Ambrosius to join her on stage to perform at a spoken word night, where they debuted a piece that they had written together called "Fantasize", combining spoken word and singing, it seemed to make sense to combine the two and Floetry was born.
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Masta Ace
Duval Clear (born December 4, 1966), known better by his stage name Masta Ace, is a rapper from Brownsville, Brooklyn. He appeared on the classic 1988 Juice Crew posse cut "The Symphony". He is noted for his high level of rapping skill and for influencing other MCs, including Eminem.
Clear graduated from the University of Rhode Island in 1988, after meeting Marley Marl in 1987 during his summer break. Ace made his recording debut as Master Layze on the hip hop posse-cut "The Symphony", along with fellow Juice Crew members Craig G, Kool G Rap and Big Daddy Kane, released on Marley Marl's In Control album. The album also featured two additional Ace tracks, "Keep Your Eyes on the Prize" and "Simon Says". In 1989, he released his first solo single, "Together" b/w "Letter to the Better". His debut album, Take a Look Around, was released through Marl's Cold Chillin' label in 1990, featuring production from Marl and DJ Mister Cee. The album featured two minor hit singles in "Music Man" and "Me & The Biz", the latter being a track with Ace's impersonation of Biz Markie, rather than a duet as previously thought the song would be.
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Matthew McConaughey
Matthew David McConaughey ( /məˈkɒnəheɪ/; born November 4, 1969) is an American actor.
After a series of minor roles in the early 1990s, McConaughey gained notice for his breakout role in Dazed and Confused (1993). He then appeared in films such as A Time to Kill, Contact, U-571, Tiptoes, Sahara, and We Are Marshall. McConaughey is best known more recently for his performances as a leading man in the romantic comedies The Wedding Planner, How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days, Failure to Launch, Ghosts of Girlfriends Past and Fool's Gold.
McConaughey, the youngest of three boys, was born in Uvalde, Texas. His mother, Mary Kathleen "Kay" (née McCabe), was a kindergarten teacher, and his father, James Donald McConaughey, was a gas-station owner who ran an oil pipe supply business and once played football for the Green Bay Packers. McConaughey has Irish ancestry and had a Methodist upbringing. McConaughey's mother and late father had a very stormy relationship, so much so that they divorced and re-married each other several times.
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MC Hammer
Stanley Kirk Burrell (born March 30, 1962), better known by his stage name MC Hammer (or simply Hammer), is an American rapper, entrepreneur, and actor. He had his greatest commercial success and popularity from the late 1980s until the mid-1990s. Remembered for a rapid rise to fame before filing bankruptcy, Hammer is also known for his hit records (such as "U Can't Touch This"), flamboyant dance movements and trademark Hammer pants. Hammer's superstar-status made him a household name and pop icon. He has sold more than 50 million records worldwide.
Burrell also became a preacher during the late 1990s, was a television show host and dance judge, is a record label CEO, and as of 2008 works as a co-creator of a dance website called DanceJam, while still performing concerts at music venues and assisting with other social media, ministry and outreach functions. In addition, he was executive producer of his own reality show called Hammertime which aired on the A&E Network during the summer of 2009. Prior to becoming ordained, Hammer signed with Suge Knight's Death Row Records by 1995.
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Meat Loaf
Michael Lee Aday (born Marvin Lee Aday; September 27, 1947), better known by his stage name, Meat Loaf, is an American hard rock musician and actor. He is noted for the Bat Out of Hell album trilogy consisting of Bat Out of Hell, Bat Out of Hell II: Back Into Hell and Bat Out of Hell III: The Monster is Loose. Bat Out of Hell has sold more than 43 million copies. After more than 30 years, it still sells an estimated 200,000 copies annually and stayed on the charts for over nine years, making it one of the best selling albums of all time.
Although he enjoyed success with Bat Out of Hell and Bat Out of Hell II: Back Into Hell and earned a Grammy Award for Best Rock Vocal Performance, Solo for the song "I'd Do Anything for Love (But I Won't Do That)" on the latter album, Meat Loaf experienced some initial difficulty establishing a steady career within his native US. However, he has retained iconic status and popularity in Europe, especially the UK, where he ranks 23rd for the number of weeks overall spent on the charts. He ranked 96th on VH1's "100 Greatest Artists of Hard Rock".
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Melissa Etheridge
Melissa Lou Etheridge (born May 29, 1961) is an American rock singer-songwriter and activist.
Etheridge is known for her mixture of confessional lyrics, pop-based folk-rock, and raspy, smoky vocals. She has also been an iconic gay and lesbian activist since her public coming out in January 1993.
Born in Leavenworth, Kansas, the younger of two girls, to John Etheridge, a psychology teacher at Leavenworth High School, and Elizabeth Williamson, a computer consultant. She attended David Brewer School, which is still located at 17th and Osage Streets. She graduated in 1979 from Leavenworth High School (LHS), 10th Avenue and Halderman. Etheridge was a member of the first "Power and Life" musical/dance group at LHS which is still active today. Her childhood home was at 1902 Miami Street.
Etheridge's interest in music began early; she picked up her first guitar at 8. She began to play in all-men country music groups throughout her teenage years, until she moved to Boston to attend Berklee College of Music.
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Melle Mel
Melle Mel ( /ˈmɛli ˈmɛl/; born Melvin Glover, May 15, 1961), also known as Grandmaster Melle Mel, is an American hip-hop musician — one of the pioneers of old school hip hop as lead rapper and main songwriter for Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five.
Melvin Glover was the first rapper to call himself "MC" (Master of Ceremony). Other Furious Five members included his brother The Kidd Creole (Nathaniel Glover), Scorpio (Eddie Morris), Rahiem (Guy Todd Williams) & Cowboy (Keith Wiggins). While a member of the group, Cowboy created the term "hip-hop" while teasing a friend who had just joined the US Army, by scat singing the words "hip/hop/hip/hop" in a way that mimicked the rhythmic cadence of marching soldiers.
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Method Man
Clifford Smith (born April 1, 1971), better known by his stage name Method Man, is an American hip hop artist, record producer, actor and member of the hip hop collective Wu-Tang Clan. He took his stage name from the 1979 film The Fearless Young Boxer, also known as Method Man. He is one half of the rap duo Method Man & Redman. He won a Grammy Award for Best Rap Performance by a Duo or Group for "I'll Be There for You/You're All I Need to Get By" with Mary J. Blige. In 2007, the writers of About.com placed him on their list of the Top 50 MCs of Our Time (1987–2007).
Method Man appeared in the motion pictures Belly, How High, Garden State as well as a minor role in The Wackness. More recently, he appeared as a crewman in George Lucas' film Red Tails. On television, he and hip-hop collaborator Redman co-starred on the short-lived Fox sitcom Method & Red, and he had a recurring role on HBO's Oz as Tug Daniels and as Calvin "Cheese" Wagstaff on the acclaimed HBO drama series The Wire.
Born in Staten Island, New York, on April 1 , 1971, Clifford Smith divided his childhood between his father's Long Island residence and his mother's home in the Park Hill section of Staten Island aka Killa Hill. He has two sisters, Terri and Missy.
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Michael Jackson
Michael Joseph Jackson (August 29, 1958 – June 25, 2009) was an American recording artist, entertainer, and businessman. Often referred to as the King of Pop, or by his initials MJ, Jackson is recognized as the most successful entertainer of all time by Guinness World Records. His contribution to music, dance, and fashion, along with a much-publicized personal life, made him a global figure in popular culture for over four decades. The seventh child of the Jackson family, he debuted on the professional music scene along with his brothers as a member of The Jackson 5 in 1964, and began his solo career in 1971.
In the early 1980s, Jackson became a dominant figure in popular music. The music videos for his songs, including those of "Beat It", "Billie Jean", and "Thriller", were credited with transforming the medium into an art form and a promotional tool, and the popularity of these videos helped to bring the relatively new television channel MTV to fame. Videos such as "Black or White" and "Scream" made him a staple on MTV in the 1990s. Through stage performances and music videos, Jackson popularized a number of complicated dance techniques, such as the robot and the moonwalk, to which he gave the name. His distinctive musical sound and vocal style influenced numerous hip hop, post-disco, contemporary R&B, pop and rock artists.
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Missy Elliott
Melissa Arnette "Missy" Elliott (born July 1, 1971) is an American rapper, singer-songwriter, record producer, dancer and actress. A five-time Grammy Award winner, Elliott, with record sales of over seven million in the United States, is the only female rapper to have six albums certified platinum by the RIAA, including one double platinum for her 2002 album Under Construction. Elliott is known for a series of hits and diverse music videos, including "The Rain (Supa Dupa Fly)", "Hot Boyz", "Get Ur Freak On", "One Minute Man", "4 My People", "Work It", "Pass That Dutch", and "Lose Control". In addition, she has worked extensively as a songwriter and producer for other artists, both alone and with her fellow producer and childhood friend Timbaland, with whom she received her first production credit on R&B singer Ginuwine's 1996's album Ginuwine...the Bachelor.
Elliott was born on July 1, 1971, in Portsmouth, Virginia. She is the only child of mother Patricia, a power-company coordinator, and father Ronnie, a Marine. At the age of four in 1975, she wanted to be a performer, though she knew no one took her seriously, as she was always the class clown. While her father was a Marine, the family lived in Jacksonville, North Carolina, in a mobile home. Elliott enjoyed school for the friendships she formed and had little interest in school work, though an IQ test classified her above average and she was able to jump two years ahead of her class. This made her feel increasingly isolated, so she purposely failed all her classes, eventually returning to her age-appropriate class. When her father returned from the Marines, they moved back to Virginia, where they lived in a vermin-infested shack.
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Moby
Richard Melville Hall (born September 11, 1965), better known by his stage name Moby, is an American musician, DJ, and photographer. He is known mainly for his sample-based electronic music and his liberal political views, including his support of veganism and animal rights.
Moby gained attention in the early 1990s with his electronic dance music work, which dabbled in the techno and breakbeat hardcore (also known as "rave") genres. With his fifth studio album, the electronica and house-influenced Play, he gained international success. Originally released in mid-1999 to an unflattering response, it re-entered the charts in early 2000 and slowly became an unexpected hit, producing eight singles and eventually selling over 10 million copies worldwide.
Moby followed the album in 2002 with 18, which was also successful, selling over 5 million copies worldwide and receiving mostly positive reviews, though some criticizing it for being too similar to Play. His next offer, 2005's mostly upbeat Hotel was a stylistic departure, incorporating more alternative rock elements than previous albums, and received mixed reviews. However, it still sold around 2 million copies worldwide. After 2008's dance-influenced Last Night (2008), he returned to the downtempo electronica of Play and 18 with 2009's mostly-ambient Wait for Me, finding higher critical acclaim and moderate sales. Moby's latest album, Destroyed., was released on May 13, 2011.
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Motherfucker
Motherfucker (sometimes abbreviated as mofo, mf, or mf'er) is an American vulgarism. Its literal sense, referring to one who participates in sexual intercourse with a mother, either someone else's, or his own is seldom implied. Rather, it refers to a mean, despicable, or vicious person, or any particularly difficult or frustrating situation or alternatively as an inverted praise of the individual or thing's "badness". Due to the semiotics, it is not generally applied personally to females, a personal direct object referred to as such is invariably male.
Like many widely used offensive terms, motherfucker has a large list of minced oaths. Motherhumper, motherfugger, mother f'er, mothersucker, motherlover, mofo, motherflower, motherkisser and many more are sometimes used in polite company or to avoid censorship. The participle motherfucking is often used as an emphatic, in the same way as the less strong fucking. The verb to motherfuck also exists, although it is less common. Conversely, when paired with an adjective, it can become a term denoting such things as originality and masculinity, as in the related phrase "bad ass mother fucker".
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Nas
Nasir Bin Olu Dara Jones ( /nɑːˈsɪər/; born September 14, 1973), better known by his stage name Nas ( /ˈnɑːz/), is an American rapper and actor. He is also the son of jazz musician Olu Dara. Nas has released eight consecutive platinum and multi-platinum albums since 1994, four of which topped the Billboard charts upon release and has sold over thirteen-million records in the United States alone. Nas was also part of the hip hop supergroup The Firm, which released one album under Dr. Dre's record label Aftermath. Aside from rapping, Nas is also an occasional actor and has appeared in feature films such as Hype Williams' directorial debut Belly, Ticker and In Too Deep and the television show Hawaii Five-0.
His rise to fame began in 1991 with his feature on hip hop group Main Source's debut album on the track "Live at the Barbeque". In the years that followed, Nas garnered attention from music industry A & R's and record labels with more impressive features and a solo single "Halftime". His debut album Illmatic, released in 1994 by Columbia Records, received universal acclaim from both critics and the hip hop community and would go on to be widely hailed as a musical landmark and a classic in the genre and is consistently ranked as one of the greatest LP's of all time. His follow up album It Was Written debuted at number 1 on the Billboard Charts, stayed on top for four consecutive weeks and went platinum twice in only two months, propelling Nas to worldwide notoriety.
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Nate Dogg
Nathaniel Dwayne Hale (August 19, 1969 – March 15, 2011), better known by his stage name Nate Dogg, was an American musician. He is noted for his membership of rap trio 213 and his solo career in which he collaborated with Dr. Dre, Eminem, Warren G, Tupac Shakur and Snoop Dogg on many hit releases. Nate Dogg released three solo albums, G-Funk Classics, Vol. 1 & 2 in 1998, Music and Me in 2001 and Nate Dogg in 2008.
Nate Dogg died in 2011 in Long Beach, California of complications from multiple strokes.
Nate Dogg was born in Clarksdale, Mississippi. He moved to Long Beach, California when he was 14 following his parents' divorce. He was the friend and partner in the rap game with rappers Snoop Dogg, Warren G, RBX, Daz Dillinger and was the cousin of Butch Cassidy and Lil' ½ Dead. He began singing as a child in the New Hope Baptist Church in Long Beach and Life Line Baptist Church in Clarksdale, Mississippi where his father Daniel Lee Hale was pastor. At the age of 16 he dropped out of high school in Long Beach and left home to join the United States Marine Corps, serving for three years.
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Nelly
Cornell Iral Haynes, Jr. (born November 2, 1974), better known by his stage name Nelly, is an American Grammy Award winning hip hop artist, entrepreneur and occasional actor. He has performed with the rap group St. Lunatics since 1993 and signed to Universal Records in 1999. Under Universal, Nelly began his solo career in 2000 with his debut album Country Grammar, the title track of which was a top ten hit. The album debuted at number three on the Billboard 200 and went on to peak at number one. Country Grammar is Nelly's best-selling album to date, selling over 8.4 million copies in the United States. His following album, Nellyville, produced the number-one hits "Hot in Herre" and "Dilemma" featuring Kelly Rowland. Other singles included "Work It" featuring Justin Timberlake, "Air Force Ones" featuring Murphy Lee and the St. Lunatics, "Pimp Juice" and "#1".
With the same-day dual release Sweat and Suit (2004) and the compilation Sweatsuit (2006), Nelly continued to generate many chart-topping hits. Sweat debuted at number two on the US Billboard 200 chart, selling 342,000 copies in its first week. On the same week of release, Suit debuted at number one selling around 396,000 copies in its first week on the same chart. Nelly's fifth studio album, Brass Knuckles, was released on September 16, 2008 after several delays. It produced the singles "Party People" featuring Fergie, "Stepped on My J'z" featuring Jermaine Dupri and Ciara and "Body on Me" featuring Akon and Ashanti. In 2010, Nelly released the album 5.0. The lead single, "Just a Dream", has appeared in the top ten of several singles charts and were certified platinum in the United States. The second single is "Move That Body" featuring T-Pain and Akon. "Gone" is the sequel to Nelly's 2002 worldwide number one single "Dilemma", also with Rowland, and serves as third single from Nelly's album.
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Neve Campbell
Neve Adrianne Campbell ( /ˈnɛv ˈkæmbəl/; born October 3, 1973) is a Canadian actress. Described as 'TV's most believable teenager', she rose to international fame for her teenage roles in the 1990's as Julia Salinger in the television series Party of Five and as Sidney Prescott in the horror film Scream and its sequels.
She has also starred in films such as The Craft, Wild Things, and later several films that were critically acclaimed but received a limited theatrical release, including Panic (2000) and The Company (2003).
Campbell was born in Guelph, Ontario. Campbell's mother, Marnie (née Neve), is a yoga instructor and psychologist from Amsterdam. Her father, Gerry Campbell, an immigrant to Canada from the East End of Glasgow, Scotland, UK, taught high school drama classes in Mississauga, Ontario — first at Westwood Secondary School (now Lincoln M. Alexander Secondary School), later at Lorne Park Secondary School, and now at Erindale Secondary School. Campbell's maternal grandparents ran a theatre company in the Netherlands and her paternal grandparents were also performers. On her mother's side, Campbell is descended from Sephardic Jews who immigrated to the Netherlands and converted to Catholicism; she has stated, "I am a practicing Catholic, but my lineage is Jewish, so if someone asks me if I'm Jewish, I say yes".
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Nick Cannon
Nicholas Scott "Nick" Cannon (born October 8, 1980) is an American actor, and television personality. On television, Cannon began as a teenager on All That before going on to host The Nick Cannon Show, Wild 'N Out, and America's Got Talent. He acted in the films Drumline, Love Don't Cost a Thing, and Roll Bounce. As a "rapper," he released his debut self-titled album in 2003 with the hit single "Gigolo", a collaboration with singer R. Kelly. In 2006, Cannon recorded singles "Dime Piece" and "My Wife" for a planned album Stages, which was never released. Cannon married American R&B/pop singer Mariah Carey on April 30, 2008.
Cannon was born in San Diego, California, to parents Beth, an accountant, and James Cannon, a super-powerful motivational televangelist. Growing up, he divided his time between San Diego, where his mother lived, and Charlotte, North Carolina, where his father had worked. At age 11, Cannon received his first break doing stand-up comedy on his father's local cable access program.
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Nicki Minaj
Onika Tanya Maraj (born December 8, 1982), known by her stage name Nicki Minaj ( /mɪˈnɑːʒ/), is a Trinidadian-born American rapper and singer-songwriter. She was born in Saint James, Trinidad and Tobago and when she was 5 years of age she moved to the New York City borough of Queens, where she grew up.
After releasing three mixtapes between 2007 and 2009 and being signed to Young Money Entertainment in August 2009, Minaj released her debut album, Pink Friday, in November 2010. It quickly became a commercial success, peaking at number one on the U.S. Billboard 200 and being certified Platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) a month after its release. She became the first female solo artist to have seven singles on the Billboard Hot 100 at the same time. Her second single, "Your Love", reached number 1 on the Billboard Hot Rap Songs chart, making Minaj the first female artist to top the chart unaccompanied since 2002. She also became the first female artist to be included on MTV's Annual Hottest MC List. Minaj was named the 2011 Rising Star by Billboard. Her second studio album, Pink Friday: Roman Reloaded was released on April 3, 2012.
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Nicole Kidman
Nicole Mary Kidman, AC (born 20 June 1967) is an Australian actress, singer, film producer, and humanitarian. Kidman began her career in 1983, starring in various Australian film and television productions until her breakthrough in the 1989 thriller Dead Calm. Following several films over the early 1990s, she came to worldwide recognition for her performances in Days of Thunder (1990), Far and Away (1992), and Batman Forever (1995). Kidman followed this with other successful films in the late 1990s. It was her performance in the musical, Moulin Rouge! (2001) which earned Kidman her second Golden Globe Award and first Academy Award nomination for Best Actress. Her performance as Virginia Woolf the following year in the drama film The Hours (2002) received critical acclaim and earned Kidman the Academy Award for Best Actress.
Kidman's other notable films include To Die For (1995), Eyes Wide Shut (1999), Cold Mountain (2003), The Interpreter (2005), and Australia (2008). Her performance in 2010's Rabbit Hole (which she also produced) earned Kidman further accolades including a subsequent Academy Award nomination for Best Actress. Kidman has been a Goodwill Ambassador for UNICEF since 1994 and for UNIFEM since 2006. Kidman's work has earned her a Star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame, three Golden Globe Awards, one BAFTA, and an Academy Award. In 2006, Kidman was made a Companion of the Order of Australia, Australia's highest civilian honor, and was also the highest-paid actress in the motion picture industry. As a result of being born to Australian parents in Hawaii, Kidman has dual citizenship in Australia and the United States.
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Obie Trice
Obie Trice III (born November 14, 1977) is an American rapper and songwriter. He began rapping at the age of 11, and is most known for his time spent signed to Shady Records. Obie Trice has formed his own record label, Black Market Entertainment.
Obie Trice III was born and raised in Detroit, Michigan by his mother, along with three brothers. He is of African American descent. Trice was given a karaoke machine by his mother when he was eleven and he used it to rhyme over instrumentals from artists such as N.W.A. By the age of fourteen, he was attending rap battle spots around Detroit, notably including the Hip Hop Shop, on which Trice commented,
Obie Trice went by the name of Obie 1 during this time, but when he first met Proof, who was about to introduce him at the Hip Hop Shop, Proof asked him, "What's your name? Your real name, no gimmicks." He was then introduced as Obie Trice, and has kept his real name as his rap name. Trice was introduced to Eminem through D12 member Bizarre. Eminem was impressed when Trice freestyled for him in a car park through a window, whilst Eminem was in a car. Later, Trice received a call from his manager informing him that he would be having dinner with Eminem, and later that night they went to a Kid Rock party.
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Orlando Bloom
Orlando Jonathan Blanchard Bloom (born 13 January 1977) is an English actor. He had his break-through roles in 2001 as the elf-prince Legolas in The Lord of the Rings and in 2003 as blacksmith Will Turner in the Pirates of the Caribbean film series. He subsequently established himself as a lead in Hollywood films, including Elizabethtown and Kingdom of Heaven. He appeared in the ensemble films New York, I Love You, Sympathy for Delicious, and Main Street. Bloom made his professional stage debut in West End's In Celebration at the Duke of York's Theatre, St. Martin's Lane, which ended its run on 15 September 2007. On 12 October 2009, Bloom was named a UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador.
Orlando Bloom was born in Canterbury, Kent, England, and has one sister, Samantha Bloom, who was born in 1975.
His mother, Sonia Constance Josephine (née Copeland), was born in the British section of Kolkata, India, the daughter of Betty Constance Josephine Walker and Francis John Copeland, who was a physician and surgeon. Through her, Bloom is a cousin of photographer Sebastian Copeland. Bloom's maternal grandmother's family lived in Tasmania, Australia, Japan, and India, and were of English descent, some of them having originally come from Kent. During his childhood, Bloom was told that his father was his mother's husband, Jewish South African-born anti-Apartheid novelist Harry Saul Bloom; however, when he was thirteen (nine years after Harry's death), Bloom's mother revealed to him that his biological father was actually Colin Stone, his mother's partner and family friend. Stone, the principal of the Concorde International language school, was made Orlando Bloom's legal guardian after Harry Bloom's death. Bloom is named after the 16th century composer Orlando Gibbons.[citation needed]
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Pat Boone
Charles Eugene "Pat" Boone (born June 1, 1934) is an American singer, actor and writer. He was a successful pop singer in the United States during the 1950s and early 1960s. Among his hit songs were cover versions of black R&B artists' songs (when parts of the country were segregated). He sold over 45 million albums, had 38 Top 40 hits and appeared in more than 12 Hollywood movies. Boone's talent as a singer and actor, combined with his old-fashioned values, contributed to his popularity in the early rock and roll era.
According to Billboard, Boone was the second biggest charting artist of the late 1950s, behind only Elvis Presley but ahead of Ricky Nelson and The Platters, and was ranked at No. 9—behind The Rolling Stones and Paul McCartney but ahead of artists such as Aretha Franklin and The Beach Boys—in its listing of the Top 100 Top 40 Artists 1955–1995. Boone still holds the Billboard record for spending 220 consecutive weeks on the charts with one or more songs each week.
At the age of twenty-three, he began hosting a half-hour ABC variety television series, The Pat Boone Chevy Showroom, which aired for 115 episodes (1957–1960). Many musical performers, including Edie Adams, Andy Williams, Pearl Bailey and Johnny Mathis made appearances on the show. His cover versions of rhythm and blues hits had a noticeable effect on the development of the broad popularity of rock and roll. During his tours in the 1950s, Elvis Presley was one of his opening acts.
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Paul Anka
Paul Albert Anka, OC (born July 30, 1941 Ottawa) is a Canadian singer, songwriter, and actor.
Anka first became famous as a teen idol in the late 1950s and 1960s with hit songs like "Diana", "Lonely Boy", and "Put Your Head on My Shoulder". He went on to write such well-known music as the theme for The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson and one of Tom Jones's biggest hits, "She's a Lady", and the English lyrics for Frank Sinatra's signature song, "My Way" (originally French song "Comme d'habitude").
In 1983, he co-wrote with Michael Jackson the song "I Never Heard", which was retitled and released in 2009 under the name "This Is It". An additional song that Jackson co-wrote with Anka from this 1983 session, "Love Never Felt So Good", has since been discovered, and will be released in the near future. The song was also released by Johnny Mathis in 1984.
Anka became a naturalized US citizen in 1990.
Anka was born in Ottawa, Ontario in Canada to Andy and Camelia Anka who owned a restaurant called The Locanda there. His parents are of Lebanese descent. He sang with the St. Elias Antiochian Orthodox Church choir under the direction of Frederick Karam, with whom he studied music theory. He also studied piano with Winnifred Rees.
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Peter Kay
Peter John Kay (born 2 July 1973) is an English comedian, writer, actor, director and producer from Lancashire. His work includes That Peter Kay Thing (2000), Phoenix Nights (2001), Max and Paddy's Road to Nowhere (2004), Britain's Got the Pop Factor... (2008) and other independent productions which have included two sell out tours. Kay has sold over 10 million DVDs, a UK record for a comedian.
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Poles
The Polish people, or Poles (Polish: Polacy [pɔˈlat͡sɨ]; singular: Polak), are a nation indigenous to Poland. They speak the Polish language, which belongs to the historical Lechitic subgroup of West Slavic languages of Central Europe. The Polish word for a Polish person is "Polak" (masculine) and "Polka" (feminine).
The preamble to the Constitution of the Republic of Poland defines the Polish nation as comprising all the citizens of Poland. Poland's inhabitants live in the following historic regions of the country: Wielkopolska, Małopolska, Mazovia, Pomerania, Warmia, Mazury, Podlasie, Kujawy and Silesia. A wide-ranging Polish diaspora exists throughout Europe (Germany, France, the United Kingdom, Belarus, Lithuania and Ukraine), the Americas (the United States, Brazil and Argentina) and Australia. Chicago, in the United States, has the world's largest urban Polish population after Warsaw.
Over a thousand years ago, the Polans of Giecz, Gniezno and Poznań — an influential tribe in Wielkopolska — succeeded in uniting Lechitic tribes under what became the Piast dynasty, thus giving rise to the Polish state.
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Rachel McAdams
Rachel Anne McAdams (born November 17, 1978) is a Canadian actress. After graduating from a four-year theatre program at York University in 2001, McAdams initially worked in Canadian television and film productions such as My Name is Tanino, Perfect Pie (for which she received a Genie Award nomination) and Slings and Arrows (for which she won a Gemini Award). Her first Hollywood movie was the 2002 comedy The Hot Chick. McAdams found fame in 2004 with starring roles in the teen comedy Mean Girls and the romantic drama The Notebook. In 2005, she appeared in the romantic comedy Wedding Crashers, the psychological thriller Red Eye and the family drama The Family Stone. She was hailed by the media as "the new Hollywood it girl" and received a BAFTA nomination for Best Rising Star.
However, McAdams withdrew from public life in 2006 and 2007. During this time, she turned down leading roles in high-profile films such as The Devil Wears Prada. She made a low-key return to work in 2008, starring in two limited release films: the film noir Married Life and the road trip movie The Lucky Ones. She returned to prominence in 2009 with appearances in the political thriller State of Play, the science-fiction romance Time Traveler's Wife, TheThe Time Traveler's Wife and the action-adventure film Sherlock Holmes. McAdams's first star vehicle was the 2010 comedy Morning Glory. In 2011, she starred in Woody Allen's romantic comedy Midnight in Paris and made a cameo appearance in the action-adventure sequel Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows. McAdams starred in 2012's romantic drama The Vow, and will next appear in Terrence Malick's To the Wonder and Brian De Palma's Passion.
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Raekwon
Corey Woods (born January 12, 1970), better known by the stage name Raekwon, is an American rapper and a member of the Wu-Tang Clan. He released his solo debut, Only Built 4 Cuban Linx... in 1995, and has since recorded numerous solo albums, as well as work with Wu-Tang and an extensive amount of guest contributions with other hip hop artists.
Raekwon is often cited as one of the pioneers of the Mafioso rap sub-genre. In 2007, The editors of About.com placed him on their list of the Top 50 MCs of Our Time (1987–2007). The Miami New Times described Raekwon's music as being "street epics" that are "straightforward yet linguistically rich universes not unlike a gangsta Iliad."
Corey Woods joined the Wu-Tang Clan, a nine-member hip hop group based in the Staten Island borough of New York City, in 1992. He went under the stage name Raekwon the Chef and aliases Raekwon, Shallah Raekwon, and Lex Diamonds. Wu-Tang Clan debuted one year later with Enter the Wu-Tang: 36 Chambers. Singles from the album included "Protect Ya Neck" and "C.R.E.A.M.", the latter of which reached #8 on the Billboard rap chart.Wu-Tang Forever followed in 1997 and was certified four times platinum by the RIAA, quadruple the certification given Enter the Wu-Tang (36 Chambers). Alongside other solo albums by its members, Wu-Tang continued recording as a group, releasing The W in 2000, Iron Flag in 2001, and 8 Diagrams in 2007.
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Rakim
William Michael Griffin Jr. (born January 28, 1968), known by his stage names Rakim, is an American rapper. One half of golden age hip hop duo Eric B. & Rakim, he is widely regarded as one of the most influential and most skilled MCs of all time.
Eric B. & Rakim's classic album Paid in Full was named the greatest hip hop album of all time by MTV, while Rakim himself was ranked #4 on MTV's list of the Greatest MCs of All Time. Steve Huey of Allmusic stated that "Rakim is near-universally acknowledged as one of the greatest MCs -- perhaps the greatest -- of all time within the hip-hop community." The editors of About.com ranked him #1 on their list of the Top 50 MCs of Our Time (1987–2007). Rakim began his career as the emcee of the rap duo Eric B. & Rakim, who in 2011 were nominated for induction into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.
Rakim is the nephew of American R&B singer and actress Ruth Brown. He grew up in Wyandanch, New York, and became involved in the New York hip hop scene at 18. Eric B. brought him to Marley Marl's house to record "Eric B. is President." At the time Griffin was fresh out of high school and on his way to college, but he decided to forgo higher education and instead chose to record with Eric B.
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Randy Newman
Randall Stuart "Randy" Newman (born November 28, 1943) is an American singer-songwriter,arranger, composer, and pianist who is known for his mordant (and often satirical) pop songs and for film scores.
Newman often writes lyrics from the perspective of a character far removed from his own experiences, sometimes using the point of view of an unreliable narrator. For example, the 1972 song "Sail Away" is written as a slave trader's sales pitch to attract slaves, while the narrator of "Political Science" is a U.S. nationalist who complains of worldwide ingratitude toward America and proposes a brutally ironic final solution. One of his biggest hits, "Short People" was written from the perspective of "a lunatic" who hates short people. Since the 1980s, Newman has worked mostly as a film composer. His film scores include Ragtime, Awakenings, The Natural, Leatherheads, James and the Giant Peach, Meet the Parents, Cold Turkey, Seabiscuit and The Princess and the Frog. He has scored six Disney-Pixar films: Toy Story, A Bug's Life, Toy Story 2, Monsters, Inc., Cars and most recently Toy Story 3.
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Ray Romano
Raymond Albert Romano (born December 21, 1957) is an American actor, writer and stand-up comedian, best known for his roles on the sitcom Everybody Loves Raymond and in the Ice Age film series. He recently starred in the TNT comedy-drama Men of a Certain Age.
Romano was born in Queens, New York, to Italian American parents: Lucie, a piano teacher, and Albert Romano (1925–March 2010), a real estate agent and an engineer. He grew up in the Forest Hills neighborhood of Queens. He has a brother named Richard A. Romano. Romano attended elementary and middle school at Our Lady Queen of Martyrs in Forest Hills. After transferring from Archbishop Molloy High School, Romano graduated from Hillcrest High School in 1975. He was in the same high school class as Fran Drescher and later appeared on Drescher's sitcom, The Nanny, as an old classmate. Before getting into show business, Romano briefly attended Queens College, in Flushing, New York, where he studied accounting. Romano quit after gaining only 15 credits in three years, but he would later return, however, making it to the Dean's List for three years.
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RBX
Eric Dwayne Collins (born June 20, 1968) better known by his stage name RBX (standing for "Reality Born Unknown"), is a former rapper and R&B singer from Long Beach, California. Contrary to popular belief, Collins is not related to funk legend Bootsy Collins, although the two are close friends.
RBX joined Death Row Records in 1992 with his cousins Snoop Dogg and Daz Dillinger of The Dogg Pound. A former college student and retail manager, Collins wisely declined to sign blank contracts like his Death Row brethren and his tenure on the label would be brief but memorable. Having made commanding cameos on The Chronic in 1992 and Doggystyle in 1993, RBX left the label in 1994 and signed with the lesser known Premeditated Records. He released The RBX Files in 1995, his debut solo album that was produced by former Chronic production team member Greg "Gregski" Royal. The album abandoned the popular West coast G-Funk style in favor of a gritty, dungeon-like sound more associated with New York. The single "A.W.O.L." was an attack on Death Row, Suge Knight, Dre and others, with X comparing the dubious business practices there to the days of Ruthless Records, Jerry Heller, and Eazy-E.
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Rick Astley
Richard Paul "Rick" Astley ( /ˈrɪk ˈæstli/; born 6 February 1966) is an English singer-songwriter, musician, and radio personality. He is known for his 1987 song, "Never Gonna Give You Up", which was a #1 hit single in 25 countries. Astley holds the record for being the only male solo artist to have his first 8 singles reach the Top 10 in the UK and by retirement in 1993 had sold approximately 40 million records worldwide.
After retiring from the music industry in 1993, Astley made a comeback in 2007 when he became an Internet phenomenon, as his video for "Never Gonna Give You Up" became part of a popular Internet meme known as "Rickrolling". Astley was voted "Best Act Ever" by Internet users at the MTV Europe Music Awards 2008.
Richard Paul Astley was born on 6 February 1966 in Newton-le-Willows, Lancashire, England, becoming the fourth child of his family. His parents divorced when he was five, and Astley was brought up by his father. His musical career started when he was ten, singing in the local church choir. During his schooldays, Astley formed and played the drums in a number of local bands, where he met guitarist David Morris. After leaving school at sixteen, Astley was employed during the day as a driver in his father's market-gardening business and played drums on the Northern club circuit at night in bands such as “Give Way” - specialising in covering Beatles and Shadows songs - and “FBI”, which won several local talent competitions.
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Rihanna
Robyn Rihanna Fenty ( /riˈɑːnə/ ree-AH-nə or /riˈænə/ ree-AN-ə; born February 20, 1988), known mononymously as Rihanna, is a Barbadian recording artist and actress. Born in Saint Michael, Barbados, Rihanna moved to the United States at age 16 to pursue a recording career under the guidance of record producer Evan Rogers. She subsequently signed a contract with Def Jam Recordings.
In 2005, Rihanna released her debut studio album, Music of the Sun, which peaked in the top ten of the Billboard 200 chart and features the Billboard Hot 100 top five hit single "Pon de Replay". In less than a year, she released her second studio album, A Girl Like Me (2006), which peaked within the top-five in the United States, and produced her first Hot 100 number one single, "SOS". Rihanna's third studio album, Good Girl Gone Bad released in May 2007, spawned the international hit singles "Umbrella", "Don't Stop the Music", "Take a Bow" and "Disturbia", with an additional four singles being released. The album was nominated for nine Grammy Awards, winning Best Rap/Sung Collaboration for "Umbrella". Her fourth studio album Rated R (2009), produced the top-ten singles "Russian Roulette", "Hard" and "Rude Boy", with the latter achieving the number-one spot on the Billboard Hot 100. Loud (2010), Rihanna's fifth studio album, spawned the number-one hits "Only Girl (In the World)", "What's My Name?" and "S&M". "We Found Love" served as the lead single from Rihanna's sixth studio album, Talk That Talk (2011). The song was an international success, topping the charts in more than twenty countries.
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Rikrok
Ricardo George Ducent (born 17 June 1972, London, England) better known by his stage name Rikrok is an English singer. Rikrok is most famous for the single "It Wasn't Me" from Shaggy's Hot Shot album.
Rikrok's parents migrated from Jamaica to England in the mid 1960s in search of greater economic opportunities. Regarding his Jamaican influences during childhood, Rikrok noted "[when I was growing up it was pretty much Jamaican people who came over... My father was a big reggae fan, especially of Gregory Isaacs, John Holt and Dennis Brown. He had a big record collection and on Sundays he would play music all day at home".[citation needed]
Rikrok was eleven years old when he returned to Jamaica with his family. While attending Manchester High School in Mandeville, Jamaica, he discovered his singing talent and soon realized he had a flair for songwriting. "One day I was listening to Babyface’s Tender Lover album and I remember thinking, I could probably be a songwriter", Rikrok says. "So I wrote a song, put it down, came back to it and tried it again. Then I started writing more and more songs. I wasn’t really good at it first; some of them were really corny, really stupid. But it was just a hobby and I never thought anything would come from it because it seemed like a completely unreachable dream being in the music business".[citation needed]
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Robbie Williams
Robert Peter "Robbie" Williams (born 13 February 1974) is an English singer-songwriter, vocal coach and occasional actor. He is a member of the pop group Take That.
Williams rose to fame in the band's first run in the early- to mid-1990s. After many disagreements with the management and certain group members, Williams left the group in 1995 to launch his solo career. On 15 July 2010, it was announced he had rejoined Take That and that the group intended to release a new album in November 2010 which became the second fastest-selling album of all-time in UK chart history and the fastest-selling record of the century.
Williams has sold over 70 million records worldwide, which ranks him among the best-selling music artists worldwide. He is the best-selling British solo artist in the United Kingdom and the best selling non-Latino artist in Latin America. Six of his albums are among the top 100 biggest-selling albums in the United Kingdom. He has also been honoured with seventeen BRIT Awards—more than any other artist—and seven ECHO Awards. In 2004, he was inducted into the UK Music Hall of Fame after being voted as the "Greatest Artist of the 1990s."
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Robert Pattinson
Robert Thomas Pattinson (born 13 May 1986) is an English actor, model, musician, and producer. Born and raised in London, Pattinson started out his career by playing the role of Cedric Diggory in Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire. Later, he landed the leading role of Edward Cullen in the film adaptations of the Twilight novels by Stephenie Meyer, and came to worldwide fame, thus establishing himself among the highest paid and most bankable actors in Hollywood. In 2010, Pattinson was named one of TIME magazine's 100 Most Influential People in The World, and also in the same year Forbes ranked him as one of the most powerful celebrities in the world in the Forbes Celebrity 100.
Pattinson was born in London, England. His mother, Clare, worked for a modelling agency, and his father, Richard, imported vintage cars from the U.S. Pattinson has two elder sisters, singer Lizzy Pattinson, and Victoria Pattinson. Growing up in the Barnes suburb of London, he attended Tower House School until he was 12, and then The Harrodian School. He became involved in amateur theatre at the Barnes Theatre Company. He auditioned and was cast in a small role in Guys and Dolls. He next auditioned for Thornton Wilder's Our Town and was cast as George Gibbs. He also played in Anything Goes and Macbeth. He caught the attention of an acting agent in a production of Tess of the d'Urbervilles and began looking for professional roles.
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Ryan Bingham
Ryan Bingham (born March 31, 1981) is an Americana singer-songwriter currently based in Los Angeles, California.
After garnering critical acclaim for his first two studio releases on Lost Highway Records, 2007's Mescalito and 2009's Roadhouse Sun, Ryan Bingham went on to collaborate with Grammy-winning producer T Bone Burnett on the soundtrack for the 2009 acclaimed film Crazy Heart, including notably co-penning & performing the film’s award-winning theme song "The Weary Kind". The title track earned Bingham an Academy Award, Golden Globe Award, and Critics' Choice Award for “Best Song” in 2010, as well as a Grammy Award for "Best Song Written for a Motion Picture, Television or Other Visual Media" in 2011. As a result of his monumental year, the Americana Music Association honored Bingham with the organization's top award in 2010: “Artist of the Year”.
Ryan Bingham joined back up with his band The Dead Horses to release their third studio album Junky Star on August 31, 2010. The album debuted in the Top 20 on the Billboard 200 Chart & in the Top 10 on the Billboard Rock Album Chart, making Junky Star Bingham’s highest charting & most successful release to date.
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Sacha Baron Cohen
Sacha Noam Baron Cohen (born 13 October 1971) is an English stand-up comedian, writer, actor, and voice actor. A graduate of Cambridge University, Baron Cohen is most widely known for writing and playing four unorthodox fictional characters: Ali G, Borat, Brüno, and Admiral General Aladeen. In his routines, Baron Cohen's characters interact with unsuspecting people who do not realise they are being set up for comic situations and self-revealing ridicule.
Baron Cohen was named Best Newcomer at the 1999 British Comedy Awards for The 11 O'Clock Show, and since then, his work has been further recognised with two BAFTA Awards for Da Ali G Show, several Emmy nominations, a nomination for an Academy Award for Writing Adapted Screenplay, and a Golden Globe for Best Actor for his work in the feature film Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan. After the release of Borat, Baron Cohen stated that because the public had become too familiar with the characters, he would retire Borat and Ali G. Similarly, after the release of Brüno, Baron Cohen has stated he would also retire the title character.
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Sandra Bullock
Sandra Annette Bullock ( /ˈbʊlək/; born July 26, 1964) is an American actress and producer who rose to fame in the 1990s after roles in successful films such as Demolition Man, Speed, The Net, A Time to Kill, and While You Were Sleeping. In the new millennium she appeared in such films as Miss Congeniality, The Lake House, and Crash, the third of which received critical acclaim. In 2007, she was ranked as the 14th richest female celebrity with an estimated fortune of US$85 million. In 2009, Bullock starred in two of the more financially successful films of her career, The Proposal and The Blind Side. Bullock was awarded a Golden Globe Award for Best Actress, a Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Leading Role, and the Academy Award for Best Actress, for her role as Leigh Anne Tuohy in The Blind Side. She is listed in the 2012 edition of the Guinness Book Of World Records as the highest-paid actress, with $56 million.
Sandra Annette Bullock was born in Arlington, Virginia, a suburb of Washington, D.C. Her father, John W. Bullock (born 1925), was a United States Army employee and part-time voice coach from Birmingham, Alabama, and her mother, Helga D. Meyer (1942–2000), was a German opera singer and voice teacher. Bullock's maternal grandfather was a rocket scientist from Nuremberg, Germany. John Bullock, then in charge of the Army's Military Postal Service in Europe, was stationed in Nuremberg when he met his wife. They married in Germany, soon moving to Arlington, where John Bullock worked with the Army Materiel Command, before becoming a contractor for The Pentagon.
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Sasha Grey
Sasha Grey (born Marina Ann Hantzis; March 14, 1988) is an American actress, model and musician, and former pornographic actress. Later in her adult film career, she was profiled by several popular culture magazines and television programs. She won several AVN Awards between 2007 and 2010, and has also been featured in music videos and advertising campaigns.
After her feature film debut as the lead in Steven Soderbergh's The Girlfriend Experience, she shifted her focus to acting, starring in the black comedy/horror film Smash Cut as April Carson, as well as having a supporting role in season 7 of HBO's Entourage. She has also appeared in independent films Quit, The Girl from the Naked Eye, Life, and Mark Pellington's I Melt With You. She is a member of aTelecine, an industrial music band.
Grey was born and raised in North Highlands, California, to a working class family. Her mother worked for the state of California and her father is a mechanic. Her ancestry includes Greek, Irish, English, and Polish. Her parents divorced when she was 5 and subsequently she was raised by her mother, who remarried in 2000. She's stated that while her parents hated her involvement in the adult industry, they get along.
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Sean Patrick Thomas
Sean Patrick Thomas (born December 17, 1970) is an American actor. He is perhaps best known for his co-starring role in the 2001 film Save the Last Dance, as well as his television role as Detective Temple Page in The District.
Thomas is the son of immigrants from Guyana and was raised in Wilmington, Delaware, the son of Cheryl, a financial analyst for DuPont, and Carlton Thomas, an engineer who also worked for DuPont. Thomas, who has two younger siblings, went to St. Mary Magdalen and then graduated from Brandywine High School in Delaware and attended the University of Virginia. He originally intended to study law, but upon successfully auditioning for a role in the film A Raisin in the Sun, Thomas changed directions and decided to attend New York University's prestigious Graduate Acting Program at the Tisch School of the Arts, graduating in 1995.
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Shakira
Shakira Isabel Mebarak Ripoll ( /ʃəˈkɪərə/,Spanish: [t͡ʃaˈkiɾa]; born February 2, 1977),known mononymously as Shakira, is a Colombian singer-songwriter who emerged in the music scene of Colombia and Latin America in the early 1990s. Born and raised in Barranquilla, Colombia, Shakira began performing in school, demonstrating her vocal ability with rock and roll, Latin and Arabic influences with her own original twist on belly dancing. Shakira is a native Spanish speaker and also speaks fluent English and Portuguese as well as some Italian, French, Catalan and Arabic.
After a poor commercial reception with local producers on her first two albums, and being little-known outside Colombia, Shakira decided to produce her own brand of music. In 1995 she released Pies Descalzos, which brought her great fame in Latin America and Spain, and her 1998 album Dónde Están los Ladrones? was a critical success selling over 7 million copies worldwide. In 2001, aided by the worldwide success of her first English single "Whenever, Wherever" that became the best selling single of 2002, she broke through into the English-speaking world with the release of Laundry Service, which sold over 13 million copies worldwide. Four years later, Shakira released two album projects called Fijación Oral Vol. 1 and Oral Fixation Vol. 2. Both reinforced her success, particularly with the best selling song of the 2000s, "Hips Don't Lie". In 1997, Shakira founded the Pies Descalzos Foundation. It is a Colombian charity with special schools for poor children all around Colombia. During her career, Shakira has performed at a large number of benefit concerts. Among the most famous are the Live 8 benefit concert in July 2005, the Live Earth concert, Hamburg where she headlined the show, as well as the "Clinton Global Initiative" created by former US President Bill Clinton. She was also invited to the Oval Office by President Barack Obama in February 2010 to discuss early childhood development.
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Sharon Stone
Sharon Vonne Stone (born March 10, 1958) is an American actress, film producer, and former fashion model. She achieved international recognition for her role in the erotic thriller Basic Instinct. She was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Actress and won a Golden Globe Award for Best Actress in a Motion Picture Drama for her performance in Casino.
Stone was born in Meadville, Pennsylvania. The second of four children, she is the daughter of Dorothy (née Lawson), an accountant and homemaker, and Joseph William Stone II, a tool and die manufacturer and factory worker. Stone graduated in 1975 from Saegertown High School in Saegertown, Pennsylvania.
Stone won the title of Miss Crawford County in Meadville, and was a candidate for Miss Pennsylvania. One of the pageant judges said she should quit school and move to New York City to become a fashion model. In 1977, Stone left Meadville, moving in with an aunt in New Jersey. Within four days of her arrival in New Jersey, she was signed by Ford Modeling Agency in New York.
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Shawn Ashmore
Shawn Robert Ashmore (born October 7, 1979) is a Canadian film and television actor, perhaps best known for his role as Jake in the Animorphs television series and Iceman in the X-Men films. He is the twin brother of actor Aaron Ashmore.
Ashmore was born in Richmond, British Columbia, the son of Linda, a homemaker, and Rick Ashmore, a manufacturing engineer. He was raised in Brampton, Ontario, where he attended Turner Fenton Secondary School, and Earnscliffe Senior Public School. His twin brother, Aaron Ashmore, is also an actor. Aaron and Shawn have played twins in several movies, but have also pursued roles independently. Aaron is slightly taller than Shawn and, according to Aaron, Shawn often gets cast as the nice guy while Aaron himself is cast as the bully.[citation needed]
One of Ashmore's major roles was as Iceman in X-Men and its sequels X2 and X-Men: The Last Stand. While many of the minor characters were portrayed by different actors, Ashmore was kept for all the movies since his character was major in the first movie, unlike Shadowcat who had minor screen time in the first and second films[citation needed]. Ashmore reprised his role as Iceman in the animated series The Super Hero Squad Show.
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Skylar Grey
Holly Brook Hafermann (born February 23, 1986) better known by her stage name Skylar Grey, is an five-time Grammy-nominated American multi-instrumentalist, singer, songwriter, and record producer. Grey was signed to Machine Shop Recordings under the name Holly Brook. She released her debut album as Holly Brook, Like Blood Like Honey, in 2006. She co-wrote the three versions of "Love the Way You Lie" (for Eminem and Rihanna) with Alex da Kid, who signed her to his Wonderland Music label. She was featured as a guest vocalist on Fort Minor's "Where'd You Go" and "Be Somebody", Diddy-Dirty Money's "Coming Home", Dr. Dre's "I Need a Doctor", Lupe Fiasco's "Words I Never Said" and Kaskade's "Room for Happiness".
Grey performed professionally as a child in a folk duo with her mother called Generations. Together, (with producer/engineer Randy Green) they independently produced three albums, Dream Maker, Lift Me, and Millennial Child/Waiting For You. Grey started her first band at the age of fifteen after 'sneaking' into bars, working with jazz musicians including Jeff Eckles, Tim Whalen and Leo Sidran in Madison, Wisconsin.
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Slick Rick
Richard Walters (born January 14, 1965), better known by his stage name Slick Rick, is a Grammy-nominated British American rapper. He has also been known as MC Ricky D and Rick the Ruler. He began his career in late 1983, in the hip hop genre, where he recorded a series of acclaimed recordings such as "La Di Da Di" and "Children's Story". Walters is best known for his storytelling innovations in this genre. His music has been frequently sampled and interpolated by other artists such as TLC, Black Star, The Notorious B.I.G. and Snoop Dogg, with many of these songs later becoming hit singles. Slick Rick rose to stardom in an era known to fans as the Golden age of hip hop.
Born and brought up in the south-west London suburb of Wimbledon, Walters later moved with his British Jamaican family to The Bronx in 1977 where he met Dana Dane with whom he later formed a hip hop duo known as the Kangol Crew. Walters received his characteristic eye patch after being blinded in the right eye by broken glass as an infant. Once he gained a degree of wealth, Walters earned a reputation for wearing the eye patch over his right eye, and a significant amount of gold and diamond jewelry.
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Slim the Mobster
Anthony Johnson better known by his stage name Slim The Mobster is a Los Angeles-based rapper currently signed to Gang Module Records and Aftermath Entertainment. He is currently working on Dr. Dre's third studio album Detox. Slim The Mobster is known as Dr. Dre's new protegé. He is currently also working on his debut Aftermath Entertainment studio album. Johnson's manager is John Monopoly, who ushered in Kanye West's rapping career. His influence includes gangsta rap acts like The D.O.C and The Notorious B.I.G. He took his rap name from notorious pimp Fillmore Slim and from being in the trap having the mindset of a Mobster.
Slim The Mobster grew up all over from Loudonville,NY and Corpus Christi, Texas. In February 2008 he was featured on a Hussein Fatal mixtape. He solicited demos to Dr. Dre in 2008 and eventually got a record deal with Aftermath Entertainment.
Detox is set to solidify Slims career as The Chronic did with Snoop Dogg and 2001 did with Eminem. As of Late 2010 he is focused on getting Dr. Dre's Detox which he is heavily featured on finished. He has been doing some writing for Detox. Slim announced in December 2010 he will release a new freestyle every Friday in a program titled "Freestyle Fridays" with the first being his freestyle to "Kush".
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Slim Whitman
Ottis Dewey Whitman, Jr. (born January 20, 1924), known professionally as Slim Whitman, and early in his career as "The Smiling Starduster", is an American country music singer and songwriter, known for his yodelling abilities. He has sold in excess of 120 million albums in unit sales and has had numerous successful recordings. He is consistently more popular throughout Europe, and in particular Britain, than in his native America, particularly with his covers of pop standards and movie songs . His 1955 hit single "Rose Marie" held the Guinness World Record for the longest time at number 1 on the UK charts until Bryan Adams broke the record in 1991 after 36 years. In the U.S., his "Indian Love Call" (1952) and "Secret Love" (1953) reached number 2 on the Billboard country chart. Whitman had a string of hits from the mid 1960s and into the 1970s and became known to a new generation of fans through TV marketing in the 1980s. Throughout the 1990s and into the 21st century, he has continued to tour extensively around the world and release new material, and he was featured on the soundtrack of the 1996 film Mars Attacks!. In 2010 a new album, called Twilight on the Trail, was released featuring brand new material produced by his son Byron and featuring the single "Back in the Saddle Again."
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Snoop Dogg
Calvin Cordozar Broadus, Jr. (born October 20, 1971), better known by his stage name Snoop Dogg (formerly known as Snoop Doggy Dogg), is an American rapper, record producer, and actor. Snoop is best known as a rapper in the West Coast hip hop scene, and for being one of Dr. Dre's most notable protégés. Snoop Dogg was a Crip gang member while in high school. Shortly after graduation, he was arrested for cocaine possession and spent six months in Wayside County Jail. His music career began in 1992 after his release when he was discovered by Dr. Dre. He collaborated on several tracks on Dre's solo debut, The Chronic and on the titular theme song to the film Deep Cover.
Snoop's debut album Doggystyle, was released in 1993 under Death Row Records making a debut at No.1 on both the Billboard 200 and R&B charts. Selling almost a million copies in the first week of its release, Doggystyle quickly became certified 4× platinum in 1994 and spawned several hit singles, including "What's My Name" and "Gin & Juice". In 1994, Snoop released a soundtrack on Death Row Records for the short film Murder Was The Case, starring himself. In early 1996, Snoop Dogg was cleared of charges over his bodyguard's 1993 murder of Philip Woldemariam. His second album, late 1996's Tha Doggfather, also debuted at No.1 on both charts with "Snoop's Upside Ya Head" as the lead single. The album sold only half as well, being certified double platinum in 1997.
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Stat Quo
Stanley Benton, better known as Stat Quo, is an American rapper. Benton worked his way to college and attended University of Florida, where he majored in economics and international business in 2000. Benton was contemplating law school, until veteran Southern rapper Scarface encouraged him to rap professionally. After 50 Cent, Stat Quo was the second artist signed to both Shady Records and Aftermath Entertainment and became Dr. Dre and Eminem's newest protégé. Stat Quo was supposed to release his debut album, Statlanta, with Shady/Aftermath but, despite being made three different times, the album was never released by the labels.Statlanta was finally released on 13 July 2010 by Sha Money XL's label Dream Big Ventures.
Stanley Benton was born in Thomasville Heights, a neighborhood of Atlanta, Georgia, at Grady Memorial Hospital. In his early life, he lived with his mother and grandmother. Benton started freestyle rapping at around the age of 12. Later, his mother bought him a radio, and he would record himself rapping. In 1997, Benton started taking rap seriously, but continued with his education.
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Steve Harvey
Broderick Steven "Steve" Harvey (born January 17, 1957) is an American entertainer and author who hosts The Steve Harvey Morning Show, and Family Feud. He is the author of Act Like a Lady, Think Like a Man, which was published in March 2009, and the book Straight Talk, No Chaser: How to Find and Keep a Man.
He's been an actor, comedian, entertainer, television and radio personality and best-selling author. He starred in The Steve Harvey Show, and he was featured in The Original Kings of Comedy. He also hosts the Steve Harvey Project, on an extended cable channel.
Harvey was born in Welch, West Virginia, the son of Eloise and Jesse Harvey, a coal miner. His family moved to Cleveland, Ohio where he graduated from Glenville High School in 1974. Shortly after high school he attended Kent State University and West Virginia University and is a member of Omega Psi Phi fraternity. He has been a boxer, an insurance salesman, and a mailman.
Steve Harvey first performed stand-up comedy on October 8, 1985 at the Hilarities Comedy Club in Cleveland, Ohio. He was a finalist in Second Annual Johnnie Walker National Comedy Search in 1989, eventually leading to a long stint as host of It's Showtime at the Apollo, succeeding Mark Curry in that role. His success as a stand-up comedian led to a starring role on the ABC show Me and the Boys in 1994. He would later star on the WB network show, The Steve Harvey Show, which ran from 1996 to 2002. While wildly popular in the African-American community (the show won multiple NAACP Image Awards), the show never achieved critical acclaim outside of the African-American community, a matter about which Harvey has often complained.
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Stevie Wonder
Stevland Hardaway Morris (born May 13, 1950 as Stevland Hardaway Judkins), known by his stage name Stevie Wonder, is an American singer, songwriter, and multi-instrumentalist, a child prodigy who developed into one of the most creative musical figures of the late 20th century. Blind since shortly after birth, Wonder signed with Motown's Tamla label at the age of eleven, and continues to perform and record for Motown to this day.
Among Wonder's best known works are singles such as "Superstition", "Sir Duke", "I Wish" and "I Just Called to Say I Love You". Well known albums also include Talking Book, Innervisions and Songs in the Key of Life. He has recorded more than thirty U.S. top ten hits and received twenty-two Grammy Awards, the most ever awarded to a male solo artist. Wonder is also noted for his work as an activist for political causes, including his 1980 campaign to make Martin Luther King, Jr.'s birthday a holiday in the United States. In 2009, Wonder was named a United Nations Messenger of Peace. In 2008, Billboard magazine released a list of the Hot 100 All-Time Top Artists to celebrate the US singles chart's fiftieth anniversary, with Wonder at number five.
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Sticky Fingaz
Kirk Jones (born November 3, 1973) better known by his stage name, Sticky Fingaz is an American rapper, actor and a member of the Onyx. As an actor, he is perhaps best known for his television roles as Private Maurice "Smoke" Williams on the 2005 FX drama Over There, his recurring role as rapper Kern Little on The Shield, and as the title character in the 2006 Spike action-horror-drama Blade: The Series.
Also featured on the GangStarr track "Full Clip"
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Susan Boyle
Susan Magdalane Boyle (born 1 April 1961) is a Scottish singer who came to international public attention when she appeared as a contestant on the TV programme Britain's Got Talent on 11 April 2009, singing "I Dreamed a Dream" from Les Misérables. Her first album was released in November 2009 and debuted as the number one best-selling album on charts around the globe.
Global interest in Boyle was triggered by the contrast between her powerful mezzo-soprano voice and her plain appearance on stage. The juxtaposition of the audience's first impression of her, with the standing ovation she received during and after her performance, led to an international media and Internet response. Within nine days of the audition, videos of Boyle—from the show, various interviews and her 1999 rendition of "Cry Me a River"—had been watched over 100 million times. Her audition video has been viewed on the internet several hundred million times. Despite the sustained media interest she later finished in second place in the final of the show behind dance troupe Diversity.
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Swiss people
The Swiss (German: die Schweizer, French: les Suisses, Italian: gli Svizzeri, Romansh: ils Svizzers) are citizens or natives of Switzerland. The demonym derives from the toponym of Schwyz and has been in widespread use to refer to the Old Swiss Confederacy since the 16th century.
Although the Swiss Confederation, the modern state of Switzerland, originated in 1848, the period of romantic nationalism, it is not a nation-state, and the Swiss are not usually considered to form a single ethnic group, but a confederacy (Eidgenossenschaft) or Willensnation ("nation of will", "nation by choice", that is, a consociational state), a term coined in conscious contrast to "nation" in the conventionally linguistic or ethnic sense of the term.
The number of Swiss nationals has grown from 1.7 million in 1815 to 6.76 million in 2009, 90% of them living in Switzerland. About 60% of those living abroad reside in the European Union (423,300); the largest overseas expatriate community is in Argentina (150,000).
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Taylor Swift
Taylor Alison Swift (born December 13, 1989) is an American singer-songwriter and occasional actress. Raised in Wyomissing, Pennsylvania, Swift moved to Nashville, Tennessee at the age of fourteen to pursue a career in country music. She signed to the independent label Big Machine Records and became the youngest songwriter ever hired by the Sony/ATV Music publishing house. The release of Swift's self-titled debut album in 2006 established her as a country music star. "Our Song", her third single, made her the youngest sole writer and singer of a number one song on the country chart. She received a Best New Artist nomination at the 50th Grammy Awards.
Swift's second album, Fearless, was released in late 2008. Buoyed by the chart success of the singles "Love Story" and "You Belong with Me", Fearless attracted a crossover audience and became the top-selling album of 2009. The record won four Grammy Awards, with Swift becoming the youngest ever Album of the Year winner. Fearless also received Album of the Year plaudits at the American Music Awards, Academy of Country Music Awards and Country Music Association Awards, making it the most awarded album in country music history. In 2010, Swift released her third album, Speak Now, which sold over one million copies in its first week. She then embarked on the 111-date Speak Now World Tour, which was attended by over 1.6 million fans and has become one of the highest-grossing concert tours of all time. The album's third single, "Mean", won two Grammy Awards for Best Country Song and Best Country Solo Performance. Swift is currently recording her fourth studio album, due for release in the fall of 2012.
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Tom Cruise
Thomas Cruise Mapother IV ( /ˈtɒməs ˈkruːz ˈmeɪpɒθər/; born July 3, 1962), widely known as Tom Cruise, is an American film actor and producer. He has been nominated for three Academy Awards and has won three Golden Globe Awards for the same movies: Born on the Fourth of July (1989), Jerry Maguire (1996), Magnolia (1999). He started his career with the movie Endless Love. Cruise's first appearance in a major film was in 1981's Taps. His first leading role was in the film Risky Business, released in August 1983. Cruise played the role of a heroic naval pilot in the popular and successful 1986 film Top Gun, and also secret agent Ethan Hunt in the series of Mission: Impossible action films.
He has starred in a variety of other successful films, including: Rain Man (1988), Days of Thunder (1990), A Few Good Men (1992), Vanilla Sky (2001), Minority Report (2002), The Last Samurai (2003), Collateral (2004), and War of the Worlds (2005).
Since 2005, Cruise and Paula Wagner have been in charge of the United Artists film studio, with Cruise as producer and star and Wagner as the chief executive. Cruise is also known for his support of and adherence to the Church of Scientology.
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Tom Hanks
Thomas Jeffrey "Tom" Hanks (born July 9, 1956) is an American actor, producer, writer, and director. Hanks is known for his roles in Philadelphia and as the title character in Forrest Gump, roles which won him two consecutive Academy Awards for Best Actor. Hanks is also known for his Oscar nominated roles in Big, Saving Private Ryan and Cast Away.
Hanks' other acting roles include Apollo 13 as Jim Lovell, The Green Mile as Paul Edgecomb, Toy Story as Woody and Charlie Wilson's War as Charlie Wilson.
Hanks was born in Concord, California. His father, Amos Mefford Hanks (born in Glenn County, California, on March 9, 1924 – died in Alameda, California, on January 31, 1992), was an itinerant cook. His mother, Janet Marylyn (née Frager; born in Alameda County, California, on January 18, 1932), was a hospital worker. Hanks' mother is of Portuguese ancestry, while two of his paternal great-grandparents immigrated from Britain. Hanks's parents divorced in 1960. The family's three oldest children, Sandra (now Sandra Hanks Benoiton, a writer)[citation needed], Larry (now Lawrence M. Hanks, PhD, an entomology professor at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign) and Tom, went with their father, while the youngest, Jim, now an actor and film maker, remained with his mother in Red Bluff, California.[citation needed]
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Tom Sturridge
Thomas Sidney Jerome "Tom" Sturridge (born 21 December 1985) is an English actor best known for his work in Being Julia, Like Minds, and The Boat That Rocked. As of September 2010, he was filming a role in Walter Salles's highly anticipated film adaptation of Jack Kerouac's On the Road.
Sturridge was born in Lambeth, London, the son of director Charles Sturridge and actress Phoebe Nicholls, and a grandson of actor Anthony Nicholls and actress Faith Kent (née Heaslip). His maternal great-grandfather was photographer Horace Nicholls.
Sturridge was educated at the Harrodian School and at Winchester College, but he quit before sitting his A levels. The eldest of three children, he has two younger siblings, brother Arthur and sister Matilda, both of whom followed him into theatre arts. Matilda Sturridge is presently an actress, and Arthur was an original cast member of School of Comedy, which has aired on E-4 after finding success at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival.
In 2011, Sturridge began dating actress Sienna Miller and they are expecting their first child.
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Tony Christie
Tony Christie (born Anthony Fitzgerald, 25 April 1943) is an English musician, singer and actor. He is best known for his track, "Is This The Way To Amarillo", a double UK chart success.
Tony Christie has sold over 10 million albums Worldwide. He had two Top Twenty hits in the UK Singles Chart in 1971 with "I Did What I Did For Maria", which reached #2 and "Is This the Way to Amarillo", which peaked at #18. He also had a minor hit with "Avenues And Alleyways" which reached #37, the theme to the television series The Protectors. "Is This the Way to Amarillo" sold over one million copies by September 1972, and was awarded a gold disc. His early songs were dramatic big-voiced numbers, many of which were written by Mitch Murray and Peter Callander.
He recorded albums regularly throughout the 1970s and made infrequent appearances on the charts. His album With Loving Feeling sold well boosted by the hit single "Is This The Way to Amarillo". He recorded an album in the United States in 1973 with the record producer Snuff Garrett, which did little to stop his commercial slide. A live album followed which sold relatively better. But by the mid 1970s recorded work became rarer and stage work took preference.
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Tony Orlando
Michael Anthony Orlando Cassavitis (born April 3, 1944), better known as Tony Orlando, is an American show business professional, best known as the lead singer of the group Tony Orlando and Dawn in the early 1970s. Discovered by producer Don Kirshner, Orlando had songs on the charts in 1961 when he was 16, "Halfway to Paradise" and "Bless You". Orlando then became a producer himself, and at an early age was promoted to a vice-president position at CBS Records, where he was in charge of the April-Blackwood Music division. He sang under the name "Dawn" in the 1970s, and when the songs became hits, he went on tour and the group became "Tony Orlando and Dawn". They had several songs which were major hits including "Candida", "Knock Three Times", and "Tie a Yellow Ribbon Round the Ole Oak Tree". The group hosted a variety program, "The Tony Orlando and Dawn Show" on CBS from 1974 to 1976, and then broke up in 1978. Orlando then continued as a solo singer, performing in Las Vegas and Branson, Missouri. Orlando has hosted the New York City portions of the MDA Labor Day Telethon on WWOR-TV since the 1980s. He quit the show in 2011 in response to Jerry Lewis' firing from the Muscular Dystrophy Association.
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Tony Yayo
Marvin Bernard (born on March 31, 1978), better known by his stage name Tony Yayo, is a rapper and member of the hip hop group G-Unit. Tony Yayo was brought up in South Jamaica, Queens, New York and is longtime friends with 50 Cent and Lloyd Banks. He is signed to 50 Cent's record label G-Unit Records and recently signed a deal with EMI which will release his second untitled album. He is CEO to the label G-Unit Philly.
G-Unit boss 50 Cent was granted his own record label, "G-Unit Records" by Interscope after releasing his debut album Get Rich or Die Tryin'. Soon after the group had established their own record label, G-Unit Records, G-Unit released their first official group album Beg for Mercy in November 2003, which went on to be certified 2x Platinum in the United States. The album was released whilst Tony Yayo was in prison serving time, but Yayo still featured on the album. The second G-Unit album T.O.S: Terminate on Sight was released in July, 2008 and went on to sell 102,000 copies in the first week, and later going Gold shipping nearly 700,000 copies.[citation needed]
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Truth Hurts
Shari Watson (born October 10, 1971, St. Louis, Missouri), known as Truth Hurts, is an American Contemporary R&B singer-songwriter.
Watson is currently contributing to the upcoming solo record by John Frusciante. Watson is confirmed to appear on two tracks.
In 2000, Watson signed to Dr. Dre's Aftermath Entertainment label. She first appeared on Busta Rhymes' 2001 hit single, "Break Ya Neck", as a backing vocalist. She also appeared as a background vocalist on the D12 song, "Nasty Minds". For her first solo LP Truthfully Speaking, issued on Aftermath in 2002, Truth Hurts enlisted the production talents of Dr. Dre, Timbaland, Hi-Tek, and DJ Quik. Her debut single, "Addictive", was a Top 10 hit in the United States, and featured a verse from hip hop artist, Rakim. The original song, Lata Mangeshkar's "Thoda Resham Lagta Hai", was used as the main base of the track within the chorus,. The copyright holders sued Aftermath and parent company Interscope Records for $500 million dollars, and issued an injunction against further sales or performances of the record. A judge later ruled that the album was not to be sold without being stickered with proper credits for Mangeshkar.
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Tupac Shakur
Tupac Amaru Shakur (June 16, 1971 – September 13, 1996), known by his stage names 2Pac, Pac, and Makaveli, was an American rapper and actor. Shakur has sold over 75 million records worldwide as of 2010, making him one of the best-selling music artists in the world. Rolling Stone Magazine named him the 86th Greatest Artist of All Time. The themes of most of Tupac's songs are the violence and hardship in inner cities, racism, social problems, and conflicts with other rappers during the East Coast–West Coast hip hop rivalry. Shakur began his career as a roadie, backup dancer, and MC for the alternative hip hop group Digital Underground.
Both of his parents and several other family members were members of the Black Panthers, and Tupac made reference to the organization in the song "Changes". Shakur was involved in a West-coast East-coast rivalry after a major feud with East-coast rappers, producers and record-label members of staff.
On September 7, 1996, Shakur was shot four times in Las Vegas, Nevada. He was taken to the University Medical Center, where he died six days later.
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Uma Thurman
Uma Karuna Thurman (born April 29, 1970) is an American actress and model. She has performed in leading roles in a variety of films, ranging from romantic comedies and dramas to science fiction and action movies. She received an Academy Award nomination for the Quentin Tarantino film Pulp Fiction (1994) and she won a Golden Globe Award for her performance in Hysterical Blindness (2002).
Thurman was born in Boston to Nena von Schlebrügge and Robert Thurman, and grew up mostly in Amherst, Massachusetts, where she went to Amherst Regional Middle School, and then moved to Woodstock, New York. Her father gave his children a Buddhist upbringing, and she is named after an Dbuma Chenpo (in Tibetan, the "db" is silent; from Mahamadhyamaka in Sanskrit, meaning "Great Middle Way"). Regarding religion, she now calls herself agnostic. She has three brothers, Ganden (b. 1968), Dechen (b. 1973), and Mipam (b. 1978), and a half-sister named Taya (b. 1960), from her father's previous marriage. She and her siblings spent time in Almora, Uttarakhand, India, during childhood, and the Dalai Lama sometimes visited their home. She is described as having been an awkward and introverted girl who was teased for her tall frame, angular bone structure, enormous feet and unusual name (sometimes using the name “Uma Karen” instead of her birth name). When she was 10 years old, a friend's mother suggested a nose job. As a child, she suffered bouts of body dysmorphic disorder, which she discussed in an interview with Talk magazine in 2001. She attended Amherst Public Schools. In the 8th grade she discovered her love for acting. Talent scouts noticed her performance as Abigail in a production of The Crucible, and offered her the chance to act professionally. Thurman attended Northfield Mount Hermon School, an elite preparatory school in Massachusetts, before dropping out to pursue a career in acting.
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Whitney Houston
Whitney Elizabeth Houston (August 9, 1963 – February 11, 2012) was an American recording artist, actress, producer, and model. In 2009, the Guinness World Records cited her as the most-awarded female act of all-time. Houston was one of the world's best-selling music artists, having sold over 170 million albums, singles and videos worldwide. She released seven studio albums and three movie soundtrack albums, all of which have diamond, multi-platinum, platinum or gold certification. Houston's crossover appeal on the popular music charts, as well as her prominence on MTV, starting with her video for "How Will I Know", influenced several African American female artists to follow in her footsteps.
Houston is the only artist to chart seven consecutive No. 1 Billboard Hot 100 hits. She is the second artist behind Elton John and the only female artist to have two number-one Billboard 200 Album awards (formerly "Top Pop Album") on the Billboard magazine year-end charts. Houston's 1985 debut album Whitney Houston became the best-selling debut album by a female act at the time of its release. The album was named Rolling Stone's best album of 1986, and was ranked at number 254 on Rolling Stone's list of the 500 Greatest Albums of All Time. Her second studio album Whitney (1987) became the first album by a female artist to debut at number one on the Billboard 200 albums chart.
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Will Smith
Willard Christopher "Will" Smith, Jr. (born September 25, 1968), also known by his stage name The Fresh Prince, is an American actor, producer, and rapper. He has enjoyed success in television, film and music. In April 2007, Newsweek called him the most powerful actor in Hollywood. Smith has been nominated for four Golden Globe Awards, two Academy Awards, and has won multiple Grammy Awards.
In the late 1980s, Smith achieved modest fame as a rapper under the name The Fresh Prince. In 1990, his popularity increased dramatically when he starred in the popular television series The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air. The show ran for nearly six years (1990–1996) on NBC and has been syndicated consistently on various networks since then. In the mid-1990s, Smith moved from television to film, and ultimately starred in numerous blockbuster films. He is the only actor to have eight consecutive films gross over $100 million in the domestic box office and the only one to have eight consecutive films in which he starred open at #1 spot in the domestic box office tally.
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Will Young
William Robert "Will" Young (born 20 January 1979) is a British singer-songwriter and actor who came to prominence after winning the 2002 inaugural series of the British music contest Pop Idol, making him the first winner of the now-worldwide Idols-format franchise. His debut single, "Anything is Possible", was released two weeks after the show's finale and became the fastest-selling debut single in the United Kingdom.
As a teenager, Young studied politics at the University of Exeter before moving to London, where he pursued a musical theatre degree at the Arts Educational School. Although enrolled in a three-year programme, Young put his studies on hold in late 2001 to become a contestant on Pop Idol. After winning the competition the following year, he released his debut album From Now On (2002) which went to straight to number one. Friday's Child (2003) followed one year later and enjoyed greater popularity, eventually going platinum five times in the UK and spawning three top five singles. Achieving similar success, the album's successors include the multi-platinum Keep On (2005) and platinum Let It Go (2008) with his most recent release Echoes (2011) becoming his third UK number-one album.
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Xzibit
Alvin Nathaniel Joiner (born September 18, 1974), better known by his stage name Xzibit (pronounced “exhibit”), is an American rapper, actor, and television host. He is known as the host of the MTV show Pimp My Ride, which brought him mainstream success. Before hosting the show, he achieved fame in the West Coast hip-hop scene as a rapper, debuting with his acclaimed At the Speed of Life and gathering chart success with his follow-up albums Restless, Man vs. Machine and Weapons of Mass Destruction, working with high-profile artists such as Eminem, Cypress Hill, Snoop Dogg, Ice Cube, Dr. Dre, Timbaland, Alice Cooper, Game and 50 Cent, as well as being one of the few American hip hop artists to branch out internationally, working with overseas acts such as Raptile from Germany, Bliss N Eso from Australia and Adil Omar from Pakistan. After his sixth studio album Full Circle, his rap career was put on hold. He also built himself a second leg as an actor, starring in Hollywood blockbusters such as 8 Mile, xXx: State of the Union, Hoodwinked, Gridiron Gang, The X-Files: I Want to Believe and Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans.
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Yelawolf
Michael Wayne Atha (born December 30, 1979), better known by his stage name Yelawolf, is an American rapper. He is currently signed to Shady Records, Ghet-O-Vision Entertainment and Interscope Records. He is currently managed by Jeremy "J Dot" Jones and Courtney Sills, key people of Redd Klay Entertainment.
Raised in Gadsden, Alabama, Atha appeared on the reality series The Road to Stardom with Missy Elliott and released his independent debut album Creek Water in 2005. Two years later, Atha signed to Columbia Records and released the single "Kickin'" from his unreleased first studio album, before being released from the label later that same year. From 2008 to 2010, Atha released an extended play and four mixtapes with Ghet-O-Vision Entertainment. Trunk Muzik, Atha's fourth mixtape, was also released by Interscope Records, as an extended play called Trunk Muzik 0-60. In 2011, Atha signed to Shady Records and his debut studio album Radioactive was released on November 21, 2011 to positive reviews. It entered the Billboard 200 at number 27.
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Zac Efron
Zachary David Alexander "Zac" Efron (born October 18, 1987) is an American actor and singer. He began acting professionally in the early 2000s and became known with his lead roles in the Disney Channel Original Movie High School Musical, the WB series Summerland, and the 2007 film version of the Broadway musical Hairspray. Efron has since starred in the films 17 Again, Me and Orson Welles, Charlie St. Cloud, New Year's Eve, and The Lucky One.
In 2007, Rolling Stone declared him the "poster boy for tweenyboppers" and featured him in their late August 2007 issue.
Efron was born in San Luis Obispo, California, and later moved to Arroyo Grande, California. His father, David Efron, is an electrical engineer at a power station, and his mother, Starla Baskett, is a former secretary who worked at the same power plant. Efron has a younger brother, Dylan, and had, as he has described it, a "normal childhood" in a middle class family. He is an agnostic, having never been religious. His surname, "Efron", means "lark" in Hebrew (his paternal grandfather was Jewish).
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Eminem Filmography
- Shady Talez (2013)
- Southpaw (2013)
- Shady Talez (2013)
- Southpaw (2013)
- Top Priority: The Terror Within (2012)
- Vanilla Ice Archive (2012)
- Something from Nothing: The Art of Rap (2012)
- How to Make Money Selling Drugs (2012)
- Bonnaroo Music Festival (2011)
- MTV Europe Music Awards 2011 (2011)
- Dr. Dre F. Eminem: I Need a Doctor (2011)
- 2011 BET Hip Hop Awards (2011)
- The 53rd Annual Grammy Awards (2011)
- MTV Video Music Awards 2011 (2011)
- MTV Video Music Awards 2010 (2010)
- BET Awards 2010 (2010)
- The 52nd Annual Grammy Awards (2010)
- Eminem, Where Have You Been? (2009)
- 2009 American Music Awards (2009)
- 2009 MTV Movie Awards (2009)
- Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony (2009)
- MTV Video Music Awards 2009 (2009)
- Funny People (2009)
- Comedy Songs: The Pop Years (2008)
- Dr. Drew's Celebrity Addiction Special (2008)
- Beef 4 (2007)
- BET Awards 2006 (2006)
- Rap Sheet: Hip-Hop and the Cops (2006)
- Eminem: Live from New York City (2005)
- 50 Cent: The Massacre - Special Edition (2005)
- Eminem: Live from New York City (2005)
- Eminem's Making the Ass (2005)
- MTV Movie Awards 2005 Pre-Show (2005)
- Eminem: The Final Countdown (2005)
- 2005 MTV Movie Awards (2005)
- Eminem Presents: The Anger Management Tour (2005)
- Brit Awards 2005 (2005)
- 50 Cent: The Massacre - Special Edition (2005)
- Eminem Presents: The Anger Management Tour (2005)
- The Shady National Convention (2004)
- MTV Europe Music Awards 2004 (2004)
- And You Don't Stop: 30 Years of Hip-Hop (2004)
- 2004 MTV Movie Awards (2004)
- Late Night with Conan O'Brien: The Best of Triumph the Insult Comic Dog (2004)
- The Shady National Convention (2004)
- The Shady National Convention (2004)
- The Evolution of Eminem (2004)
- Beef II (2004)
- 2003 MTV Movie Awards (2003)
- Fromage 2003 (2003)
- Hardware: Uncensored Music Videos - Hip Hop Volume 1 (2003)
- MTV Bash: Carson Daly (2003)
- MTV Europe Music Awards 2003 (2003)
- MTV Movie Special: Tupac Resurrection (2003)
- MTV Video Music Awards 2003 (2003)
- Brit Awards 2003 (2003)
- Snoop to the Extreme (2003)
- Battle Rhyme for Reel Time (2003)
- The 45th Annual Grammy Awards (2003)
- 50 Cent: The New Breed (2003)
- The Making of '8 Mile' (2003)
- Weird Al Presents Al-TV (2003)
- 50 Cent: The New Breed (2003)
- 2003 Radio Music Awards (2003)
- Eminem: All Access Europe (2002)
- 2002 MTV Movie Awards (2002)
- MTV Video Music Awards 2002 (2002)
- Diary Presents: VMA Superstars (2002)
- MTV Europe Music Awards 2002 (2002)
- Eminem: All Access Europe (2002)
- Guns, God and Government World Tour (2002)
- 8 Mile (2002)
- Hip Hop Uncensored Vol. 3: Hustlemania (2002)
- The Making of Slim Shady's World (2001)
- Public Eminem #1 (2001)
- The 43rd Annual Grammy Awards (2001)
- The Slim Shady Show (2001)
- The Source Hip-Hop Music Awards 2001 (2001)
- Brit Awards 2001 (2001)
- The Wash (2001)
- Xzibit: Restless Xposed (2001)
- Eminem: Behind the Mask (2001)
- Source Awards 2001 (2001)
- Fuji Rock Festival '01 (2001)
- EminemTV (2000)
- Eminem: E (2000)
- Eminem: E (2000)
- The 27th Annual American Music Awards (2000)
- Eminem: E (2000)
- Freestyle: The Art of Rhyme (2000)
- Da Hip Hop Witch (2000)
- EminemTV (2000)
- The Source Hip-Hop Music Awards 2000 (2000)
- The Up in Smoke Tour (2000)
- EminemTV (2000)
- MTV Fashionably Loud: Spring Break, Cancun 2000 (2000)
- Journey of Dr. Dre (2000)
- Eminem: Hitz & Disses (2000)
- MTV Video Music Awards 2000 (2000)
- MTV Video Music Awards 1999 (1999)
- MTV Europe Music Awards 1999 (1999)
- Torrance Rises (1999)
- The 1999 Source Hip-Hop Music Awards (1999)
RELEASE
ALBUMS
- Intro
- Got It Twisted
- Freestyle (feat. Biggie)
- Impersonate
- Big Proof
- Free
- Wake Up Show
- Face
- Renewing the Staff
- Cleaning
- Crowd (skit)
- Rhyming (feat. Proof)
- Still Number One (feat. KRS One)
- Mad Freestyle
- Interview
- Westwood Freestyle 2010
- No Love (feat. Lil Wayne)
- Won't Back Down (feat. Pink)
- Not Afraid
- Airplanes (feat. Hayley Williams)
- Despicable
- Drop the World (feat. Lil Wayne)
- Forever (feat. Drake)
- Atlanta on Fire
- The Ruler's Back
- Taking My Ball
- Psycho (feat. 50 Cent)
- Hell Breaks Loose (feat. Dr. Dre)
- Who Want It
- Chemical Warfare
- The Warning
- Chonky Fire
- Respect My Conglomerate
- Westwood Freestyle 2009
- Bet Freestyle
- I'm Having a Relapse
- Crack a Bottle (original full demo)
- Cold Wind Blows
- Talkin' 2 Myself
- On Fire
- Won't Back Down
- W.T.P.
- Going Through Changes
- Not Afraid
- Seduction
- No Love
- Space Bound
- Cinderella Man
- 25 to Life
- So Bad
- Almost Famous
- Love the Way You Lie
- You're Never Over
- [untitled]
- Taking My Ball
- Say Goodbye To Hollywood
- Soldier
- The Re-Up (feat. 50 Cent)
- Rabbit Run
- Get U Mad
- Bad Guys Always Die (feat. Dr Dre)
- Public Enemy No 1
- Say What You Say (feat. Dr Dre)
- Lose Yourself
- Hey Lady (feat. Obie Trice)
- One Shot 2 Shot (feat. D12)
- Dr. West (skit)
- 3 a.m.
- My Mom
- Insane
- Bagpipes from Baghdad
- Hello
- Tonya (skit)
- Same Song & Dance
- We Made You
- Medicine Ball
- Paul (skit)
- Stay Wide Awake
- Old Time's Sake (feat. Dr. Dre)
- Must Be the Ganja
- Mr. Mathers (skit)
- Déjà vu
- Beautiful
- Crack a Bottle (feat. Dr. Dre & 50 Cent)
- Steve Berman (skit)
- Underground
- You Don't Know
- Jimmy Crack Corn
- Smack That
- Shake That
- Lose Yourself
- Just Lose It
- Sing for the Moment
- Fack
- Stan
- Like Toy Soldiers
- Without Me
- The Real Slim Shady
- Cleanin Out My Closet
- The Way I Am
- My Fault
- When I'm Gone
- No Apologies
- Intro
- We Taking Over This Year
- Set of Horns
- Greg
- Youth
- Middle of the Kitchen
- I Do Pop Pills
- Premature Birth
- Battle Rap
- Illegal
- Gun in Ya Grill
- Lights, Camera, Action
- Head Hits the Pillow
- Kayslay Freestyle
- Weed Lacer
- Where My Words At?
- Born Liar (feat. D-12)
- Eminem's Basement
- Not Written
- The Watcher Freestyle
- Pick It Up (feat. Proof)
- Wordplay
- Wordplay, Part 2
- Countdown
- Get My Gun
- 911
- Rap Game
- Words Are Weapons
- Welcome to Detroit
- 1 Day at a Time
- Slow Your Role
- Go to Sleep
- Say My Name
- Defence
- Renegade
- Don't Approach Me
- The Sauce
- Intro
- Rape Game (Bump Heads)
- We as Americans
- I Love You More
- Can I Bitch
- Bully
- Doe Rae Me
- Say My Name
- Stimulate
- 911
- These Drugs
- Monkey See Monkey Do
- Nail in the Coffin
- The Sauce
- Kids
- Intro
- Till I Collapse
- When the Music Stops
- White America
- Square Dance
- Say What You Say
- Soldier
- Welcome to D-Block
- I'm Gone
- Warriors, Part 2
- Lose Yourself
- Got It Twisted Freestyle
- Business
- My Dad's Gone Crazy
- Kill You
- Who Knew
- Drug Ballad
- Under the Influence
- I'm Back
- Remember Me
- Criminal
- Bitch Please II
- Role Model
- Bad Meets Evil
- Guilty Conscience
- 8 Mile
- Rap Game
- Rabbit Run
- Love Me
- Stir Crazy
- Buss a Rhyme
- No Matter What
- Dead Wrong
- Renegade
- What's the Difference
- Forgot About Dre
- My Name
- Superman
- Without Me
- My Name Is
- The Real Slim Shady
- The Way I Am
- Stan
- Marshall Mathers
- Say Goodbye Hollywood
- Cleanin' Out My Closet
- Sing for the Moment
- My Name Is
- The Way I Am
- Stan
- Lose Yourself (soundtrack version)
- Shake That
- Sing for the Moment
- Without Me
- Like Toy Soldiers
- The Real Slim Shady
- Mockingbird
- Guilty Conscience (radio version)
- Cleanin' Out My Closet
- Just Lose It
- When I'm Gone
- Stan (live)
- Get You Mad (feat. DJ Revolution & Eminem)
- Scary Movies (feat. Royce da 5'9")
- Nuttin to Do (feat. Royce da 5'9")
- Cleanin' Out My Closet
- Freestyle
- Rex Skit
- Love Me (feat. Obie Trice & 50 Cent)
- Bump Heads (feat. 50 Cent Tony Yayo & Lloyd Banks)
- Hail Mary (Freestyle)
- Wanksta (Eminem's version)
- Brenda Skit
- Sing for the Moment
- The Way I Am (remix) (feat. Marilyn Manson)
- Stimulate
- Purple Pills (feat. D12)
- Without Me
- Just Lose It
- Mosh
- Encore (feat. Dr Dre & 50 Cent)
- How Come (feat. D12)
- Go to Sleep (feat. DMX & Obie Trice)
- I'm Gone (feat. Obie Trice)
- Hellbound (clear remake)
- We Came to Party
- Riddle
- Lean Back (feat. Fat Joe & Terra Squad) (Remix)
- Drunken Life
- Bump Heads
- Doe Ray Me
- Hail Mary
- Go to Sleep
- 9-11
- Don't Approach Me (feat. Xzibit)
- Beef (feat. Xzibit)
- Stimulate
- Da Renegade (feat. Jay-Z)
- The Sauce
- Nail in the Coffin
- Pussy Girls
- Quit It
- Defence
- Curtains Up
- Evil Deeds
- Never Enough (feat. 50 Cent & Nate Dogg)
- Yellow Brick Road
- Like Toy Soldiers
- Mosh
- Puke
- My 1st Single
- Paul (skit)
- Rain Man
- Big Weenie
- Em Calls Paul (skit)
- Just Lose It
- Ass Like That
- Spend Some Time (feat. Obie Trice, Stat Quo & 50 Cent)
- Mockingbird
- Crazy in Love
- One Shot 2 Shot (feat. D12)
- Final Thought (skit)
- Encore (feat. Dr. Dre & 50 Cent) / (Curtains)
- My Name (feat. Xzibit & Nate Dogg)
- Bad Influence
- Girls (feat. D-12)
- If I Get Locked Up (feat. Dr. Dre)
- Rabbit Run
- Off the Wall (feat. Redman)
- 8 Mile
- Lose Yourself
- Stimulate
- The Sauce
- The Kids
- Murder Murder
- Go to Sleep (feat. Obie Trice & DMX)
- Nail in the Coffin
- 911 (feat. B-Real & Ganxsta Ridd)
- Outro (feat. D-12 & Obie Trice)
- Wanksta (Eminem's version)
- One Day at a Time (Eminem's version) (feat. 2Pac & the Outlawz)
- Intro
- Words Are Weapons (feat. D-12)
- Bad Influence
- 911 (feat. B-Real & Boo Ya Tribe)
- Get You Mad
- Say My Name (feat. Xzibit & Nate Dogg)
- Murder Murder
- Luv Me (feat. Obie Trice & 50 Cent)
- Nail in the Coffin (Benzino Diss)
- We as Americans
- Lady (feat. Obie Trice)
- The Realest (remix) (feat. 50 Cent & Notorious B.I.G.)
- Any Man
- Can-I-Bitch (Canibus & Jermaine Dupri Diss)
- Rap Game (unedited version) (feat. D12 & 50 Cent)
- The Anthem (feat. Rza, Tech N9ne, Xzibit, Pharoahe Monch, Kool G Rap, Jayo Felony & KRS-One)
- One Day at a Time (feat. Tupac & the Outlawz)
- Wanksta (Em's version)
- Girls (Limp Bizkit Diss)
- Renegades (remix) (feat. Jay-Z & Royce da 5'9")
- What If I Was White (feat. Sticky Fingaz)
- Hellbound
- Nuttin' to Do (feat. Bad Meets Evil)
- She's the One (feat. Royce da 5'9")
- Three Six Five (feat. Old World Disorder)
- Scary Movies (feat. Bad Meets Evil)
- Rush Ya Clique (feat. Outsidaz)
- Hustlers & Hardcore (feat. Domingo)
- Rock City (feat. Royce da 5'9")
- Macosa (feat. Outsidaz) (demo)
- Nuttin' to Do (feat. Bad Meets Evil) (clean radio version)
- Scary Movies (feat. Bad Meets Evil) (instrumental)
- Intro
- Crush, Kill Destroy (Eminem diss)
- Die Another Day (Eminem diss)
- The Sauce (Benzino diss)
- Dear Slim (Eminem diss)
- Lose Yourself (Eminem diss)
- Invasion (Benzino diss)
- Yooz a Character (Eminem diss)
- Don't Wanna (Eminem diss)
- Go to Sleep
- Nail in the Coffin (Benzino diss)
- U Didn't Care (Eminem diss)
- I'm Marshall (Canibus diss)
- Just Don't Give a Fuck
- My Name Is
- Guilty Conscience
- Real Slim Shady
- Way I Am
- Stan
- I'm Back
- As the World Turns
- Who Knew
- Drug Ballad
- Criminal
- 97' Bonnie & Clyde
- Purple Pills
- I'm Shady
- Without Me
- Cleaning Out My Closet
- Lose Yourself
- Don't Call Me Marshall (intro)
- Say My Name
- Go to Sleep
- Nigga
- Shady Camp (interlude)
- Business (remix)
- Patiently Waiting
- Victory (remix)
- Back Down Royce
- The Sauce
- The Boston Bitch (interlude)
- Rap Game (Solo mix)
- Nail in the Coffin
- Don't Push Me
- Lose Yourself (remix)
- Love Me
- Slut Phone Call (skit)
- Superman (Cry Me a River remix)
- Renegades
- Parking Lot Flows (interlude)
- 8 More Miles
- It's Only Fair to Warn (freestyle)
- Stimulate
- The Cross (remix)
- Infinite
- W.E.G.O. (Interlude)
- It's OK
- 313
- Tonite
- Maxine
- Open Mic
- Never 2 Far
- Searchin'
- Backstabber
- Jealousy Woes II
- Rare Studio Track 1
- Rare Studio Track 2
- Nuttin' to Do
- Rare Studio Track 4
- Rare Studio Track 5
- Rare Studio Track 6
- Rare Studio Track 7
- Rare Studio Track 8
- Rare Studio Track 9
- Radio Freestyle 1
- Radio Freestyle 2
- Radio Freestyle 3
- Hazardous Youth
- Just Don't Give a Fuck
- My Name Is
- Guilty Conscience (feat. Dr. Dre)
- Freestyle
- Phat Beats (skit)
- Any Man
- Murder Murder
- Kurtis (skit)
- Freestyle
- All I See
- The Real Slim Shady
- The Way I Am
- Stan
- Carry Out (skit)
- Kids
- I Remember (Dedication to Whitey Ford)
- Quitter
- Me With Van (skit)
- Lose Yourself
- Curtains Up (skit)
- White America
- Business
- Cleanin Out My Closet
- Square Dance
- The Kiss (skit)
- Soldier
- Say Goodbye Hollywood
- Drips
- Without Me
- Paul Rosenberg (skit)
- Sing for the Moment
- Superman
- Hailie's Song
- Steve Berman (skit)
- When the Music Stops
- Say What You Say
- 'Till I Collapse
- My Dad's Gone Crazy
- Curtains Close (skit)
- Public Service Announcement 2000
- Kill You
- Stan
- Paul (skit)
- Who Knew
- Steve Berman
- The Way I Am
- The Real Slim Shady
- Remember Me?
- I'm Back
- Marshall Mathers
- Ken Kaniff (skit)
- Drug Ballad
- Amityville
- Bitch Please II
- Kim
- Under the Influence
- Criminal
- Stan
- Amityville
- Bad Influence
- The Way I Am
- Trife Theives
- Dead Wrong (Notorious B.I.G.) (remix)
- Bitch Please II
- If I Get Locked Up Tonight
- Rock Bottom
- Scary Movies
- Forgot About Dre
- The Real Slim Shady
- Shit on You
- Stir Crazy
- Words Are Weapons
- Whats the Difference
- Criminal
- First Words
- Live Battle (Boston) (feat. Royce)
- Verses
- Dissin Brandy & Mase
- Rap Olympics
- Still Number 1
- Bling Bling (remix)
- Are You Afraid
- Comin Out Swingin (remix) (feat. Jay Z & Mobb Deep)
- Freestyle vs. Notorious B.I.G.
- Keeping It Raw
- Gun in Your Grill
- Farm Club (live)
- Choakin This Pig
- I'm Eminem
- Stretch Armstrong
- Renewing da Staff
- Stretch Armstrong (remix)
- Freestyle vs. Method Man
- Gun in Your Grill (remix)
- Bad Meets Evil (feat. Royce da 5'9")
- So Sick (feat. Benefit)
- Watch Dees (feat. Thirstin Howl III)
- Freestyle
- Rhymin With Proof (feat. Proof)
- The Real Slim Shady
- Guilty Conscience
- Criminal
- My Name Is
- Any Man
- Busa Rhyme (feat. Missy Elliott)
- 97' Bonnie and Clyde
- Bad Influence
- Role Model
- Marshall Mathers
- Just Don't Give a Fuck
- Forgot About Dre (feat. Dr. Dre)
- Drug Ballad
- Dead Wrong (feat. Notorious B.I.G.)
- Bitch Please II (feat. Dr. Dre, Snoop Dogg, Xzibit and Nate Dogg)
- Rock Bottom
- Kill You
- Turn Me Loose (feat. Limp Bizkit)
- Intro (Slim Shady)
- The Real Slim Shady (feat. Paul Wall & Akeem)
- Hit 'em Up (feat. 2Pac, Outlawz)
- Insane Criminal (feat. Cypress Hill)
- Brain Damage
- Bitch Please II (feat. Charlie Boy, Dr. Dre & Snoop)
- Remember Me (feat. RBX & Sticky Fingaz)
- I'm Back
- If I Had
- Turn Me Loose (feat. Limp Bizkit)
- Still Don't Give a Fuck
- Drug Ballad
- Kill You
- Under the Influence (feat. D12)
- Insane Criminal (bonus DJ Hyperactive mix)
- Maximum Pressure Intro
- Low Down Dirty
- Old World Disorder
- Are You Afraid (Freestyle)
- Freestyle
- If I Get Locked Up Tonight
- Pay Me (Crazy With a Razor)
- Phone Tap Freestyle
- Rhymes You Never Heard Before
- Our House
- Freestyle (Cage Dis')
- My Name Is (2000 remix)
- 313
- Just Rhymin'
- It's Murda (Cable Guy remix)
- Never Too Far
- Turn Me Loose (feat. Limp Bizkit)
- Dead Wrong (remix)
- Pick It Up (live)
- Rush Ya Clique (feat. Outsidaz)
- Public Announcement
- Oops. The Real Slim Shady Did It Again
- The Real Slim Shady
- My Name Is (Rockstar remix)
- Forget About Dre
- 3 Verses
- Scary Movies
- Get You Mad (feat. DJ Revolution & Eminem)
- Fuckoff
- The Anthem
- Bus a Rhyme
- Flyest Material
- Fucking Crazy
- Conscience (feat. Dr. Dre)
- What's the Difference (feat. Dr. Dre)
- The Kids
- Shit on You (feat. D12)
- Green & Gold
- All She Wrote (solo version)
- Magic
- Where I'm At
- Love the Way You Lie
- I Need a Doctor
- 2010 Freestyle
- The Warning
- All She Wrote (album version)
- Celebrity (original version)
- Echo
- Session One
- Despicable Freestyle
- Love the Way You Lie, Part II (mastered)
- Living Proof
- Talking to Myself (SMU mix)
- Ridaz
- All She Wrote (mastered)
- I Feel Pretty (Roman's Revenge) (alternate version)
- If I Get Locked Up
- Dead Wrong
- Just Don't Give a Fuck (Truck mix)
- I'm Shady (Pharoah Monch mix)
- I'm Shady (House of Pain mix)
- Turn Me Loose
- Buggin' Out Freestyle
- '97 Rap Olympics
- My Name Is (ACDC mix)
- My Name Is (Fatboy Slim mix)
- Murder, Murder (Next Friday mix)
- The Showdown
- Forgot About Dre (live on SNL)
- Tylenol Island
- Watch Deez
- It's Murda (Cable Guy remix)
- Evil Deeds (Silx - Fuk It)
- Mockingbird
- The Way I Am
- Just Don't Give a Fuck
- Still Don't Give a Fuck
- Criminal
- Kill You
- Brain Damage
- Role Model
- Puke
- Rock Bottom
- Marshall Mathers
- Intro
- White America (Semi Blend)
- The Anthem (Rukiz Blend)
- Still Alive Freestyle
- Cleaning Out My Closet (Rukiz Blend)
- Toy Soldier (Encore Premier)
- 'Entertainment'(interlude)
- Business (Semi Blend)
- Sing for the Moment (Rukiz remix)
- 'Hailey'(interlude)
- Mockingbird (Encore Premier)
- Till I Collapse (Semi Blend)
- Lose Yourself (Rukiz Blend)
- 'Bleep Bleep' Freestyle
- Certified Shady (Semi remix)
- Dido Intro
- Stan (Rukiz Blend)
- 'Dick Disappear' Freestyle
- No Problem (feat. Notorious B.I.G.) (Semi remix)
- Rain Man (Rukiz Blend)
- My Name Is (Rukiz Blend)
- Big Meanie (Encore Premier)
- The Way I Am (Semi Blend)
- 'Psycho' Freestyle
- '2 Faced' A Cappella Freestyle
- I Can Love You More (Not on album)
- 'Respect' Break
- Fucking Crazy (Semi Blend)
- 'Retarded Kid' Freestyle
- Encore (Rukiz Blend)
- 'Pick It Up' Freestyle
- Hate Freestyle
- 'New Language' Freestyle
- Public Service Announcement
- Just Lose It (feat. Michael Jackson) (Worldwide Exclusive remix)
- [unknown]
- Crackers 'n' Cheese
- Biterphobia
- Hellbound
- I Remember (Everlast Diss)
- Bad Guys Always Die
- Any Man
- Words Are My Weapons
- The Last Hit
- Nuttin to Do
- Watch Dees
- 5 Star Generals
- What If I Was White
- Don't Approach Me
- Bad Influence
- Freestyle (feat. Notorious B.I.G.)
- Square Dance
- Business
- White America
- Kill You
- When the Music Stop
- Pimp Like Me
- Fight Music
- Purple Pills
- Stan
- The Way I Am
- Soldier
- Cleanin' Out My Closet
- Forgot About Dre
- Drips
- Superman
- Drug Ballad
- Just Don't Give a Fuck
- Sing for the Moment
- Without Me
- My Dad's Gone Crazy
- 4 Versus
- Weed Lacer
- Freestyle Power 92.3
- Slims Freestyle
- Off the Dome Freestyle
- Met a Retarded Kid
- Renewing the Staff
- Wake Up Show
- Dissin' Brandy and Mase
- Freestyle With Biggie
- I do Pop Pills
- Gun in Your Grill
- Chokin' This Pig
- Kay Slay Freestyle
- I'm Cancerous
- It's Only Fair to Warn
- Things Ain't the Same
- Tylenol Island
- Any Word
- First Word
- Keeping It Raw
- Where My Words At
- Gun in Your Grill (remix)
- Rap Olympics
- Rap Olympics (Final Battle)
- Lose Yourself
- Stan
- Kill You
- Love Me
- Cleanin Out My Closet
- B**** Please II
- The Real Slim Shady
- Without Me
- I'm Shady
- The Way I Am
- Just Don't Give a Fuck
- 8 Mile
- My Name Is
- Hailie's Song
- Ain't Nuttin But Music
- Survival of the Fittest
- Paul Rosenburg (skit)
- Guilty Conscience
- The Way I Am
- Don't Push Me
- Say What You Say
- Sing for the Moment
- Hail Mary
- My Name Is
- Stan
- Cleanin Out My Closet
- Lose Yourself
- Superman
- Forgot About Dre
- Bitch Please II
- The Real Slim Shady
- Without Me
- Intro
- Green & Gold
- Bully
- Backstabber
- Gun in Grill (Freestyle)
- Our House
- Love You More
- The Last Hit
- If I Got Locked Up (Feat. Dr. Dre and Funkmaster Flex)
- Monkey See
- No One Iller
- Girls
- Say What You Say
- How Come
- Amityville
- Freestyle
- Suck My Dick
- F**k Off
- If I Get Locked Up Tonight
- Scary Movies
- Stir Crazy
- The Showdown
- Dead Wrong
- Watch Dees
- Kids (Drugs Are Bad)
- Hustlers and Hardcore
- Helbound (remix)
- The Anthem
- Turn Me Loose
- 3 Verses
- F**k You (Lab Rat remix)
- Get U Mad
- Thug Luv (remix)
- Nuttin Ta Do
- Rush Ya Clique
- Open Mic
- Backstabber
- Lose Yourself
- Stan
- Till I Collapse
- The Way I Am
- Cleaning Out My Closet
- Without Me
- Rabbit Run
- Sing for the Moment
- Love Me
- Quitter
- Three Six Five
- Renegade
- Forget About Dre
- I Don't Wanna
- Role Model
- Guilty Conscience
- Any Man
- My Name Is
- Kill You
- Dead Wrong
- What's the Difference
- Forgot About Dre
- Nuttin' but a G Thang
- What's My Name
- If I Get Locked Up Tonight
- Marshall Mathers
- Shit on You
- Under the Influence
- Criminal
- My Name Is
- Guilty Conscience
- Any Man
- Stan (Drum&Bass; mix part 1)
- Stan (Drum&Bass; mix part 2)
- Oops! the Real Slim Shady Did It Again (vs. Britney Spears)
- My Name Is Fatboy Slim (vs. Fatboy Slim)
- My Name Is D&B; (Shady mix)
- My Name Is (rock mix)
- Firestarter (remix)
- Fuck Off (Sly mix)
- Scary Movies (classic mix)
- Still #1 Freestyle
- Commin' Out Swingin' (remix)
- Bling Bling
- My Fault Pizza (remix)
- The Anthem (remix)
- Watch Dees (remix)
- Hustlers & Hardcore (remix)
- Brain Damage
- Guilty Conscience
- Bad vs. Evil
- See You in Hell
- Kid Rock
- Mushroom
- Nuttin' to Do
- Fucking Crazy
- Green & Gold
- We Shine
- 365
- 5 Star Generals
- Scary Movie
- Intro
- Low, Down and Dirty
- 4 Verses
- Sweet MC
- Murder Murder
- My Motherfucking Name Is
- Rhymes U Never Heard
- Still a G Thang
- Rhymin' Words Freestyle
- It's Murda
- Rush Ya Clique
- The Kids
- Still #1
- Just Rhymin'
- Don't Give a Fuck
- Wake Up Slow Freestyle
- Still
- Fucking Crazy
- Forget About Dre
- Green and Gold
- Nuttin to Do
- Watch Dees
- 3 Verses
- Murder Murder
- Scary Movies
- Get You Mad (feat. DJ Revolution & Eminem)
- Fuck Off (feat. Kid Rock)
- Hustlers and Hardcore
- The Anthem
- Bus a Rhyme
- Flyest Material
- My Name Is (Rockstar remix)
- 5 Star Generals
- The Show Down
- 3 Verses
- Get U Mad
- Murder, Murder
- Any Man
- Where My Words At
- Nuttin' to Do
- My Motherfuckin' Name Is (Cable Guy remix)
- No One Is Iller
- Biggie vs. Slim Shady (freestyle)
- Forget About Dre
- My Name Is
- Rhymin' Words (feat. Stretch Armstrong)
- Guilty Conscience
- K-R-S-1 vs. Slim Shady (freestyle)
- As the World Turns
- Role Model
- Pick It Up (live)
- Get Locked Up
- Low Down Dirty
- Fuck You (Lab Rat remix)
- Dead Wrong
- Off the Wall
- If I Get Locked Up Tonight
- Stir Crazy (feat. Madd Rapper)
- Tylenol Island
- Hellbound
- Shit on You
- Rush Ya Clique
- It's Murda (Cable Guy remix)
- Murder, Murder
- Thug Luv
- Our House
- The Kids
- We Shine
- Turn Me Loose (feat. Limp Bizkit)
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Eminem - Not Afraid
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 4:19
- Updated: 17 Jan 2013
Music video by Eminem performing Not Afraid. (C) 2010 Aftermath Records #VEVOCertified on September 11, 2010.www.vevo.com www.youtube.com
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Music video by Eminem performing Not Afraid. (C) 2010 Aftermath Records #VEVOCertified on September 11, 2010.www.vevo.com www.youtube.com
Eminem - Without Me
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 5:00
- Updated: 17 Jan 2013
Music video by Eminem performing Without Me. (C) 2002 Aftermath Records
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Music video by Eminem performing Without Me. (C) 2002 Aftermath Records
- published: 16 Jun 2009
- views: 97889237
- author: EminemVEVO
Eminem - Mockingbird
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 4:19
- Updated: 17 Jan 2013
Music video by Eminem performing Mockingbird. YouTube view counts pre-VEVO: 14297644. (C) 2004 Aftermath Entertainment/Interscope Records
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Music video by Eminem performing Mockingbird. YouTube view counts pre-VEVO: 14297644. (C) 2004 Aftermath Entertainment/Interscope Records
- published: 25 Dec 2009
- views: 60040178
- author: EminemVEVO
Eminem - Love The Way You Lie ft. Rihanna
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 4:27
- Updated: 17 Jan 2013
Music video by Eminem performing Love The Way You Lie. © 2010 Aftermath Records #VEVOCertified on September 13, 2011. www.vevo.com www.youtube.com
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Music video by Eminem performing Love The Way You Lie. © 2010 Aftermath Records #VEVOCertified on September 13, 2011. www.vevo.com www.youtube.com
- published: 05 Aug 2010
- views: 531963082
- author: EminemVEVO
Eminem - No Love (Explicit Version) ft. Lil Wayne
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 5:15
- Updated: 17 Jan 2013
Music video by Eminem performing No Love. (C) 2010 Aftermath Records #VEVOCertified on July 30, 2012. www.youtube.com
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Music video by Eminem performing No Love. (C) 2010 Aftermath Records #VEVOCertified on July 30, 2012. www.youtube.com
- published: 29 Sep 2010
- views: 113497421
- author: EminemVEVO
Eminem - Space Bound
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 4:25
- Updated: 17 Jan 2013
Eminem performing Space Bound. buy now bit.ly © 2010 Aftermath Records
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Eminem performing Space Bound. buy now bit.ly © 2010 Aftermath Records
- published: 27 Jun 2011
- views: 77998488
- author: EminemVEVO
Eminem - Beautiful
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 4:15
- Updated: 17 Jan 2013
Music video by Eminem performing Beautiful. (C) 2009 Aftermath Records
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Music video by Eminem performing Beautiful. (C) 2009 Aftermath Records
- published: 26 Nov 2009
- views: 146340218
- author: EminemVEVO
Eminem - The Real Slim Shady (Edited)
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 4:28
- Updated: 17 Jan 2013
Music video by Eminem performing The Real Slim Shady. (C) 2000 Aftermath Entertainment/Interscope Records
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Music video by Eminem performing The Real Slim Shady. (C) 2000 Aftermath Entertainment/Interscope Records
- published: 15 Sep 2010
- views: 33247612
- author: EminemVEVO
Eminem - When I'm Gone
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 6:09
- Updated: 17 Jan 2013
Music video by Eminem performing When I'm Gone. (C) 2005 Aftermath Entertainment/Interscope Records
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Music video by Eminem performing When I'm Gone. (C) 2005 Aftermath Entertainment/Interscope Records
- published: 17 Jun 2009
- views: 132299161
- author: EminemVEVO
Dr. Dre - I Need A Doctor (Explicit) ft. Eminem, Skylar Grey
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 7:37
- Updated: 17 Jan 2013
Music video by Dr. Dre performing I Need A Doctor featuring Eminem and Skylar Grey (Explicit). © 2011 Aftermath Records #VEVOCERTIFIED on Aug. 17, 2012. www.youtube.com
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Music video by Dr. Dre performing I Need A Doctor featuring Eminem and Skylar Grey (Explicit). © 2011 Aftermath Records #VEVOCERTIFIED on Aug. 17, 2012. www.youtube.com
- published: 24 Feb 2011
- views: 117275456
- author: DrDreVEVO
50 Cent - My Life ft. Eminem, Adam Levine
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 4:05
- Updated: 17 Jan 2013
Buy Now! smarturl.it Music video by 50 Cent performing My Life ft. Eminem & Adam Levine. © 2012 Interscope
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Buy Now! smarturl.it Music video by 50 Cent performing My Life ft. Eminem & Adam Levine. © 2012 Interscope
- published: 27 Nov 2012
- views: 23326623
- author: 50CentVEVO
Eminem - Stan (Long Version) ft. Dido
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 8:10
- Updated: 17 Jan 2013
Music video by Eminem performing Stan. YouTube view counts pre-VEVO: 3965564. (C) 2002 Aftermath Entertainment/Interscope Records
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Music video by Eminem performing Stan. YouTube view counts pre-VEVO: 3965564. (C) 2002 Aftermath Entertainment/Interscope Records
- published: 25 Dec 2009
- views: 24196198
- author: EminemVEVO
EMINEM - lose yourself (uncencored)
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- Duration: 5:12
- Updated: 17 Jan 2013
please comment this official music video
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please comment this official music video
- published: 14 Jun 2007
- views: 27185464
- author: shadowflyer101
Eminem - My Name Is
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 4:08
- Updated: 17 Jan 2013
Music video by Eminem performing My Name Is. (C) 1999 Interscope Geffen (A&M;) Records A Division of UMG Recordings Inc.
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Music video by Eminem performing My Name Is. (C) 1999 Interscope Geffen (A&M;) Records A Division of UMG Recordings Inc.
- published: 17 Jun 2009
- views: 29329153
- author: EminemVEVO
Eminem - Like Toy Soldiers
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 5:24
- Updated: 17 Jan 2013
Music video by Eminem performing Like Toy Soldiers. YouTube view counts pre-VEVO: 2799494. #VEVOCertified on Nov. 26, 2012. vevo.com youtube.com (C) 2004 Aftermath Entertainment/Interscope Records
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Music video by Eminem performing Like Toy Soldiers. YouTube view counts pre-VEVO: 2799494. #VEVOCertified on Nov. 26, 2012. vevo.com youtube.com (C) 2004 Aftermath Entertainment/Interscope Records
- published: 25 Dec 2009
- views: 104406989
- author: EminemVEVO
Eminem Surprises 50 Cent Show Live @ SXSW
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 16:08
- Updated: 17 Jan 2013
50 Cent and Eminem perform "In Da Club," "Patiently Waiting," "21 Questions" and "Crack a Bottle" live at the SXSW Shady 2.0 Showcase. Subscribe to Fuse for more live music: bit.ly For more from Fuse, follow us here too Web: fuse.tv Twitter twitter.com Facebook: www.facebook.com
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50 Cent and Eminem perform "In Da Club," "Patiently Waiting," "21 Questions" and "Crack a Bottle" live at the SXSW Shady 2.0 Showcase. Subscribe to Fuse for more live music: bit.ly For more from Fuse, follow us here too Web: fuse.tv Twitter twitter.com Facebook: www.facebook.com
- published: 12 Apr 2012
- views: 2667590
- author: fuse
Eminem - Cleanin' Out My Closet
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- Duration: 5:12
- Updated: 17 Jan 2013
Music video by Eminem performing Cleanin' Out My Closet. (C) 2002 Aftermath Records
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Music video by Eminem performing Cleanin' Out My Closet. (C) 2002 Aftermath Records
- published: 16 Jun 2009
- views: 34155625
- author: EminemVEVO
Eminem - We Made You
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 4:43
- Updated: 17 Jan 2013
Music video by Eminem performing We Made You. (C) 2009 Shady Records/Aftermath Records/Interscope Records
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Music video by Eminem performing We Made You. (C) 2009 Shady Records/Aftermath Records/Interscope Records
- published: 16 Jun 2009
- views: 58916598
- author: EminemVEVO
Eminem - The Way I Am
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 5:02
- Updated: 17 Jan 2013
Music video by Eminem performing The Way I Am. (C) 2000 Aftermath Entertainment/Interscope Records
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Music video by Eminem performing The Way I Am. (C) 2000 Aftermath Entertainment/Interscope Records
- published: 16 Jun 2009
- views: 29831588
- author: EminemVEVO
Eminem Interview and Freestyle - "Something From Nothing: The Art Of Rap" [New 2012]
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 6:45
- Updated: 17 Jan 2013
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- published: 15 Sep 2012
- views: 111837
- author: NiewulisEminem
Eminem Top 100 Verses LYRICS ON SCREEN
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- Duration: 115:12
- Updated: 17 Jan 2013
100 1:07 99 2:39 98 3:24 97 4:09 96: 5:12 95 6:34 94 7:29 93 8:23 92 9:28 91 10:15 90 11:09 89 12:05 88 12:48 87 13:24 86 15:30 85 16:26 84 17:44 83 18:47 82 19:33 81 20:25 80 21:22 79 22:11 78 23:36 77 24:13 76 25:46 75 26:56 74 28:23 73 29:16 72 30:11 71 30:58 70 32:23 69 33:25 68 34:50 67 36:05 66 37:47 65 38:47 64 39:30 63 40:35 62 41:29 61 43:00 60 44:01 59 45:05 58 46:28 57 49:37 56 51:18 55 52:09 54 53:13 53 54:13 52 55:20 51 56:28 50 58:06 49 59:12 48 1:00:20 47 1:01:07 46 1:01:58 45 1:03:04 44 1:03:44 43 1:04:51 42 1:06:08 41 1:07:15 40 1:08:20 39 1:09:10 38 1:09:52 37 1:10:42 36 1:11:31 35 1:12:35 34 1:13:16 33 1:15:18 32 1:16:30 31 1:17:22 30 1:18:56 29 1:20:16 28 1:21:06 27 1:22:22 26 1:23:19 25 1:24:03 24 1:24:52 23 1:25:57 22 1:26:40 21 1:27:49 20 1:28:52 19 1:29:51 18 1:31:38 17 1:33:08 16 1:34:32 15 1:35:32 14 1:36:17 13 1:37:00 12 1:38:00 11 1:40:50 10 1:44:13 9 1:45:10 8 1:46:23 7 1:47:07 6 1:47:54 5 1:48:41 4 1:49:56 3 1:50:38 2 1:51:52 1 1:53:53 50 Of Eminems Best Freestyles & Battles www.youtube.com All My Eminem Vids www.youtube.com
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100 1:07 99 2:39 98 3:24 97 4:09 96: 5:12 95 6:34 94 7:29 93 8:23 92 9:28 91 10:15 90 11:09 89 12:05 88 12:48 87 13:24 86 15:30 85 16:26 84 17:44 83 18:47 82 19:33 81 20:25 80 21:22 79 22:11 78 23:36 77 24:13 76 25:46 75 26:56 74 28:23 73 29:16 72 30:11 71 30:58 70 32:23 69 33:25 68 34:50 67 36:05 66 37:47 65 38:47 64 39:30 63 40:35 62 41:29 61 43:00 60 44:01 59 45:05 58 46:28 57 49:37 56 51:18 55 52:09 54 53:13 53 54:13 52 55:20 51 56:28 50 58:06 49 59:12 48 1:00:20 47 1:01:07 46 1:01:58 45 1:03:04 44 1:03:44 43 1:04:51 42 1:06:08 41 1:07:15 40 1:08:20 39 1:09:10 38 1:09:52 37 1:10:42 36 1:11:31 35 1:12:35 34 1:13:16 33 1:15:18 32 1:16:30 31 1:17:22 30 1:18:56 29 1:20:16 28 1:21:06 27 1:22:22 26 1:23:19 25 1:24:03 24 1:24:52 23 1:25:57 22 1:26:40 21 1:27:49 20 1:28:52 19 1:29:51 18 1:31:38 17 1:33:08 16 1:34:32 15 1:35:32 14 1:36:17 13 1:37:00 12 1:38:00 11 1:40:50 10 1:44:13 9 1:45:10 8 1:46:23 7 1:47:07 6 1:47:54 5 1:48:41 4 1:49:56 3 1:50:38 2 1:51:52 1 1:53:53 50 Of Eminems Best Freestyles & Battles www.youtube.com All My Eminem Vids www.youtube.com
- published: 22 Jun 2012
- views: 151671
- author: 2pacalypsePast
Eminem - A** Like That
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 5:17
- Updated: 17 Jan 2013
Music video by Eminem performing A** Like That. (C) 2005 Aftermath Entertainment/Interscope Records
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Music video by Eminem performing A** Like That. (C) 2005 Aftermath Entertainment/Interscope Records
- published: 25 Dec 2009
- views: 10732253
- author: EminemVEVO
Bad Meets Evil - Fast Lane ft. Eminem, Royce Da 5'9
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 4:09
- Updated: 17 Jan 2013
Play the Bad Meets Evil game on Facebook now! bit.ly apps.facebook.com Buy now: glnk.it Music video by Bad Meets Evil performing Fast Lane. © 2011 Shady Records/Interscope Records
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Play the Bad Meets Evil game on Facebook now! bit.ly apps.facebook.com Buy now: glnk.it Music video by Bad Meets Evil performing Fast Lane. © 2011 Shady Records/Interscope Records
- published: 08 Jun 2011
- views: 40879900
- author: BadMeetsEvilVEVO
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Eminem - Live In New York
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 78:46
- Updated: 10 Jan 2013
• Evil Deeds • Mosh • Business • Rain Man • Ass Like That • Puke • Kill You • Like Toy Soldiers • Git Up • How Come • Rock Star • 40 Oz • My Band • Stan • The Way I Am • Just Don't Give a Fuck • Got Some Teeth • Stay 'Bout It (Aqua) • The Set Up • Like Dat • Cleanin' Out My Closet • Mockingbird • Just Lose It • Lose Yourself This music is not owned or written by me. Also this video is not owned by me. It is owned by the Aftermath Label. I am just posting on behalf the public to watch these concerts.
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• Evil Deeds • Mosh • Business • Rain Man • Ass Like That • Puke • Kill You • Like Toy Soldiers • Git Up • How Come • Rock Star • 40 Oz • My Band • Stan • The Way I Am • Just Don't Give a Fuck • Got Some Teeth • Stay 'Bout It (Aqua) • The Set Up • Like Dat • Cleanin' Out My Closet • Mockingbird • Just Lose It • Lose Yourself This music is not owned or written by me. Also this video is not owned by me. It is owned by the Aftermath Label. I am just posting on behalf the public to watch these concerts.
- published: 15 Apr 2012
- views: 126701
- author: EminemProof
Eminem Surprises 50 Cent Show Live @ SXSW
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- Duration: 16:08
- Updated: 11 Jan 2013
50 Cent and Eminem perform "In Da Club," "Patiently Waiting," "21 Questions" and "Crack a Bottle" live at the SXSW Shady 2.0 Showcase. Subscribe to Fuse for more live music: bit.ly For more from Fuse, follow us here too Web: fuse.tv Twitter twitter.com Facebook: www.facebook.com
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50 Cent and Eminem perform "In Da Club," "Patiently Waiting," "21 Questions" and "Crack a Bottle" live at the SXSW Shady 2.0 Showcase. Subscribe to Fuse for more live music: bit.ly For more from Fuse, follow us here too Web: fuse.tv Twitter twitter.com Facebook: www.facebook.com
- published: 12 Apr 2012
- views: 2571958
- author: fuse
Eminem live on Friday night 15/05/09 part 1
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- Duration: 11:00
- Updated: 10 Jan 2013
The king is back and he made this interview with Jonathan Ross to warn his fans about his upcoming stuff. He's back & he's tight. xD
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The king is back and he made this interview with Jonathan Ross to warn his fans about his upcoming stuff. He's back & he's tight. xD
- published: 19 May 2009
- views: 215148
- author: Stefan Markovski
Eminem - Live In Los Angeles
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- Duration: 51:33
- Updated: 10 Jan 2013
Concert Track List Order & Times I'm back 00:00 Kill you 03:36 Under the influence 06:38 Shit on You 10:15 Stan 14:35 Criminal 18:16 Brain Damage 20:06 Just don't give a fuck 23:59 Forgot About Dre 25:27 Bitch please II 30:11 Drug Ballad 35:14 Cum on Everybody 38:09 The Way I Am 40:19 The Real Slim Shady 46:17 This music is not owned or written by me. Also this video is not owned by me. It is owned by the Aftermath Label. I am just posting on behalf the public to watch these concerts.
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Concert Track List Order & Times I'm back 00:00 Kill you 03:36 Under the influence 06:38 Shit on You 10:15 Stan 14:35 Criminal 18:16 Brain Damage 20:06 Just don't give a fuck 23:59 Forgot About Dre 25:27 Bitch please II 30:11 Drug Ballad 35:14 Cum on Everybody 38:09 The Way I Am 40:19 The Real Slim Shady 46:17 This music is not owned or written by me. Also this video is not owned by me. It is owned by the Aftermath Label. I am just posting on behalf the public to watch these concerts.
- published: 10 Apr 2012
- views: 69761
- author: EminemProof
![Eminem Live - [ The Real Slim Shady ] and [ The Way I Am ]](http://web.archive.org./web/20130206201639im_/http://i.ytimg.com/vi/6wZ4SqVyME0/default.jpg "Eminem Live - [ The Real Slim Shady ] and [ The Way I Am ]")
Eminem Live - [ The Real Slim Shady ] and [ The Way I Am ]
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- Duration: 4:57
- Updated: 10 Jan 2013
this is the most powerfull live of eminem ever! The Real Slim Shady The Way I Am
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this is the most powerfull live of eminem ever! The Real Slim Shady The Way I Am
- published: 25 Nov 2007
- views: 2119799
- author: bestdamnbk
EMINƎM : Live in Montreal (2011) by MontrealSTAN
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 87:45
- Updated: 10 Jan 2013
ARE YOU TIRED OF WAITING FOR THE HOME & HOME DVD? Watch his complete performance at Osheaga on July 29th 2011 (87 min) One of Em's greatest performance of all time! SETLIST: Won't Back Down (1:45) 3 Am (4:45) Square Dance (6:37) WTP (8:07) Kill You (9:40) No Love (13:23) So Bad (16:22) Cleanin' Out My Closet (18:10) The Way I am (20:10) Fast Lane (23:05) Lighters (25:28) Air Plane pt.2 (30:20) Stan (33:00) Sing For The Moment (36:40) Like Toy Soldier (38:10) Forever (40:37) Space Bound (42:35) Nate Dogg Tribute (45:33) (xxplosive & The Next Episode) Till I Collapse (49:46) Cinderella Man (51:30) Love The Way You Lie (57:10) I Need a Doctor (1:01:50) My Name is (1:05:50) The Real Slim Shady (1:07:22) Whitout Me (1:09:04) Not Afraid (1:11:25) Lose Yourself (1:20:00) 36:10 Em points right at us when he says : "I'll be the biggest fan you'll ever lose" Eminem : Live in Montreal (edited by MontrealSTAN) July 29th 2011, Osheaga Festival, Montreal (Quebec)
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ARE YOU TIRED OF WAITING FOR THE HOME & HOME DVD? Watch his complete performance at Osheaga on July 29th 2011 (87 min) One of Em's greatest performance of all time! SETLIST: Won't Back Down (1:45) 3 Am (4:45) Square Dance (6:37) WTP (8:07) Kill You (9:40) No Love (13:23) So Bad (16:22) Cleanin' Out My Closet (18:10) The Way I am (20:10) Fast Lane (23:05) Lighters (25:28) Air Plane pt.2 (30:20) Stan (33:00) Sing For The Moment (36:40) Like Toy Soldier (38:10) Forever (40:37) Space Bound (42:35) Nate Dogg Tribute (45:33) (xxplosive & The Next Episode) Till I Collapse (49:46) Cinderella Man (51:30) Love The Way You Lie (57:10) I Need a Doctor (1:01:50) My Name is (1:05:50) The Real Slim Shady (1:07:22) Whitout Me (1:09:04) Not Afraid (1:11:25) Lose Yourself (1:20:00) 36:10 Em points right at us when he says : "I'll be the biggest fan you'll ever lose" Eminem : Live in Montreal (edited by MontrealSTAN) July 29th 2011, Osheaga Festival, Montreal (Quebec)
- published: 03 Mar 2012
- views: 1110440
- author: MontrealSTAN
Eminem - Live ass like that (lindsay lohan ) , mockingbird
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 5:06
- Updated: 10 Jan 2013
eminem's live in this video u can see him playing with lindsay lohan and after that he starts singing mocking bird bit.ly "click on this for itune link "
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eminem's live in this video u can see him playing with lindsay lohan and after that he starts singing mocking bird bit.ly "click on this for itune link "
- published: 31 Jul 2009
- views: 1050736
- author: Pranay Sandela
Eminem live in new york city (Full concert)
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 78:45
- Updated: 10 Jan 2013
Eminem live in new york city full concert . Please subscribe to my channel
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Eminem live in new york city full concert . Please subscribe to my channel
- published: 19 Jul 2012
- views: 54401
- author: KailebRice
Jay-Z And Eminem Perform Renegade Live on Letterman
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 5:13
- Updated: 10 Jan 2013
twitter.com FMOT
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Dr.Dre & Eminem - Forgot About Dre (From "The Up In Smoke Tour" DVD)
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- Duration: 3:52
- Updated: 11 Jan 2013
This Hip Hop All-Stars show features Dr. Dre, Snoop Doggy Dogg, Eminem, Ice Cube and other special guests in a program offering many surprises, smarturl.it from onstage to backstage to scenes from the road shot by the artists themselves on home video cameras. To order this DVD from Amazon if you are in the UK, please click here: www.amazon.co.uk To order this DVD from amazon if you are in the US, please click here: www.amazon.com
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This Hip Hop All-Stars show features Dr. Dre, Snoop Doggy Dogg, Eminem, Ice Cube and other special guests in a program offering many surprises, smarturl.it from onstage to backstage to scenes from the road shot by the artists themselves on home video cameras. To order this DVD from Amazon if you are in the UK, please click here: www.amazon.co.uk To order this DVD from amazon if you are in the US, please click here: www.amazon.com
- published: 06 Sep 2008
- views: 27697319
- author: eaglerocktv
Eminem Live In Detroit (2009)
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- Duration: 29:27
- Updated: 10 Jan 2013
Eminem held a secret "Relapse" release event on May 19, 2009 in his home town of Detroit. Eminem performed multiple songs from his new album including "3 AM," "Hello," "Insane," "Beautiful," "Crack A Bottle," "We Made You, and "Underground.", all before an encore where Eminem brought out his D12 members to perform "Lose Yourself." Set list: 1) 3AM 2) Hello 3) Insane 4) Underground 5) We Made You 6) Beautiful 7) Crack A Bottle 8) Lose Yourself Video Uploaded by Eminem Philippines (Fan Club) Like Us on Facebook: www.facebook.com
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Eminem held a secret "Relapse" release event on May 19, 2009 in his home town of Detroit. Eminem performed multiple songs from his new album including "3 AM," "Hello," "Insane," "Beautiful," "Crack A Bottle," "We Made You, and "Underground.", all before an encore where Eminem brought out his D12 members to perform "Lose Yourself." Set list: 1) 3AM 2) Hello 3) Insane 4) Underground 5) We Made You 6) Beautiful 7) Crack A Bottle 8) Lose Yourself Video Uploaded by Eminem Philippines (Fan Club) Like Us on Facebook: www.facebook.com
- published: 09 Oct 2011
- views: 266567
- author: EminemPHVideos1
Eminem - Beautiful ( Live) - HD
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- Duration: 5:11
- Updated: 10 Jan 2013
Beautiful" is the fourth single from American rapper Eminem's album Relapse. It was released on May 12 on [iTunes] available for digital downloads.[3]"Beautiful" entered the UK Singles Chart on May 17, 2009 at #38 and re-entered at #31 due to massive airplay. Since then the song has peaked at #12 so far. It became Eminem's 21st Top 40 single in the UK. Also in the US it made a "Hot Shot Debut" at #17 on the Billboard Hot 100. The song was on the A-List of the BBC Radio 1 playlist. In the week of July 23, 2009 it re-entered the Hot 100 at #98.[4]
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Beautiful" is the fourth single from American rapper Eminem's album Relapse. It was released on May 12 on [iTunes] available for digital downloads.[3]"Beautiful" entered the UK Singles Chart on May 17, 2009 at #38 and re-entered at #31 due to massive airplay. Since then the song has peaked at #12 so far. It became Eminem's 21st Top 40 single in the UK. Also in the US it made a "Hot Shot Debut" at #17 on the Billboard Hot 100. The song was on the A-List of the BBC Radio 1 playlist. In the week of July 23, 2009 it re-entered the Hot 100 at #98.[4]
- published: 14 Sep 2009
- views: 1238395
- author: Thang Nguyen
Eminem - Lose Yourself (live)
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 5:30
- Updated: 10 Jan 2013
live at 45th Grammy ..twitter @ja5d3
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live at 45th Grammy ..twitter @ja5d3
- published: 13 Apr 2007
- views: 6124300
- author: tiprendoetistrozzo
Eminem ft. Elton John - Stan (Live at Grammys)
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- Duration: 6:35
- Updated: 10 Jan 2013
Eminem ft. Elton John - Stan (Live at Grammys)
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Eminem ft. Elton John - Stan (Live at Grammys)
- published: 07 Jun 2006
- views: 5743153
- author: empire4001
Eminem Performs "Not Afraid" Live in Los Angeles
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 5:28
- Updated: 09 Jan 2013
www.rap-up.com Eminem performs "Not Afraid" with Travis Barker and a choir live at the Staples Center in Los Angeles at the Activision E3 2010 preview event on June 14, 2010.
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www.rap-up.com Eminem performs "Not Afraid" with Travis Barker and a choir live at the Staples Center in Los Angeles at the Activision E3 2010 preview event on June 14, 2010.
- published: 15 Jun 2010
- views: 981195
- author: RapUpTV
![EMINƎM : Live in Los Angeles (2001) Full Concert [HQ]](http://web.archive.org./web/20130206201639im_/http://i.ytimg.com/vi/J0EqlwuGJeo/default.jpg "EMINƎM : Live in Los Angeles (2001) Full Concert [HQ]")
EMINƎM : Live in Los Angeles (2001) Full Concert [HQ]
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- Duration: 51:33
- Updated: 10 Jan 2013
Check out his latest concert 10 years later in Montreal In front of 38 000 fans : youtu.be Subscribe for more concert! Set list: I'm back (00:23) Kill you (03:36) Under the influence(06:38) Shit on You (10:15) Stan (14:35) Criminal (18:16) Brain Damage (20:06) Just don't give a fuck (23:59) Forgot About Dre (25:27) Bitch please II (30:11) Drug Ballad (35:14) Cum on Everybody (38:09) The Way I Am (40:19) The Real Slim Shady (46:17)
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Check out his latest concert 10 years later in Montreal In front of 38 000 fans : youtu.be Subscribe for more concert! Set list: I'm back (00:23) Kill you (03:36) Under the influence(06:38) Shit on You (10:15) Stan (14:35) Criminal (18:16) Brain Damage (20:06) Just don't give a fuck (23:59) Forgot About Dre (25:27) Bitch please II (30:11) Drug Ballad (35:14) Cum on Everybody (38:09) The Way I Am (40:19) The Real Slim Shady (46:17)
- published: 17 Apr 2012
- views: 59289
- author: MontrealSTAN
Dr. Dre & Eminem 'Forgot About Dre' Live @ Coachella 2012 4-15-12
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 3:37
- Updated: 09 Jan 2013
Dr. Dre performs with Eminem live at Coachella 2012
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Dr. Dre performs with Eminem live at Coachella 2012
- published: 16 Apr 2012
- views: 104575
- author: maitai212
Eminem Live Rap Battle 1997 (Rare)
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 4:13
- Updated: 10 Jan 2013
Eminem Battling In 1997 (Rare)
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Briefcase Joe: Eminem Teaches Jimmy Kimmel to Rap
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- Duration: 6:41
- Updated: 11 Jan 2013
Jimmy Kimmel Live - Eminem teaches Jimmy to rap under a new name
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Jimmy Kimmel Live - Eminem teaches Jimmy to rap under a new name
- published: 04 Jun 2009
- views: 1608037
- author: JimmyKimmelLive
Eminem- live 2012 concert
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 3:36
- Updated: 10 Jan 2013
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![Eminem - Live from Detroit - Underground [HQ]](http://web.archive.org./web/20130206201639im_/http://i.ytimg.com/vi/eMd1ne3lvFI/default.jpg "Eminem - Live from Detroit - Underground [HQ]")
Eminem - Live from Detroit - Underground [HQ]
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- Duration: 4:15
- Updated: 10 Jan 2013
Eminem Relapse Event in Detroit city (19/5/09) Presents: Underground, Single of Relapse Enjoy in HQ. Please, rate and suscribe here for more material, Thanks :)
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Eminem Relapse Event in Detroit city (19/5/09) Presents: Underground, Single of Relapse Enjoy in HQ. Please, rate and suscribe here for more material, Thanks :)
- published: 08 Jun 2009
- views: 166215
- author: RelapseEminem
50 Cent ft Eminem - Patiently Waiting (live)
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 4:42
- Updated: 11 Jan 2013
Get Rich Or Die Tryin
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![Eminem - Not Afraid Live (David Letterman) [HD/NEW/2010]](http://web.archive.org./web/20130206201639im_/http://i.ytimg.com/vi/fUItj8f0eNM/default.jpg "Eminem - Not Afraid Live (David Letterman) [HD/NEW/2010]")
Eminem - Not Afraid Live (David Letterman) [HD/NEW/2010]
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- Duration: 4:11
- Updated: 09 Jan 2013
Eminem - Not Afraid Live (David Letterman)
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Eminem - Not Afraid Live (David Letterman)
- published: 26 Jun 2010
- views: 280134
- author: ThisIsc0l0r3s
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Eminem - The Slim Shady LP (Full Album)
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 59:49
- Updated: 31 Jan 2013
No copyright intended. This is strictly for non-profit and educational purposes only. All rights belong to the original owners and content creators of this material. Like The Hub on Facebook! www.facebook.com
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No copyright intended. This is strictly for non-profit and educational purposes only. All rights belong to the original owners and content creators of this material. Like The Hub on Facebook! www.facebook.com
- published: 04 Nov 2012
- views: 177058
- author: ExposingTheLies420
Eminem Top 100 Verses LYRICS ON SCREEN
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 115:12
- Updated: 31 Jan 2013
100 1:07 99 2:39 98 3:24 97 4:09 96: 5:12 95 6:34 94 7:29 93 8:23 92 9:28 91 10:15 90 11:09 89 12:05 88 12:48 87 13:24 86 15:30 85 16:26 84 17:44 83 18:47 82 19:33 81 20:25 80 21:22 79 22:11 78 23:36 77 24:13 76 25:46 75 26:56 74 28:23 73 29:16 72 30:11 71 30:58 70 32:23 69 33:25 68 34:50 67 36:05 66 37:47 65 38:47 64 39:30 63 40:35 62 41:29 61 43:00 60 44:01 59 45:05 58 46:28 57 49:37 56 51:18 55 52:09 54 53:13 53 54:13 52 55:20 51 56:28 50 58:06 49 59:12 48 1:00:20 47 1:01:07 46 1:01:58 45 1:03:04 44 1:03:44 43 1:04:51 42 1:06:08 41 1:07:15 40 1:08:20 39 1:09:10 38 1:09:52 37 1:10:42 36 1:11:31 35 1:12:35 34 1:13:16 33 1:15:18 32 1:16:30 31 1:17:22 30 1:18:56 29 1:20:16 28 1:21:06 27 1:22:22 26 1:23:19 25 1:24:03 24 1:24:52 23 1:25:57 22 1:26:40 21 1:27:49 20 1:28:52 19 1:29:51 18 1:31:38 17 1:33:08 16 1:34:32 15 1:35:32 14 1:36:17 13 1:37:00 12 1:38:00 11 1:40:50 10 1:44:13 9 1:45:10 8 1:46:23 7 1:47:07 6 1:47:54 5 1:48:41 4 1:49:56 3 1:50:38 2 1:51:52 1 1:53:53 50 Of Eminems Best Freestyles & Battles www.youtube.com All My Eminem Vids www.youtube.com
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100 1:07 99 2:39 98 3:24 97 4:09 96: 5:12 95 6:34 94 7:29 93 8:23 92 9:28 91 10:15 90 11:09 89 12:05 88 12:48 87 13:24 86 15:30 85 16:26 84 17:44 83 18:47 82 19:33 81 20:25 80 21:22 79 22:11 78 23:36 77 24:13 76 25:46 75 26:56 74 28:23 73 29:16 72 30:11 71 30:58 70 32:23 69 33:25 68 34:50 67 36:05 66 37:47 65 38:47 64 39:30 63 40:35 62 41:29 61 43:00 60 44:01 59 45:05 58 46:28 57 49:37 56 51:18 55 52:09 54 53:13 53 54:13 52 55:20 51 56:28 50 58:06 49 59:12 48 1:00:20 47 1:01:07 46 1:01:58 45 1:03:04 44 1:03:44 43 1:04:51 42 1:06:08 41 1:07:15 40 1:08:20 39 1:09:10 38 1:09:52 37 1:10:42 36 1:11:31 35 1:12:35 34 1:13:16 33 1:15:18 32 1:16:30 31 1:17:22 30 1:18:56 29 1:20:16 28 1:21:06 27 1:22:22 26 1:23:19 25 1:24:03 24 1:24:52 23 1:25:57 22 1:26:40 21 1:27:49 20 1:28:52 19 1:29:51 18 1:31:38 17 1:33:08 16 1:34:32 15 1:35:32 14 1:36:17 13 1:37:00 12 1:38:00 11 1:40:50 10 1:44:13 9 1:45:10 8 1:46:23 7 1:47:07 6 1:47:54 5 1:48:41 4 1:49:56 3 1:50:38 2 1:51:52 1 1:53:53 50 Of Eminems Best Freestyles & Battles www.youtube.com All My Eminem Vids www.youtube.com
- published: 22 Jun 2012
- views: 162790
- author: 2pacalypsePast
Eminem One Hour Mix
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 61:43
- Updated: 31 Jan 2013
I have made a MP3 (CD Quality 320kbps) of this Mix and you can download the file rather than having to use any YouTube downloader witch means you will have perfect quality. Since i uploaded the Eminem Extended Mix witch was 17 Minutes long there have been a lot of requests for this, so i decided to make an hour long mix. Please note i'm not a DJ or any type of music expert i have made these music mixes in my spare time. So please feel free to comment below. Enjoy Thanks.Here is the Download Link www.4shared.com (you need to sign up to download the file witch is free and fast)
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I have made a MP3 (CD Quality 320kbps) of this Mix and you can download the file rather than having to use any YouTube downloader witch means you will have perfect quality. Since i uploaded the Eminem Extended Mix witch was 17 Minutes long there have been a lot of requests for this, so i decided to make an hour long mix. Please note i'm not a DJ or any type of music expert i have made these music mixes in my spare time. So please feel free to comment below. Enjoy Thanks.Here is the Download Link www.4shared.com (you need to sign up to download the file witch is free and fast)
- published: 10 Oct 2012
- views: 19162
- author: PaulTheXbox360Gamer
Eminem - Infinite full Album
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 38:21
- Updated: 30 Jan 2013
I will upload all Albums. Thanks for 400 Views :D. 00:00 Infinite 03:57 WEGO 04:20 It's OK 07:54 Tonite 11:40 313 15:52 Maxine 19:54 Open Mic 23:58 Never 2 Far 27:36 Searchin 31:23 Backstabber II 34:56 Jealousy Woes II Tags: Eminem Marshall Bruce Mathers III Slim Shady Hailie Jade Album 2004 Encore Full Hip Hop Rap Relapse Slim Shady LP SSLP SSEP Slim Shady EP Infinite 1996 1997 1999 The Eminem Show 2002 2009 Recovery 2010 Bad meets Evil Hell the Sequel 2011 CD Quality Solo
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I will upload all Albums. Thanks for 400 Views :D. 00:00 Infinite 03:57 WEGO 04:20 It's OK 07:54 Tonite 11:40 313 15:52 Maxine 19:54 Open Mic 23:58 Never 2 Far 27:36 Searchin 31:23 Backstabber II 34:56 Jealousy Woes II Tags: Eminem Marshall Bruce Mathers III Slim Shady Hailie Jade Album 2004 Encore Full Hip Hop Rap Relapse Slim Shady LP SSLP SSEP Slim Shady EP Infinite 1996 1997 1999 The Eminem Show 2002 2009 Recovery 2010 Bad meets Evil Hell the Sequel 2011 CD Quality Solo
- published: 18 Sep 2012
- views: 32452
- author: LyricsForEminem
Eminem Top 10 Diss Tracks
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 38:43
- Updated: 31 Jan 2013
10. 0:47 9. 2:59 8. 6:56 7. 10:01 6. 14:49 5. 19:40 4. 22:59 3. 26:55 2. 30:36 1. 35:08
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10. 0:47 9. 2:59 8. 6:56 7. 10:01 6. 14:49 5. 19:40 4. 22:59 3. 26:55 2. 30:36 1. 35:08
- published: 20 Dec 2011
- views: 670841
- author: 2pacalypsePast
Eminem Top 20 Diss Tracks
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 83:10
- Updated: 31 Jan 2013
20 0:00 19 2:46 (18) 5:20 17 8:46 16 12:23 (15) 16:34 14 20:55 (13) 26:01 12 30:07 11 32:18 10 36:32 (9) 40:11 8 44:29 7 50:06 6 55:20 5 58:22 4 1:03:05 3 1:06:24 2 1:11:42 1 1:16:29 OUTRO 1:20:04 The 4 songs with brackets are sped up 12% to avoid youtubes copywrite detectors (after some trial and error 112% is the slowest speed i came to that would be accepted, the normal speed being 100%)
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20 0:00 19 2:46 (18) 5:20 17 8:46 16 12:23 (15) 16:34 14 20:55 (13) 26:01 12 30:07 11 32:18 10 36:32 (9) 40:11 8 44:29 7 50:06 6 55:20 5 58:22 4 1:03:05 3 1:06:24 2 1:11:42 1 1:16:29 OUTRO 1:20:04 The 4 songs with brackets are sped up 12% to avoid youtubes copywrite detectors (after some trial and error 112% is the slowest speed i came to that would be accepted, the normal speed being 100%)
- published: 26 Sep 2012
- views: 39089
- author: 2pacalypseReturns
Tupac, Snoop Doggy Dogg, Kurupt, Warren G, Eminem, Dr. Dre, 50centz Coachella 2012
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 67:07
- Updated: 31 Jan 2013
The show you not want to miss out on the Rap of Old school of Gangsta. Nate Dogg, Snoop Doggy Dogg, Dr. Dre, Warren G, 50 Centz, Kurupt, Eminem, Tupac is risen!! really dope.. People this is Snoop Doggy Dogg, Snoop Dogg and not Snoop Lion for the era of jams and since there is no album with a title of Snoop lion, then get your facts right and hear Snoop Doggy Dogg aka tha Doggfather.
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The show you not want to miss out on the Rap of Old school of Gangsta. Nate Dogg, Snoop Doggy Dogg, Dr. Dre, Warren G, 50 Centz, Kurupt, Eminem, Tupac is risen!! really dope.. People this is Snoop Doggy Dogg, Snoop Dogg and not Snoop Lion for the era of jams and since there is no album with a title of Snoop lion, then get your facts right and hear Snoop Doggy Dogg aka tha Doggfather.
- published: 20 Apr 2012
- views: 1197091
- author: CAPTAINDOLLAR
Eminem (Full Documentary)
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- Duration: 72:42
- Updated: 30 Jan 2013
Marshall Bruce Mathers III (born October 17, 1972),[1] better known by his stage name Eminem (often stylized as EMINƎM) and by his alter ego Slim Shady, is an American rapper, record producer, songwriter and actor. Eminem's popularity brought his group, D12, to mainstream recognition. In addition to being a member of D12, Eminem is also one half of the hip hop duo Bad Meets Evil, with Royce da 5'9". Eminem is one of the best-selling artists in the world and is the best selling artist of the 2000s (decade).[2] He has been listed and ranked as one of the greatest artists of all time by many magazines including the Rolling Stone magazine which has ranked him 82nd on its list of The 100 Greatest Artists of All Time.[3] The same magazine has declared him The King of Hip Hop.[4] Including his work with D12 and Bad Meets Evil, Eminem has achieved ten number-one albums on the Billboard 200. He has sold more than 42 million tracks and 49.1 million albums in the United States,[5] and 100 million albums worldwide.[6] Eminem quickly gained popularity in 1999 with his major-label debut album, The Slim Shady LP. That first album, The Marshall Mathers LP and his third major album, The Eminem Show, all won Grammy Awards, making Eminem the first artist to win Best Rap Album for three consecutive LPs. The Marshall Mathers LP is also considered one of Eminem's best and most successful albums. Eminem then went on hiatus after touring in 2005. He released his first album since 2004's Encore ...
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Marshall Bruce Mathers III (born October 17, 1972),[1] better known by his stage name Eminem (often stylized as EMINƎM) and by his alter ego Slim Shady, is an American rapper, record producer, songwriter and actor. Eminem's popularity brought his group, D12, to mainstream recognition. In addition to being a member of D12, Eminem is also one half of the hip hop duo Bad Meets Evil, with Royce da 5'9". Eminem is one of the best-selling artists in the world and is the best selling artist of the 2000s (decade).[2] He has been listed and ranked as one of the greatest artists of all time by many magazines including the Rolling Stone magazine which has ranked him 82nd on its list of The 100 Greatest Artists of All Time.[3] The same magazine has declared him The King of Hip Hop.[4] Including his work with D12 and Bad Meets Evil, Eminem has achieved ten number-one albums on the Billboard 200. He has sold more than 42 million tracks and 49.1 million albums in the United States,[5] and 100 million albums worldwide.[6] Eminem quickly gained popularity in 1999 with his major-label debut album, The Slim Shady LP. That first album, The Marshall Mathers LP and his third major album, The Eminem Show, all won Grammy Awards, making Eminem the first artist to win Best Rap Album for three consecutive LPs. The Marshall Mathers LP is also considered one of Eminem's best and most successful albums. Eminem then went on hiatus after touring in 2005. He released his first album since 2004's Encore ...
- published: 08 Nov 2012
- views: 15472
- author: KillerKam802
Eminem - Relapse (Full Album)
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- Duration: 76:32
- Updated: 31 Jan 2013
Want us to upload a song? Comment! 0:00 Dr. West 1:30 3 am 6:49 My Mom 12:09 Insane 15:10 Bagpipes from Baghdad 19:56 Hello 24:00 Tonya 24:43 Same song & Dance 28:50 We Made You 33:19 Medicine Ball 37:16 Paul 37:36 Stay Wide Awake 42:55 Old Time's Sake 47:35 Must Be The Ganja 51:38 Mr. Mathers 52:19 Deja Vu 57:02 Beautiful 1:03:37 Crack a Bottle 1:08:52 Steve Barmen 1:10:21 Underground All music belongs to the original creator, I am just uploading to share.
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Want us to upload a song? Comment! 0:00 Dr. West 1:30 3 am 6:49 My Mom 12:09 Insane 15:10 Bagpipes from Baghdad 19:56 Hello 24:00 Tonya 24:43 Same song & Dance 28:50 We Made You 33:19 Medicine Ball 37:16 Paul 37:36 Stay Wide Awake 42:55 Old Time's Sake 47:35 Must Be The Ganja 51:38 Mr. Mathers 52:19 Deja Vu 57:02 Beautiful 1:03:37 Crack a Bottle 1:08:52 Steve Barmen 1:10:21 Underground All music belongs to the original creator, I am just uploading to share.
- published: 25 Nov 2012
- views: 93783
- author: iDatMusic
![Eminem - Home & Home Tour (Live From Comerica Park) 2010 [Audio]](http://web.archive.org./web/20130206201639im_/http://i.ytimg.com/vi/qbuwK4U7pYA/default.jpg "Eminem - Home & Home Tour (Live From Comerica Park) 2010 [Audio]")
Eminem - Home & Home Tour (Live From Comerica Park) 2010 [Audio]
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- Duration: 97:38
- Updated: 30 Jan 2013
Eminem - Home & Home Tour (Live From Comerica Park) 2010 [Audio] 00:00 - Won't Back Down & 3 AM (Intro) 06:57 - Square Dance, WTP & Kill You 11:47 - Welcome 2 Detroit (feat. Trick Trick) 14:49 - No Love & So Bad 19:36 - Cleaning Out My Closet & The Way I Am 24:25 - We're Back (Skit) 25:13 - Fight Music & Purple Pills (feat. D12) 29:39 - My Band (feat. D12) 34:46 - Airplanes Part II & Stan (feat. BoB & Liz Rodriguez) 41:48 - Sing for The Moment & Like Toy Soldiers 45:49 - Forever (feat. Drake) 49:14 - Patiently Waiting (feat. 50 Cent) 52:46 - I Get Money & In Da Club (feat. 50 Cent) 57:32 - 'Till I Collapse & Cinderella Man 1:02:51 - Ladies (Skit) 1:03:56 - Love the Way You Lie (feat. Liz Rodriguez) 1:08:19 - Renegade (feat. Jay-Z) 1:11:12 - My Name Is, The Next Episode & Still Dre (feat. Dr. Dre) 1:13:38 - Nuthin' But AG Thang & Detox (Skit) (feat. Dr. Dre) 1:16:34 - Crack A Bottle, The Real Slim Shady & Without Me 1:22:27 - Not Afraid 1:29:04 - Lose Yourself (Outro)
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Eminem - Home & Home Tour (Live From Comerica Park) 2010 [Audio] 00:00 - Won't Back Down & 3 AM (Intro) 06:57 - Square Dance, WTP & Kill You 11:47 - Welcome 2 Detroit (feat. Trick Trick) 14:49 - No Love & So Bad 19:36 - Cleaning Out My Closet & The Way I Am 24:25 - We're Back (Skit) 25:13 - Fight Music & Purple Pills (feat. D12) 29:39 - My Band (feat. D12) 34:46 - Airplanes Part II & Stan (feat. BoB & Liz Rodriguez) 41:48 - Sing for The Moment & Like Toy Soldiers 45:49 - Forever (feat. Drake) 49:14 - Patiently Waiting (feat. 50 Cent) 52:46 - I Get Money & In Da Club (feat. 50 Cent) 57:32 - 'Till I Collapse & Cinderella Man 1:02:51 - Ladies (Skit) 1:03:56 - Love the Way You Lie (feat. Liz Rodriguez) 1:08:19 - Renegade (feat. Jay-Z) 1:11:12 - My Name Is, The Next Episode & Still Dre (feat. Dr. Dre) 1:13:38 - Nuthin' But AG Thang & Detox (Skit) (feat. Dr. Dre) 1:16:34 - Crack A Bottle, The Real Slim Shady & Without Me 1:22:27 - Not Afraid 1:29:04 - Lose Yourself (Outro)
- published: 07 Mar 2012
- views: 53145
- author: Adil Karabora
Eminem - Live In New York
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- Duration: 78:46
- Updated: 31 Jan 2013
• Evil Deeds • Mosh • Business • Rain Man • Ass Like That • Puke • Kill You • Like Toy Soldiers • Git Up • How Come • Rock Star • 40 Oz • My Band • Stan • The Way I Am • Just Don't Give a Fuck • Got Some Teeth • Stay 'Bout It (Aqua) • The Set Up • Like Dat • Cleanin' Out My Closet • Mockingbird • Just Lose It • Lose Yourself This music is not owned or written by me. Also this video is not owned by me. It is owned by the Aftermath Label. I am just posting on behalf the public to watch these concerts.
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• Evil Deeds • Mosh • Business • Rain Man • Ass Like That • Puke • Kill You • Like Toy Soldiers • Git Up • How Come • Rock Star • 40 Oz • My Band • Stan • The Way I Am • Just Don't Give a Fuck • Got Some Teeth • Stay 'Bout It (Aqua) • The Set Up • Like Dat • Cleanin' Out My Closet • Mockingbird • Just Lose It • Lose Yourself This music is not owned or written by me. Also this video is not owned by me. It is owned by the Aftermath Label. I am just posting on behalf the public to watch these concerts.
- published: 15 Apr 2012
- views: 172641
- author: EminemProof
Linkin Park And Eminem - Collision Course II Mp3 Full Album
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- Duration: 52:20
- Updated: 30 Jan 2013
Breaking The Habit Not Afraid Burn It Down Love The Way You Lie Ill Be Gone Drop The World In My Remains Renegade Lost In The Echo Soldier Skin To Bone Forever The Catalyst Cocaine Tinfoil Powerless No Love Until It Breaks Despicable Victimized The Reup Waiting For The End I Need A Doctor When They Come For Me Underground
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Breaking The Habit Not Afraid Burn It Down Love The Way You Lie Ill Be Gone Drop The World In My Remains Renegade Lost In The Echo Soldier Skin To Bone Forever The Catalyst Cocaine Tinfoil Powerless No Love Until It Breaks Despicable Victimized The Reup Waiting For The End I Need A Doctor When They Come For Me Underground
- published: 29 Dec 2012
- views: 3157
- author: TheKurera
Eminem - Encore (Album)
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- Duration: 77:29
- Updated: 30 Jan 2013
Encore is the fifth studio album by American rapper Eminem. Its release was set for November 16, 2004, but was moved up to November 12 (coincidentally, exactly eight years to the day his debut album, Infinite, was released) after the album was leaked to the Internet. Encore sold 710000 copies in its first three days.[2] Encore sold 1582000 copies in its first two weeks of release in the United States in November 2004,[3] and was certified quadruple-platinum in mid-December.[4] As of May 13, 2012, it had sold 5.288 million copies in the US.[5][6] Nine months after its release, worldwide sales of the album stood at 11 million copies.[7] Critical reception was generally positive. Enjoy :) Subscribe, like and share THANKS :) Track listing Encore: No. Title 1. "Curtains Up" (skit) 0:07 2. "Evil Deeds" 0:56 3. "Never Enough" (featuring 50 Cent & Nate Dogg) 05:20 4. "Yellow Brick Road" 08:06 5. "Like Toy Soldiers" 13:39 6. "Mosh" 18:33 7. "Puke" 23:55 8. "My 1st Single" 28:11 9. "Paul" (skit) 33:15 10. "Rain Man" 33:50 11. "Big Weenie" 39:25 12. "Em Calls Paul" (skit) 43:46 13. "Just Lose It" 45:04 14. "Ass Like That" 48:36 15. "Spend Some Time" 52:53 16. "Mockingbird" 58:06 17. "Crazy in Love" 01:02:18 18. "One Shot 2 Shot" 01:06:29 19. "Final Thought" (skit) 01:10:56 20. "Encore/Curtains Down" (featuring Dr. Dre & 50 Cent) 01:11:32 I hope you like it :) Thanks for watching :)
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Encore is the fifth studio album by American rapper Eminem. Its release was set for November 16, 2004, but was moved up to November 12 (coincidentally, exactly eight years to the day his debut album, Infinite, was released) after the album was leaked to the Internet. Encore sold 710000 copies in its first three days.[2] Encore sold 1582000 copies in its first two weeks of release in the United States in November 2004,[3] and was certified quadruple-platinum in mid-December.[4] As of May 13, 2012, it had sold 5.288 million copies in the US.[5][6] Nine months after its release, worldwide sales of the album stood at 11 million copies.[7] Critical reception was generally positive. Enjoy :) Subscribe, like and share THANKS :) Track listing Encore: No. Title 1. "Curtains Up" (skit) 0:07 2. "Evil Deeds" 0:56 3. "Never Enough" (featuring 50 Cent & Nate Dogg) 05:20 4. "Yellow Brick Road" 08:06 5. "Like Toy Soldiers" 13:39 6. "Mosh" 18:33 7. "Puke" 23:55 8. "My 1st Single" 28:11 9. "Paul" (skit) 33:15 10. "Rain Man" 33:50 11. "Big Weenie" 39:25 12. "Em Calls Paul" (skit) 43:46 13. "Just Lose It" 45:04 14. "Ass Like That" 48:36 15. "Spend Some Time" 52:53 16. "Mockingbird" 58:06 17. "Crazy in Love" 01:02:18 18. "One Shot 2 Shot" 01:06:29 19. "Final Thought" (skit) 01:10:56 20. "Encore/Curtains Down" (featuring Dr. Dre & 50 Cent) 01:11:32 I hope you like it :) Thanks for watching :)
- published: 10 Jan 2013
- views: 2645
- author: nFrogstter
2pac, Eminem - 2 Legends, 1 Hour PART 2
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- Duration: 57:45
- Updated: 31 Jan 2013
0:00 Forgive Me - Eminem, 2pac, Obie 4:01 Shed So Many Tears - 2pac 8:22 Throw Ya Gunz Up - 2pac, DMX, Snoop 12:01 Dudey - Eminem , Obie 17:03 Old School - 2pac 21:11 Oh! - Eminem, 2pac, Obie 26:18 Gangsters Paradise - 2pac 29:56 Dont Go To Sleep - 2pac, Eminem, Dr Dre, Biggie 33:08 Like...
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0:00 Forgive Me - Eminem, 2pac, Obie 4:01 Shed So Many Tears - 2pac 8:22 Throw Ya Gunz Up - 2pac, DMX, Snoop 12:01 Dudey - Eminem , Obie 17:03 Old School - 2pac 21:11 Oh! - Eminem, 2pac, Obie 26:18 Gangsters Paradise - 2pac 29:56 Dont Go To Sleep - 2pac, Eminem, Dr Dre, Biggie 33:08 Like...
- published: 15 Sep 2012
- views: 10100
- author: 2pacalypseReturns
Eminem - Live from New York City / Madison Square Garden in 2005 / Full HD - 1080p / 78 mins approx.
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- Duration: 78:54
- Updated: 31 Jan 2013
0:00:00 - 01. BACKSTAGE 1 0:05:01 - 02. Evil Deeds 0:07:42 - 03. Mosh 0:11:01 - 04. Business 0:15:03 - 05. Rain Man 0:16:51 - 06. Ass Like That 0:19:15 - 07. Puke 0:21:02 - 08. Kill You 0:22:53 - 09. Like Toy Soldiers 0:26:17 - 10. Git Up feat. D12 0:29:46 - 11. How Come feat. D12 0:35:52 - 12. Rock Star feat. Bizarre of D12 0:36:55 - 13. 40 Oz feat. D12 0:41:10 - 14. My Band feat. D12 0:45:31 - 15. BACKSTAGE 2 0:46:30 - 16. Stan 0:48:32 - 17. The Way I Am 0:50:55 - 18. Just Don't Give A Fuck 0:52:25 - 19. Got Some Teeth feat. Obie Trice 0:54:41 - 20. Stay 'Bout It (Aqua) feat. Stat Quo 0:57:26 - 21. The Set Up feat. Stat Quo 1:00:16 - 22. Like Dat feat. Stat Quo & Obie Trice 1:02:16 - 23. Cleanin' Out My Closet 1:03:51 - 24. Mockingbird 1:06:12 - 25. Just Lose It 1:10:03 - 26. BACKSTAGE 3 1:11:58 - 27. Lose Yourself feat. D12 Executive Producers: Eminem, Paul Rosenberg, Stuart Parr Produced By: Richie Namm, Jock McLean Directed By: Hamish Hamilton - Associate Director: Hayley Collett - Co-Produced by: Luca Scalisi Photography by: Karin Catt Executive producers for Eagle Rock Entertainment, Ltd: Geoff Kempin, Terry Shand Video is blocked in these locations: Germany
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0:00:00 - 01. BACKSTAGE 1 0:05:01 - 02. Evil Deeds 0:07:42 - 03. Mosh 0:11:01 - 04. Business 0:15:03 - 05. Rain Man 0:16:51 - 06. Ass Like That 0:19:15 - 07. Puke 0:21:02 - 08. Kill You 0:22:53 - 09. Like Toy Soldiers 0:26:17 - 10. Git Up feat. D12 0:29:46 - 11. How Come feat. D12 0:35:52 - 12. Rock Star feat. Bizarre of D12 0:36:55 - 13. 40 Oz feat. D12 0:41:10 - 14. My Band feat. D12 0:45:31 - 15. BACKSTAGE 2 0:46:30 - 16. Stan 0:48:32 - 17. The Way I Am 0:50:55 - 18. Just Don't Give A Fuck 0:52:25 - 19. Got Some Teeth feat. Obie Trice 0:54:41 - 20. Stay 'Bout It (Aqua) feat. Stat Quo 0:57:26 - 21. The Set Up feat. Stat Quo 1:00:16 - 22. Like Dat feat. Stat Quo & Obie Trice 1:02:16 - 23. Cleanin' Out My Closet 1:03:51 - 24. Mockingbird 1:06:12 - 25. Just Lose It 1:10:03 - 26. BACKSTAGE 3 1:11:58 - 27. Lose Yourself feat. D12 Executive Producers: Eminem, Paul Rosenberg, Stuart Parr Produced By: Richie Namm, Jock McLean Directed By: Hamish Hamilton - Associate Director: Hayley Collett - Co-Produced by: Luca Scalisi Photography by: Karin Catt Executive producers for Eagle Rock Entertainment, Ltd: Geoff Kempin, Terry Shand Video is blocked in these locations: Germany
- published: 07 Aug 2012
- views: 58259
- author: MarshallMathersYT
Eminem- Recovery Full Album
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- Duration: 76:50
- Updated: 30 Jan 2013
Eminem's album recovery, enjoy the music and all rights go to eminem and his label. 00:00 Cold wind blows 05:03 Talking to myself 10:04 On fire 13:38 Won't back down 18:04 WTP 22:02 Going through changes 27:01 Not Afraid 31:09 Seduction 35:45 No Love 40:44 Space Bound 45:23 Cinderella man 50:02 25 to life 54:04 So bad 59:29 Almost Famous 01:04:23 Love the way you lie 01:08:45 Your never over 01:13:51 Gun go off
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Eminem's album recovery, enjoy the music and all rights go to eminem and his label. 00:00 Cold wind blows 05:03 Talking to myself 10:04 On fire 13:38 Won't back down 18:04 WTP 22:02 Going through changes 27:01 Not Afraid 31:09 Seduction 35:45 No Love 40:44 Space Bound 45:23 Cinderella man 50:02 25 to life 54:04 So bad 59:29 Almost Famous 01:04:23 Love the way you lie 01:08:45 Your never over 01:13:51 Gun go off
- published: 08 Dec 2012
- views: 3214
- author: IcedMix
Every song on Recovery (Eminem) lyrics
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- Duration: 77:06
- Updated: 31 Jan 2013
Click on these to jump to each song: 1- Cold Wind Blows 0:27 2- Talkin' 2 Myself 5:30 3- On Fire 10:29 4- Won't Back Down 14:01 5- WTP 18:31 6- Going Through Changes 22:29 7- Not Afraid 27:19 8- Seduction 31:43 9- No Love 36:05 10- Space Bound 41:04 11- Cinderella Man 45:35 12- 25 To Life 50:12 13- So Bad 54:16 14- Almost Famous 59:36 15- Love The Way You Lie 1:04:28 16- You're Never Over 1:08:45 17- Untitled 1:13:51 0 to 400 views in two days! August 21, 2011 - 3000 views! October 11, 2011 - 12000 views! Nov. 23, 2011 - 22712 views! March 3, 2012 - 55203 views! May 8, 2012 - 91898 views! May 16, 2012- 100000 views! August 3, 2012- 231169 views!
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Click on these to jump to each song: 1- Cold Wind Blows 0:27 2- Talkin' 2 Myself 5:30 3- On Fire 10:29 4- Won't Back Down 14:01 5- WTP 18:31 6- Going Through Changes 22:29 7- Not Afraid 27:19 8- Seduction 31:43 9- No Love 36:05 10- Space Bound 41:04 11- Cinderella Man 45:35 12- 25 To Life 50:12 13- So Bad 54:16 14- Almost Famous 59:36 15- Love The Way You Lie 1:04:28 16- You're Never Over 1:08:45 17- Untitled 1:13:51 0 to 400 views in two days! August 21, 2011 - 3000 views! October 11, 2011 - 12000 views! Nov. 23, 2011 - 22712 views! March 3, 2012 - 55203 views! May 8, 2012 - 91898 views! May 16, 2012- 100000 views! August 3, 2012- 231169 views!
- published: 07 Aug 2011
- views: 424641
- author: Montisa2008
Eminem Encore full album
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- Duration: 71:21
- Updated: 30 Jan 2013
just for viewing purposes, 0:47 Evil Deed, 5:05 Never Enough, 7:47 Yellow Brick Road, 13:32 Like Toy Soldiers, 18:28 Mosh, 23:45 Puke, 27:55 My 1st Single, 32:58 Rain Man, 38:43 Big Weenie, 44:23 Just Lose It, 48:30 Ass Like That, 52:57 Spend Some Time, 58:07 Mocking Bird, 1:02:17 Crazy In Love, 1:06:20 One Shot 2 Shot.
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just for viewing purposes, 0:47 Evil Deed, 5:05 Never Enough, 7:47 Yellow Brick Road, 13:32 Like Toy Soldiers, 18:28 Mosh, 23:45 Puke, 27:55 My 1st Single, 32:58 Rain Man, 38:43 Big Weenie, 44:23 Just Lose It, 48:30 Ass Like That, 52:57 Spend Some Time, 58:07 Mocking Bird, 1:02:17 Crazy In Love, 1:06:20 One Shot 2 Shot.
- published: 14 Sep 2012
- views: 28691
- author: 21Johnnyboi
Eminem - Recovery (Album)
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- Duration: 77:57
- Updated: 30 Jan 2013
Recovery is the seventh studio album by American rapper Eminem, released on June 18, 2010, by Shady Records, Aftermath Entertainment and Interscope Records. Production for the album took place during 2009 to 2010 at several recording studios and was handled by various record producers, including Alex da Kid, Just Blaze, Boi-1da, Jim Jonsin, DJ Khalil, Mr. Porter and Dr. Dre. Originally recorded as a sequel to Eminem's previous album Relapse (2009), Recovery features more introspective and emotional content than its predecessor. Enjoy :) Subscribe, like and share THANKS :) Track listing: No. Title 1. "Cold Wind Blows" 0:06 2. "Talkin' 2 Myself" (featuring Kobe) 5:17 3. "On Fire" 10:23 4. "Won't Back Down" (featuring P!nk) 14:01 5. "WTP" 18:25 6. "Going Through Changes" 22:24 7. "Not Afraid" 27:25 8. "Seduction" 31:37 9. "No Love" (featuring Lil Wayne) 36:17 10. "Space Bound" 41:18 11. "Cinderella Man" 46:04 12. "25 to Life" 50:51 13. "So Bad" 54:57 14. "Almost Famous" 1:00:05 15. "Love the Way You Lie" (featuring Rihanna) 1:04:58 16. "You're Never Over" 1:09:25 17. "Untitled" (hidden track) 1:14:33 I hope you like it :) Thanks for watching :)
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Recovery is the seventh studio album by American rapper Eminem, released on June 18, 2010, by Shady Records, Aftermath Entertainment and Interscope Records. Production for the album took place during 2009 to 2010 at several recording studios and was handled by various record producers, including Alex da Kid, Just Blaze, Boi-1da, Jim Jonsin, DJ Khalil, Mr. Porter and Dr. Dre. Originally recorded as a sequel to Eminem's previous album Relapse (2009), Recovery features more introspective and emotional content than its predecessor. Enjoy :) Subscribe, like and share THANKS :) Track listing: No. Title 1. "Cold Wind Blows" 0:06 2. "Talkin' 2 Myself" (featuring Kobe) 5:17 3. "On Fire" 10:23 4. "Won't Back Down" (featuring P!nk) 14:01 5. "WTP" 18:25 6. "Going Through Changes" 22:24 7. "Not Afraid" 27:25 8. "Seduction" 31:37 9. "No Love" (featuring Lil Wayne) 36:17 10. "Space Bound" 41:18 11. "Cinderella Man" 46:04 12. "25 to Life" 50:51 13. "So Bad" 54:57 14. "Almost Famous" 1:00:05 15. "Love the Way You Lie" (featuring Rihanna) 1:04:58 16. "You're Never Over" 1:09:25 17. "Untitled" (hidden track) 1:14:33 I hope you like it :) Thanks for watching :)
- published: 09 Jan 2013
- views: 538
- author: nFrogstter
100 Best Eminem Songs
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- Duration: 31:33
- Updated: 30 Jan 2013
The 100 best Eminem songs and the best parts of each song. Not in any order except for the top 10. No copyright infringement intended ALL CREDIT GOES TO THE GREATEST ARTIST OF ALL TIME.
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The 100 best Eminem songs and the best parts of each song. Not in any order except for the top 10. No copyright infringement intended ALL CREDIT GOES TO THE GREATEST ARTIST OF ALL TIME.
- published: 20 Aug 2012
- views: 22828
- author: Micky Burns
Every Song On The Eminem Show
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- Duration: 77:27
- Updated: 30 Jan 2013
I don't own anything, all rights go to Eminem Enjoy :)
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I don't own anything, all rights go to Eminem Enjoy :)
- published: 20 Oct 2012
- views: 14840
- author: nbtdgandhinderrock
Dr.Dre, Snoop Dogg, Ice Cube, Eminem - The Up In Smoke Tour (Full),(Live)
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- Duration: 119:46
- Updated: 30 Jan 2013
OYU Productions | Turkey
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Eminem Curtain Call: The Hits Full Album
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- Duration: 74:11
- Updated: 30 Jan 2013
Eminem album, viewing
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Eminem Interview On The Jonathan Ross Show [6-05-2010]
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- Duration: 8:16
- Updated: 17 Jan 2013
Eminem Interview On The Jonathan Ross Show [6-05-2010] Eminem Interview On The Jonathan Ross Show [6-05-2010] Eminem Interview On The Jonathan Ross Show [6-05-2010] www.marshallmathers.eu
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Eminem Interview On The Jonathan Ross Show [6-05-2010] Eminem Interview On The Jonathan Ross Show [6-05-2010] Eminem Interview On The Jonathan Ross Show [6-05-2010] www.marshallmathers.eu
- published: 21 Jun 2010
- views: 790185
- author: Marshall MathersEurope
Eminem - (Interview) RARE
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- Duration: 13:53
- Updated: 16 Jan 2013
Here's an old Eminem interview.. I am sure many of you have never seen this one before! Enjoy. www.youtube.com
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Here's an old Eminem interview.. I am sure many of you have never seen this one before! Enjoy. www.youtube.com
- published: 25 Dec 2011
- views: 102112
- author: LikeOrDislikeMusic
![Eminem Interview On Rap City Official [EXCLUSIVE]](http://web.archive.org./web/20130206201639im_/http://i.ytimg.com/vi/cWip16jyTZ8/default.jpg "Eminem Interview On Rap City Official [EXCLUSIVE]")
Eminem Interview On Rap City Official [EXCLUSIVE]
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 14:52
- Updated: 17 Jan 2013
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- published: 01 Jun 2012
- views: 107706
- author: McJosh313
![EMINEM Interview *NEW* [2012]](http://web.archive.org./web/20130206201639im_/http://i.ytimg.com/vi/oX9MbDZHK8o/default.jpg "EMINEM Interview *NEW* [2012]")
EMINEM Interview *NEW* [2012]
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 6:15
- Updated: 16 Jan 2013
EMINEM FACEBOOK FAN PAGE PLEASE LIKE - www.facebook.com
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EMINEM FACEBOOK FAN PAGE PLEASE LIKE - www.facebook.com
- published: 01 May 2012
- views: 106246
- author: jordanshady2010
Eminem - Interview with his fans
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 6:15
- Updated: 01 Jan 2013
Eminem - Interview with his fans. Fans had a lot of questions, and Eminem answer that. Check out my channel, for more Rap and Hip Hop music videos, and interviews. Don't forget to subscribe. Peace.
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Eminem - Interview with his fans. Fans had a lot of questions, and Eminem answer that. Check out my channel, for more Rap and Hip Hop music videos, and interviews. Don't forget to subscribe. Peace.
- published: 02 Feb 2009
- views: 135460
- author: RapStyle313
"Weird Al" Yankovic - The Eminem Interview
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 10:07
- Updated: 17 Jan 2013
"Weird Al" Yankovic "interviews" Eminem in this AL-TV clip from 2003.
http://wn.com/Weird_Al_Yankovic_The_Eminem_Interview
"Weird Al" Yankovic "interviews" Eminem in this AL-TV clip from 2003.
- published: 12 Feb 2010
- views: 978900
- author: alyankovic
Vintage Eminem Interview and Freestyle.flv
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 3:19
- Updated: 17 Jan 2013
Vintage Eminem cool interview.....!!! See him laughing!! Please Comment!! Thanks to SPAZMATIC..!!
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Vintage Eminem cool interview.....!!! See him laughing!! Please Comment!! Thanks to SPAZMATIC..!!
- published: 08 Jun 2011
- views: 123807
- author: rapblow
Eminem - Interview on Recovery 2010
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 8:40
- Updated: 16 Jan 2013
www.facebook.com
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Rihanna talks on Eminem (Interview)
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 2:06
- Updated: 16 Jan 2013
Rihanna talks about Eminem during an interview and how crazy the crowd went when Eminem came out of the stage floor for a surprise appearance during her LA concert. **I DO NOT OWN THIS MATERIAL. THIS IS FOR VIEWING PURPOSES ONLY (NON-PROFIT). PLEASE DO RIGHT BY THE ARTIST(S) AND BUY HIS/HER MUSIC** I DO NOT OWN ANYTHING!!!! ALL RIGHTS GO TO THE ARTIST!!!!!
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Rihanna talks about Eminem during an interview and how crazy the crowd went when Eminem came out of the stage floor for a surprise appearance during her LA concert. **I DO NOT OWN THIS MATERIAL. THIS IS FOR VIEWING PURPOSES ONLY (NON-PROFIT). PLEASE DO RIGHT BY THE ARTIST(S) AND BUY HIS/HER MUSIC** I DO NOT OWN ANYTHING!!!! ALL RIGHTS GO TO THE ARTIST!!!!!
- published: 11 May 2012
- views: 83564
- author: ITZthatREAL
Weird Al Yankovic - Eminem interview
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 10:10
- Updated: 17 Jan 2013
Weird Al Yankovic's interview with Eminem
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Weird Al Yankovic's interview with Eminem
- published: 31 Mar 2007
- views: 1306038
- author: fallen0angel0rising
Eminem new 2012 interview (recovery)
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 8:40
- Updated: 17 Jan 2013
subscribe for more Eminem videos
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Eminem Interview and Freestyle - "Something From Nothing: The Art Of Rap" [New 2012]
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 6:45
- Updated: 17 Jan 2013
ripped by www.youtube.com Follow us on Facebook and Twitter for the quickest and best Shady updates: www.facebook.com twitter.com
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- published: 15 Sep 2012
- views: 111837
- author: NiewulisEminem
Eminem interviews (RARE)
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 13:53
- Updated: 04 Jan 2013
An interview filmed by eminem
http://wn.com/Eminem_interviews_RARE
Eminem Interview after rehab 2010
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 2:57
- Updated: 13 Jan 2013
LIKE EMINEM FACEBOOK PAGE NOW PLEASE www.facebook.com
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LIKE EMINEM FACEBOOK PAGE NOW PLEASE www.facebook.com
- published: 25 Aug 2010
- views: 14492
- author: stefanYObro
Eminem Interview (2011)
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 10:17
- Updated: 15 Jan 2013
Eminem Interview (2011)
http://wn.com/Eminem_Interview_2011
Eminem Interview w/Anderson Cooper
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 12:40
- Updated: 17 Jan 2013
Eminem Interview w/Anderson Cooper
http://wn.com/Eminem_Interview_w_Anderson_Cooper
Old Eminem Interview
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 7:17
- Updated: 16 Jan 2013
i do not own any of this no copyright infrigment intended
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i do not own any of this no copyright infrigment intended
- published: 06 Jul 2011
- views: 38720
- author: cullyboy69
Al TV - Eminem Interview
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 10:09
- Updated: 17 Dec 2012
Hilarious! Classic Weird Al! Interview made a few years ago by Weird Al.
http://wn.com/Al_TV_Eminem_Interview
Hilarious! Classic Weird Al! Interview made a few years ago by Weird Al.
- published: 02 Oct 2007
- views: 24268
- author: JACOBIN
Eminem Interview 2010
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 2:35
- Updated: 17 Jan 2013
LIKE EMINEM FACEBOOK PAGE NOW PLEASE www.facebook.com If you like EMINEM, like this video and share it with your friends. Also go through my channel and see other eminem videos and subscribe me. Eminem's Interview in 2010 year. He talked about 4 past years, about drugs and overdose. He is taking overfuse TV. His new album recovery.
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LIKE EMINEM FACEBOOK PAGE NOW PLEASE www.facebook.com If you like EMINEM, like this video and share it with your friends. Also go through my channel and see other eminem videos and subscribe me. Eminem's Interview in 2010 year. He talked about 4 past years, about drugs and overdose. He is taking overfuse TV. His new album recovery.
- published: 12 Aug 2010
- views: 156966
- author: stefanYObro
Westwood - Part 2 *EXCLUSIVE* interview with Eminem Radio 1
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 8:27
- Updated: 16 Jan 2013
Westwood hangin' with Eminem talking about his new music and remembering Proof
http://wn.com/Westwood_Part_2_*EXCLUSIVE*_interview_with_Eminem_Radio_1
Westwood hangin' with Eminem talking about his new music and remembering Proof
- published: 28 May 2009
- views: 561921
- author: timwestwoodtv
Eminem Interview October 2008 Part 1/5
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 9:48
- Updated: 12 Jan 2013
Zane Lowe interviews Eminem at Sirius Radio Station in New York, for BBC Radio 1 October 21st 08. Eminem talks about his new book The Way I Am, his artwork, stealing fabric paints, writing his first song, break dancing, prank calling LL Cool J & when Beastie Boys first came out. "Eminems new album will be titled Relapse. Slim made the announcement Wednesday night at a release party in New York for his new book, The Way I Am. Over the last few months, the project was rumored to have been titled both King Mathers and Empack. Also at the soiree were 50 Cent, Lloyd Banks, Tony Yayo, LL Cool J and The Alchemist. Em also announced that hes teamed up with Nike to create a second pair of custom Air Jordan sneakers. The limited edition collection will produce just 313 pairs, as a tribute to Detroits area code. Proceeds will benefit The Marshall Mathers Foundation." - Written By Elle Castro. (thatshiphop.com) FREE DOWNLOAD He is the rap artist of his generation. The most controversial performer of our time. You can hear him in conversation with Zane, talking about his incredible story - all the success and the drama - that has been played out on the world's stage. You can download the full interview - for free! (UK only) from the BBC website. * This interview contains strong language www.bbc.co.uk www.myspace.com www.eminem.com
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Zane Lowe interviews Eminem at Sirius Radio Station in New York, for BBC Radio 1 October 21st 08. Eminem talks about his new book The Way I Am, his artwork, stealing fabric paints, writing his first song, break dancing, prank calling LL Cool J & when Beastie Boys first came out. "Eminems new album will be titled Relapse. Slim made the announcement Wednesday night at a release party in New York for his new book, The Way I Am. Over the last few months, the project was rumored to have been titled both King Mathers and Empack. Also at the soiree were 50 Cent, Lloyd Banks, Tony Yayo, LL Cool J and The Alchemist. Em also announced that hes teamed up with Nike to create a second pair of custom Air Jordan sneakers. The limited edition collection will produce just 313 pairs, as a tribute to Detroits area code. Proceeds will benefit The Marshall Mathers Foundation." - Written By Elle Castro. (thatshiphop.com) FREE DOWNLOAD He is the rap artist of his generation. The most controversial performer of our time. You can hear him in conversation with Zane, talking about his incredible story - all the success and the drama - that has been played out on the world's stage. You can download the full interview - for free! (UK only) from the BBC website. * This interview contains strong language www.bbc.co.uk www.myspace.com www.eminem.com
- published: 23 Oct 2008
- views: 35831
- author: 2303420
Eminem-Interview with fans!
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 6:15
- Updated: 16 Jan 2013
Eminem Interview around 2002 Questions From the fans
http://wn.com/Eminem-Interview_with_fans!
Eminem Interview around 2002 Questions From the fans
- published: 24 Nov 2008
- views: 297700
- author: ShadyisGenius
Eminem Interview About Da Hip Hop Witch
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 7:39
- Updated: 16 Jan 2013
Awesome Fotage!!
http://wn.com/Eminem_Interview_About_Da_Hip_Hop_Witch
78:46
Eminem - Live In New York
• Evil Deeds • Mosh • Business • Rain Man • Ass Like That • Puke • Kill You • Like Toy Sol...
published: 15 Apr 2012
author: EminemProof
Eminem - Live In New York
• Evil Deeds • Mosh • Business • Rain Man • Ass Like That • Puke • Kill You • Like Toy Soldiers • Git Up • How Come • Rock Star • 40 Oz • My Band • Stan • The Way I Am • Just Don't Give a Fuck • Got Some Teeth • Stay 'Bout It (Aqua) • The Set Up • Like Dat • Cleanin' Out My Closet • Mockingbird • Just Lose It • Lose Yourself This music is not owned or written by me. Also this video is not owned by me. It is owned by the Aftermath Label. I am just posting on behalf the public to watch these concerts.
- published: 15 Apr 2012
- views: 126701
- author: EminemProof
16:08
Eminem Surprises 50 Cent Show Live @ SXSW
50 Cent and Eminem perform "In Da Club," "Patiently Waiting," "21 Questions" and "Crack a ...
published: 12 Apr 2012
author: fuse
Eminem Surprises 50 Cent Show Live @ SXSW
50 Cent and Eminem perform "In Da Club," "Patiently Waiting," "21 Questions" and "Crack a Bottle" live at the SXSW Shady 2.0 Showcase. Subscribe to Fuse for more live music: bit.ly For more from Fuse, follow us here too Web: fuse.tv Twitter twitter.com Facebook: www.facebook.com
- published: 12 Apr 2012
- views: 2571958
- author: fuse
11:00
Eminem live on Friday night 15/05/09 part 1
The king is back and he made this interview with Jonathan Ross to warn his fans about his ...
published: 19 May 2009
author: Stefan Markovski
Eminem live on Friday night 15/05/09 part 1
The king is back and he made this interview with Jonathan Ross to warn his fans about his upcoming stuff. He's back & he's tight. xD
- published: 19 May 2009
- views: 215148
- author: Stefan Markovski
51:33
Eminem - Live In Los Angeles
Concert Track List Order & Times I'm back 00:00 Kill you 03:36 Under the influence 06:38 S...
published: 10 Apr 2012
author: EminemProof
Eminem - Live In Los Angeles
Concert Track List Order & Times I'm back 00:00 Kill you 03:36 Under the influence 06:38 Shit on You 10:15 Stan 14:35 Criminal 18:16 Brain Damage 20:06 Just don't give a fuck 23:59 Forgot About Dre 25:27 Bitch please II 30:11 Drug Ballad 35:14 Cum on Everybody 38:09 The Way I Am 40:19 The Real Slim Shady 46:17 This music is not owned or written by me. Also this video is not owned by me. It is owned by the Aftermath Label. I am just posting on behalf the public to watch these concerts.
- published: 10 Apr 2012
- views: 69761
- author: EminemProof
4:57
Eminem Live - [ The Real Slim Shady ] and [ The Way I Am ]
this is the most powerfull live of eminem ever! The Real Slim Shady The Way I Am...
published: 25 Nov 2007
author: bestdamnbk
Eminem Live - [ The Real Slim Shady ] and [ The Way I Am ]
this is the most powerfull live of eminem ever! The Real Slim Shady The Way I Am
- published: 25 Nov 2007
- views: 2119799
- author: bestdamnbk
87:45
EMINƎM : Live in Montreal (2011) by MontrealSTAN
ARE YOU TIRED OF WAITING FOR THE HOME & HOME DVD? Watch his complete performance at Osheag...
published: 03 Mar 2012
author: MontrealSTAN
EMINƎM : Live in Montreal (2011) by MontrealSTAN
ARE YOU TIRED OF WAITING FOR THE HOME & HOME DVD? Watch his complete performance at Osheaga on July 29th 2011 (87 min) One of Em's greatest performance of all time! SETLIST: Won't Back Down (1:45) 3 Am (4:45) Square Dance (6:37) WTP (8:07) Kill You (9:40) No Love (13:23) So Bad (16:22) Cleanin' Out My Closet (18:10) The Way I am (20:10) Fast Lane (23:05) Lighters (25:28) Air Plane pt.2 (30:20) Stan (33:00) Sing For The Moment (36:40) Like Toy Soldier (38:10) Forever (40:37) Space Bound (42:35) Nate Dogg Tribute (45:33) (xxplosive & The Next Episode) Till I Collapse (49:46) Cinderella Man (51:30) Love The Way You Lie (57:10) I Need a Doctor (1:01:50) My Name is (1:05:50) The Real Slim Shady (1:07:22) Whitout Me (1:09:04) Not Afraid (1:11:25) Lose Yourself (1:20:00) 36:10 Em points right at us when he says : "I'll be the biggest fan you'll ever lose" Eminem : Live in Montreal (edited by MontrealSTAN) July 29th 2011, Osheaga Festival, Montreal (Quebec)
- published: 03 Mar 2012
- views: 1110440
- author: MontrealSTAN
5:06
Eminem - Live ass like that (lindsay lohan ) , mockingbird
eminem's live in this video u can see him playing with lindsay lohan and after that he sta...
published: 31 Jul 2009
author: Pranay Sandela
Eminem - Live ass like that (lindsay lohan ) , mockingbird
eminem's live in this video u can see him playing with lindsay lohan and after that he starts singing mocking bird bit.ly "click on this for itune link "
- published: 31 Jul 2009
- views: 1050736
- author: Pranay Sandela
78:45
Eminem live in new york city (Full concert)
Eminem live in new york city full concert . Please subscribe to my channel...
published: 19 Jul 2012
author: KailebRice
Eminem live in new york city (Full concert)
Eminem live in new york city full concert . Please subscribe to my channel
- published: 19 Jul 2012
- views: 54401
- author: KailebRice
5:13
Jay-Z And Eminem Perform Renegade Live on Letterman
twitter.com FMOT...
published: 26 Jun 2010
author: Kwesi Miller
Jay-Z And Eminem Perform Renegade Live on Letterman
twitter.com FMOT
- published: 26 Jun 2010
- views: 2204590
- author: Kwesi Miller
3:52
Dr.Dre & Eminem - Forgot About Dre (From "The Up In Smoke Tour" DVD)
This Hip Hop All-Stars show features Dr. Dre, Snoop Doggy Dogg, Eminem, Ice Cube and other...
published: 06 Sep 2008
author: eaglerocktv
Dr.Dre & Eminem - Forgot About Dre (From "The Up In Smoke Tour" DVD)
This Hip Hop All-Stars show features Dr. Dre, Snoop Doggy Dogg, Eminem, Ice Cube and other special guests in a program offering many surprises, smarturl.it from onstage to backstage to scenes from the road shot by the artists themselves on home video cameras. To order this DVD from Amazon if you are in the UK, please click here: www.amazon.co.uk To order this DVD from amazon if you are in the US, please click here: www.amazon.com
- published: 06 Sep 2008
- views: 27697319
- author: eaglerocktv
29:27
Eminem Live In Detroit (2009)
Eminem held a secret "Relapse" release event on May 19, 2009 in his home town of Detroit. ...
published: 09 Oct 2011
author: EminemPHVideos1
Eminem Live In Detroit (2009)
Eminem held a secret "Relapse" release event on May 19, 2009 in his home town of Detroit. Eminem performed multiple songs from his new album including "3 AM," "Hello," "Insane," "Beautiful," "Crack A Bottle," "We Made You, and "Underground.", all before an encore where Eminem brought out his D12 members to perform "Lose Yourself." Set list: 1) 3AM 2) Hello 3) Insane 4) Underground 5) We Made You 6) Beautiful 7) Crack A Bottle 8) Lose Yourself Video Uploaded by Eminem Philippines (Fan Club) Like Us on Facebook: www.facebook.com
- published: 09 Oct 2011
- views: 266567
- author: EminemPHVideos1
5:11
Eminem - Beautiful ( Live) - HD
Beautiful" is the fourth single from American rapper Eminem's album Relapse. It was releas...
published: 14 Sep 2009
author: Thang Nguyen
Eminem - Beautiful ( Live) - HD
Beautiful" is the fourth single from American rapper Eminem's album Relapse. It was released on May 12 on [iTunes] available for digital downloads.[3]"Beautiful" entered the UK Singles Chart on May 17, 2009 at #38 and re-entered at #31 due to massive airplay. Since then the song has peaked at #12 so far. It became Eminem's 21st Top 40 single in the UK. Also in the US it made a "Hot Shot Debut" at #17 on the Billboard Hot 100. The song was on the A-List of the BBC Radio 1 playlist. In the week of July 23, 2009 it re-entered the Hot 100 at #98.[4]
- published: 14 Sep 2009
- views: 1238395
- author: Thang Nguyen
5:30
Eminem - Lose Yourself (live)
live at 45th Grammy ..twitter @ja5d3...
published: 13 Apr 2007
author: tiprendoetistrozzo
Eminem - Lose Yourself (live)
live at 45th Grammy ..twitter @ja5d3
- published: 13 Apr 2007
- views: 6124300
- author: tiprendoetistrozzo
6:35
Eminem ft. Elton John - Stan (Live at Grammys)
Eminem ft. Elton John - Stan (Live at Grammys)...
published: 07 Jun 2006
author: empire4001
Eminem ft. Elton John - Stan (Live at Grammys)
Eminem ft. Elton John - Stan (Live at Grammys)
- published: 07 Jun 2006
- views: 5743153
- author: empire4001
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9:18
Shady Records 2.0 Boys 2011 Cypher (Uncut)
This is the unedited explicit version of the Shady Records 2.0 Boys 2011 Cypher. Yelawolf...
published: 13 Oct 2011
author: Shady Records
Shady Records 2.0 Boys 2011 Cypher (Uncut)
This is the unedited explicit version of the Shady Records 2.0 Boys 2011 Cypher. Yelawolf, Slaughterhouse and Eminem over "Tried By 12" provided by DJ Premier. Filmed on location in Detroit, MI, USA.
4:26
Lil Wayne - Drop the World (ft. Eminem) - Uncut Music Video
The uncensored version of 'Drop the World' by Lil Wayne (featuring Eminem).
ALL RIGHTS TO ...
published: 29 Apr 2010
author: Sean Watson
Lil Wayne - Drop the World (ft. Eminem) - Uncut Music Video
The uncensored version of 'Drop the World' by Lil Wayne (featuring Eminem).
ALL RIGHTS TO THE SONG, VIDEO AND ANYTHING ELSE BELONG TO LIL WAYNE, EMINEM AND THEIR RESPECTIVE PARTIES, COMPANIES ETC. I created this video by overlaying the uncut song over top of the official video for everyone's pleasure.
Enjoy and FREE WEEZY!
33:44
People's Champion: Behind the Battle
Short documentary exploring the 'Iron Mic' freestyle battle viral video.
facebook.com/Pe...
published: 18 Jul 2011
author: Trent Babbington
People's Champion: Behind the Battle
Short documentary exploring the 'Iron Mic' freestyle battle viral video.
facebook.com/PeoplesChampionDoc
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Produced & Directed by Walker Warren & Trent Babbington
Photographed & Edited by Trent Babbington
Sound - Trent Babbington
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--- Contributors (thank you all!)
Eli Porter - (twitter.com/edolla1100)
Envy (archive footage)
Marvelous 'Marv-O' Strickland
Jeremy 'J-Dub Walker - (twitter.com/jdubgre)
Steve 'Action' Jackson
Mr. John White
Brannon Boyle
Timmy
Evan
Will
Chris Fuller
Gus Fernandez
Jay Smooth - (illdoctrine.com)
Modi - (dctobc.com)
Eric Rosenthal - (itsthereal.com)
Jeff Rosenthal - (itsthereal.com)
Dallas Penn - (internetscelebrities.com)
Rafi Kam - (internetscelebrities.com)
Andy Milonakis - (twitter.com/andymilonakis)
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--- Music
HEY MAMA
performed by Kanye West
remix from 'Glow In the Dark' book
MA, I DON'T LOVE HER
performed by Clipse & Faith Evans
from 'Lord WIllin' album
I REALLY MEAN IT
performed by Cam'Ron & Jim Jones
from 'Diplomatic Immunity' album
H·A·M
performed by Jay-Z & Kanye West
from 'Watch the Throne' album
COMPLICATION WITH OPTIMISTIC OUTCOME
performed by Trent Reznor & Atticus Ross
from 'The Social Network' soundtrack album
ATLANTA, GA
performed by Shawty Lo
--- Videos
8 Mile
106 & Park
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
Lil Boose: Bad Azz - The DVD
Eminem - "Not Afraid"
DJ Khaled - "Put Your Hands Up"
xoxnxexfilms - "Iron Mic: Eli Porter vs. Envy"
xoxnxexfilms - "You Got Attended 2"
xoxnxexfilms - "Halloweenis: Day of the Zombiwank"
xoxnxexfilms - "The Passion of the Chris"
xoxnxexfilms - "Coach Karter"
xoxnxexfilms - "Iron Mic: J-Werk vs. Lev"
xoxnxexfilms - "Iron Mic: Mr. Ely vs. Mr. Mitchell"
xoxnxexfilms - "Iron Mic Sypher"
jumpoff - "WRC Week 9 Battle of the week"
drect - "Grind Time Now Presents: E Ness vs Iron Solomon"
allhiphopallthetime - "Rap Battle fight full uncut Artisan vs King Lo AHAT Rap Battles"
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Shot in Atlanta, Georgia (June 2010 - May 2011)
Additional interviews shot in Washington DC · Norfolk, VA · New York, NY · Los Angeles, CA
Shot with Sony Z7U & Canon 7D cameras
Edited with Final Cut Pro 7
Premiered May 24, 2011
Online July 19, 2011
5:08
Bad Meets Evil feat. Bruno Mars - Lighters [Official Video] [HD]
© 2011 Intersope & Shady Records
Bad Meets Evil ( Eminem & Royce Da 5'9 ) featuring Bruno...
published: 24 Aug 2011
author: D.T.
Bad Meets Evil feat. Bruno Mars - Lighters [Official Video] [HD]
© 2011 Intersope & Shady Records
Bad Meets Evil ( Eminem & Royce Da 5'9 ) featuring Bruno Mars - Lighters | Official Music Video HD
Song from the "Bad Meets Evil EP"(2011)
Youtube results:
5:28
Eminem Performs "Not Afraid" Live in Los Angeles
www.rap-up.com Eminem performs "Not Afraid" with Travis Barker and a choir live at the Sta...
published: 15 Jun 2010
author: RapUpTV
Eminem Performs "Not Afraid" Live in Los Angeles
www.rap-up.com Eminem performs "Not Afraid" with Travis Barker and a choir live at the Staples Center in Los Angeles at the Activision E3 2010 preview event on June 14, 2010.
- published: 15 Jun 2010
- views: 981195
- author: RapUpTV
51:33
EMINƎM : Live in Los Angeles (2001) Full Concert [HQ]
Check out his latest concert 10 years later in Montreal In front of 38 000 fans : youtu.be...
published: 17 Apr 2012
author: MontrealSTAN
EMINƎM : Live in Los Angeles (2001) Full Concert [HQ]
Check out his latest concert 10 years later in Montreal In front of 38 000 fans : youtu.be Subscribe for more concert! Set list: I'm back (00:23) Kill you (03:36) Under the influence(06:38) Shit on You (10:15) Stan (14:35) Criminal (18:16) Brain Damage (20:06) Just don't give a fuck (23:59) Forgot About Dre (25:27) Bitch please II (30:11) Drug Ballad (35:14) Cum on Everybody (38:09) The Way I Am (40:19) The Real Slim Shady (46:17)
- published: 17 Apr 2012
- views: 59289
- author: MontrealSTAN
3:37
Dr. Dre & Eminem 'Forgot About Dre' Live @ Coachella 2012 4-15-12
Dr. Dre performs with Eminem live at Coachella 2012...
published: 16 Apr 2012
author: maitai212
Dr. Dre & Eminem 'Forgot About Dre' Live @ Coachella 2012 4-15-12
Dr. Dre performs with Eminem live at Coachella 2012
- published: 16 Apr 2012
- views: 104575
- author: maitai212
4:13
Eminem Live Rap Battle 1997 (Rare)
Eminem Battling In 1997 (Rare)...
published: 16 Aug 2009
author: Shaun Johnston
Eminem Live Rap Battle 1997 (Rare)
Eminem Battling In 1997 (Rare)
- published: 16 Aug 2009
- views: 240870
- author: Shaun Johnston
59:49
Eminem - The Slim Shady LP (Full Album)
No copyright intended. This is strictly for non-profit and educational purposes only. All ...
published: 04 Nov 2012
author: ExposingTheLies420
Eminem - The Slim Shady LP (Full Album)
No copyright intended. This is strictly for non-profit and educational purposes only. All rights belong to the original owners and content creators of this material. Like The Hub on Facebook! www.facebook.com
- published: 04 Nov 2012
- views: 177058
- author: ExposingTheLies420
115:12
Eminem Top 100 Verses LYRICS ON SCREEN
100 1:07 99 2:39 98 3:24 97 4:09 96: 5:12 95 6:34 94 7:29 93 8:23 92 9:28 91 10:15 90 11:0...
published: 22 Jun 2012
author: 2pacalypsePast
Eminem Top 100 Verses LYRICS ON SCREEN
100 1:07 99 2:39 98 3:24 97 4:09 96: 5:12 95 6:34 94 7:29 93 8:23 92 9:28 91 10:15 90 11:09 89 12:05 88 12:48 87 13:24 86 15:30 85 16:26 84 17:44 83 18:47 82 19:33 81 20:25 80 21:22 79 22:11 78 23:36 77 24:13 76 25:46 75 26:56 74 28:23 73 29:16 72 30:11 71 30:58 70 32:23 69 33:25 68 34:50 67 36:05 66 37:47 65 38:47 64 39:30 63 40:35 62 41:29 61 43:00 60 44:01 59 45:05 58 46:28 57 49:37 56 51:18 55 52:09 54 53:13 53 54:13 52 55:20 51 56:28 50 58:06 49 59:12 48 1:00:20 47 1:01:07 46 1:01:58 45 1:03:04 44 1:03:44 43 1:04:51 42 1:06:08 41 1:07:15 40 1:08:20 39 1:09:10 38 1:09:52 37 1:10:42 36 1:11:31 35 1:12:35 34 1:13:16 33 1:15:18 32 1:16:30 31 1:17:22 30 1:18:56 29 1:20:16 28 1:21:06 27 1:22:22 26 1:23:19 25 1:24:03 24 1:24:52 23 1:25:57 22 1:26:40 21 1:27:49 20 1:28:52 19 1:29:51 18 1:31:38 17 1:33:08 16 1:34:32 15 1:35:32 14 1:36:17 13 1:37:00 12 1:38:00 11 1:40:50 10 1:44:13 9 1:45:10 8 1:46:23 7 1:47:07 6 1:47:54 5 1:48:41 4 1:49:56 3 1:50:38 2 1:51:52 1 1:53:53 50 Of Eminems Best Freestyles & Battles www.youtube.com All My Eminem Vids www.youtube.com
- published: 22 Jun 2012
- views: 162790
- author: 2pacalypsePast
61:43
Eminem One Hour Mix
I have made a MP3 (CD Quality 320kbps) of this Mix and you can download the file rather th...
published: 10 Oct 2012
author: PaulTheXbox360Gamer
Eminem One Hour Mix
I have made a MP3 (CD Quality 320kbps) of this Mix and you can download the file rather than having to use any YouTube downloader witch means you will have perfect quality. Since i uploaded the Eminem Extended Mix witch was 17 Minutes long there have been a lot of requests for this, so i decided to make an hour long mix. Please note i'm not a DJ or any type of music expert i have made these music mixes in my spare time. So please feel free to comment below. Enjoy Thanks.Here is the Download Link www.4shared.com (you need to sign up to download the file witch is free and fast)
- published: 10 Oct 2012
- views: 19162
- author: PaulTheXbox360Gamer
38:21
Eminem - Infinite full Album
I will upload all Albums. Thanks for 400 Views :D. 00:00 Infinite 03:57 WEGO 04:20 It's OK...
published: 18 Sep 2012
author: LyricsForEminem
Eminem - Infinite full Album
I will upload all Albums. Thanks for 400 Views :D. 00:00 Infinite 03:57 WEGO 04:20 It's OK 07:54 Tonite 11:40 313 15:52 Maxine 19:54 Open Mic 23:58 Never 2 Far 27:36 Searchin 31:23 Backstabber II 34:56 Jealousy Woes II Tags: Eminem Marshall Bruce Mathers III Slim Shady Hailie Jade Album 2004 Encore Full Hip Hop Rap Relapse Slim Shady LP SSLP SSEP Slim Shady EP Infinite 1996 1997 1999 The Eminem Show 2002 2009 Recovery 2010 Bad meets Evil Hell the Sequel 2011 CD Quality Solo
- published: 18 Sep 2012
- views: 32452
- author: LyricsForEminem
38:43
Eminem Top 10 Diss Tracks
10. 0:47 9. 2:59 8. 6:56 7. 10:01 6. 14:49 5. 19:40 4. 22:59 3. 26:55 2. 30:36 1. 35:08...
published: 20 Dec 2011
author: 2pacalypsePast
Eminem Top 10 Diss Tracks
10. 0:47 9. 2:59 8. 6:56 7. 10:01 6. 14:49 5. 19:40 4. 22:59 3. 26:55 2. 30:36 1. 35:08
- published: 20 Dec 2011
- views: 670841
- author: 2pacalypsePast
83:10
Eminem Top 20 Diss Tracks
20 0:00 19 2:46 (18) 5:20 17 8:46 16 12:23 (15) 16:34 14 20:55 (13) 26:01 12 30:07 11 32:1...
published: 26 Sep 2012
author: 2pacalypseReturns
Eminem Top 20 Diss Tracks
20 0:00 19 2:46 (18) 5:20 17 8:46 16 12:23 (15) 16:34 14 20:55 (13) 26:01 12 30:07 11 32:18 10 36:32 (9) 40:11 8 44:29 7 50:06 6 55:20 5 58:22 4 1:03:05 3 1:06:24 2 1:11:42 1 1:16:29 OUTRO 1:20:04 The 4 songs with brackets are sped up 12% to avoid youtubes copywrite detectors (after some trial and error 112% is the slowest speed i came to that would be accepted, the normal speed being 100%)
- published: 26 Sep 2012
- views: 39089
- author: 2pacalypseReturns
67:07
Tupac, Snoop Doggy Dogg, Kurupt, Warren G, Eminem, Dr. Dre, 50centz Coachella 2012
The show you not want to miss out on the Rap of Old school of Gangsta. Nate Dogg, Snoop Do...
published: 20 Apr 2012
author: CAPTAINDOLLAR
Tupac, Snoop Doggy Dogg, Kurupt, Warren G, Eminem, Dr. Dre, 50centz Coachella 2012
The show you not want to miss out on the Rap of Old school of Gangsta. Nate Dogg, Snoop Doggy Dogg, Dr. Dre, Warren G, 50 Centz, Kurupt, Eminem, Tupac is risen!! really dope.. People this is Snoop Doggy Dogg, Snoop Dogg and not Snoop Lion for the era of jams and since there is no album with a title of Snoop lion, then get your facts right and hear Snoop Doggy Dogg aka tha Doggfather.
- published: 20 Apr 2012
- views: 1197091
- author: CAPTAINDOLLAR
72:42
Eminem (Full Documentary)
Marshall Bruce Mathers III (born October 17, 1972),[1] better known by his stage name Emin...
published: 08 Nov 2012
author: KillerKam802
Eminem (Full Documentary)
Marshall Bruce Mathers III (born October 17, 1972),[1] better known by his stage name Eminem (often stylized as EMINƎM) and by his alter ego Slim Shady, is an American rapper, record producer, songwriter and actor. Eminem's popularity brought his group, D12, to mainstream recognition. In addition to being a member of D12, Eminem is also one half of the hip hop duo Bad Meets Evil, with Royce da 5'9". Eminem is one of the best-selling artists in the world and is the best selling artist of the 2000s (decade).[2] He has been listed and ranked as one of the greatest artists of all time by many magazines including the Rolling Stone magazine which has ranked him 82nd on its list of The 100 Greatest Artists of All Time.[3] The same magazine has declared him The King of Hip Hop.[4] Including his work with D12 and Bad Meets Evil, Eminem has achieved ten number-one albums on the Billboard 200. He has sold more than 42 million tracks and 49.1 million albums in the United States,[5] and 100 million albums worldwide.[6] Eminem quickly gained popularity in 1999 with his major-label debut album, The Slim Shady LP. That first album, The Marshall Mathers LP and his third major album, The Eminem Show, all won Grammy Awards, making Eminem the first artist to win Best Rap Album for three consecutive LPs. The Marshall Mathers LP is also considered one of Eminem's best and most successful albums. Eminem then went on hiatus after touring in 2005. He released his first album since 2004's Encore ...
- published: 08 Nov 2012
- views: 15472
- author: KillerKam802
76:32
Eminem - Relapse (Full Album)
Want us to upload a song? Comment! 0:00 Dr. West 1:30 3 am 6:49 My Mom 12:09 Insane 15:10 ...
published: 25 Nov 2012
author: iDatMusic
Eminem - Relapse (Full Album)
Want us to upload a song? Comment! 0:00 Dr. West 1:30 3 am 6:49 My Mom 12:09 Insane 15:10 Bagpipes from Baghdad 19:56 Hello 24:00 Tonya 24:43 Same song & Dance 28:50 We Made You 33:19 Medicine Ball 37:16 Paul 37:36 Stay Wide Awake 42:55 Old Time's Sake 47:35 Must Be The Ganja 51:38 Mr. Mathers 52:19 Deja Vu 57:02 Beautiful 1:03:37 Crack a Bottle 1:08:52 Steve Barmen 1:10:21 Underground All music belongs to the original creator, I am just uploading to share.
- published: 25 Nov 2012
- views: 93783
- author: iDatMusic
97:38
Eminem - Home & Home Tour (Live From Comerica Park) 2010 [Audio]
Eminem - Home & Home Tour (Live From Comerica Park) 2010 [Audio] 00:00 - Won't Back Down &...
published: 07 Mar 2012
author: Adil Karabora
Eminem - Home & Home Tour (Live From Comerica Park) 2010 [Audio]
Eminem - Home & Home Tour (Live From Comerica Park) 2010 [Audio] 00:00 - Won't Back Down & 3 AM (Intro) 06:57 - Square Dance, WTP & Kill You 11:47 - Welcome 2 Detroit (feat. Trick Trick) 14:49 - No Love & So Bad 19:36 - Cleaning Out My Closet & The Way I Am 24:25 - We're Back (Skit) 25:13 - Fight Music & Purple Pills (feat. D12) 29:39 - My Band (feat. D12) 34:46 - Airplanes Part II & Stan (feat. BoB & Liz Rodriguez) 41:48 - Sing for The Moment & Like Toy Soldiers 45:49 - Forever (feat. Drake) 49:14 - Patiently Waiting (feat. 50 Cent) 52:46 - I Get Money & In Da Club (feat. 50 Cent) 57:32 - 'Till I Collapse & Cinderella Man 1:02:51 - Ladies (Skit) 1:03:56 - Love the Way You Lie (feat. Liz Rodriguez) 1:08:19 - Renegade (feat. Jay-Z) 1:11:12 - My Name Is, The Next Episode & Still Dre (feat. Dr. Dre) 1:13:38 - Nuthin' But AG Thang & Detox (Skit) (feat. Dr. Dre) 1:16:34 - Crack A Bottle, The Real Slim Shady & Without Me 1:22:27 - Not Afraid 1:29:04 - Lose Yourself (Outro)
- published: 07 Mar 2012
- views: 53145
- author: Adil Karabora
78:46
Eminem - Live In New York
• Evil Deeds • Mosh • Business • Rain Man • Ass Like That • Puke • Kill You • Like Toy Sol...
published: 15 Apr 2012
author: EminemProof
Eminem - Live In New York
• Evil Deeds • Mosh • Business • Rain Man • Ass Like That • Puke • Kill You • Like Toy Soldiers • Git Up • How Come • Rock Star • 40 Oz • My Band • Stan • The Way I Am • Just Don't Give a Fuck • Got Some Teeth • Stay 'Bout It (Aqua) • The Set Up • Like Dat • Cleanin' Out My Closet • Mockingbird • Just Lose It • Lose Yourself This music is not owned or written by me. Also this video is not owned by me. It is owned by the Aftermath Label. I am just posting on behalf the public to watch these concerts.
- published: 15 Apr 2012
- views: 172641
- author: EminemProof
52:20
Linkin Park And Eminem - Collision Course II Mp3 Full Album
Breaking The Habit Not Afraid Burn It Down Love The Way You Lie Ill Be Gone Drop The World...
published: 29 Dec 2012
author: TheKurera
Linkin Park And Eminem - Collision Course II Mp3 Full Album
Breaking The Habit Not Afraid Burn It Down Love The Way You Lie Ill Be Gone Drop The World In My Remains Renegade Lost In The Echo Soldier Skin To Bone Forever The Catalyst Cocaine Tinfoil Powerless No Love Until It Breaks Despicable Victimized The Reup Waiting For The End I Need A Doctor When They Come For Me Underground
- published: 29 Dec 2012
- views: 3157
- author: TheKurera
77:29
Eminem - Encore (Album)
Encore is the fifth studio album by American rapper Eminem. Its release was set for Novemb...
published: 10 Jan 2013
author: nFrogstter
Eminem - Encore (Album)
Encore is the fifth studio album by American rapper Eminem. Its release was set for November 16, 2004, but was moved up to November 12 (coincidentally, exactly eight years to the day his debut album, Infinite, was released) after the album was leaked to the Internet. Encore sold 710000 copies in its first three days.[2] Encore sold 1582000 copies in its first two weeks of release in the United States in November 2004,[3] and was certified quadruple-platinum in mid-December.[4] As of May 13, 2012, it had sold 5.288 million copies in the US.[5][6] Nine months after its release, worldwide sales of the album stood at 11 million copies.[7] Critical reception was generally positive. Enjoy :) Subscribe, like and share THANKS :) Track listing Encore: No. Title 1. "Curtains Up" (skit) 0:07 2. "Evil Deeds" 0:56 3. "Never Enough" (featuring 50 Cent & Nate Dogg) 05:20 4. "Yellow Brick Road" 08:06 5. "Like Toy Soldiers" 13:39 6. "Mosh" 18:33 7. "Puke" 23:55 8. "My 1st Single" 28:11 9. "Paul" (skit) 33:15 10. "Rain Man" 33:50 11. "Big Weenie" 39:25 12. "Em Calls Paul" (skit) 43:46 13. "Just Lose It" 45:04 14. "Ass Like That" 48:36 15. "Spend Some Time" 52:53 16. "Mockingbird" 58:06 17. "Crazy in Love" 01:02:18 18. "One Shot 2 Shot" 01:06:29 19. "Final Thought" (skit) 01:10:56 20. "Encore/Curtains Down" (featuring Dr. Dre & 50 Cent) 01:11:32 I hope you like it :) Thanks for watching :)
- published: 10 Jan 2013
- views: 2645
- author: nFrogstter
57:45
2pac, Eminem - 2 Legends, 1 Hour PART 2
0:00 Forgive Me - Eminem, 2pac, Obie 4:01 Shed So Many Tears - 2pac 8:22 Throw Ya Gunz Up ...
published: 15 Sep 2012
author: 2pacalypseReturns
2pac, Eminem - 2 Legends, 1 Hour PART 2
0:00 Forgive Me - Eminem, 2pac, Obie 4:01 Shed So Many Tears - 2pac 8:22 Throw Ya Gunz Up - 2pac, DMX, Snoop 12:01 Dudey - Eminem , Obie 17:03 Old School - 2pac 21:11 Oh! - Eminem, 2pac, Obie 26:18 Gangsters Paradise - 2pac 29:56 Dont Go To Sleep - 2pac, Eminem, Dr Dre, Biggie 33:08 Like...
- published: 15 Sep 2012
- views: 10100
- author: 2pacalypseReturns
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9:18
Shady Records 2.0 Boys 2011 Cypher (Uncut)
This is the unedited explicit version of the Shady Records 2.0 Boys 2011 Cypher. Yelawolf...
published: 13 Oct 2011
author: Shady Records
Shady Records 2.0 Boys 2011 Cypher (Uncut)
This is the unedited explicit version of the Shady Records 2.0 Boys 2011 Cypher. Yelawolf, Slaughterhouse and Eminem over "Tried By 12" provided by DJ Premier. Filmed on location in Detroit, MI, USA.
4:26
Lil Wayne - Drop the World (ft. Eminem) - Uncut Music Video
The uncensored version of 'Drop the World' by Lil Wayne (featuring Eminem).
ALL RIGHTS TO ...
published: 29 Apr 2010
author: Sean Watson
Lil Wayne - Drop the World (ft. Eminem) - Uncut Music Video
The uncensored version of 'Drop the World' by Lil Wayne (featuring Eminem).
ALL RIGHTS TO THE SONG, VIDEO AND ANYTHING ELSE BELONG TO LIL WAYNE, EMINEM AND THEIR RESPECTIVE PARTIES, COMPANIES ETC. I created this video by overlaying the uncut song over top of the official video for everyone's pleasure.
Enjoy and FREE WEEZY!
33:44
People's Champion: Behind the Battle
Short documentary exploring the 'Iron Mic' freestyle battle viral video.
facebook.com/Pe...
published: 18 Jul 2011
author: Trent Babbington
People's Champion: Behind the Battle
Short documentary exploring the 'Iron Mic' freestyle battle viral video.
facebook.com/PeoplesChampionDoc
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Produced & Directed by Walker Warren & Trent Babbington
Photographed & Edited by Trent Babbington
Sound - Trent Babbington
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--- Contributors (thank you all!)
Eli Porter - (twitter.com/edolla1100)
Envy (archive footage)
Marvelous 'Marv-O' Strickland
Jeremy 'J-Dub Walker - (twitter.com/jdubgre)
Steve 'Action' Jackson
Mr. John White
Brannon Boyle
Timmy
Evan
Will
Chris Fuller
Gus Fernandez
Jay Smooth - (illdoctrine.com)
Modi - (dctobc.com)
Eric Rosenthal - (itsthereal.com)
Jeff Rosenthal - (itsthereal.com)
Dallas Penn - (internetscelebrities.com)
Rafi Kam - (internetscelebrities.com)
Andy Milonakis - (twitter.com/andymilonakis)
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--- Music
HEY MAMA
performed by Kanye West
remix from 'Glow In the Dark' book
MA, I DON'T LOVE HER
performed by Clipse & Faith Evans
from 'Lord WIllin' album
I REALLY MEAN IT
performed by Cam'Ron & Jim Jones
from 'Diplomatic Immunity' album
H·A·M
performed by Jay-Z & Kanye West
from 'Watch the Throne' album
COMPLICATION WITH OPTIMISTIC OUTCOME
performed by Trent Reznor & Atticus Ross
from 'The Social Network' soundtrack album
ATLANTA, GA
performed by Shawty Lo
--- Videos
8 Mile
106 & Park
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
Lil Boose: Bad Azz - The DVD
Eminem - "Not Afraid"
DJ Khaled - "Put Your Hands Up"
xoxnxexfilms - "Iron Mic: Eli Porter vs. Envy"
xoxnxexfilms - "You Got Attended 2"
xoxnxexfilms - "Halloweenis: Day of the Zombiwank"
xoxnxexfilms - "The Passion of the Chris"
xoxnxexfilms - "Coach Karter"
xoxnxexfilms - "Iron Mic: J-Werk vs. Lev"
xoxnxexfilms - "Iron Mic: Mr. Ely vs. Mr. Mitchell"
xoxnxexfilms - "Iron Mic Sypher"
jumpoff - "WRC Week 9 Battle of the week"
drect - "Grind Time Now Presents: E Ness vs Iron Solomon"
allhiphopallthetime - "Rap Battle fight full uncut Artisan vs King Lo AHAT Rap Battles"
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Shot in Atlanta, Georgia (June 2010 - May 2011)
Additional interviews shot in Washington DC · Norfolk, VA · New York, NY · Los Angeles, CA
Shot with Sony Z7U & Canon 7D cameras
Edited with Final Cut Pro 7
Premiered May 24, 2011
Online July 19, 2011
5:08
Bad Meets Evil feat. Bruno Mars - Lighters [Official Video] [HD]
© 2011 Intersope & Shady Records
Bad Meets Evil ( Eminem & Royce Da 5'9 ) featuring Bruno...
published: 24 Aug 2011
author: D.T.
Bad Meets Evil feat. Bruno Mars - Lighters [Official Video] [HD]
© 2011 Intersope & Shady Records
Bad Meets Evil ( Eminem & Royce Da 5'9 ) featuring Bruno Mars - Lighters | Official Music Video HD
Song from the "Bad Meets Evil EP"(2011)
Youtube results:
78:54
Eminem - Live from New York City / Madison Square Garden in 2005 / Full HD - 1080p / 78 mins approx.
0:00:00 - 01. BACKSTAGE 1 0:05:01 - 02. Evil Deeds 0:07:42 - 03. Mosh 0:11:01 - 04. Busine...
published: 07 Aug 2012
author: MarshallMathersYT
Eminem - Live from New York City / Madison Square Garden in 2005 / Full HD - 1080p / 78 mins approx.
0:00:00 - 01. BACKSTAGE 1 0:05:01 - 02. Evil Deeds 0:07:42 - 03. Mosh 0:11:01 - 04. Business 0:15:03 - 05. Rain Man 0:16:51 - 06. Ass Like That 0:19:15 - 07. Puke 0:21:02 - 08. Kill You 0:22:53 - 09. Like Toy Soldiers 0:26:17 - 10. Git Up feat. D12 0:29:46 - 11. How Come feat. D12 0:35:52 - 12. Rock Star feat. Bizarre of D12 0:36:55 - 13. 40 Oz feat. D12 0:41:10 - 14. My Band feat. D12 0:45:31 - 15. BACKSTAGE 2 0:46:30 - 16. Stan 0:48:32 - 17. The Way I Am 0:50:55 - 18. Just Don't Give A Fuck 0:52:25 - 19. Got Some Teeth feat. Obie Trice 0:54:41 - 20. Stay 'Bout It (Aqua) feat. Stat Quo 0:57:26 - 21. The Set Up feat. Stat Quo 1:00:16 - 22. Like Dat feat. Stat Quo & Obie Trice 1:02:16 - 23. Cleanin' Out My Closet 1:03:51 - 24. Mockingbird 1:06:12 - 25. Just Lose It 1:10:03 - 26. BACKSTAGE 3 1:11:58 - 27. Lose Yourself feat. D12 Executive Producers: Eminem, Paul Rosenberg, Stuart Parr Produced By: Richie Namm, Jock McLean Directed By: Hamish Hamilton - Associate Director: Hayley Collett - Co-Produced by: Luca Scalisi Photography by: Karin Catt Executive producers for Eagle Rock Entertainment, Ltd: Geoff Kempin, Terry Shand Video is blocked in these locations: Germany
- published: 07 Aug 2012
- views: 58259
- author: MarshallMathersYT
76:50
Eminem- Recovery Full Album
Eminem's album recovery, enjoy the music and all rights go to eminem and his label. 00:00 ...
published: 08 Dec 2012
author: IcedMix
Eminem- Recovery Full Album
Eminem's album recovery, enjoy the music and all rights go to eminem and his label. 00:00 Cold wind blows 05:03 Talking to myself 10:04 On fire 13:38 Won't back down 18:04 WTP 22:02 Going through changes 27:01 Not Afraid 31:09 Seduction 35:45 No Love 40:44 Space Bound 45:23 Cinderella man 50:02 25 to life 54:04 So bad 59:29 Almost Famous 01:04:23 Love the way you lie 01:08:45 Your never over 01:13:51 Gun go off
- published: 08 Dec 2012
- views: 3214
- author: IcedMix
77:06
Every song on Recovery (Eminem) lyrics
Click on these to jump to each song: 1- Cold Wind Blows 0:27 2- Talkin' 2 Myself 5:30 3- O...
published: 07 Aug 2011
author: Montisa2008
Every song on Recovery (Eminem) lyrics
Click on these to jump to each song: 1- Cold Wind Blows 0:27 2- Talkin' 2 Myself 5:30 3- On Fire 10:29 4- Won't Back Down 14:01 5- WTP 18:31 6- Going Through Changes 22:29 7- Not Afraid 27:19 8- Seduction 31:43 9- No Love 36:05 10- Space Bound 41:04 11- Cinderella Man 45:35 12- 25 To Life 50:12 13- So Bad 54:16 14- Almost Famous 59:36 15- Love The Way You Lie 1:04:28 16- You're Never Over 1:08:45 17- Untitled 1:13:51 0 to 400 views in two days! August 21, 2011 - 3000 views! October 11, 2011 - 12000 views! Nov. 23, 2011 - 22712 views! March 3, 2012 - 55203 views! May 8, 2012 - 91898 views! May 16, 2012- 100000 views! August 3, 2012- 231169 views!
- published: 07 Aug 2011
- views: 424641
- author: Montisa2008
71:21
Eminem Encore full album
just for viewing purposes, 0:47 Evil Deed, 5:05 Never Enough, 7:47 Yellow Brick Road, 13:3...
published: 14 Sep 2012
author: 21Johnnyboi
Eminem Encore full album
just for viewing purposes, 0:47 Evil Deed, 5:05 Never Enough, 7:47 Yellow Brick Road, 13:32 Like Toy Soldiers, 18:28 Mosh, 23:45 Puke, 27:55 My 1st Single, 32:58 Rain Man, 38:43 Big Weenie, 44:23 Just Lose It, 48:30 Ass Like That, 52:57 Spend Some Time, 58:07 Mocking Bird, 1:02:17 Crazy In Love, 1:06:20 One Shot 2 Shot.
- published: 14 Sep 2012
- views: 28691
- author: 21Johnnyboi
8:16
Eminem Interview On The Jonathan Ross Show [6-05-2010]
Eminem Interview On The Jonathan Ross Show [6-05-2010] Eminem Interview On The Jonathan Ro...
published: 21 Jun 2010
author: Marshall MathersEurope
Eminem Interview On The Jonathan Ross Show [6-05-2010]
Eminem Interview On The Jonathan Ross Show [6-05-2010] Eminem Interview On The Jonathan Ross Show [6-05-2010] Eminem Interview On The Jonathan Ross Show [6-05-2010] www.marshallmathers.eu
- published: 21 Jun 2010
- views: 790185
- author: Marshall MathersEurope
13:53
Eminem - (Interview) RARE
Here's an old Eminem interview.. I am sure many of you have never seen this one before! En...
published: 25 Dec 2011
author: LikeOrDislikeMusic
Eminem - (Interview) RARE
Here's an old Eminem interview.. I am sure many of you have never seen this one before! Enjoy. www.youtube.com
- published: 25 Dec 2011
- views: 102112
- author: LikeOrDislikeMusic
14:52
Eminem Interview On Rap City Official [EXCLUSIVE]
Hope you like it, suscribe ami canal, I have a lot more unreleased Eminem's video! Thank y...
published: 01 Jun 2012
author: McJosh313
Eminem Interview On Rap City Official [EXCLUSIVE]
Hope you like it, suscribe ami canal, I have a lot more unreleased Eminem's video! Thank you very much !
- published: 01 Jun 2012
- views: 107706
- author: McJosh313
6:15
EMINEM Interview *NEW* [2012]
EMINEM FACEBOOK FAN PAGE PLEASE LIKE - www.facebook.com...
published: 01 May 2012
author: jordanshady2010
EMINEM Interview *NEW* [2012]
EMINEM FACEBOOK FAN PAGE PLEASE LIKE - www.facebook.com
- published: 01 May 2012
- views: 106246
- author: jordanshady2010
6:15
Eminem - Interview with his fans
Eminem - Interview with his fans. Fans had a lot of questions, and Eminem answer that. Che...
published: 02 Feb 2009
author: RapStyle313
Eminem - Interview with his fans
Eminem - Interview with his fans. Fans had a lot of questions, and Eminem answer that. Check out my channel, for more Rap and Hip Hop music videos, and interviews. Don't forget to subscribe. Peace.
- published: 02 Feb 2009
- views: 135460
- author: RapStyle313
10:07
"Weird Al" Yankovic - The Eminem Interview
"Weird Al" Yankovic "interviews" Eminem in this AL-TV clip from 2003....
published: 12 Feb 2010
author: alyankovic
"Weird Al" Yankovic - The Eminem Interview
"Weird Al" Yankovic "interviews" Eminem in this AL-TV clip from 2003.
- published: 12 Feb 2010
- views: 978900
- author: alyankovic
3:19
Vintage Eminem Interview and Freestyle.flv
Vintage Eminem cool interview.....!!! See him laughing!! Please Comment!! Thanks to SPAZMA...
published: 08 Jun 2011
author: rapblow
Vintage Eminem Interview and Freestyle.flv
Vintage Eminem cool interview.....!!! See him laughing!! Please Comment!! Thanks to SPAZMATIC..!!
- published: 08 Jun 2011
- views: 123807
- author: rapblow
8:40
Eminem - Interview on Recovery 2010
www.facebook.com...
published: 19 Jan 2012
author: eminem2466
Eminem - Interview on Recovery 2010
www.facebook.com
- published: 19 Jan 2012
- views: 75148
- author: eminem2466
2:06
Rihanna talks on Eminem (Interview)
Rihanna talks about Eminem during an interview and how crazy the crowd went when Eminem ca...
published: 11 May 2012
author: ITZthatREAL
Rihanna talks on Eminem (Interview)
Rihanna talks about Eminem during an interview and how crazy the crowd went when Eminem came out of the stage floor for a surprise appearance during her LA concert. **I DO NOT OWN THIS MATERIAL. THIS IS FOR VIEWING PURPOSES ONLY (NON-PROFIT). PLEASE DO RIGHT BY THE ARTIST(S) AND BUY HIS/HER MUSIC** I DO NOT OWN ANYTHING!!!! ALL RIGHTS GO TO THE ARTIST!!!!!
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Weird Al Yankovic - Eminem interview
Weird Al Yankovic's interview with Eminem...
published: 31 Mar 2007
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Weird Al Yankovic - Eminem interview
Weird Al Yankovic's interview with Eminem
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Eminem Interview and Freestyle - "Something From Nothing: The Art Of Rap" [New 2012]
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Eminem Interview and Freestyle - "Something From Nothing: The Art Of Rap" [New 2012]
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Eminem Interview after rehab 2010
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Eminem Interview after rehab 2010
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Shady Records 2.0 Boys 2011 Cypher (Uncut)
This is the unedited explicit version of the Shady Records 2.0 Boys 2011 Cypher. Yelawolf...
published: 13 Oct 2011
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Shady Records 2.0 Boys 2011 Cypher (Uncut)
This is the unedited explicit version of the Shady Records 2.0 Boys 2011 Cypher. Yelawolf, Slaughterhouse and Eminem over "Tried By 12" provided by DJ Premier. Filmed on location in Detroit, MI, USA.
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Lil Wayne - Drop the World (ft. Eminem) - Uncut Music Video
The uncensored version of 'Drop the World' by Lil Wayne (featuring Eminem).
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Lil Wayne - Drop the World (ft. Eminem) - Uncut Music Video
The uncensored version of 'Drop the World' by Lil Wayne (featuring Eminem).
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People's Champion: Behind the Battle
Short documentary exploring the 'Iron Mic' freestyle battle viral video.
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People's Champion: Behind the Battle
Short documentary exploring the 'Iron Mic' freestyle battle viral video.
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Produced & Directed by Walker Warren & Trent Babbington
Photographed & Edited by Trent Babbington
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Envy (archive footage)
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Steve 'Action' Jackson
Mr. John White
Brannon Boyle
Timmy
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Will
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HEY MAMA
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MA, I DON'T LOVE HER
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H·A·M
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Jimmy Kimmel Live!
Lil Boose: Bad Azz - The DVD
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Shot in Atlanta, Georgia (June 2010 - May 2011)
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Bad Meets Evil feat. Bruno Mars - Lighters [Official Video] [HD]
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Bad Meets Evil feat. Bruno Mars - Lighters [Official Video] [HD]
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Eminem Interview (2011)
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Eminem Interview (2011)
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Eminem Interview w/Anderson Cooper
Eminem Interview w/Anderson Cooper...
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Eminem Interview w/Anderson Cooper
Eminem Interview w/Anderson Cooper
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Old Eminem Interview
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Old Eminem Interview
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photo: US Army / Chief Warrant Officer 4 Daniel McClinton
06 Feb 2013
Article by WN.com Correspondent Dallas Darling. "The art of war is a matter of life and death, a road either to safety or to ruin." Sun Tzu, "The Art of War," 4th Century BCE. During confirmation hearings for the next U.S. Defense Secretary, it was appalling to observe several senators haggling with Chuck Hagel over whether the surge during the disastrous U.S.-Iraqi preemptive war and military occupation was a success or not ... The U.S....(size: 6.2Kb)
photo: AP / Jerome Delay
06 Feb 2013
GAO, Mali. French-led forces have killed hundreds of Islamists in fighting to reclaim northern Mali and with the rebels' last bastion secured, France said Tuesday it will begin withdrawing its troops from March ... The defence ministry said the Islamists died in French air strikes on vehicles transporting fighters and equipment, and in "direct combat in Konna and Gao", key central and northern towns ... "The combat isn't over ... - AFP. ....(size: 4.8Kb)
photo: AP / Rebecca Blackwell
06 Feb 2013
Nigeria and Ghana may meet in the Africa Cup of Nations final – but only if they can beat teams bidding for a first victory. Ghana fans, here at the Cup of Nations quarter-final against Cape Verde, hope their side can win the tournament for the first time since 1982. Photograph. Ian Walton/Getty Images. As the dust settles after the quarter-finals, the landscape looks strangely unfamiliar ... "But the thing they tend to get is respect ... ....(size: 8.2Kb)
photo: AP / Vahid Salemi
05 Feb 2013
Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has arrived in Cairo, marking the first visit to Egypt by an Iranian president since Iran's 1979 Islamic revolution. Ahmadinejad flew into the capital, Cairo, to attend a summit of the Organisation of Islamic Co-operation (OIC), which begins on Wednesday. Egyptian President Mohamed Morsi kissed the Iranian leader as he got off the plane on Tuesday ... "My wish is bigger than this ... Iran does not recognise Israel ... ....(size: 17.9Kb)
photo: US Navy / U.S. Army photo by Sgt. Michael Baltz
06 Feb 2013
As many as 54 countries have been complicit in CIA's extraordinary rendition operations in which terrorism suspects were held in secret prisons overseas or turned over to foreign governments for interrogation, a human rights organisation has said in a report ... The report by the Open Society Justice Initiative said its information was based on "credible public sources" and "reputable human rights organisations" ... Agencies ... ....(size: 18.7Kb)
Digital Spy
06 Feb 2013
Eminem has teamed up with rising UK singer Jamie N Commons for his new single, according to reports ... "The song features the hook of one of Jamie's tracks and Eminem rapping the verses," a source told The Sun. "It's scheduled to be Eminem's big single this summer when he headlines the Reading and Leeds festivals in the UK ... [Eminem and Dr Dre at Coachella 2012] ... Watch the music video for Eminem's 'Stan' below.....(size: 8.3Kb)
The Source
06 Feb 2013
Executive produced by Dr. Dre and Eminem, the album was nominated for Best Rap Album Of The Year at the 2003 Grammys, but lost to Outkast's Speakerboxx/TheLoveBelow ... Tracks like "Many Men," the Eminem & Lloyd Banks-featured "Don't Push Me," and "What Up Gangsta?" could be heard blasting from any given car riding through the streets back in 2003 ... MTV News caught up with 50 to get him to break down the album, track by track....(size: 2.3Kb)
CBC
06 Feb 2013
He urges his Canadian hosts to "feel ownership" of the event.'We've really changed our attitude towards festivals...You get to play in front of crowds that aren't necessarily your own — you know, you get to play in front of an Eminem fan or something, so it's a real opportunity'—Marcus Mumford ... an Eminem fan or something, so it's a real opportunity....(size: 4.6Kb)
Huffington Post
06 Feb 2013
50 Cent's debut album turns ten. 50 Cent's "Get Rich or Die Tryin'" album turns ten today -- feel old yet?. Released on Feb ... The album debuted at number one and has gone eight times platinum ... Loading Slideshow ... Nate Dogg ... Ne-Yo ... New single off of Street King Immortal - Album coming out this fall Produced by Dr Dre and mixed by Eminem Download the Thisis50 app for iPhone and Android! (Search ... Music video by Eminem performing You Don't Know ... ....(size: 6.1Kb)
Music News
06 Feb 2013
Rihanna is the most popular musician for inspiring people to learn the English language, according to a new study ... RiRi triumphed over chart rivals and fellow pop princesses Katy Perry and Beyonce who inspired 8% and 7% of EFL speakers respectively. Eminem was the top male musician with 7% claiming that they learned English to understand the controversial rapper ... Have Your Say ... ....(size: 2.1Kb)
Digital Spy
06 Feb 2013
Wiley has admitted that he didn't think Emeli Sandé would be a big star in the UK. The grime rapper worked with the singer-songwriter during the early stages of her career, but never thought she would hit the mainstream as she was "unusual". "I never thought Emeli would be a star in the UK ... He added ... > Ella Henderson ... More ... Eminem 'teams up with UK singer Jamie N Commons for new single' ... Ella ... Eminem 'teams with UK singer for new song' ... ....(size: 8.0Kb)
Q Music
06 Feb 2013
Wednesday, 6 February. Damon Albarn soundtracked British film Broken, directed by his Dr Dee collaborator Rufus Norris, is set for a cinema release on 8 March. The Blur man has contributed via musical collective Electric Wave Bureau. "Damon is part of a group, the Electric Wave Bureau, and I worked with them all on Broken," explained the director ... Studiocanal.co.uk ... Jamie N Commons has been sampled by Eminem for the rapper's new single....(size: 4.8Kb)
Digital Spy
06 Feb 2013
Mikky Ekko has premiered his new music video online. The singer-songwriter - real name John Stephen Sudduth - has released 'Pull Me Down' as the debut single from his forthcoming album. The accompanying music video shows Ekko performing the track in a messy flat as he sees ghosts of a past love ... 'Pull Me Down' is available to download now. > Sunday chart predictions. Biffy Clyro, Macklemore ... >Eminem 'teams with UK singer for new song' ... . ...(size: 7.9Kb)
Digital Spy
06 Feb 2013
Lady GaGa has revealed some lyrics from one of her new tracks. The singer teased new song 'Sex Dreams' on Twitter by posting a line lifted from the track, which is expected to appear on her forthcoming album ARTPOP. "We could be caught, were both convicted criminals of thought. -Sex Dreams #ARTPOP," GaGa tweeted ... "We've been working on it for over a year now," Zedd explained ... > Lady GaGa ... More ... Eminem 'teams with UK singer for new song'....(size: 8.1Kb)
Digital Spy
06 Feb 2013
One Direction's new single has leaked online ahead of its official premiere. The boyband will release a cover of Blondie's 'One Way or Another' as the official Comic Relief single on February 17. However, a low-quality version of the track has appeared online, causing the group's members to urge fans to pre-order the track to raise money for charity. "I hear the charity single has been leaked ... Eminem 'teams with UK singer for new song' ... ....(size: 8.3Kb)
Digital Spy
06 Feb 2013
Adam Levine has confirmed that he is launching a fragrance line. The Maroon 5 star will put his name to both men's and women's scents, which will go on sale in Macy's later this month. Levine, who once claimed that he would like to "ban" celebrity fragrances, told WWD that he wanted to make sure he was making a quality product ... "At the end of the day, I can definitely say I wanted to change the perception of that ... Eminem & Adam Levine ... ....(size: 8.7Kb)
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
06 Feb 2013
Who's going to take home the Grammys on Sunday night?. Given the way this ceremony has played out in recent years -- with Herbie Hancock and Arcade Fire pulling major upsets at 11.25 p.m. -- it's anybody's guess ... 1. Return of rock ... Where. Staples Center in Los Angeles. When ... 2 ... Mr ... One of the more historic moments in Grammy history took place in 2001 when openly gay Elton John came to terms with open gay-basher Eminem on "Stan."...(size: 7.3Kb)
Detroit news
06 Feb 2013
Marney Rich Keenan Comments. In the more than 30 years that Detroit photographer Michelle Andonian has been capturing images, she has documented the last shopping day at Hudson's and the final days of the Uniroyal tire plant, the Stroh Brewery Co. and Olympia Stadium ... Resto is most well-known for his work with Eminem, Was (Not Was), Anita Baker, Stevie Nicks and Jay-Z ... I was just pulled right into it." ... Both shows were sold out ... Tweet ... 30 ... ....(size: 12.1Kb)
| Eminem | |
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 Eminem performing in August 2011 |
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| Background information | |
| Birth name | Marshall Bruce Mathers III |
| Born | (1972-10-17) October 17, 1972 (age 39) Saint Joseph, Missouri, U.S. |
| Origin | Detroit, Michigan, U.S. |
| Genres | Hip hop |
| Occupations | Rapper, record producer, songwriter, actor |
| Years active | 1996–present |
| Labels | Aftermath, Shady |
| Associated acts | 50 Cent, Bad Meets Evil, D12, Dr. Dre, Akon, Nate Dogg, Obie Trice, Slaughterhouse, Yelawolf |
| Website | eminem.com |
Marshall Bruce Mathers III (born October 17, 1972),[1] better known by his stage name Eminem (often stylized as EMINƎM) and by his alter ego Slim Shady, is an American rapper, record producer, songwriter and actor. Eminem's popularity brought his group, D12, to mainstream recognition. As well as being a member of D12, Eminem is also one half of the hip hop duo Bad Meets Evil, with Royce da 5'9". Eminem is one of the best-selling artists in the world and is the best selling artist of the 2000s.[2] He has been listed and ranked as one of the greatest artists of all time by many magazines including the Rolling Stone magazine which has ranked him 82nd on its list of The 100 Greatest Artists of All Time.[3] The same magazine has declared him The King of Hip Hop.[4] Including his work with D12 and Bad Meets Evil, Eminem has achieved ten number-one albums on the Billboard 200. He has sold more than 42 million tracks and 41 million albums in the United States,[5] and nearly 90 million albums worldwide.[6]
Eminem quickly gained popularity in 1999 with his major-label debut album, The Slim Shady LP. That first album, The Marshall Mathers LP and his third major album, The Eminem Show, all won Grammy Awards, making Eminem the first artist to win Best Rap Album for three consecutive LPs. The Marshall Mathers LP is also considered one of Eminem's best and most successful albums. Eminem then went on hiatus after touring in 2005. He released his first album since 2004's Encore, titled Relapse, on May 15, 2009. In 2010, Eminem released his seventh studio album Recovery, which was an international success. Recovery was also named the best selling album worldwide of 2010 joining The Eminem Show, which was the best seller of 2002. Eminem won Grammy Awards for both Relapse and Recovery, giving him a total of 13 Grammys in his career. Eminem has named Masta Ace, Big Daddy Kane, Newcleus, the Beastie Boys, Dr. Dre, Tupac Shakur, AZ, Nas, and Ice-T amongst others as his influences.
Eminem has opened other ventures since the beginning of his success. He founded his own record label, Shady Records with his manager Paul Rosenberg. He also has his own radio channel, Shade 45. Eminem began an acting career in 2002, when he starred in the hip hop drama film 8 Mile in which he won the Academy Award for Best Original Song, becoming the first rap artist ever to win the award.[7] He is also set to star in the 2013 films Shady Talez and Have Gun, Will Travel. He has also made cameo appearances in The Wash (2001), Funny People (2009) and television series Entourage.
Life and career[link]
1972–91: Early life and beginnings[link]
Eminem was born Marshall Bruce Mathers III on October 17, 1972, in Saint Joseph, Missouri, the only child of Deborah R. (Nelson) Mathers-Briggs and Marshall Bruce Mathers, Jr.[8] He is of Scottish,[9] English, German, Swiss, Polish, and Luxembourgian ancestry.[10] His father abandoned the family when he was 18 months old, and he was raised solely by his mother. By the age of 12, Mathers and his mother had moved between various cities and towns in Missouri (including Saint Joseph, Savannah, and Kansas City)[11] before they settled in Warren, Michigan, and in Mathers' teenage years, Detroit.[12]
As a child, Mathers developed an interest in storytelling and aspired to become a comic book artist before discovering hip hop.[13] When Mathers was around 11 years old, his maternal uncle Ronald "Ronnie" Nelson introduced him to the genre after giving him a copy of Ice-T's single "Reckless".[13] After obtaining a copy of the Beastie Boys album Licensed to Ill as a teenager, Mathers became interested in music, performing amateur raps at age 14 under the pseudonym "M&M" and joining the group called "Bassmint Productions" and released their second EP, Steppin' Onto The Scene. They later changed their name to "Soul Intent" and around 1995 they released their first single called "Fuckin' Backstabber" under the record label Mashin' Duck Records.[1] Although he was enrolled at Lincoln High School in Warren, he frequently participated in freestyle battles at the now-defunct Osborn High School on Detroit's east side.[14] Despite a well-documented struggle succeeding in a predominantly African-American industry, he gained the approval of underground hip hop audiences.[1][8][15] After repeating the ninth grade twice due to truancy and near-failing grades,[16] he dropped out of high school at age 17.
In 1991, Mathers was devastated by the suicide of his uncle. He has a tattoo reading "Ronnie R.I.P." on his upper left arm.[17] Ronnie was mentioned in the songs "Stan", "Cleanin' Out My Closet" and "My Dad's Gone Crazy".
[edit] 1992–96: Early career and Infinite
One of Mathers' early mentors as a rapper was local rapper Champtown, who got Mathers his first studio time; Mathers made his first music video appearance in Champtown's 1992 video "Do-Da-Dipity".[18] Mathers and Champtown later had a falling out.[18] Mathers was initially signed to FBT Productions in 1992, run by brothers Jeff and Mark Bass. Mathers also held a minimum-wage job of cooking and dishwashing at the restaurant Gilbert's Lodge at St. Clair Shores for some time.[19] In 1996, his debut album Infinite, which was recorded at the Bassmint, a recording studio owned by the Bass Brothers, was released under their independent label Web Entertainment.[20] Eminem recalled, "Obviously, I was young and influenced by other artists, and I got a lot of feedback saying that I sounded like Nas and AZ. 'Infinite' was me trying to figure out how I wanted my rap style to be, how I wanted to sound on the mic and present myself. It was a growing stage. I felt like 'Infinite' was like a demo that just got pressed up."[21] Subjects covered in Infinite included his struggles with raising his newborn daughter Hailie Jade Mathers while on limited funds and his strong desire to get rich.[22] Early in his career, Eminem collaborated with fellow Detroit MC Royce da 5'9" under the stage name Bad Meets Evil.[23] After the release of Infinite, Eminem's personal struggles and abuse of drugs and alcohol culminated in an unsuccessful suicide attempt.[1]
Jimmy Iovine, CEO of Interscope Records, requested a demo tape of Eminem's after he placed second at the 1997 Rap Olympics. Eminem had also won Wake Up Show's "Freestyle Performer of the Year" award, helping him acquire a record deal.[24] Iovine played the tape for record producer Dr. Dre, founder of Aftermath Entertainment. The two began recording tracks for Eminem's upcoming major-label debut The Slim Shady LP, and Eminem made a guest performance on the album Devil Without a Cause by Kid Rock.[1][not in citation given] Hip-hop magazine The Source featured Eminem in its "Unsigned Hype" column in March 1998.[25]
[edit] 1997–99: The Slim Shady LP
The Slim Shady EP was a debut extended play by Eminem, published by Web Entertainment in 1997. The Slim Shady EP was released on cassette, vinyl, and CD. The vinyl and CD versions were released in 1998. Eminem first introduced his "Slim Shady" persona on this EP, and his lyrics are a marked departure from those found on Infinite, featuring constant references to drug use, sexual acts, mental instability, and over-the-top violence. Another departure was his exploration of more serious themes of dealing with poverty, his direct and self-deprecating response to criticism, and of marital and family difficulties. His flow is also noticeably different than on Infinite; whereas critics claimed he sounded too much like Nas and AZ on that album. Eminem also began utilizing story telling on this EP. The production value of the music on the tracks — from previous collaborators DJ Head, The Bass Brothers, and Mr. Porter — was also noticeably higher than on prior album efforts. According to Billboard, at this point in his life Eminem had "realized his musical ambitions were the only way to escape his unhappy life".
After being signed to Aftermath Entertainment/Interscope Records in 1998, Eminem released his first major studio album, The Slim Shady LP, heavily based on the production by Dr. Dre, one year later in 1999. Billboard praised the album as "light years ahead of the material he had been writing beforehand".[26] It went on to be one of the most popular albums of 1999, going triple platinum by the end of the year.[27] With the album's popularity came controversy surrounding many of the album's lyrics. In "'97 Bonnie and Clyde", he describes a trip with his infant daughter, disposing of his wife's body. Another song, "Guilty Conscience", ends with his encouraging a man to murder his wife and her lover. "Guilty Conscience" marked the beginning of the friendship and musical bond that Dr. Dre and Eminem would share. The two label-mates would later collaborate on a line of hit songs, including "Forgot About Dre" and "What's the Difference" from Dr. Dre's album 2001, "Bitch Please II" from The Marshall Mathers LP, "Say What You Say" from The Eminem Show, "Encore/Curtains Down" from Encore and "Old Time's Sake" and "Crack a Bottle" from Relapse. Dr. Dre would go on to make at least one guest appearance on all of Eminem's studio albums under the label Aftermath.[28] The album has now been certified 4× platinum by the RIAA. With the release of it, Eminem was accused of imitating the style and subject matter of underground rapper Cage.[29][30]
[edit] 2000–02: The Marshall Mathers LP and The Eminem Show
The Marshall Mathers LP was released in May 2000. It went on to sell 1.76 million copies in its first week, breaking the records set by Snoop Dogg's Doggystyle as the fastest-selling hip hop album and Britney Spears' ...Baby One More Time as the fastest-selling solo album in United States history.[31][32] The first single released from the album, "The Real Slim Shady", was a success and created some controversy by insulting celebrities and making dubious claims about them; he states, among other things, that Christina Aguilera performed oral sex on Fred Durst and Carson Daly.[33] In his second single, "The Way I Am", he reveals to his fans the pressures from his record company to top "My Name Is" and sell more records. Although Eminem had parodied shock rocker Marilyn Manson in the video "My Name Is", the artists are reportedly on good terms. They performed a remix of the song "The Way I Am" together in concert.[34] In the third single, "Stan" (which samples Dido's "Thank You"), Eminem attempts to deal with his new-found fame, taking on the persona of a deranged fan who kills himself and his pregnant girlfriend, mirroring "'97 Bonnie & Clyde" on The Slim Shady LP.[8] In the music video of "Stan", Eminem was shown writing with his left hand, ending the fan debate over his dominant hand. Q magazine named "Stan" the third-greatest rap song of all time,[35] and the song came tenth in a similar survey conducted by Top40-Charts.com.[36] The song has since become highly acclaimed and was ranked 290th in Rolling Stone magazine's "500 Greatest Songs of All Time" list.[37] In July 2000, Eminem became the first white person to be featured on the cover of The Source magazine.[25] This album has been certified 10× Platinum by the RIAA.
Eminem performed with Elton John at the 43rd Grammy Awards ceremony in 2001;[38] the Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation (GLAAD), an organization that perceived Eminem's lyrics to be homophobic, condemned the openly gay John's decision to perform with Eminem.[39] Entertainment Weekly put it on its end-of-the-decade, "best-of" list, saying, "It was the hug heard 'round the world. Eminem, under fire for homophobic lyrics, shared the stage with a gay icon for a performance of "Stan" that would have been memorable in any context."[40] On February 21, the day of the ceremony, GLAAD held a protest outside the Staples Center, the venue where the Grammy ceremony was held.[41] Music tours that he participated in for 2001 included the Up in Smoke Tour with rappers Dr. Dre, Snoop Dogg, Xzibit, and Ice Cube[42] and Family Values Tour with the band Limp Bizkit.[43]
Eminem's third major album, The Eminem Show, was released in summer 2002 and proved to be another hit for the rapper reaching number one on the charts and selling well over 1 million copies in its first week of release.[27] It featured the single "Without Me", in which he makes derogatory comments about boy bands, Limp Bizkit, Dick Cheney and Lynne Cheney, and Moby, among others. The Eminem Show has been certified 10× Platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA). The album reflected on the impact of his rise to fame, his relationship with his wife and daughter, and his status in the hip-hop community. He also addresses the charges he faced over assaulting a bouncer he saw kissing his wife in 2000. Stephen Thomas Erlewine of Allmusic felt that while there was clear anger present on several tracks, this album was considerably less inflammatory than The Marshall Mathers LP.[44] However, L. Brent Bozell III, who previously criticized The Marshall Mathers LP for perceived misogynistic lyrics in the album, noted The Eminem Show for its extensive use of obscene language, giving Eminem the nickname "Eminef" for the bowdlerization of motherfucker, an obscenity prevalent in the album.[45] The Eminem Show was the best-selling album of 2002.[46]
[edit] 2003–05: Encore
On December 8, 2003, the United States Secret Service admitted it was "looking into" allegations that Eminem had threatened the President of the United States.[47] The lyrics in question: "Fuck money/I don't rap for dead presidents/I'd rather see the president dead/It's never been said, but I set precedents ..." The song in question, "We As Americans", wound up on a bonus CD accompanying the album.[48]
In 2004, Eminem released his fourth major album, Encore. The album was another chart-topper, as it was driven by the single "Just Lose It", notable for being disrespectful towards Michael Jackson. On October 12, 2004, a week after the release of "Just Lose It", Eminem's first single off Encore, Michael Jackson called into the Los Angeles-based Steve Harvey radio show to report his displeasure with the video, which parodies Jackson's child molestation trial, plastic surgery, and an incident in which Jackson's hair caught on fire while filming a Pepsi commercial in 1984. The lyrics to "Just Lose It" refer to Jackson's legal troubles, however he does state in his song "... and that's not a stab at Michael/That's just a metaphor/I'm just psycho...." Many of Jackson's supporters and friends spoke out about the video, including Stevie Wonder, who called the video "kicking a man while he's down" and "bullshit",[49] and Steve Harvey, who declared, "Eminem has lost his ghetto pass. We want the pass back."[49] In the video, Eminem parodied Pee-wee Herman, MC Hammer, and "Blond Ambition"-era Madonna.[50] Regarding Jackson's protest, "Weird Al" Yankovic, who parodied the Eminem song "Lose Yourself" on a track titled "Couch Potato" on his 2003 album Poodle Hat, told the Chicago Sun-Times, "Last year, Eminem forced me to halt production on the video for my "Lose Yourself" parody because he somehow thought that it would be harmful to his image or career. So the irony of this situation with Michael is not lost on me."[51] Black Entertainment Television was the first channel to stop airing the video. MTV, however, announced it would continue airing the video. The Source, through its CEO Raymond "Benzino" Scott, wanted not only the video to be pulled, but the song off the album, and a public apology to Jackson from Eminem.[52] In 2007 Jackson and Sony bought Famous Music LLC from Viacom. This deal gave him the rights to songs by Eminem, Shakira and Beck, among others.[53]
Despite the comedic theme of the lead single, Encore had its fair share of serious subject matter, including the anti-war track "Mosh". On October 25, 2004, a week before the 2004 US Presidential election, Eminem released the video for "Mosh" on the Internet.[54] The song featured a very strong anti-Bush message, with lyrics such as "fuck Bush" and "this weapon of mass destruction that we call our president".[55] The video features Eminem gathering up an army of people, including rapper Lloyd Banks, presented as victims of the Bush administration and leading them to the White House. However, once the army breaks in, it is revealed that they are there to simply register to vote, and the video ends with the words "VOTE Tuesday November 2" on the screen. After Bush was re-elected, the video's ending was changed to Eminem and the protesters invading while Bush was giving a speech.[56]
2005–08: Musical hiatus[link]
In 2005, some industry insiders speculated that Eminem was considering ending his rapping career after six years and several multi-platinum albums. Speculation began in early 2005 about a double-disc album to be released late that year, rumored to be titled The Funeral.[57] The album later manifested itself as a greatest hits album under the name Curtain Call: The Hits in December. In July 2005, the Detroit Free Press broke news of a potential final bow for Eminem as a solo performer, quoting members of his inside circle who said that he would begin to fully embrace the role of producer and label executive. On the same day of the release of the compilation album, Eminem denied that he was retiring on Detroit-based WKQI's "Mojo in the Morning" radio show, but implied that he would at least be taking a break as an artist, saying "I'm at a point in my life right now where I feel like I don't know where my career is going ... This is the reason that we called it 'Curtain Call', because this could be the final thing. We don't know."[58] He released The Re-Up with the members of his record label, Shady Records. It was released in 2006.
In 2005, Eminem was a subject of Bernard Goldberg's book, 100 People Who Are Screwing Up America; he ranked No. 58.[59] Goldberg cited a 2001 column by Bob Herbert of The New York Times claiming, "In Eminem's world, all women are whores and he is eager to rape and murder them."[60] Goldberg cited Eminem's song "No One's Iller" from The Slim Shady EP as an example of misogyny in his music.[61] In summer 2005, Eminem embarked on his first US concert run in three years, the Anger Management 3 Tour, featuring 50 Cent, G-Unit, Lil Jon, D12, Obie Trice, The Alchemist, and others. In August 2005, Eminem canceled the European leg of the tour and subsequently announced that he had entered drug rehabilitation for treatment for a "dependency on sleep medication".[62] Curtain Call: The Hits was released on December 6, 2005, under Aftermath Entertainment.[63] In its first week it sold nearly 441,000 copies in the US and was Eminem's fourth straight No. 1 album on the Billboard Hot 200.[64] The album has been certified 2× Platinum by the RIAA.[65]
In September 2007, Eminem called into New York radio station Hot 97 during an interview with 50 Cent and said he was "in limbo" and "debating" about when and if he would release another album. He said, "I'm always working – I'm always in the studio. It feels good right now, the energy of the label. For a while, I didn't want to go back to the studio ... I went through some personal things. I'm coming out of those personal things [and] it feels good."[66]
[edit] 2008–09: Relapse and Refill
Eminem made an appearance on his Sirius channel Shade 45 in September 2008 in which he said, "Right now I'm kinda just concentrating on my own stuff, for right now and just banging out tracks and producing a lot of stuff. You know, the more I keep producing the better it seems like I get 'cause I just start knowing stuff."[67] It was around this time that Interscope finally confirmed the existence of a new Eminem album,[68] with Spring 2009 later being stated as the period span in which the album is due.[69] In December 2008, he gave more details on the album, which he recently reported was being titled Relapse. He said, "Me and Dre are back in the lab like the old days, man. Dre will end up producing the majority of the tracks on 'Relapse'. We are up to our old mischievous ways ... let's just leave it at that."[70]
On March 5, 2009, Eminem reported in a press release that he would be releasing two new albums that year. Relapse, the first album, was released on May 19, while "We Made You", the first official single and its music video, were released on April 7.[71] While Relapse did not manage to sell as well as Eminem's previous efforts, it was still a commercial success that received some critical acclaim, while also re-establishing his presence in the hip hop world. Relapse was named one of the top albums of 2009. Relapse has sold more than five million copies worldwide. During the 2009 MTV Movie Awards, Sacha Baron Cohen descended upon the audience wearing an angel's costume and landed on top of Eminem with his buttocks facing towards Eminem's face, resulting in Eminem storming out of the awards ceremony in disgust. Three days later, Eminem stated it was a staged act that they had planned together.[72] On October 30, Eminem performed at the Voodoo Music Experience in New Orleans as a headliner in his first full performance in 2009.[73] The performance included several songs from Relapse, as well as many of Eminem's older hits and an appearance by D12. On November 19, Eminem announced on his website that Relapse: Refill would be released on December 21. The album was a re-release of the Relapse album with seven bonus tracks, including "Forever" and "Taking My Ball". In a statement he described the forthcoming CD:
I want to deliver more material for the fans this year like I originally planned ... Hopefully these tracks on The Refill will tide the fans over until we put out Relapse 2 next year ... I got back in with Dre and then a few more producers, including Just Blaze, and went in a completely different direction which made me start from scratch. The new tracks started to sound very different than the tracks I originally intended to be on Relapse 2, but I still want the other stuff to be heard.[74]
[edit] 2010–11: Recovery and Bad Meets Evil reunion
On April 14, 2010, Eminem tweeted, "There is no Relapse 2", to his followers. This caused people to believe that he was not releasing an album at all, but it simply meant that the album title would be changed to Recovery. He confirmed this by tweeting, "RECOVERY", with a link to his website. Eminem said, "I had originally planned for Relapse 2 to come out last year. But as I kept recording and working with new producers, the idea of a sequel to Relapse started to make less and less sense to me, and I wanted to make a completely new album. The music on Recovery came out very different from Relapse, and I think it deserves its own title." His seventh studio album, Recovery, was released on June 18.[75] In the US, Recovery sold 741,000 in its first week to land atop the Billboard 200.[76][77] It became Eminem's sixth consecutive number-one album in the US and achieved international commercial success, charting at number one in several other countries. It stayed at number-one on the US Billboard 200 chart for five consecutive weeks and a total of seven weeks.[78][79] Recovery was reported by Billboard to be the best-selling album of 2010, making Eminem the first artist in Nielsen SoundScan history to have two year-end best-selling albums.[80] Recovery is the best selling digital album in history.[81] The first single, "Not Afraid", was released on April 29, and debuted at number one on the Billboard Hot 100. The music video was released on June 4.[82] "Not Afraid" was followed by a second single, "Love the Way You Lie," which debuted at number 2 and then rose to the top.[83] "Love the Way You Lie" was the best-selling single of 2010 in the United Kingdom even though it did not reach number 1 there, this is the first time this has happened in the UK since 1969.[84] Despite some criticism towards its consistency, Recovery received positive reviews from most music critics. As of November 21, 2010 (2010 -11-21)[update], the album had sold three million copies in the US.[85] Recovery was also named the best selling album worldwide of 2010 joining The Eminem Show, which was the best seller of 2002 giving him two worldwide year end number one albums.[86][87] With Recovery, Eminem achieved the record for most successive US No.1 albums by a solo artist.[88]
Eminem appeared at the 2010 BET Awards,[89] performing "Not Afraid" and "Airplanes, Part II", with B.o.B. He also performed at the Activison E3 concert. In June 2010, Eminem and Jay-Z announced they would perform together in a pair of concerts in Detroit and New York. The event was dubbed The Home & Home Tour. The first two concerts rapidly sold out, prompting the scheduling of an additional show at each venue.[90] BET also named Eminem the number one rapper of the 21st century.[91] Eminem opened the 2010 MTV Video Music Awards on September 12, 2010, by performing "Not Afraid" and "Love the Way You Lie", with Rihanna performing the chorus.[92] Due to the success of Recovery and the Home & Home Tour, he was named the 2010 Hottest MC in the Game by MTV[93] and "Emcee of the Year" by hip hop news website HipHopDX.[94] Eminem and Rihanna collaborated once again to make "Love the Way You Lie (Part II)", the sequel to their hit single "Love the Way You Lie". Rihanna is the lead singer, as opposed to Eminem being the main singer in the original "Love the Way You Lie". The song is said to be from the female perspective.[95] Nicki Minaj collaborated with rapper Eminem on a song titled "Roman's Revenge" that appears on her album Pink Friday.[96] The song references Minaj's alter-ego Roman Zolanski and features Eminem's alter-ego Slim Shady.[96] Eminem is featured on the track "That's All She Wrote" on T.I.'s album No Mercy.[97] He also featured on I Need a Doctor, the second single from Detox.[98] In December 2010, in Billboard's "The Top 25 Music Moments of 2010", The "Great Eminem Recovery" was named the number one music moment of 2010.[99] Eminem appeared at the 2011 Grammy Awards on February 13, 2011, by performing "Love the Way You Lie (Part II)" with Rihanna and Adam Levine, and "I Need a Doctor" with Dr. Dre and Skylar Grey.[100] In February 2011, it was announced that "Space Bound" would be released as the fourth single off of Recovery along with a music video for the song which was shot with former porn star Sasha Grey.[101][102] The long-awaited video was released on June 24 on the iTunes Store.[103]
In 2010, Eminem started collaborating with Royce da 5'9" on their first EP as Bad Meets Evil. The duo was formed in 1999 and has reunited. The EP, entitled Hell: The Sequel, was released on June 14, 2011.[104] Eminem was featured on 'Writer's Block' with Royce Da 5'9", which was officially released on April 8, 2011.[105] On May 3, 2011, they released the lead single "Fast Lane" for the upcoming sequel, for which a music video was shot.[106] In March 2011, within days of each other, both The Eminem Show and The Marshall Mathers LP were certified diamond by the RIAA. This makes Eminem the only rapper to have two diamond-certified albums.[107] Also, Eminem climbed to the top of the Facebook charts by being the most followed person with more than 55 million "likes", outscoring Lady Gaga, Justin Bieber, Rihanna and Michael Jackson.[108] Eminem is also the first artist in five years to have two number one albums in a 12-month period: Recovery and the collaborative Hell: The Sequel.[109] Early in 2011, Eminem leaked "2.0 Boys", for which Yelawolf and Slaughterhouse collaborated upon signing to Shady Records in January 2011 and performing it in April 2011.[110] Bad Meets Evil released their next single, "Lighters", on July 6, 2011 and premiered a music video in late August.[111][112] On August 6, 2011, Eminem took several of his songs throughout his music career to a live performance at the Lollapalooza 2011, performing with various artists featured in their respective songs.[113]
2012–present: Eighth album[link]
On May 24, 2012 Eminem announced he is working on his next studio album.[114]
Other ventures[link]
Shady Records and D12[link]
Main articles: Shady Records and D12
As Eminem succeeded in multi-platinum record sales, Interscope granted him his own record label. He and his manager Paul Rosenberg created Shady Records in late 1999. He followed this by signing his own Detroit collective D12 and rapper Obie Trice to the label. In 2002, Eminem signed 50 Cent through a joint venture between Shady and Dr. Dre's Aftermath label. In 2003, Eminem and Dr. Dre signed Atlanta rapper Stat Quo to the Shady/Aftermath roster. DJ Green Lantern, the former DJ for Eminem, was signed to Shady Records until a dispute related to the 50 Cent and Jadakiss feud forced him to depart from the label; he is no longer associated with Eminem. The Alchemist is now officially Eminem's tour DJ. In 2005, Eminem signed another Atlanta rapper, Bobby Creekwater, to his label along with West Coast rapper Cashis.[16]
On December 5, 2006, Shady Records released compilation album, Eminem Presents: The Re-Up. It started out as a mixtape but Eminem found that the material was better than expected and released it as a full album. It was meant to help launch the new artists under the roster, like Stat Quo, Cashis and Bobby Creekwater.[115] Around the time of recording Infinite, Eminem and rappers Proof and Kon Artis gathered the group of rappers now collectively in the group D12, short for "Detroit Twelve" or "Dirty Dozen", performing in the manner of the multi-man group Wu-Tang Clan.[116] In 2001, Eminem brought his rap group, D12, to the popular music scene, and the group's debut album Devil's Night came out that year.[117] The first single released off of the album was "Shit on You", followed by "Purple Pills", an ode to recreational drug use. For radio and television, the censored version was heavily rewritten to remove many of the song's references to drugs and sex and was renamed "Purple Hills". While that single was a hit, the album's second single, "Fight Music", was not as successful.[118]
After their debut, D12 took a three-year break from the studio, later regrouping to release their second album, D12 World, in 2004, which featured the popular hit single release "My Band".[117] In April 2006, D12 member (and Eminem's childhood friend) Deshaun "Proof" Holton was killed in a club brawl on 8 Mile Road in Detroit, Michigan, with US military veteran Keith Bender, Jr., who also died in the fray. The eruption is suspected to have been due to an argument over a game of pool. Proof was then allegedly shot by the bouncer Mario Etheridge, Bender's cousin. He was taken by private vehicle to St. John Health's Conner Creek Campus, an outpatient emergency treatment site, but pronounced dead on arrival. Eminem and former Detroit Shady Records artist Obie Trice spoke at the funeral.[119] D12 member Bizarre said that Eminem is not featured on his new album Blue Cheese & Coney Island because "he's busy doing his thing".[120] D12 released a mixtape in 2011 titled Return of the Dozen Volume 2 only featuring Eminem on one song, "Fame" unlike the group's previous mixtape Return of the Dozen where Eminem is not on any tracks.
Acting career[link]
Although he had a small part in the 2001 film, The Wash, Eminem made his official Hollywood acting debut with the semi-autobiographical 8 Mile, released in November 2002. He has said the movie is not an account of his life, but a representation of growing up in Detroit. He recorded several new songs for the soundtrack, including "Lose Yourself," which won an Academy Award for Best Original Song in 2003. "Lose Yourself" would go on to become the longest running No. 1 hip hop single.[121] However, the song was not performed at the ceremony, due to Eminem's absence at the ceremony. His collaborator, Luis Resto, who co-wrote the song, accepted the award.[122]
Eminem has participated in various voice acting roles. Some of these include the video game 50 Cent: Bulletproof, where he voices an aging corrupt police officer who speaks in Ebonics and guest spots on the Comedy Central television show Crank Yankers, and a web cartoon called The Slim Shady Show, which has since been pulled off-line and is instead sold on DVD.[123] He will be involved in either the soundtrack or scoring.[124] He was also in the running for the part of David Rice in 2008's film Jumper after Tom Sturridge was dropped just two weeks before filming. Concerns over not having a more prominent actor prompted the director, Doug Liman, to consider other actors for the role. He eventually selected Hayden Christensen over Eminem.[125] He also had a cameo appearance in the 2009 movie Funny People, in which he is involved in an argument with Ray Romano.
It was reported on November 8, 2009, that Eminem will star in the upcoming 3D horror anthology, Shady Talez, to be produced by John Davis.[126][127] A four-issue comic book series based on the film was expected to be published sometime in 2010.[128]
Eminem appeared alongside Christina Aguilera on the Entourage Season 7 finale titled 'Lose Yourself' as himself.[129]
Eminem is set to play a boxer in the upcoming film Southpaw. Peter Schiff will produce the film,[130] and Antoine Fuqua is reportedly the leading candidate to direct.[131] In January 2011, a report surfaced that Eminem will star in the upcoming thriller, Random Acts of Violence.[132]
Memoirs[link]
On October 21, 2008, Eminem released a tell-all autobiography entitled The Way I Am, which details his struggles with poverty, drugs, fame, heartbreak and depression, along with stories about his rise to fame and commentary on past controversies. This book also contains some of the original lyric sheets from songs such as "Stan" and "The Real Slim Shady."[133]
Also, Eminem's mother, Debbie Nelson, released an autobiography entitled My Son Marshall, My Son Eminem, which explains about Nelson's life growing up, meeting Marshall Bruce Mathers, Jnr. (Eminem's father) and Eminem's rise to, and struggle with, fame.
Advertising[link]
Eminem was featured in two commercials that aired during Super Bowl XLV. The first, for Lipton's Brisk Iced Tea, was a one-minute spot that featured him as a claymation figure.[134] The other was a two-minute ad, at that time the longest in Super Bowl history, for the Chrysler 200. It featured Eminem driving through Detroit and ended with him taking the stage at the Fox Theatre with "Lose Yourself" playing as the soundtrack.[135][136]
Charity[link]
Eminem has also founded his own charity named The Marshall Mathers Foundation, assisting disadvantaged youth. The foundation frequently works in conjunction with a charity founded by Norman Yatooma, a high profile Detroit attorney.[137]
Artistry[link]
Influences and rapping technique[link]
Eminem has named several MCs who influenced his rapping style. First and foremost is his mentor, Dr. Dre, whose thick, muscular, terror- and paranoia-evoking loops have seen reincarnations in the work of Eminem.[138] Other influences have included Esham,[139] Kool G Rap,[140] Masta Ace,[141] Big Daddy Kane,[140] Newcleus,[141] Ice-T,[141] Mantronix,[141] Melle Mel (specifically the track "The Message"),[141] LL Cool J,[141] Beastie Boys,[141] Run-DMC,[141] Rakim,[141] and Boogie Down Productions.[141]
In the book How to Rap, Guerilla Black notes that Eminem studied other MCs to create his rapping technique: "Eminem listened to everything and that's what made him one of the greats".[142] In the same book, Eminem is praised for various aspects of his rapping technique by numerous other MCs; these techniques include his varied and humorous subject matter,[143] connecting with his audience,[144] carrying a concept over a series of albums,[145] complex rhyme schemes,[146] his ability to bend words so that they rhyme,[147] his use of multisyllabic rhymes,[140] fitting many rhymes in each bar,[148] complex rhythms,[149] clear enunciation,[150] use of melody,[151] and syncopation.[152] He is also known to write the majority of his lyrics down on paper, as documented in his book The Way I Am, as well as taking a few days or a week to craft lyrics,[153] being a "workaholic",[154] and "stacking" vocals.[155]
Alter egos[link]
Eminem uses alter egos in his songs to use different styles of rapping and subject matters. His most famous and popular alter ego, "Slim Shady", originated from The Slim Shady EP. While under this personality, Eminem makes violent and dark songs with a comical twist.[156] Though his Slim Shady persona has remained, Eminem did not include it in Recovery as much because he did not feel it fit the theme.[157] Eminem is considered to be an alter-ego itself[citation needed], with his true self being Marshall Mathers. Another character Eminem has portrayed is Ken Kaniff.
Ken was originally played by fellow Detroit rapper Aristotle in the Slim Shady LP, who appeared in a prank call skit towards Eminem. After the Slim Shady LP, an argument led to Eminem taking the character of Ken Kaniff and playing him in several skits starting in the Marshall Mathers LP and onwards (except for Encore and Recovery). In his Ken Kaniff personality, Ken is a homosexual who pokes fun at Eminem's songs. Aristotle, the original creator of Ken Kaniff, became angry over Eminem taking his character and created a mixtape in which he raps in his Ken persona dissing Eminem.[158]
Featurings and productions[link]
Although he typically collaborates with various rappers under Aftermath Entertainment and Shady Records, such as Dr. Dre, 50 Cent, D12, and Obie Trice, Eminem has collaborated with many other artists, including Redman, Kid Rock, DMX, Missy Elliott, Jay-Z, Xzibit, Method Man, Jadakiss, Fat Joe, Sticky Fingaz, T.I. and others. Eminem rapped a verse in a live performance of Busta Rhymes' "Touch It" remix at the 2006 BET Music Awards on June 27, 2006. Eminem was featured on Akon's single "Smack That" which appeared on his album Konvicted. He was featured on Lil Wayne's hit song Drop the World.
Eminem is also an active rap producer. Besides being the executive producer of D12's first two albums, Devil's Night and D12 World, he has executive produced Obie Trice's Cheers and Second Round's on Me as well as 50 Cent's Get Rich or Die Tryin' and The Massacre.[159] In addition, Eminem has produced songs by other famous rappers, such as Jadakiss' "Welcome To D-Block", Jay-Z's "Renegade" and "Moment of Clarity" Lloyd Banks' "On Fire", "Warrior Part 2", and "Hands Up", Tony Yayo's "Drama Setter", Trick-Trick's "Welcome 2 Detroit", and Xzibit's "My Name" and "Don't Approach Me".[160] Most of The Eminem Show was produced by Eminem himself, with co-production from longtime collaborator Jeff Bass.[161] He split the production with Dr. Dre on Encore. In 2004, Eminem was the Executive Producer of 2Pac's posthumous album Loyal to the Game with 2Pac's mother Afeni Shakur.[162] He produced the UK No. 1 single "Ghetto Gospel" which featured Elton John.[163] He has produced "The Cross" off Nas's album God's Son.[164] On August 15, 2006, Obie Trice released Second Round's on Me. Eminem produced 8 tracks on the album. He was featured in the song "There They Go".[165] Eminem produced some tracks on the new Trick-Trick album, The Villain. He is also featured in "Who Want It".[166]
With regard to the productions on his own records, Eminem is seen as having an unusual style in that rather than write to beats he typically starts with an idea of how he wants his song to be structured based on the lyrics and then creates music according to that.[167] A notable exception to this was the song "Stan", which came from an idea and scratch track produced by Mark the 45 King.[167]
Comparisons to other artists[link]
As Asher Roth gained prominence being a white performer in a predominantly black musical genre, Roth has earned many comparisons to Eminem, so much so that he devoted a track on his album to the famed rapper, entitled "As I Em."[168]
In an interview with XXL Magazine, Eminem cosigned Asher Roth, saying when asked about the comparison:
"I haven't had a chance to, like, really get into everything, like, really get into what he's about, because I've only heard a couple songs. There was talk about people saying he sounded like me, and he was doing this and that and, you know, trying to take what I do and do it. You know, shit like that. I've heard things. But the stuff that I've heard from him honestly, which certainly isn't enough for me to make my own opinion and say, ‘Yeah, he does sound like me' or ‘No, he doesn't.' But the couple of songs I've heard, I don't really think he does. You know what I mean? He's doing his own thing. I can respect it, too, because at the end of the day, I think he's dope."[169]
Eminem and Christian hip hop artist KJ-52 were often compared to each other, as many called KJ-52 the "Christian counterpart" of Eminem.[170] One of the most notable mainstream reactions to Gospel rap was to KJ-52 and his single "Dear Slim", which was written to Eminem in an attempt reach him with the message of Christianity, though Eminem claims to be a Christian.[citation needed] The song became famous and controversial among Eminem fans when it was featured on the hit show Total Request Live. KJ-52 began to receive hate mail (including death threats) from Eminem's fans, though KJ-52 claimed that the song was not a "diss".[171] This also led to the single being disparaged by VH1 as No. 26 on their "Top 40 Worst Moments in Hip Hop".[172]
As more and more White rappers emerge onto the Hip-Hop scene, they can't help being compared to Eminem. These rappers include Mac Miller, Yelawolf, Machine Gun Kelly, inZanity, and Sam Adams. In 2011, rapper Mac Miller received a comment from Donald Trump after Miller's music video titled "Donald Trump" reached 20 million views on Youtube. Trump praised Miller and called him "...the next Eminem." Criticism of this remark led MTV news to talk to Miller about the comment, with Miller responding "...all he meant was I’m a white rapper and I’m blowing up."[173]
Personal life[link]
Family[link]
Marshall Mathers has been the subject of much scrutiny, both as a rapper as well as in his personal life.[32] He was married twice to Kimberley Anne Scott, whom he met in high school. Kimberly had run away from her home as a teenager, along with her sister Dawn. They moved in with Marshall and his mother when he was 15. Kim and Marshall began their on-and-off relationship in 1989, and were married in 1999. In 2000, they filed for divorce shortly after Kim's second drunk driving conviction.[174] The couple first divorced in 2001[175] but remarried in January 2006. Their second divorce was finalized in December of the same year, with the couple agreeing to share custody of their daughter, Hailie Jade Mathers (born December 25, 1995).[175][176][177] Hailie Mathers has often been referenced or featured on various songs by Mathers[178] including "'97 Bonnie & Clyde", "Hailie's Song", "My Dad's Gone Crazy", "Mockingbird", "When I'm Gone", "Beautiful", "Airplanes Pt. II", "Going Through Changes", and "You're Never Over".
In early 2010, Mathers responded publicly to tabloid reports of his pending reunion with Kim with a firm denial.[179]
Mathers adopted two other daughters: Alaina "Lainie" Mathers, the child of Kimberley Scott's sister,[175] who has been referenced by name in some songs including "Mockingbird", "Airplanes Part II" and "Going Through Changes"; and Whitney, Scott's child from a previous relationship. Whitney is mentioned in the song "Deja Vu" as well as "Going Through Changes". Mathers is also the legal guardian of his younger half-brother, Nathan who has been mentioned in "Cleanin' Out My Closet" and "My Mom".
Legal troubles[link]
In 1999, Mathers' mother sued him for around US$10 million over alleged slander about her in his lyrics regarding The Slim Shady LP; she won about US$1,600 in damages in 2001.[180]
Mathers was arrested on June 3, 2000 during an altercation at a car audio store in Royal Oak, Michigan, with Douglas Dail, where he pulled out an unloaded gun and kept it pointed at the ground.[181] The following day, in Warren, Michigan, he allegedly saw his then wife, Kim, kiss bouncer John Guerrera in the parking lot of the Hot Rock Café, and he assaulted him and was then arrested.[175][176][181] Eminem recreated the Guerrera assault in a skit on his junior album The Eminem Show on a track called "The Kiss (Skit)." Mathers was charged with possession of a concealed weapon and assault. Mathers plead guilty to the charges and was given two years probation for both episodes.[182]
On July 7, 2000, Eminem's then-wife, Kimberly Scott attempted suicide by slashing her wrists.[183] Scott sued Eminem for defamation after he depicted her violent death in his song "Kim".[175][176]
On October 26, 2000, Eminem was to perform at a concert in Toronto's Skydome.[184] However, Ontario Attorney General Jim Flaherty argued that Canada should stop Eminem at the border. "I personally don't want anyone coming to Canada who will come here and advocate violence against women," he said.[184] Flaherty claims to have been "disgusted" when reading transcriptions of Eminem's song "Kill You", which includes lines like "Slut, you think I won't choke no whore/till the vocal cords don't work in her throat no more?"[184] The opinion of the general public to the requests made by the province were negative. Others said the issue was one of free speech. Liberal MPP Michael Bryant suggested that the government lay hate crime charges against Eminem for the advocacy of violence against women found in his lyrics.[184] In a Globe and Mail editorial, author Robert Everett-Green wrote, "Being offensive is Eminem's job description."[185] Eminem's Toronto concert went on as planned that night.[186]
D'Angelo Bailey, a sanitation worker, sued Mathers in 2001 and accused him of invading his privacy by publicizing unreasonable information that put him in a false light. Bailey admitted that he picked on Mathers but said he merely "bumped" him at school and threw a "little shove." On October 20, 2003, the charges were dismissed in court.[8]
On June 28, 2001, Mathers was sentenced to one year probation on weapons charges that stemmed from an argument with an employee of Psychopathic Records, assessing him a fine around $2,000 as well as several hours of community service.[187]
On March 31, 2002, French jazz pianist Jacques Loussier filed a $10 million lawsuit against Eminem and Dr. Dre, claiming the beat for "Kill You" was stolen from his song.[188] Loussier demanded that all sales of the album be halted and any remaining copies destroyed. A trial date was set to begin in June 2004. The case was later settled.[189]
On December 8, 2003, the United States Secret Service admitted it was "looking into" allegations that Eminem had threatened the President of the United States, George W. Bush,[190] after the song "We as Americans", as an unreleased bootleg, circulated with the lyrics "Fuck money, I don't rap for dead presidents. I'd rather see the president dead, it's never been said but I set precedents." The incident was later referenced in the video for his song "Mosh" as one several news clips on a wall, along with other newspaper articles about other unfortunate incidents in Bush's career. The song eventually appeared on the album's bonus disc, where the lyrics were extensively censored.
In 2005, Eminem's aunt and uncle, Jack and Betty Schmitt, sued him, alleging that he has promised them a $350,000 house and the money to keep it up, and instead has kept it in his name and tried to evict them.[8]
In 2007, his music publishing company, Eight Mile Style LLC, together with Martin Affiliated LLC, filed suit against Apple Inc. and Aftermath Entertainment claiming Aftermath did not have the appropriate authority to negotiate a deal with Apple for digital downloads of 93 Eminem songs on Apple's iTunes service.[191][192] The case against Apple was settled shortly after trial began in late September 2009.[193]
In July 2010 the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit ruled in F.B.T. Productions, LLC v. Aftermath Records that F.B.T. Productions and Eminem were owed a royalty of 50% of the net revenue Aftermath obtained by licensing Eminem's recordings to companies like Apple Inc., Sprint, Nextel, Cingular, and T-Mobile. In March 2011 the Supreme Court of the United States upheld this ruling.[194]
Drug issues[link]
Eminem has spoken openly about his addiction to prescription drugs, including Vicodin, Ambien, Valium and Methadone.[195] His group-mate Proof from D12 stated that Mathers "sobered up" in 2002 from drug and alcohol dependence.[196] However, he did turn to zolpidem (Ambien) sleeping pills for relief from sleeping troubles. This caused Mathers to cancel the European leg of the Anger Management Tour in August 2005 and eventually go into rehab for treatment for a "dependency on sleep medication".[62][197] In a 2009 interview with British talk-show host Jonathan Ross, Mathers admitted that at the height of his addiction, he considered suicide, saying that, "I just wasn't taking care of myself, at times I wanted to just give it up."[198] He also confirmed that he is now sober, commenting that, "Rap was my drug ... Then I had to resort to other things to make me feel that. Now rap's getting me high again."[198]
Proof's death[link]
On April 11, 2006, Eminem’s best friend and fellow D12 member, Proof was killed by a gunshot wound to the chest at the CCC Club by club bouncer Mario Etheridge on 8 Mile Road in Detroit, Michigan after fatally shooting Keith Bender, Jr. On April 19, 2006, Eminem, D12, 50 Cent, and thousands of others attended the funeral of Proof at The Fellowship Chapel, Detroit.[199] Eminem made two songs about Proof's death on his album Recovery titled "Going Through Changes" and "You're Never Over", and mentions him in songs on Relapse and Recovery ("Deja Vu", "Beautiful", and "Cinderella Man").
Feuds[link]
Insane Clown Posse[link]
The feud began in 1997, when Eminem was throwing a party to promote his debut EP, The Slim Shady EP. He gave Violent J a flyer which stated "Featuring appearances by Esham, Kid Rock, and ICP (maybe)."[200] Bruce asked why Eminem was promoting a possible Insane Clown Posse appearance without first contacting the group. Eminem explained, "It says 'maybe.' Maybe you will be there; I don't know. That's why I'm asking you right now. You guys comin' to my release party, or what?"[200] Bruce, upset over not being consulted, responded, "Fuck no, I ain't coming to your party. We might have, if you would've asked us first, before putting us on the fuckin' flyer like this."[200] Eminem took Bruce's response as a personal offense, subsequently attacking the group in radio interviews. Bruce and Utsler responded later in 1999 by releasing a parody of Eminem's "My Name Is" entitled "Slim Anus".[200] Eminem continued to insult Insane Clown Posse on various tracks from his album The Marshall Mathers LP (2000), including the songs "Marshall Mathers" and "Ken Kaniff". In 2002, Eminem also briefly dissed them on his single "Business" from his album The Eminem Show.
Insane Clown Posse talked about the feud being squashed in an interview with MTV, saying that Proof squashed the conflict in 2005, which was followed by a bowling game between members of D12 and Psychopathic Records.[201] Violent J stated that, "He contacted us and we had a bowling game – it was really cool. We're something different. They could have skipped over us and said forget them, but they included us and said let's squash it."[201]
Michael Jackson[link]
The music video for "Just Lose It" generated controversy by parodying singer Michael Jackson's child molestation trial, plastic surgery and an incident in which Jackson's hair caught on fire while filming a Pepsi commercial in 1984.[202] It was banned on the BET channel, after complaints from Benzino and others (but was later reinstated, as critics of the ban argued that Nelly's "Tip Drill" video could be seen). Both were only seen on BET: Uncut. However MTV did not drop it, and the video became one of the most requested on the channel. A week after the release of "Just Lose It", Jackson called into the radio show of Steve Harvey to report his displeasure with the video. "I am very angry at Eminem's depiction of me in his video," Jackson said in the interview. "I feel that it is outrageous and disrespectful. It is one thing to spoof, but it is another to be demeaning and insensitive." The singer continued: "I've admired Eminem as an artist, and was shocked by this. The video was inappropriate and disrespectful to me, my children, my family and the community at large."[203] Many of Jackson's supporters and friends spoke out about the video, including Stevie Wonder, who called the video "kicking a man while he's down" and "bullshit",[49] and Steve Harvey, who declared, "Eminem has lost his ghetto pass. We want the pass back."[49]
Mariah Carey & Nick Cannon[link]
Eminem has written several songs referring to a relationship with singer Mariah Carey, although she denies the claim.[204] She says that they hung out but nothing sexual or intimate occurred. Eminem has referenced her on many songs that include "When the Music Stops", "Superman", "Jimmy Crack Corn", "Bagpipes From Baghdad", and "The Warning". While "Superman" was released in 2003, Carey released a song entitled "Clown" on her Charmbracelet album, released in 2002, which makes similar references in line with her 2009 hit "Obsessed".
Eminem's "Bagpipes From Baghdad" from his album Relapse may be his best-known reference to Carey due to the controversy it caused. The song disparages Carey and husband Nick Cannon's relationship.[205] Cannon responded to Eminem by saying his career is based on "racist bigotry", and that he would get revenge on Eminem, joking that he may return to rapping.[206] Eminem later stated that the couple misinterpreted the track and it was wishing the two the best.[205] Cannon also stated that there were no hard feelings, and that he just had to express his feelings about the song.[207]
In 2009, Carey released "Obsessed" in which she sings about an obsessed man who claims to be having a relationship with her.[208] Cannon claimed that the song was not an insult directed at Eminem.[209] However, Eminem responded in late July 2009 by releasing a track titled "The Warning". It contained samples of voice mail recordings which Eminem claimed were left by Mariah Carey when the two were together.[210] Eminem also hinted that he had other evidence of their relationship in his possession. A little over a year later in September 2010 Nick Cannon responded with the song "I'm a Slick Rick" which in Slick Rick's flow he takes shots at Eminem.[211]
Moby[link]
After the release of The Marshall Mathers LP, popular electronic music artist Moby began speaking out against the album's lyrics, citing references to misogyny and homophobia as unacceptable.[212] Eminem responded with several disprespectful lines about Moby in "Without Me", the lead single off his next album The Eminem Show. Moby kept quiet until 2004, when he praised Eminem for his courage in bashing then-U.S. President George W. Bush in the song "Mosh", a track from Encore.[213] The feud has since died.[214]
Gay-rights activists[link]
Eminem was involved in many controversies over lyrics which have been perceived as being homophobic; an Australian politician attempted to ban entry for Eminem because of these lyrics.[215] However, Eminem is a friend of gay singer Elton John,[216] and publicly supports gay rights.[217] When asked in an interview with the New York Times about the subject of same-sex marriage being legalized in his home state of Michigan, Eminem responded, "I think if two people love each other, then what the hell? I think that everyone should have the chance to be equally miserable, if they want", explaining that his "overall look on things is a lot more mature than it used to be."[218]
Legacy[link]
Eminem is the best-selling artist of the 2000s decade on the US Nielsen SoundScan,[219] and has sold more than 86.5 million albums worldwide to date, making him one of the best-selling music artists in the world.[220] He has totaled over 1 billion views on his music videos on his official Vevo page on YouTube.[221] Eminem was ranked 83rd on Rolling Stone magazine's list of the 100 Greatest Artists of All Time.[222][223] He was also named the Best Rapper Alive by Vibe magazine in 2008.[224] In December 2009, Eminem was named the Artist of the Decade by Billboard magazine.[225] In 2010, MTV Portugal ranked Eminem as the seventh biggest icon in pop music history.[226] During 2010, Eminem's music generated 94 million streams, more than any other music artist.[227] Also according to Billboard, Eminem has two of his albums among the top five highest selling albums of the 2000s. In the UK, Eminem has sold over 12.5 million records.[228] Eminem has also sold more than 33 million track downloads and 40.9 million albums in the United States alone.[227][229] Including his work as a part of groups, Eminem has achieved ten No. 1 albums on the Billboard 200, seven solo (five studio albums, two compilations), two with D12 and one with Bad Meets Evil.[230] Eminem has had 13 number one singles worldwide. His albums The Eminem Show, The Marshall Mathers LP, and Encore ranked as the 3rd, 7th, and 40th best-selling albums of the 2000–2009 decade respectively by Billboard magazine.[231][232] In August 2011 Eminem was named "The King of Hip-Hop" by Rolling Stone.[4] The magazine looked at solo rappers who released music between 2009 and the first half of 2011 by analizing their album sales, rankings on the R&B/hip-hop and rap charts, YouTube views, social media, concert grosses, industry awards and critics' ratings,[4] and the data accumulated named Eminem the king of the time period.
Eminem's second major label studio album, The Marshall Mathers LP, became the fastest-selling solo album in United States history.[31] The album has been ranked as one of the greatest hip hop albums of all time by such magazines as Rolling Stone, Time, and XXL.[233] Rolling Stone placed the album at number seven on its list of the best albums of the 2000s.[234] The album's third single, "Stan", is one of Eminem's most critically acclaimed songs, having been ranked by About.com as Eminem's best song and referred to by Pitchfork Media as "a cultural milestone".[235] In 2005, Eminem was ranked 79th on the VH1 100 Greatest Artists of All-Time.[236]
Discography[link]
Main articles: Eminem discography and Eminem production discography
- Infinite (1996)
- The Slim Shady LP (1999)
- The Marshall Mathers LP (2000)
- The Eminem Show (2002)
- Encore (2004)
- Relapse (2009)
- Recovery (2010)
- Eminem's Eighth Studio Album (TBA)
Filmography[link]
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2000 | Da Hip Hop Witch | Himself | |
| 2000 | Up in Smoke Tour | Himself | Concert film |
| 2000 | The Slim Shady Show | Various | |
| 2001 | The Wash | Chris | Uncredited |
| 2002 | 8 Mile | Jimmy "B-Rabbit" Smith, Jr. | Academy Award for Best Original Song MTV Movie Award for Best Video from a Film – Lose Yourself MTV Movie Award for Best Male Performance MTV Movie Award for Best Breakthrough Male Performance ASCAP Award for Most Performed Song from a Motion Picture – Lose Yourself Critics Choice Award for Best Song – Lose Yourself Teen Choice Award for Choice Movie Actor – Drama/Action Adventure Teen Choice Award for Choice Movie Breakout Star – Male BMI Film Award for Music BMI Film Award for Most Performed Song from a Film – Lose Yourself Nominated – Golden Globe for Best Original Song from a Motion Picture – Lose Yourself Nominated – CFCA Award for Most Promising Performer Nominated – Golden Satellite for Best Original Song – Lose Yourself Nominated – OFCS for Best Breakthrough Performance Nominated – PFCS for Best Original Song – Lose Yourself Nominated – Grammy for Best Song Written for a Motion Picture, Television or Other Visual Media – Lose Yourself |
| 2003 | 50 Cent: The New Breed | Himself | Documentary |
| 2004 | Crank Yankers | Billy Fletcher | (season 2: episode 21) |
| 2009 | Funny People | Himself | Cameo[237] |
| 2010 | Entourage | Himself | "Lose Yourself" (season 7: episode 10) |
| 2012 | Something From Nothing: The Art Of Rap | Himself |
Awards and nominations[link]
Main article: List of awards and nominations received by Eminem
Eminem has thirteen Grammy Awards. He has been praised for having "verbal energy", high quality of lyricism and has been ranked number nine on MTV's list of The Greatest MCs of All Time.[238][239] In 2003 he was listed as number thirteen on MTV's 22 Greatest Voices in Music[240] and number 82 on Rolling Stone's "The Immortals".[3] In 2008, the readers of Vibe Magazine voted him "The Best Rapper Alive".[241] He was also named "Best Rapper Ever" in a poll conducted by music fans on the Vibe website.
Ironically, "The Real Slim Shady", one of the songs from his second Grammy-winning album, The Marshall Mathers LP, slammed the Grammy Awards in its second verse, and stated the opinion that negative feelings about his material would keep him from ever winning one.
Business ventures[link]
- Shady Records
- Shade 45 Sirius
- Shady Ltd. Clothing
- Shady Games
- Eight Mile Style LLC[191]
- The Marshall Mathers Foundation
See also[link]
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- XXL (2007). "Retrospective: XXL Albums". XXL Magazine, December 2007 issue.
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- ^ Nigel D. (December 10, 2009). "Rolling Stones Top 100 Albums Of The Decade | RealTalkNY". Realtalkny.uproxx.com. http://realtalkny.uproxx.com/2009/12/topic/topic/discussions/rolling-stones-top-100-albums-of-the-decade/. Retrieved 2011-08-20.
- ^ Pitchfork: Album Reviews: Eminem: Curtain Call: The Hits. Pitchforkmedia.com (2005-12-05). Retrieved 2011-01-19.
- ^ "Michael Jackson, the Beatles, Bob Dylan, Led Zeppelin and the Rolling Stones Top... – NEW YORK, August 25 /PRNewswire/". New York: Prnewswire.com. August 25, 2010. http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/michael-jackson-the-beatles-bob-dylan-led-zeppelin-and-the-rolling-stones-top-vh1s-100-greatest-music-artists-of-all-time-list-101454764.html. Retrieved 2010-10-26.
- ^ "Eminem In New Judd Apatow "Funny People" Movie". Rap Basement. May 16, 2009. http://www.rapbasement.com/eminem/051509-eminem-reveals-that-he-makes-a-cameo-in-the-new-judd-apatow-movie-funny-people.html. Retrieved 2009-05-16.
- ^ Seamus Heaney praises Eminem. BBC. Retrieved 2007-07-31.
- ^ The Greatest MCs of All Time MTV. Retrieved 2008-07-08.
- ^ "Listology: MTV's 22 Greatest Voices in Music". Listology.com. http://www.listology.com/content_show.cfm/content_id.19522. Retrieved 2008-10-20.
- ^ "Eminem Is The Best Rapper Alive | Eminem | Rap Basement". Rapbasement.com. http://www.rapbasement.com/eminem/100708-vibe-magazine-voters-name-eminem-the-best-rapper-alive.html. Retrieved 2008-10-20.
Further reading[link]
- Bozza, Anthony (2003). Whatever You Say I Am: The Life and Times of Eminem. New York, New York, United States: Crown Publishing Group. ISBN 1-4000-5059-6
- Edwards, Paul (2009). How to Rap: The Art & Science of the Hip-Hop MC. Chicago, United States: Chicago Review Press. ISBN 1-55652-816-7
- Goldberg, Bernard (2005). 100 People Who Are Screwing Up America. New York City, United States: HarperCollins. ISBN 0-06-076128-8
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| Name | Eminem |
| Alternative names | Mathers, Marshall Bruce III; Slim Shady |
| Short description | Hip Hop rapper |
| Date of birth | October 17, 1972 |
| Place of birth | St. Joseph, Missouri, USA |
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| Lil Wayne | |
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| Background information | |
| Birth name | Dwayne Michael Carter, Jr. |
| Born | (1982-09-27) September 27, 1982 (age 29) |
| Origin | New Orleans, Louisiana, U.S. |
| Genres | Hip hop |
| Occupations | Rapper, songwriter |
| Years active | 1992–present |
| Labels | Cash Money, Young Money,Universal Republic |
| Associated acts | Birdman, Drake, Cash Money Millionaires, Hot Boys, Young Money, The B.G.'z, Nicki Minaj, Juelz Santana[1] |
| Website | lilwayne-online.com |
Dwayne Michael Carter, Jr. (born September 27, 1982), better known by his stage name Lil Wayne, is an American rapper. At the age of nine, Lil Wayne joined Cash Money Records as the youngest member of the label, and half of the duo, The B.G.'z, with B.G.. In 1997, Lil Wayne joined the group Hot Boys, which also included rappers Juvenile, B.G., and Young Turk. Hot Boys debuted with Get It How U Live! that year. Lil Wayne gained most of his success with the group's major selling album Guerrilla Warfare, released in 1999. Also in 1999, Lil Wayne released his Platinum debut album Tha Block Is Hot, selling over one million copies in the U.S.
Although his next two albums Lights Out (2000) and 500 Degreez (2002) were not as successful (only reaching Gold status), Lil Wayne reached higher popularity in 2004 with Tha Carter, which included the single "Go D.J." Wayne also appeared on the Destiny's Child top ten single "Soldier" that year. In 2005, the sequel to Tha Carter, Tha Carter II, was released. In 2006 and 2007, Lil Wayne released several mixtapes and appeared on several popular rap and R&B singles. His most successful album, Tha Carter III, was released in 2008 and sold over 1 million copies in the U.S. its first week of release. It included the number-one single "Lollipop" featuring Static Major. It also includes the singles "A Milli" and "Got Money" featuring T-Pain and won the Grammy Award for Best Rap Album.
Lil Wayne released his debut rock album, Rebirth, in 2010 to primarily negative reception from critics. The album eventually went gold. In March 2010, Lil Wayne began serving an 8-month prison sentence in New York after being convicted of criminal possession of a weapon stemming from an incident in July 2007. While in prison he released another album entitled I Am Not a Human Being in September 2010, featuring Young Money artists such as Drake, Nicki Minaj and Lil Twist. His ninth studio album and first since being released from prison, Tha Carter IV, was released on August 29, 2011.[2] The album includes the songs "6 Foot 7 Foot" featuring Cory Gunz, "How to Love" and "She Will" featuring Drake. It sold 964,000 copies in the U.S. its first week out.
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Early life[link]
Lil Wayne was born Dwayne Michael Carter, Jr. and grew up in the Hollygrove neighborhood of New Orleans, Louisiana.[3] Carter was born when his mother, a chef, was 19 years old. His parents were divorced when he was 2, and his father permanently abandoned the family. Carter enrolled in the gifted program of Lafayette Elementary School and in the drama club of Eleanor McMain Secondary School.[4]
He wrote his first rap song at age eight.[5] In the summer of 1991, he met Bryan Williams, rapper and owner of Cash Money Records. Carter recorded freestyle raps on Williams's answering machine, leading him to mentor the young Carter and include him in Cash Money-distributed songs. He also recorded his first ever collaboration album True Story with rapper B.G.. At the time, Carter was 11, and B.G. was 14, and was billed as "The B.G.'z".[6] When he was 12, he played the part of the Tin Man in his middle school drama club's production of The Wiz.[7] At age 13, he accidentally shot himself with a 9 mm handgun, and off-duty police officer Robert Hoobler drove him to the hospital.[8] At McMain Magnet School, Carter was an honor student, but he dropped out at the age of 14 to focus on a musical career.[9]
Career[link]
1997–99: Hot Boys[link]
In 1997, Carter joined the Hot Boys along with rappers Juvenile, B.G., and Turk. At age 15, Carter was the youngest member at that time. Hot Boys' debut album Get It How U Live! was released the same year, followed in 1999 by the group's major-label debut Guerrilla Warfare,[3] which reached No. 1 on the Billboard magazine Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums chart and No. 5 on the Billboard 200.[10] During their career, the Hot Boys had two charting singles, "We on Fire" from Get It How U Live! and "I Need a Hot Girl" from Guerrilla Warfare.[11] Carter was also featured on Juvenile's single "Back That Azz Up", which reached No. 18 on the Billboard Hot 100 and No. 5 on the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Singles & Tracks.[12] Let 'Em Burn, a compilation album of unreleased tracks recorded during 1999 and 2000, came out in 2003, several years after the group disbanded.[13] It reached No. 3 on the Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums chart and No. 14 on the Billboard 200.[10]
Carter's debut solo album Tha Block Is Hot at age 17 featured significant contributions from the Hot Boys and was certified platinum, debuting at No. 3 on the Billboard album charts.[3] The album earned him a 1999 Source magazine award nomination for "Best New Artist",[14] and also became a Top Ten hit.[3] The lead single was "Tha Block Is Hot". After the release of Tha Block is Hot, Carter was featured on the single, "Bling Bling", with B.G., Juvenile, and Big Tymers. His verse was featured on the radio edition, and on the album version, only his hook was featured on the single.
[edit] 2000-03: Lights Out and 500 Degreez
His 2000 follow-up album Lights Out failed to attain the level of success achieved by his debut[3] but was certified gold by RIAA.[15] Critics pointed to the lack of coherent narratives in his verses as evidence that he had yet to mature to the level of his fellow Hot Boys.[16] The lead single was "Get Off The Corner" which was noticed for an improvement in lyrical content and style, it also received a music video. The second single which received less attention was "Shine" featuring The Hot Boys. Near the release of Lights Out, Lil Wayne was featured on the single, "1# Stunna" with Big Tymers and Juvenile, which rose to 24th place on the Hot Rap Tracks charts.
Lil Wayne's third album 500 Degreez, released in 2002, followed the format of his previous two, with significant contributions from the Hot Boys and Mannie Fresh. While certified Gold like its predecessor,[15] it too failed to match the success of his debut.[3] The title was a reference to the recently estranged Hot Boys member Juvenile's recording, 400 Degreez.[17] The lead single was "Way Of Life" which like the album failed to match the success of his previous singles. After the release of 500 Degreez, he was featured in the single "Neva Get Enuf" by 3LW.[18]
[edit] 2003-05: Tha Carter and Tha Carter II
In the summer of 2004, Wayne's album Tha Carter was released, marking what critics considered advancement in his rapping style and lyrical themes.[19] In addition, the album's cover art featured the debut of Wayne's now-signature dreadlocks.[3] Tha Carter gained Wayne significant recognition, selling 878,000 copies in the United States, while the single "Go DJ" became a Top 5 Hit on the R&B/Hip-Hop chart.[20] After the release of Tha Carter, Lil Wayne was featured in Destiny's Child's single "Soldier" with T.I., which peaked at No. 3 on the U.S. Hot 100 and the U.S. R&B Charts.[21]
Tha Carter II, the follow-up to the original Tha Carter album, was released in December 2005, this time without production by longtime Cash Money Records producer Mannie Fresh, who had since left the label. Tha Carter II sold more than 238,000 copies in its first week of release, debuting at No. 2 on the Billboard 200 albums chart, and went on to sell 2,000,000 copies world wide. The lead single, "Fireman," became a hit in the US, peaking at 32 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart. Other singles included "Grown Man", "Hustler Muzik", and "Shooter" (featuring R&B singer Robin Thicke). Lil Wayne also appeared on a remix of Bobby Valentino's "Tell Me", which rose to No. 13 on the U.S. R&B Charts. In 2005, Lil Wayne was named president of Cash Money, and in the same year he founded Young Money Entertainment as an imprint of Cash Money.[22] However, as of late 2007, Lil Wayne reported that he has stepped down from the management of both labels and has handed management of Young Money over to Cortez Bryant.[23]
[edit] 2006-08: Like Father, Like Son, Mixtapes and collaborations
In 2006, Lil Wayne collaborated with rapper Birdman for the album Like Father, Like Son, whose first single "Stuntin' Like My Daddy", reached No. 21 on the Billboard Hot 100.
Instead of a follow-up solo album, Lil Wayne reached his audience through a plethora of mixtapes and guest appearances on a variety of pop and hip-hop singles.[3] Of his many mixtapes, Dedication 2 and Da Drought 3 received the most media exposure and critical review. Dedication 2, released in 2006, paired Lil Wayne with DJ Drama and contained the acclaimed socially conscious track "Georgia Bush," in which Lil Wayne critiqued former US president George W. Bush's response to the effects of Hurricane Katrina on the city of New Orleans. Da Drought 3 was released the following year and was available for free legal download. It contained Lil Wayne rapping over a variety of beats from recent hits by other musicians. Numerous of features in prominent hip-hop magazines such as XXL[24] and Vibe[9] covered the mixtape. Christian Hoard of Rolling Stone magazine considered the mixtapes Da Drought 3 and The Drought Is Over 2 "among the best albums of 2007."[4]
Despite no album release for two years, Lil Wayne appeared in numerous singles as a featured performer, including "Gimme That" by Chris Brown, "Make It Rain" by Fat Joe, "You" by Lloyd, and "We Takin' Over" by DJ Khaled (also featuring Akon, T.I., Rick Ross, Fat Joe, and Birdman), "Duffle Bag Boy" by Playaz Circle, "Sweetest Girl (Dollar Bill)" by Wyclef Jean (also featuring Akon), and the remix to "I'm So Hood" by DJ Khaled (also featuring T-Pain, Young Jeezy, Ludacris, Busta Rhymes, Big Boi, Fat Joe, Birdman, and Rick Ross). All these singles charted within the top 20 spots on the Billboard Hot 100, Hot Rap Tracks, and Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs charts. On Birdman's 2007 album 5 * Stunna, Lil Wayne appeared on the singles "100 Million" and "I Run This" among several other tracks. Wayne also appeared on tracks from albums Getback by Little Brother, American Gangster by Jay-Z, and Graduation by Kanye West and Insomniac by Enrique Iglesias. "Make it Rain", a Scott Storch production that peaked at number 13 on the Hot 100 and number two on the Hot Rap Tracks chart,[25] was nominated for the Grammy Award for Best Rap Performance by a Duo or Group for 2008.[26]
Vibe magazine ranked a list of 77 of Lil Wayne's songs from 2007 and ranked his verse in DJ Khaled's "We Takin Over" as his best of 2007, with "Dough Is What I Got" (a freestyle over the beat of Jay-Z's "Show Me What You Got") from Da Drought 3 the second song.[9] At the end of 2007, an MTV poll selected Lil Wayne as "Hottest MC in the Game",[27] The New Yorker magazine ranked him "Rapper of the Year",[6] and GQ magazine named him "Workaholic of the Year".[28] In 2008 he was named "Best MC" by Rolling Stone.[4] Another article, built around Lil Wayne's 2007 mixtape work, cites his creative practice as an example of post performance creative practice.[29]
[edit] 2008-10: Tha Carter III, We Are Young Money and Rebirth
Initially planned to be released in 2007, Tha Carter III's largest delay came after the majority of the tracks were leaked and distributed on mixtapes, such as "The Drought Is Over Pt. 2" and "The Drought Is Over Pt. 4". Lil Wayne initially decided to use the leaked tracks, plus four new tracks, to make a separate album, titled The Leak. The Leak was to be released December 18, 2007, with the actual album being delayed until March 18, 2008,[30] The release of The Leak in this format never came to fruition, but an official EP titled The Leak and containing five tracks was released digitally on December 25, 2007.[31] Tha Carter III was released on June 10, 2008, selling more than a million copies in its first week of release, the first to do so since 50 Cent's The Massacre in 2005.[32] The first single "Lollipop", featuring Static Major became the rapper's most commercially successful song at that point, topping the Billboard Hot 100, making it the first Top 10 single for Lil Wayne as a solo artist, as well as his first No. 1 on the chart. His third single from Tha Carter III, "Got Money" featuring T-Pain, peaked at No. 13 on the Billboard 100. Tha Carter III also won four Grammy Awards, including best rap album and best rap song, which he won for "Lollipop".[33] Along with his album singles, Lil Wayne appeared on R&B singles "Girls Around the World" by Lloyd, "Love In This Club, Part II" by Usher, "Official Girl" by Cassie, "I'm So Paid" by Akon, "Turnin' Me On" by Keri Hilson, and "Can't Believe It" by T-Pain; rap singles "My Life" by The Game, "Shawty Say" by David Banner, "Swagga Like Us" by T.I., "Cutty Buddy" by Mike Jones, All My Life (In the Ghetto) by Jay Rock and the remix to "Certified" by Glasses Malone; and pop single "Let It Rock" by new Cash Money artist Kevin Rudolf. On July 14, 2008, the Recording Industry Association of America certified Tha Carter III two times platinum.[34] In an October 2008 interview with MTV News, Lil Wayne announced plans to re-release this album with all new tracks, including a duet with Ludacris and remixes of "A Milli".[35]
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The lineup for New Orleans' 2008 Voodoo Experience concert, held in October, featured Lil Wayne. Jonathan Cohen of Billboard magazine reported that the event would mark his biggest hometown headlining set of his career.[36] Lil Wayne stated that he would reunite with Hot Boys alongside Juvenile, Turk, and B.G. They plan to release an album after B.G.'s solo album Too Hood to Be Hollywood was completed.[37] Wayne also performed as the 2008 Virgin Mobile Music Fest with Kanye West, performing the remix of "Lollipop" with West and also lip-syncing to Whitney Houston's "I Will Always Love You".[38] Lil Wayne also performed at the 2008 MTV Video Music Awards with Kid Rock ("All Summer Long"), Leona Lewis ("DontGetIt (Misunderstood)") and T-Pain ("Got Money"). On the season premiere of Saturday Night Live, he performed "Lollipop" and "Got Money".[39] He later performed at the homecoming rally at Vanderbilt University[40] and the 2008 BET Hip Hop Awards with 12 nominations.[41] He won the "MVP" title at the BET Hip Hop Awards and seven others.[42] It was revealed that M.I.A. dropped out of performing on the tour due to her pregnancy, however Jay-Z is expected to perform with Wayne on the song "Mr. Carter" at select shows.[43] On November 11, 2008, Wayne became the first hip-hop act to ever perform at the Country Music Association Awards. He played alongside Kid Rock for the song, "All Summer Long", in which Wayne did not rap but instead inaudibly strummed guitar strings alongside the guitarist in Kid Rock's band.[44] Shortly after, Wayne was nominated for eight Grammys – the most for any artist nominated that year.[45] Wayne was then named the first ever MTV Man of the Year at the end of 2008.[46] He won the Grammy Award for Best Rap Solo Performance for "A Milli", Best Rap Performance by a Duo or Group for his appearance in T.I.'s single "Swagga Like Us", and Best Rap Song for "Lollipop". Tha Carter III won the award for Best Rap Album.[33] MTV News listed Lil Wayne number two on their 2009 list of the Hottest MCs In The Game.[47]
On December 23, 2009, Wayne released a collaboration album with Young Money, with the first single confirmed as "Every Girl".[48] The second single is "BedRock", featuring Lloyd. The third single is "Roger That". On May 24, 2010, the album was certified gold by the RIAA with over 500,000 copies sold.[49] Wayne is featured on the song, "Revolver", with Madonna for her 2009 greatest hits album, Celebration. He was also featured on a Weezer song, "Can't Stop Partying", on their 2009 album, Raditude.[50] In late 2008, Wayne stated that he would re-release The Carter III with leftover tracks and call it Rebirth, several months later, however, he announced Rebirth would instead release as his debut rock album, maintaining its title as Rebirth.[51] To support the release of Rebirth and a collaboration album with Young Money Entertainment, Wayne headlined the 'Young Money Presents: America's Most Wanted Music Festival'... a United States and Canada–only concert tour which started on July 29, 2009. The Rebirth album was originally scheduled for a April 7, 2009 release, however after numerous delays, the album was released on February 2, 2010. For the anticipation of Rebirth, Wayne was featured on the cover of Rolling Stone.[52] "Prom Queen", the first official single, debuted on January 27, 2009 immediately after a live Internet broadcast on Ustream[53] of his concert in San Diego.[54] "Prom Queen" peaked at number 15 on the Billboard Hot 100 charts. On December 3, 2009, Lil Wayne's second single from the album, "On Fire", was released on iTunes. "On Fire" was produced by Cool & Dre.[55] "On Fire" peaked at number 33 on the Billboard Hot 100 charts. "Drop the World", which features Eminem, is the third single from the album.[55]
[edit] 2010: I Am Not a Human Being
Lil Wayne was thought to be releasing an EP entitled I Am Not a Human Being, but it was confirmed that would be a full length LP. The album was released on September 27, 2010 which was his birthday. The album has sold over 953,000 copies in the U.S.[56] and has spawned a successful single in "Right Above It" which peaked at No. 6 on the Billboard Hot 100.
[edit] 2011-present: Tha Carter IV
In an interview on MTV's Mixtape Monday, Wayne asserted the possibility of the album Tha Carter IV.[57] Following Tha Carter III's achievement of selling over 3 million copies, becoming 2008's best-selling record, Wayne re-signed with Cash Money Records for a multi-album deal.[58] Wayne said Tha Carter IV will be released in 2009 just before the holidays.[59] Birdman had previously stated that Tha Carter IV would be packaged with Rebirth as a double disc album.[60] However, Wayne denied this idea saying that "Tha Carter IV deserves Tha Carter IV". He went on to say that We Are Young Money may be packaged with Rebirth.[61][62] However, it was later confirmed that Rebirth and We Are Young Money will be released separately and that Tha Carter IV will be released during 2011. He started from scratch on Tha Carter IV since getting released from prison.[63] He recorded his first track since being released from prison and it was described as being "a 2010 version of A Milli on steroids." The album is set to feature multiple guests, including Tech N9ne.[64] The first single "6 Foot 7 Foot" featuring Cory Gunz was released on December 15, 2010. It was available for digital download on iTunes December 16, 2010. The song is produced by Bangladesh, who also produced Lil Wayne's single "A Milli" in 2008.[65] On March 8, 2011, Lil Wayne released another song called "We Back Soon." The song is produced by StreetRunner; It is more relaxed than "6 Foot 7 Foot" is, but will not be a track on Tha Carter IV.[66] He also released a second single to Tha Carter IV called "John" on March 24, 2011, which features Rick Ross and is produced by Polow Da Don.[67] On April 20, 2011, the official cover of Tha Carter IV was released. Tha Carter IV was scheduled to be released on May 16, 2011,[68] but Mack Maine had confirmed that the forthcoming ninth studio album will be released in June 21, 2011 instead of May 16, 2011, because they need more time to make the album perfect and they'll have a "monster" single coming soon that will possibly be titled "Blows My Brains" or "She's Always In My Head".[citation needed] On May 26, the 3rd single, "How to Love" was released. Tha Carter IV was eventually pushed back to August 29, 2011. A song called "Dear Anne (Stan Part 2)" was released in June, when the snippet was released back in April. Lil Wayne said the song was throw away track for Tha Carter III. He said it was originally suppose to be on Tha Carter IV when it leaked, but decided not to put it one there. He said he's not a fan of the song since it was so old. Lil Wayne said that he that liked the beat, but not the lyrics, and was thinking about redoing "Dear Anne."
For preparation for Tha Carter IV, Lil Wayne released a mixtape titled, Sorry 4 the Wait. He named the mixtape so as an apology to his fans for the delay of the album. It consists of 13 with all the beats on the mixtape coming from other artists song, like his "No Ceilings" mixtape.
In July 2011, Lil Wayne confirmed in an interview with MTV that Tha Carter IV is finished.
The album debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard 200 with 964,000 copies sold in its first week, making it Lil Wayne's third chart topping album of his career. On January 8, 2012, According to Nielsen SoundScan was elected the seventh artist (second male artist) all-time best-selling tracks digital with 36,788,000 million to the end of 2011.[69]
Future projects[link]
Lil Wayne has announced several possible upcoming projects, including a collaboration album entitled I Can't Feel My Face with rapper Juelz Santana that has been in production for several years. And also working on Tionne "T-Boz" Watkins' album Still Cool in late 2011.[70][71] He has discussed a possible R&B album titled Luv Sawngz, for which he will heavily rely on a vocoder.[72] He has also talked with singer Lloyd about doing a collaboration album in the future.[73] On June 19, 2008, Lil Wayne and T-Pain formed a duo called T-Wayne[74] and planned to release an album.[75] According to an interview with Drake in the December 2011 issue of XXL, plans for an upcoming album with Lil Wayne have been scrapped for the time being because of the Jay-Z and Kanye West collaboration Watch the Throne.[76] Lil Wayne and Baby will release a second Like Father, Like Son.[77][78] It was announced by Mack Maine that Lil Wayne and Juelz Santana have gone back to working on their collaboration album I Can't Feel My Face which had been delayed for a few years due to "label politics".[79]
In October 2011 it was reported that Lil Wayne is working on sequels to I Am Not a Human Being and Rebirth.[80] A couple months later, Birdman announced that I Am Not A Human Being 2 will be released before the summer of 2012 and that him and Lil Wayne have finished recording Like Father, Like Son 2.[81]
On March 29, 2011, in an interview with Hot 97's Angie Martinez, Lil Wayne announced that he would retire at age 35; saying "I have four kids," and that "I would feel selfish still going to the studio when it's such a vital point in their lives."[82]
Television and film career[link]
Lil Wayne was a guest debater going up against Skip Bayless on the "1st & 10" segment on the January 6, 2009 edition of ESPN First Take.[83] On February 10, 2009 he also appeared on ESPN's Around the Horn and beat out veterans Woody Paige, Jay Mariotti and fellow New Orleanian Michael Smith to win that show's episode.[84] Prior to the 2009 Grammy Awards, Wayne was featured in an interview with Katie Couric.[85] On February 7, 2009, he presented the Top Ten List on CBS's Late Show with David Letterman.[86] He then appeared on the April 24, 2009 episode of The View, talking about his GED and addictions.[87] In September 2009, Wayne was profiled in an episode of VH1's Behind the Music[88] and was a presenter of the 2009 MTV Movie Awards.[89]
In film, Wayne produced and composed music for and starred in the direct-to-video film Hurricane Season. A documentary of Lil Wayne titled The Carter was released at the Sundance Film Festival.[90]
Personal life[link]
Family[link]
Lil Wayne has four children. His first child, daughter Reginae, was born when he was 15,[5] to his high school sweetheart Antonia "Toya" Carter (née Johnson). Wayne and Johnson married on Valentine's Day of 2004 and divorced in 2006.[91] Internet rumours started circulating in August 2008 that Wayne's daughter had died in a car crash, which however he quickly cleared up as false saying "Please allow me to dispel any rumors or speculations and report that my daughter is alive, healthy and surrounded by family who care and love her dearly. The rumors are completely false and unfounded; neither Reginae nor any other member of my family has been involved in any car accident."[92] His second child, Dwayne III, was then born on October 22, 2008 at Christ Hospital in Cincinnati.[93] His third child, Cameron Carter, was born to actress Lauren London on September 9, 2009.[94] He had his fourth child, Neal, on November 30, 2009 with singer Nivea.[95]
In a CBS interview with Katie Couric, Wayne described why he goes by the name of "Wayne" instead of his given name, Dwayne. Carter explained, "I dropped the D because I'm a junior and my father is living and he's not in my life and he's never been in my life. So I don't want to be Dwayne, I'd rather be Wayne". Couric asked Wayne if his father knew of this and Wayne replied with a smile, "He knows now".[85]
Higher education[link]
After earning his GED, Wayne enrolled at the University of Houston in January 2005. He dropped out in the same year due to his conflicting schedule.[96] He also revealed on The View that he switched to the University of Phoenix and majored in psychology taking online courses.[87] An article in Urb magazine in March 2007 asserted that Wayne had been earning high grades at Houston.[97]
Sports and musical interests[link]
In an interview with Blender magazine, Lil Wayne revealed one of his favorite bands from childhood to be rock group Nirvana, and cites them as a major influence in his music.[98]
On September 24, 2008, Lil Wayne published his first blog for ESPN in their issue, ESPN The Magazine. Wayne revealed he was a fan of tennis, the Green Bay Packers, the Boston Bruins, the Los Angeles Lakers and the Boston Red Sox. To commemorate the Packers' making it to Super Bowl XLV, he spoofed Wiz Khalifa's hit song "Black and Yellow" (which were the colors of the Packers' opponents, the Pittsburgh Steelers) in a song titled "Green and Yellow".[99] Wayne has continued writing for ESPN, notably reporting at the ESPN Super Bowl party.[100]
Lil Wayne made his debut on ESPN's daily sports round table show Around The Horn on February 10, 2009.[101]
At E3 2011, Lil Wayne, along with Young Money member Drake, appeared on the trailer of FIFA 12.[citation needed]
Religion[link]
Lil Wayne is a Christian and reads the Bible regularly.[102][103] While playing in Newark Symphony Hall, Lil Wayne professed his belief "in God and His son, Jesus."[102] During his 2011 tour in Australia with Eminem, before beginning his bracket he proclaimed his belief in God.[104]
Philanthropy[link]
On February 19, 2008, Lil Wayne and Cortez Bryant revisited their alma mater McMain Secondary School to get students to design an invitation to the gala introducing Lil Wayne's nonprofit One Family Foundation.[105] The website Change.org states: "The mission of One Family Foundation, Inc. is to empower urban youth by engaging them in opportunities to cultivate their talents and skills, educating them to become productive and economically self-sufficient, and motivating them to dream beyond their circumstances."[106]
Public references by Barack Obama[link]
Lil Wayne has been referenced in public speeches by President Barack Obama on at least two occasions, in mixed contexts. Speaking to a largely African-American audience during a general election campaign town hall speech in Georgia, then-U.S. Senator Obama exhorted children to stay in school and achieve their dreams through education and perseverance instead of hoping for shortcuts to fame and riches, stating: "You are probably not that good a rapper. Maybe you are the next Lil Wayne, but probably not, in which case you need to stay in school."[107]
After assuming the Presidency, Obama later echoed this theme of personal and familial responsibility and the difficulty of achieving Lil Wayne's lyrical skills or success—during an address to a meeting commemorating the 100th anniversary of the NAACP, telling the audience:
They might think they've got a pretty jump shot or a pretty good flow, but our kids can’t all aspire to be LeBron or Lil Wayne. I want them aspiring to be scientists and engineers, doctors and teachers, not just ballers and rappers. I want them aspiring to be a Supreme Court justice. I want them aspiring to be President of the United States of America.[108]
Obama has also noted that the music on his iPod includes Lil Wayne:
Legal issues[link]
Arrests and incarceration[link]
On July 22, 2007, Lil Wayne was arrested in New York City following a performance at the Beacon Theatre; the New York City Police Department discovered Lil Wayne and another man smoking marijuana near a tour bus. After taking Lil Wayne into custody, police discovered a .40 caliber pistol on his person. The gun, which was registered to his manager, was in a bag located near the rapper.[110] He was charged with criminal possession of a weapon and marijuana.[111][112] On October 22, 2009, Lil Wayne pleaded guilty to attempted criminal possession of a weapon. He was due for sentencing in February 2010 and was expected to receive a one-year county jail sentence,[113] but on February 9, 2010, Lil Wayne's attorney announced that the sentencing was delayed until March 2 due to dental surgery,[114] which was performed on February 16. The surgery included eight root canals, the replacement of several tooth implants, as well as the addition of a few new implants and work on his remaining original teeth.[115] On March 2, 2010, sentencing was postponed again when the courthouse reported a fire in the basement.[116] On March 8, 2010, Lil Wayne was sentenced to a year in prison, which he served in Rikers Island. His lawyer said the rapper expected to be held in protective custody, separated from other prisoners.[117] In May 2010 Wayne was found by Rikers Island correctional staff to be in possession of contraband (an MP3 player, charger, and headphones).[118] In April 2010, Lil Wayne's friends created a website called Weezy Thanx You, which publishes letters written by Wayne in prison.[103][119] In the first letter, titled "Gone 'til November", the rapper described his daily routine, saying he works out a lot, and reads the Bible every day.[103] Wayne was released from Rikers Island prison facility on November 4, 2010 after serving eight months of his year-long sentence.[120]
Following a performance at Qwest Arena in Boise, Idaho, Lil Wayne was arrested October 5, 2007 on felony fugitive charges after Georgia authorities accused the rapper of possessing a controlled substance.[121] The incident was later described as a "mix-up" and the fugitive charges were dropped.[122]
On January 23, 2008, Lil Wayne was arrested alongside two others. His tour bus was stopped by Border Patrol agents near Yuma, Arizona. A K-9 Unit recovered 105 grams (3.7 oz) of marijuana, almost 29 grams (1.0 oz) of cocaine, 41 grams (1.4 oz) of MDMA, and $22,000 in cash. Lil Wayne was charged with four felonies: possession of narcotic drug for sale, possession of dangerous drugs, misconduct involving weapons and possession of drug paraphernalia. He was granted permission to travel outside of the state and remain out of custody on the $10,185 bond he posted.[123] On May 6, 2008, Wayne returned to court in Arizona to plead not guilty to the charges.[124] A bench warrant was issued on March 17, 2010 when Lil Wayne did not show for a final trial management conference.[125][126] However, the rapper was already in prison, serving a year-long sentence in Rikers on weapons charges. On June 22, 2010 Wayne pleaded guilty to the charges. As part of the plea deal he may serve 36 months of probation.[127] On June 30, 2010, he was sentenced to 3 years probation.[128]
On December 18, 2009, Wayne and 11 others were detained at the Falfurrias, Texas border patrol checkpoint after an unknown amount of marijuana was found on two of his tour buses.[129]
Lawsuits[link]
On July 24, 2008, Abkco Music Inc filed a lawsuit against Lil Wayne for copyright infringement and unfair competition, specifically referring to Tha Carter III's track "Playing with Fire".[130] In the lawsuit, Abkco claims that the song was obviously derived from The Rolling Stones' "Play with Fire", to which Abkco owns the rights.[130][131] Subsequently, "Playing with Fire" was removed from the tracklist of Tha Carter III on all online music stores and replaced with the David Banner produced track, "Pussy Monster".[132][133][134]
In February 2009, production company RMF Productions filed a $1.3 million lawsuit against Wayne, following a $100,000 advance payment for three shows, all of which were cancelled by the artist.[135]
On October 2009, Lil Wayne, Birdman, Cash Money Records, and various music distribution outlets were sued for copyright infringement by Thomas Marasciullo, who claims his voice was used without permission. The rappers asked him to record some "Italian-styled spoken word recordings" in 2006. The lyrics were allegedly used on "Respect" and other tracks from the rappers' collaboration album Like Father, Like Son and Birdman's 5 * Stunna.[136]
In March 2011, producer Deezle (Darius Harrison) sued Wayne and his parent labels Cash Money Records over unpaid royalties from Tha Carter III.[137]
In May 2011, producer Bangladesh also filed a lawsuit against Weezy & Co. over unpaid royalties as well.[138]
In early June 2011, another producer named David Kirkwood filed a lawsuit against Young Money Entertainment and Cash Money Records on claims that the labels have failed to pay him over $1.5 million in royalties and production services for his work on the album, also including his songwriting on "Love Me or Hate Me", a bonus song featured only on the deluxe edition of the album.[139]
Also in June 2011, Dallas producers Play-N-Skillz filed a lawsuit against him claiming Wayne owes them at least $1 million in unpaid royalties for "Got Money" from his album Tha Carter III. The single has sold over 2 million copies since being released.[140]
In July 2011, Done Deal Enterprises, a production company based in Georgia, filed suit against Wayne, Universal Music Group, Cash Money Records and Young Money Entertainment, claiming copyright infringement. The lawsuit alleges Wayne stole the song "BedRock", featured on the compilation album We Are Young Money, and seeks damages of $15 million.[141]
Controversy[link]
50 Cent[link]
After hearing word that Lil Wayne had written a diss song for him after 50 Cent made some unkind remarks, 50 lashed out at Wayne first on August 17, 2007 with the song "Part Time Lover".[142] Wayne never really responded to the song, although a 50 Cent diss track called "Louisianimal" did leak much later on November 17, 2008.[143] 50 responded to Lil Wayne in January 2009 in a song entitled "Play This On The Radio".[144] As of August 14, 2009, the controversy between 50 Cent and Lil Wayne seems to have ended after 50 Cent appeared and performed at Lil Wayne's America's Most Wanted Musical Festival stop in Anaheim, California.[145]
Jay-Z[link]
In early 2011, when Jay-Z & Kanye West's single "H•A•M" was released, Jay-Z took shots at Lil Wayne's mentor Birdman, saying "Really, you got Baby money" and "[you] ain't got my lady's money!".[146] On August 24, 2011, a song called "It's Good" by Lil Wayne (featuring Drake and Jadakiss) was leaked online and included Lil Wayne responding "Talkin’ ‘bout baby money? I gotcha baby money. Kidnap your bitch, get that, How much you love your lady? money".[147][148] Rapper Jadakiss later absolved himself of involvement in any brewing beef on his official Twitter feed.[149][150]
Discography[link]
Main article: Lil Wayne discography
- Studio albums
- 1999: Tha Block Is Hot
- 2000: Lights Out
- 2002: 500 Degreez
- 2004: Tha Carter
- 2005: Tha Carter II
- 2008: Tha Carter III
- 2010: Rebirth
- 2010: I Am Not a Human Being
- 2011: Tha Carter IV
Filmography[link]
| Film | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Film | Role | Notes |
| 2000 | Baller Blockin'' | Iceberg Shorty | Main Role |
| 2007 | Who's Your Caddy? | Himself | Small Role |
| 2009 | The Carter | Himself | Documentary DVD, Main Role |
| 2010 | Hurricane Season | Lamont Johnson | Small Role |
| Television | |||
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
| 2007 | Access Granted | Himself | |
| The Boondocks | |||
| 2009 | Nike Zoom VI LeBron James "Chalk" | Himself | Minor appearance |
| Gatorade | Himself | Narrator | |
| 1st and 10 | |||
| Around the Horn | |||
| Behind The Music | Himself | ||
| All Access With Katie Couric | Himself | ||
| The Mo'Nique Show | Himself | ||
| 2010 | Freaknik: The Musical | Trap Jesus | |
| 2010 | Saturday Night Live | Himself | Performed alongside Eminem a medley of songs including "No Love" |
Awards[link]
Main article: List of awards and nominations received by Lil Wayne
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| Name | Lil Wayne |
| Alternative names | Carter, Dwayne Michael, Jr. |
| Short description | Rapper |
| Date of birth | September 27, 1982 |
| Place of birth | New Orleans, Louisiana |
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| Skylar Grey | |
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 Skylar Grey singing at the Tibet Talk For World Peace in July 2011 |
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| Background information | |
| Birth name | Holly Brook Hafermann[1] |
| Also known as | Holly Brook[2] |
| Born | (1986-02-23) February 23, 1986 (age 26) |
| Origin | Mazomanie, Wisconsin, United States |
| Genres | Pop, soul, folk rock, rock, hip hop |
| Occupations | Singer, songwriter, record producer |
| Instruments | Vocals, piano, guitar |
| Years active | 2004–present |
| Labels | KIDinaKORNER, Interscope, Machine Shop |
| Website | www.skylargreymusic.com |
Holly Brook Hafermann (born February 23, 1986) better known by her stage name Skylar Grey, is an five-time Grammy-nominated American multi-instrumentalist, singer, songwriter, and record producer. Grey was signed to Machine Shop Recordings under the name Holly Brook. She released her debut album as Holly Brook, Like Blood Like Honey, in 2006. She co-wrote the three versions of "Love the Way You Lie" (for Eminem and Rihanna) with Alex da Kid, who signed her to his Wonderland Music label. She was featured as a guest vocalist on Fort Minor's "Where'd You Go" and "Be Somebody", Diddy-Dirty Money's "Coming Home", Dr. Dre's "I Need a Doctor", Lupe Fiasco's "Words I Never Said" and Kaskade's "Room for Happiness".
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Life and career[link]
2001–2010: Early life and career beginnings[link]
Grey performed professionally as a child in a folk duo with her mother called Generations.[3] Together, (with producer/engineer Randy Green) they independently produced three albums, Dream Maker, Lift Me, and Millennial Child/Waiting For You. Grey started her first band at the age of fifteen after 'sneaking' into bars, working with jazz musicians including Jeff Eckles, Tim Whalen and Leo Sidran in Madison, Wisconsin.
In 2003, Grey moved to Los Angeles and recorded a demo as Holly Brook, which would be her stage name for several years. This demo led to her being signed in the fall of 2004 by Linkin Park guitarist Brad Delson to the band's vanity label, Machine Shop Recordings; she was 18 years old. Her voice is featured on the Fort Minor songs "Where'd You Go" and "Be Somebody". Working with producer Jonathan Ingoldsby, Brook released her debut album, Like Blood Like Honey, on June 6, 2006. She landed opening spots for tours with Jamie Cullum, KD Lang, Daniel Powter, Teddy Geiger and Duncan Sheik.
In 2010, Brook lent both her song "It's Raining Again" and her image to a promotional campaign for Ciao Water.[4] Prior to this, she has appeared on albums by other artists, including Brie Larson's Finally Out of P.E. and Fort Minor's The Rising Tied. Brook has toured with as part of Duncan Sheik's band, and appears heavily on his 2009 album Whisper House. At the beginning in 2010 she also performed in the theatrical version of "Whisper House," playing one of the two lead ghost vocalists along with David Poe.[5] Also in 2010, she self-released the seven-song O’Dark:Thirty EP, produced by Duncan Sheik and Jon Ingoldsby.[6] In 2009, Brook appeared as a backing vocalist on Eurovision contestant, Yohanna's debut album, Butterflies and Elvis.
[edit] 2011: Invinsible
Brook later changed her name to Skylar Grey. She explained that “it represents the unknowns in life. People seem to be afraid of the unknowns, but I’m the complete opposite. I dive into the unknown because I feel like that’s where all your possibilities come from.”[7] She explained to Beatweek that she chose "grey" with an e rather than an a because “I like to do things the original way" and because "it’s more masculine. I’m not a very feminine person."[8]
She was still living in Oregon and had no recognition as Skylar Grey. Grey went to New York to meet her publisher, Jennifer Blakeman, who played Grey the song "Airplanes" by B.O.B and Hayley Williams and produced by Alex da Kid; Grey liked what she heard so Blakeman introduced her and Alex da Kid via e-mail. Alex da Kid sent Grey a few tracks he had been working on and the first song she wrote was "Love The Way You Lie".
Alex da Kid signed her to a production deal on his KIDinaKORNER imprint.[9] She wrote the hook to all three versions of "Love the Way You Lie" by rapper Eminem and Rihanna as well as all of the lyrics and melody to versions II and III of the song. She can be heard performing the demo for all versions of the song. Grey earned a Grammy nomination for Song of the Year for her writing contributions to "Love the Way You Lie".[10] She also co-wrote Diddy-Dirty Money's "Coming Home",[11] along with "Castle Walls" by T.I. and Christina Aguilera.[12] On March 10, 2011, Diddy-Dirty Money performed the single "Coming Home" with Grey and Dirty Money vocalists, Dawn Richard and Kalenna Harper, live on American Idol.[13]
She is also a writer and featured guest on "I Need a Doctor".[14] Grey is also featured on Lupe Fiasco's third studio album Lasers, on the second single, "Words I Never Said" and was also featured in the live performance of the song, with Lupe, on The Colbert Report on May 9, 2011. Grey made her live performance debut under her new alias during the 53rd Grammy Awards, performing "I Need a Doctor" alongside Eminem and Dr. Dre. She is currently working on her solo studio album Invinsible with Alex Da Kid. She has signed to Interscope Records through Da Kid's KIDinaKORNER,[15] and her first promotional buzz single "Dance Without You"[16] was released on June 6, 2011, with the official music video being released on July 5.[17] The first official single "Invisible" was released to radio on June 16. On July 9, 2011, Grey performed live at the World Peace Event in Washington, DC, appearing along with the 14th Dalai Lama.[18][19] On 6 August, she performed at the 20th Lollapalooza festival as both a solo artist and with Eminem during the song "I Need A Doctor". The next day, while passing by the area where YouTube sensation Karmin was recording their cover of "I Need A Doctor," Grey joined the duo for an impromptu performance.[20] She performed alongside rapper Eli Porter on the September 20, 2011 episode of Tosh.0.
Grey also featured on Kaskade's 2011 album Fire & Ice, writing and singing on two versions of the song "Room for Happiness", which became the album's third single.
It was also reported that Grey would be contributing to The Band Perry's sophomore album, which is set to be released in 2012.[21][22]
On April 1, 2012 Grey performed the hit song Invinsible with Machine Gun Kelly at Wrestlemania XXVIII before John Cena's entrance at the main event against Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson.
Influences[link]
Grey has listed Garbage, Joni Mitchell, Marilyn Manson, Bob Dylan, Neil Young, Sarah McLachlan and Death Cab for Cutie as her influences.[23][24]
Discography[link]
Main article: Skylar Grey discography
- Like Blood Like Honey (2006)
- Invinsible (2012)
- EP
- Holly Brook EP (2005)
- Sony CONNECT Sets (2005)
- O'Dark:Thirty EP (2010)
- The Buried Sessions of Skylar Grey (2012)
References[link]
- ^ "String of hits gives Da Kid a break", Music Week, July 17, 2010
- ^ "Skylar Grey: Changes to the Holly Brook mailing list: Holly Brook announces new name, "Skylar Grey"". 2011. http://us2.campaign-archive1.com/?u=0f640cd85f101be42d000d150&id=de160a30be&e=aa63be3db9. Retrieved January 30, 2011.
- ^ Samara Kalk, Rhythm Profile, Wisconsin State Journal, December 27, 2001.
- ^ Ciao Water – Official Website
- ^ McNulty, Charles (2010—01-24). "Theater review: 'Whisper House' at San Diego's Old Globe*". The Los Angeles Times. http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/culturemonster/2010/01/theater-review-whisper-house-at-san-diegos-old-globe.html. Retrieved January 31, 2010.
- ^ HOLLY BROOK – O’Dark Thirty
- ^ Mandi Bierly. "Skylar Grey talks about her name change". EW. p. 4. Archived from the original on Feb 2011. http://music-mix.ew.com/2011/02/. Retrieved May 12, 2011.
- ^ Skylar Grey: the Beatweek interview with the future of pop music via Beatweek Magazine
- ^ Alex Da Kid signs Skylar Grey to Wonderland Entertainment via Billboard
- ^ Eminem, Bruno Mars, Lady Gaga Lead Grammy Nominations via Billboard
- ^ Diddy-Dirty Money feat. Skylar Grey – "Coming Home" via Rap-Up
- ^ Alex Da Kid names Skylar Grey as writer for "Castle Walls" by T.I. & Christina Aguilera via Rap-Up
- ^ "Diddy-Dirty Money, Sklyar Grey Bring "Coming Home" to American Idol". MTV. http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1659679/american-idol-diddy-dirty-money.jhtml. Retrieved March 10, 2011.
- ^ Dr. Dre reunites with Eminem via RollingStone
- ^ SKYLAR GREY SIGNS TO INTERSCOPE, SINGLE DUE THIS SPRING
- ^ Skylar Grey releases cover art for debut single "Dance Without You" via Twitter
- ^ YouTube - "Dance Without You" official video.
- ^ Yahoo News - Skylar Grey Performs Live with the Dalai Lama, July 9.
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| Birth name | Curtis James Jackson III |
| Born | (1975-07-06) July 6, 1975 (age 36) |
| Origin | South Jamaica, Queens, New York City, New York, United States |
| Genres | Hip hop |
| Occupations | Rapper |
| Years active | 1997–present |
| Labels | Aftermath, Shady, G-Unit |
| Associated acts | G-Unit, Dr. Dre, Eminem, Sha Money XL, DJ Whoo Kid |
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Curtis James Jackson III (born July 6, 1975), better known by his stage name 50 Cent, is an American rapper, entrepreneur, investor, record producer, and actor. He rose to fame with the release of his albums Get Rich or Die Tryin' (2003) and The Massacre (2005). His album Get Rich or Die Tryin' has been certified eight times platinum by the RIAA.[1]
Born in the South Jamaica of Queens, New York City, Jackson began drug dealing at the age of twelve during the 1980s crack epidemic.[2] After leaving drug dealing to pursue a rap career, he was shot at and struck by nine bullets during an incident in 2000. After releasing his album Guess Who's Back? in 2002, Jackson was discovered by rapper Eminem and signed to Interscope Records. With the help of Eminem and Dr. Dre, who produced his first major commercial successes, Jackson became one of the world's highest selling rappers. In 2003, he founded the record label G-Unit Records, which signed several successful rappers such as Young Buck, Lloyd Banks, and Tony Yayo.
Jackson has engaged in feuds with other rappers including Ja Rule, Nas, Fat Joe, Jadakiss, Cam'ron, Puff Daddy, Rick Ross, and former G-Unit members The Game and Young Buck. He has also pursued an acting career, appearing in the semi-autobiographical film Get Rich or Die Tryin' in 2005, the Iraq War film Home of the Brave in 2006, and Righteous Kill in 2008. 50 Cent was ranked as the sixth-best artist of the 2000s by Billboard magazine. The magazine also ranked him as the fourth top male artist and as the third top rapper behind Eminem and Nelly.[3] Billboard magazine also ranked him as the sixth best and most successful Hot 100 Artist of the 2000s[4] and as the number one rap artist of the 2000s.[5] Billboard ranked his album Get Rich or Die Tryin' as the twelfth best album of the 2000s[6] and his album The Massacre as the 37th best album of the 2000s.[7] As of September 2011, 50 Cent is working on his fifth studio album, which is set to be released in 2012.[8]
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Early life[link]
Curtis Jackson III grew up in South Jamaica, a poverty-stricken urban neighborhood in Queens, New York City. He grew up without a father and was raised by his mother, Sabrina, who gave birth to him at the age of fifteen. Sabrina, a cocaine dealer, raised Jackson until the age of eight, when she was killed in 1983. Twenty-seven years old at the time, she became unconscious after someone drugged her drink. She was then left for dead after the gas in her apartment was turned on and the windows shut closed.[9][10]
After her death, Jackson moved into his grandparents' house with his eight aunts and uncles.[11][12][13] He recalls, "My grandmother told me, 'Your mother's not coming home. She's not gonna come back to pick you up. You're gonna stay with us now.' That's when I started adjusting to the streets a little bit".[14]
Jackson began boxing around the age of eleven. At fourteen, a neighbor opened a boxing gym for local kids. "When I wasn't killing time in school, I was sparring in the gym or selling crack on the strip", he recalled.[15] In the mid 1980s, he competed in the Junior Olympics as an amateur boxer. He recounts, "I was competitive in the ring and hip-hop is competitive too... I think rappers condition themselves like boxers, so they all kind of feel like they're the champ".[16] At the age of twelve, Jackson began dealing narcotics when his grandparents thought he was at after-school programs.[17] He also took guns and drug money to school. In the tenth grade, he was caught by metal detectors at Andrew Jackson High School. He later stated, "I was embarrassed that I got arrested like that... After I got arrested I stopped hiding it. I was telling my grandmother [openly], 'I sell drugs.'"[14]
Following time spent in a correctional boot camp, Jackson adopted the nickname "50 Cent" as a metaphor for "change".[18] The name was derived from Kelvin Martin, a 1980s Brooklyn robber known as "50 Cent". Jackson chose the name "because it says everything I want it to say. I'm the same kind of person 50 Cent was. I provide for myself by any means".[19]
Music career[link]
1996–99: Early career[link]
Jackson started rapping in a friend's basement where he used turntables to record over instrumentals.[20] In 1996, a friend introduced him to Jam Master Jay of Run-DMC who was organizing his label Jam Master Jay Records.
Jay taught him how to count bars, write choruses, structure songs, and how to make a record.[21][22] Jackson's first official appearance was on a song titled "React" with the group Onyx on their 1998 album Shut 'Em Down. He credited Jam Master Jay as an influence who helped him improve his ability to write hooks.[16] Jay produced Jackson's first album; however, it was never released.[9]
In 1999, after leaving Jam Master Jay, the platinum-selling producers Trackmasters took notice of Jackson and signed him to Columbia Records. They sent him to a studio in Upstate New York where he produced thirty-six songs in two weeks.[10] Eighteen were included on his unofficially released album, Power of the Dollar in 2000.[23] He also started the now-defunct Hollow Point Entertainment with former G-Unit affiliate Bang 'Em Smurf.[24][25]
Jackson's popularity started to increase after the successful but controversial underground single, "How to Rob", which he wrote in half an hour while in a car on the way to a studio.[18][26] The track comically explains how he would rob famous artists. He explained the reasoning behind song's content as, "There's a hundred artists on that label, you gotta separate yourself from that group and make yourself relevant".[18] Rappers Jay-Z, Kurupt, Sticky Fingaz, Big Pun, DMX, Wyclef Jean and the Wu-Tang Clan replied to the song[26] and Nas, who received the track positively, invited Jackson to travel on a promotional tour for his Nastradamus album.[13] The song was intended to be released with "Thug Love" featuring Destiny's Child, but two days before he was scheduled to film the "Thug Love" music video, Jackson was shot and confined to a hospital due to his injuries.[27]
2000–01: Shooting[link]
On May 24, 2000, Jackson was attacked by a gunman, alleged to be Darryl "Hommo" Baum, outside his grandmother's former home in South Jamaica, Queens. He went into a friend's car, but was asked to return to the house to get jewelry.
His son was in the house, while his grandmother was in the front yard.[10] Upon returning to the back seat of the car and already seated, another car pulled up nearby. An assailant then walked up to Jackson's left side with a 9mm handgun and fired nine shots at close range. He was shot nine times: in the hand (a round hit his right thumb, to where the bullet passed through and out his little finger), arm, hip, both legs, chest, and his face (his left cheek).[9][14][28] The face wound resulted in a swollen tongue, the loss of a wisdom tooth, and a small slur in his voice.[13][14][29] His friend also sustained a gunshot wound to the hand. They were driven to the hospital where Jackson spent thirteen days.
Baum, the alleged shooter, was killed three weeks later.[30]
Baum was also Mike Tyson's close friend and bodyguard.[31]
Jackson recalled the incident saying, "It happens so fast that you don't even get a chance to shoot back.... I was scared the whole time.... I was looking in the rear-view mirror like, 'Oh @#!*% , somebody shot me in the face! It burns, burns, burns.'"[14] In his autobiography, From Pieces to Weight: Once upon a Time in Southside Queens, he wrote, "After I got shot nine times at close range and didn't die, I started to think that I must have a purpose in life... How much more damage could that shell have done? Give me an inch in this direction or that one, and I'm gone".[11] He used a walker for the first six weeks and fully recovered after five months. When he left the hospital, he stayed in the Poconos with his then-girlfriend and son. His workout regime helped him attain his muscular physique.[9][14][32]
While in the hospital, Jackson signed a publishing deal with Columbia Records. However, he was dropped from the label and "blacklisted" in the recording industry because of his song "Ghetto Qu'ran".
Unable to find a studio to work with in the U.S, he traveled to Canada.[33][34] Along with his business partner Sha Money XL, he recorded over thirty songs for mixtapes, with the purpose of building a reputation.
According to Shady Records A&R Marc Labelle in an interview with HitQuarters, Jackson shrewdly used the mixtape circuit to his own advantage saying, "He took all the hottest beats from every artist and flipped them with better hooks. They then got into all the markets on the mixtapes and all the mixtape DJs were messing with them."[35] Jackson's popularity rose and in 2002, he released material independently on the mixtape, Guess Who's Back?. Beginning to attract interest, and now backed by G-Unit, Jackson continued to release music including 50 Cent Is the Future. The mixtape revisited material by Jay-Z and Raphael Saadiq.[23]
2002–09: Rise to fame[link]
In 2002, Eminem listened to a copy of Jackson's Guess Who's Back? CD. He received the CD through Jackson's attorney, who was working with Eminem's manager Paul Rosenberg.[27] Impressed with the album, Eminem invited Jackson to fly to Los Angeles, where he was introduced to Dr. Dre.[9][21][27] After signing a $1 million record deal,[21] Jackson released the mixtape, No Mercy, No Fear. It featured one new track, "Wanksta", which was put on Eminem's 8 Mile soundtrack.[23] He was also signed to Chris Lighty's Violator Management and Sha Money XL's Money Management Group.
In February 2003, Jackson released his commercial debut album, Get Rich or Die Tryin'. Allmusic described it as "probably the most hyped debut album by a rap artist in about a decade".[36] Rolling Stone noted the album for its "dark synth grooves, buzzy keyboards and a persistently funky bounce" with Jackson complementing the production in "an unflappable, laid-back flow".[37]
It debuted at number one on the Billboard 200, selling 872,000 copies in the first four days.[38] The lead single, "In da Club", which The Source noted for its "blaring horns, funky organs, guitar riffs and sparse hand claps",[39] broke a Billboard record as the most listened-to song in radio history within a week.[40]
Interscope granted Jackson his own label, G-Unit Records in 2003.[41] He signed Lloyd Banks, Tony Yayo, and Young Buck as the established members of G-Unit. The Game was later signed under a joint venture with Dr. Dre's Aftermath Entertainment.
In March 2005, Jackson's second commercial album, The Massacre, sold 1.14 million copies in the first four days-the highest in an abbreviated sales cycle[38]- and peaked at number one on the Billboard 200 for six weeks.[42]
He became the first solo artist to have three singles on the Billboard top five in the same week with "Candy Shop", "Disco Inferno", and "How We Do".[43] Rolling Stone noted that "50's secret weapon is his singing voice - the deceptively amateur-sounding tenor croon that he deploys on almost every chorus".[44]
After The Game's departure, Jackson signed singer Olivia and rap veterans Mobb Deep to G-Unit Records. Spider Loc, M.O.P., 40 Glocc and Young Hot Rod later joined the label.[45][46] Jackson expressed interest in working with rappers outside of G-Unit, such as Lil' Scrappy of BME, LL Cool J from Def Jam, Mase from Bad Boy, and Freeway of Roc-A-Fella, some of whom he recorded with.[47] In September 2007, he released his third album Curtis, which was inspired by his life before Get Rich or Die Tryin'.[48] It debuted at number two on the Billboard 200, selling 691,000 units in the first week,[49] behind Kanye West's Graduation, whom he had a sales competition with, as both albums were released on the same day.
He confirmed on TRL on September 10, 2008 that his fourth studio album, Before I Self Destruct, will be "done and released in November".
On May 18, 2009, Jackson released a song entitled "Ok, You're Right". The song was produced by Dr. Dre and was included in Before I Self Destruct.
In Fall 2009, 50 Cent appeared in the new season of VH1's Behind The Music.
On September 3, 2009 months upon the release of his "Before I Self Destruct" album 50 Cent posted a video[50] for the Soundkillers' Phoenix[51] produced track "Flight 187" which introduced his mixtape, the 50th LAW, and was also featured as a bonus track on his iTunes release of Before I Self Destruct. The song ignited speculation that there was tension between rapper 50 Cent and Jay Z for Jackson's comments in the song.[52]
2010–present[link]
In an interview with the British entertainment website ContactMusic, 50 Cent announced that he was working on a dance album named Black Magic. 50 Cent said he was inspired by the European nightclubs. "First they played hip-hop which suddenly changed to uptempo songs, known as Eurodance".[53] He went on The Invitation Tour in the summer of 2010, in support of Before I Self Destruct album, and the then shelved Black Magic album. He "recorded 20 songs to a whole different album concept" before he put those to the side and did something different.[54]
50 Cent revealed that he wanted his new album to have the same "aggression" as his debut record, Get Rich or Die Tryin'.[55][56]
He later tweeted that the album was "80 percent done", and stated that fans can expect the album in the summer of 2011; however, the album has been delayed to 2012 at the earliest, due to tensions and disagreements at Interscope Records, Later 50 Cent said that he will release his album in November 2011[8] and it has also been confirmed that "Black Magic" will not be the album's title.[8] 50 Cent has already confirmed that Eminem will appear on the album, but he also confirmed that he has been working with new producers such as Boi-1da and Alex da Kid.[57] Cardiak, who produced Lloyd Banks' “Start It Up”, also confirmed that he had produced a song for the upcoming album.[58]
DJ Whoo Kid confirmed in an interview that 50 Cent was filming a new movie with Robert DeNiro in New Orleans.[59]
50 Cent released the first song from his fifth studio album, titled "Outlaw", to the Internet on June 16, 2011.[60]
The single was produced by Cardiak.
It was released to iTunes on July 19, 2011,[61] although 50 Cent confirmed through his Twitter account that the song was not the album's first single.[62]
50 Cent is set to release a book titled Playground.
Unlike his previous literary efforts — which focus on his life story and the rules of power — this time he's aiming at a teen audience with a semi-autobiographical novel about bullying. According to a statement from the book's publisher, the first-person novel is slated for release in January 2012 and will tell the story of a 13-year-old schoolyard bully "who finds redemption as he faces what he's done."[63]
50 Cent has promised to deliver his fifth studio album album over the past few years, but the LP may be delayed until 2012. In a series of tweets, 50 Cent explained that him and his label Interscope Records aren’t on the same page on how to roll out the album and that he’s delaying its release until they see eye to eye.[8]
50 Cent later suggested that his album will be releasing in November 2011, along with his headphone line SMS by 50.[8]
50 Cent spoke to MTV in relation to the possibility of leaving Interscope Records. "I don't know," 50 told MTV News when asked if he would ink back with Interscope once his five-album deal was fulfilled. "It will all be clear in the negotiations following me turning this actual album in. And, of course, the performance and how they actually treat the work will determine whether you still want to stay in that position or not."[64]
On June 20, 2011, 50 Cent announced that he will release an LP titled Before I Self Destruct II. The announced sequel to his 2009 LP is suggested to be released after his fifth studio album.[65]
On June 26, 2011, 50 Cent planned to shoot a music video for the lead single from his fifth studio album titled I'm On It.[66] However, the music video never surfaced.[67]
50 Cent spoke to Shade45 in relation guest appearances for his fifth studio album. "I did four songs in Detroit with Eminem. I did two with Just Blaze, a Boi-1da joint, and I did something with Alex da Kid. We made two that are definite singles and the other two are the kinds of records that we been making, more aimed at my core audience, more aggressive, more of a different kind of energy to it."[68]
In September 2011, 50 Cent released a song titled "Street King Energy Track #7" in attempt to promote his charitable energy drink Street King.[69]
On September 28, 2011, it was confirmed that 50 Cent is shooting a music video for his lead single from his fifth studio album titled "Girls Go Wild", which features Jeremih.[70][71]
On October 26, 2011, 50 Cent announced that his fifth studio album will be released in December 2011.[72] However, the album was delayed, and it was announced that the album will now be released on July 2, 2012.[73]
Other ventures[link]
Jackson has established himself in a variety of fields. In November 2003, he signed a five-year deal with Reebok to distribute a "G-Unit Sneakers" line as part of his G-Unit Clothing Company.[74][75] He provided the voice-over as the protagonist in the video game 50 Cent: Bulletproof, which was released for PlayStation 2, Xbox, and the PlayStation Portable.
Its sequel, 50 Cent: Blood on the Sand, was released in early 2009.[76][77] He worked with Glacéau to create a vitamin water drink called Formula 50. In 2007, Coca-Cola purchased Glacéau for US$4.1 billion. Forbes estimated Jackson, who owns a stake in the company, earned $100 million from the deal after taxes.[78] He has teamed up with Right Guard to launch a body spray called Pure 50 RGX Body Spray and a condom line called Magic Stick Condoms,[79] in which he planned to donate part of the proceeds to HIV awareness.[80]
Jackson has signed a multi-year deal with Steiner Sports to sell his memorabilia.[81]
In 2005, Jackson made a cameo appearance on The Simpsons episode "Pranksta Rap", in which he makes light of his legal troubles. The same year, he starred alongside Terrence Howard in the semi-autobiographical film Get Rich or Die Tryin'. He starred in the 2006 film Home of the Brave, as a soldier returning home from the Iraq War, traumatized after killing an Iraqi woman.[82]
Jackson is working[when?] on a role as a fighter in an Angola State Prison in Spectacular Regret alongside Nicolas Cage, and starred opposite Al Pacino and Robert De Niro in 2008's Righteous Kill, a movie regarding a police death.[83]
He also started the film production companies G-Unit Films in 2007 and Cheetah Vision in 2008.[84][85]
In August 2007, Jackson announced plans to launch a dietary supplement company in conjunction with his movie Spectacular Regret.[86]
In August 2005, shortly before appearing in Get Rich or Die Tryin', Jackson published an autobiography entitled From Pieces to Weight: Once upon a Time in Southside Queens. In it, Jackson explores the cultural and economic forces that led him to sell cocaine and crack, details his entrepreneurship as a drug-dealer and then as a rapper, and reflects on his own ethos and on society.
On January 4, 2007, Jackson launched his G-Unit Books imprint at the Time Warner Building.[87] He also co-wrote The Ski Mask Way, a novel about a small-time drug dealer who attempts to rob his employers, which is to be turned into a film.[80] Jackson said he read Robert Greene's The 33 Strategies of War and worked with the author on a book titled The 50th Law, an urban take on The 48 Laws of Power.[80][88] In May 2008, Jackson met billionaire Patrice Motsepe to forge a joint venture selling 50 Cent-branded platinum.[89]
In 2008, Jackson started a reality television show on MTV titled 50 Cent: The Money and the Power; the winning contestant, Ryan Mayberry, won a $100,000 investment from Jackson.[90]
On September 8, 2009, he published his book The 50th Law.[91]
In 2010, Jackson's film company Cheetah Vision landed $200 million in funding.[92]
In July 2011, 50 Cent revealed his initiative to provide food for millions of people in Africa by 2016. 50 Cent teamed up with Pure Growth Partners to launch a charitable energy drink called Street King that will help aid in combating world hunger. For every purchase of Street King, a portion of the sales will go to providing a daily meal to an underprivileged child around the world. The partnership coincides with Fiddy’s mission statement of feeding a billion people in Africa over the next five years.
“50 Cent and I share a common vision: To address the world’s problems through smart and sustainable business models,” said Chris Clark, the founder and CEO of Pure Growth Partners. “With the rampant starvation in Africa and hunger afflicting children worldwide, we need socially responsible businesses that affect real change now more than ever.”
50 concurs, stating, “I’m inspired by Clarke’s vision and innovative approaches to tackling serious issues. It’s our mission with Street King to really change children’s lives around the world.”[93][94]
Jackson founded SMS Audio, selling headphones with the name Street by 50. He has pledged to donate a portion of the sales to charity.[95]
Personal life[link]
Jackson has a tattoo of "Marquise" with an axe on his right biceps. "The axe is 'cause I'm a warrior. I don't want him to be one, though,"[34] he explains. He also has "50", "Southside", and "Cold World" inscribed on his back because "I'm a product of that environment. It's on my back, though, so it's all behind me."[34]
Family[link]
On October 13, 1997, Jackson's then-girlfriend Shaniqua Tompkins gave birth to a son, Marquise Jackson.[2][96]
The birth of his son changed Jackson's outlook on life: "When my son came into my life, my priorities changed, because I wanted to have the relationship with him, that I didn't have with my father."[97] He credited his son for inspiring his career and being "motivation to go in a different direction".[98]
Politics[link]
In 2005, Jackson expressed support for President George Walker Bush after rapper Kanye West criticized him for the slow response in assisting the Hurricane Katrina victims.[99]
If his felony convictions did not prevent him from voting, he claimed he would have voted for Bush.[100] Jackson identifies with the Republican Party.[101]
He later stated that Bush "has less compassion than the average human. By all means, I don't aspire to be like George Bush."[102]
In response to Obama's endorsement of gay marriage, 50 cent said he also supports legalizing it.[103]
Wealth[link]
In 2007, Jackson was the second wealthiest performer in the rap industry, behind Jay-Z.[104] He resides in Farmington, Connecticut, in the former mansion of ex-boxer Mike Tyson.[105] He is consistently ranked among the richest figures in the American hip hop scene. In 2011, Jackson was ranked the fifth richest figure in American hip hop with a net worth estimated at $100 million.[106]
He put the mansion for sale at $18.5 million to move closer to his son who lives in Long Island with his ex-girlfriend.[107] On October 12, 2007, the Mayor of Bridgeport, Connecticut declared it "50 Cent Curtis Jackson Day". He was honored with a key to the city and an official proclamation.[108]
One of his homes in New York purchased for 2.4 million dollars in January 2007 and at the center of a lawsuit between Jackson and ex-girlfriend Shaniqua Tompkins caught fire on May 30, 2008 while he was out of town filming for a movie in Louisiana.[109]
In December 2008 Jackson told the Canadian press that he had been affected by the recession, losing several million dollars in the stock market as an investor. He also went on to say that he had been unable to sell his Connecticut mansion and pushed Before I Self-Destruct back because of the recent economic downturn.[110]
Legal issues[link]
On June 29, 1994, Jackson was arrested for helping to sell four vials of cocaine to an undercover police officer. He was arrested again three weeks later when police searched his home and found heroin, ten ounces of crack cocaine, and a starter gun.
He was sentenced to three to nine years in prison, but managed to serve six months in a shock incarceration boot camp where he earned his GED. Jackson said that he did not use cocaine himself, he only sold it.[11][111][112]
His ex-girlfriend Shaniqua Tompkins sued Jackson for $50 million, claiming that he said that he would take care of her for life; the suit, which includes 15 claims was later dismissed by a judge, calling it "an unfortunate tale of a love relationship gone sour."[113]
50 Cent was sentenced to two years probation on July 22, 2005 from an incident in May 2004 when 50 Cent jumped into the audience after being hit with a water bottle.[114] He was charged with three counts of assault and battery.[114]
Lawsuits[link]
On July 21, 2007, Jackson filed a $1 million lawsuit against advertising company Traffix Inc. of Pearl River, New York for using his image in a promotion which he claims threatens his safety.
He became aware of the internet ad after one of his staff members saw it on a MySpace page. According to court documents, the ad features a cartoon image of the rapper and the message: "shoot the rapper and you will win $5000 or five ring tones guaranteed".
Though the ad did not use his name, the image allegedly intended to resemble him, suggesting he endorsed the ad.
The lawsuit calls it a "vile, tasteless and despicable" use of 50 Cent's image that "quite literally calls for violence against him". The lawsuit seeks for unspecified punitive damages and a permanent injunction against the use of his image without permission.[115][116]
In November 2009, 50 Cent won in a lawsuit against Taco Bell over the fast food chain using his name to promote the brand without his permission.[117]
Feuds[link]
How to Rob[link]
50 Cent said that he intended the single to be a joke, and not meant to disrespect anybody. Nevertheless, a number of rappers mentioned on the song responded on record.
The comments made towards the Wu-Tang Clan were responded to on the Ghostface Killah album Supreme Clientele on a track called "Ghost Deini" and even more directly on a skit called "Clyde Smith" which included one of the Wu-Tang Clan members talking about how they intended to harm the rapper, which is identifiable as Raekwon when the track is sped up. A supposed diss song, "Who the Fuck Is 50 Cent", which circulated the web in the beginning of 2001 was rumored to be by the Clan, but was proven to be recorded by Polite of American Cream Team (Raekwon's then-side project).
Jay-Z also reacted to the comments in the track called "It's Hot (Some Like It Hot)", off the album Vol. 3... Life and Times of S. Carter:
"Go against Jigga yo' ass is dense
I'm about a dollar, what the fuck is 50 Cents?"
Sticky Fingaz responded to the diss with the track "Jackin' for Beats."
"The real 50 from Brooklyn god bless he got outed
You just a fake clown who front and rout about it."
Big Pun responds to this track on his album Yeeeah Baby, in the song "My Turn."
"And to the 50 Cent Rapper, very funny – get your nut off, 'cuz in real life, we all know I'd blow your motherfucking head off...If I'm gonna write a song, it'll be about how I had to beat your mothafuckin' ass. And that'll be the name of the motherfucker: 'That's Why I Had To Beat Your Motherfucking Ass', featuring Tony Sunshine."
Kurupt responded on the diss track "Callin' Out Names."
"Now it's 50 mc's that ain't worth shit
Get ya ass kicked 50 times, beat to 10 cent"
Wyclef Jean responded on the song "Low Income", from his 2000 album, The Ecleftic.
"I stay so hungry that if 50 Cent came to rob me
he'd be part of my charity."
The Inc.[link]
Before signing with Interscope, Jackson engaged in a well-publicized dispute with rapper Ja Rule and his label The Inc.. Jackson claims that a friend robbed Ja Rule of his jewelry and that Ja Rule accused him of setting it up.[118] However, Ja Rule claimed the conflict stemmed from a video shoot in Queens because Jackson did not like seeing him "getting so much love" from the neighborhood.[119] In March 2000, while at The Hit Factory studio in New York, Jackson had an altercation with Murder Inc. associates. He was treated for three stitches after receiving a stab wound.[118][120] Rapper Black Child claimed responsibility for the stabbing, saying he acted in self-defense because he thought someone reached for a gun.[121]
An affidavit by an IRS agent suggested that Murder Inc. had ties to Kenneth "Supreme" McGriff, a New York drug lord who was suspected of being involved in the murder of Jam Master Jay and the shooting of Jackson. An excerpt of the affidavit read:
The investigation has uncovered a conspiracy involving McGriff and others to murder a rap artist who has released songs containing lyrics regarding McGriff's criminal activities. The rap artist was shot in 2000, survived and thereafter refused to cooperate with law enforcement regarding the shooting. Messages transmitted over the Murder Inc. pager indicate that McGriff is involved in an ongoing plot to kill this rap artist, and that he communicates with Murder Inc. employees concerning the target.[33]
In an interview with MTV, Ja Rule acknowledged his defeat against 50 Cent and stated that his new album, The Mirror, will not be continuing any past feuds that he has engaged in. He said: There was a lot of things I wanted to say, and I didn't want there to be any bitter records on the album. Because I'm not bitter about anything that happened [in the past few years].
Fat Joe, Nas & Jadakiss[link]
Before releasing The Massacre, Jackson recorded a song "Piggy Bank", a response to Ja Rule's song "New York", which was leaked before the album's release. The song takes aim at rappers including Fat Joe, Nas, and Jadakiss.[122] Fat Joe responded with a song, "My Fofo", accusing Jackson of taking steroids, hiding in his home, and being jealous of The Game. Jadakiss also responded with a song, "Checkmate", and said that Jackson was trying to "create a buzz for his new album".[123] The "Piggy Bank" music video portrays animated caricatures of Jadakiss (as a Ninja turtle), Fat Joe (as King Hippo from Mike Tyson's Punch-Out), Nas (as a kid chasing a "milkshake" truck in a Superman costume), and The Game (as Mr. Potato Head). He also disses all of them on the beef version of his single "Window Shopper"[124] Kelis, Nas's then-wife, responded to the song on her single "Bossy".[citation needed] Nas later responded with "Don't Body Ya Self (MC Burial)." Nas later dissed 50 on the song "Street Ridaz" on Game's mixtape "Brake Lights".
Sean Combs[link]
Jackson spoke negatively about Bad Boy Entertainment mogul Sean Combs and recorded a song, "Hip-Hop", revealing the reasons behind his negative feelings: primarily, a contract dispute over Mase. In the song, he implied that Diddy knew about The Notorious B.I.G.'s murder and threatened to expose him through former associates.[125] The feud was resolved, with both rappers appearing on MTV's TRL and Sucker Free, respectively, stating that there were no longer problems.[126] The feud reignited in 2010 with 50 Cent dissing Diddy, saying his music "sucks".
Cam'ron[link]
On February 1, 2007, Cam'ron and Jackson had a live argument on The Angie Martinez Show on Hot 97 radio. Jackson commented that Koch Entertainment was a "graveyard", meaning major record labels would not work with their artists.[127] Cam'ron then ridiculed the record sales of G-Unit members Lloyd Banks and Mobb Deep by stating that Jim Jones outsold their albums despite being signed to an independent label and that his group, The Diplomats, had a distribution deal from several labels.[127] Both rappers released "diss" songs with videos on YouTube. Jackson suggested in "Funeral Music" that Cam'ron is no longer able to lead The Diplomats and that Jim Jones should take his place. Cam'ron responded with "Curtis" and "Curtis Pt. II", in which he makes fun of Jackson's appearance, calling him "a gorilla, with rabbit teeth".[128] Jackson responded by releasing "Hold On" with Young Buck.
Game[link]
Main article: G-Unit vs. The Game feud
Although he was close with The Game, before The Game released his debut album The Documentary, they soon became at odds. After its release, Jackson felt The Game was disloyal for saying he did not want to participate in G-Unit's feuds with other rappers and even wanting to work with artists they were feuding with. He also claimed that he wrote six songs on the album and was not receiving proper credit for his work, which The Game denied.[129]
Jackson later dismissed The Game from G-Unit on Hot 97 radio. After the announcement, The Game, who was a guest earlier in the evening, attempted to enter the building with his entourage. After being denied entry, one of his associates was shot in the leg during a confrontation with a group of men leaving the building.[130][131] When the situation escalated, both rappers held a press conference to announce their reconciliation.[132] Fans had mixed feelings as to whether the rappers created a publicity stunt to boost the sales of the albums they had just released.[133] Nevertheless, even after the situation deflated,[134] G-Unit criticized The Game's street credibility. The group denounced The Game and announced that they will not be featured on his albums. During a Summer Jam performance, The Game launched a boycott of G-Unit called "G-Unot".[135]
After the performance at Summer Jam, The Game responded with "300 Bars and Runnin'", an extended "diss" aimed at G-Unit as well as members of Roc-A-Fella Records on the mixtape You Know What It Is Vol. 3. Jackson responded through his "Piggy Bank" music video, which features The Game as a Mr. Potato Head doll and also parodies other rivals.[136] Since then both groups continued to attack each other. The Game released two more mixtapes, Ghost Unit and a mixtape/DVD called Stop Snitchin, Stop Lyin.
Jackson posted a cover of The Game's head on the body of a male stripper for "Hate It or Love It (G-Unit Radio Part 21)" mixtape, as a response to The Game displaying pictures of G-Unit dressed as Village People.[137] Although he was signed to Aftermath Entertainment, The Game left the label and signed with Geffen Records to terminate his contractual obligations with G-Unit (although others claim Jackson pressured Dr. Dre to kick him off).[138] G-Unit member Spider Loc had also began to insult The Game on various songs. In addition, The Game released "240 Bars (Spider Joke)" and "100 Bars (The Funeral)" both attacking G-Unit, Spider Loc and others. Jackson's response was "Not Rich, Still Lyin'" where he mocks The Game.[139] Lloyd Banks replied to the Game on a Rap City freestyle booth session. The Game quickly released a "diss" record called "SoundScan" where The Game pokes fun at Lloyd Banks' album Rotten Apple falling thirteen spots on the Billboard 200 chart and disappointing second week sales. Lloyd Banks replied on his mixtape Mo' Money In The Bank Pt. 5: Gang Green Season Continues with a song called "Showtime (The Game's Over)". Lloyd Banks states that Jackson wrote half of The Game's first album The Documentary and pokes fun at The Game's suicidal thoughts.
In October 2006, The Game extended a peace treaty to Jackson, which was not immediately replied to.[140] However, a couple days later, on Power 106, he stated that the treaty was only offered for one day.[141] On The Game's album, Doctor's Advocate, he claims that the feud is over on a few of the songs.
In July 2009, The Game stated the beef was squashed with help from Michael Jackson and Diddy,[142] and he apologized for his actions during the beef.[143] Tony Yayo said that neither Jackson (50 Cent) or G-Unit would accept his apology.[144] Since then, The Game continued his old "G-Unot" ways at live concerts. Jackson released "So Disrespectful" a diss song on Before I Self Destruct targeting Jay-Z, The Game and Young Buck.[145] Game later responded with the song "Shake", poking fun of the music video for 50's single "Candy Shop", quote, "Me and 50 aint agreeing on shit so I had to (Shake) Aint no telling what he putting in that protein (Shake) Seen the candy shop video look at this nigga (Shake) And thats the same shit that made the nigga Young Buck (Shake)". He also takes shots at Lloyd Banks and Tony Yayo, in which he says, "I'm surprised that Lloyd Banks and Yayo didn't (Shake) Wasn't selling no records Jimmy Iovine said (Shake)". Game also dissed G-Unit several times on the song "400 Bars".
In September 2011, 50 Cent dissed Game on the song "Love, Hate, Love", in which Game responded to on his twitter, saying he was going to diss him back after his tour was finished, quote:
[@50Cent I'm on tour doin shows but as soon as @avanterose find a studio for me i'm killin yo "Planet of the Apes" face havin ass nigga
Rick Ross[link]
In January 2009, Rick Ross started a feud with 50 Cent because he supposedly looked at him the wrong way at the BET Awards. However, Jackson told news sources that he did not even remember seeing Rick Ross there.[146] In late January, a track entitled "Mafia Music" by Rick Ross, leaked onto the Internet. There were several lines that seem to diss Jackson. Days later, Jackson released "Officer Ricky (Go Head, Try Me)" in response to Rick Ross's disparaging remarks on his "Mafia Music" song. The next day Rick Ross appeared on Shade 45, and told Jackson to come up with something better in 24 hours.
Before going to Venezuela, Jackson uploaded a video entitled "Warning Shot", where he warns Rick Ross: "I'ma fuck your life up for fun". In addition, Jackson released the first of a series of "Officer Ricky" cartoons. Early February, Jackson once again made a video which he uploaded to YouTube where he interviews "Tia", the mother of one of Rick Ross's children. She verifies his being a correctional officer and claims his whole persona is fake and fraudulent.[147] On Thursday, February 5, 2009, The Game, who Jackson has a long-standing "beef" with, called up Seattle's KUBE 93 Radio Station. When asked about the beef between Jackson and Rick Ross, The Game sided with Jackson and said that things are not looking good for Rick Ross. However, he offered to help Rick Ross get out of this situation, stating "Rick Ross, holla at your boy, man," and "50 eating you, boy."[148]
On his album Deeper Than Rap, Ross references Jackson in the song "In Cold Blood". A video for the song was released that portrayed Jackson's mock funeral. Upon release, Ross stated that he has ended Jackson's career.[149]
In an interview, Jackson said: "Rick Ross is Albert From CB4. You ever seen the movie? He's Albert," he added. "It never gets worse than this. You get a guy that was a correctional officer come out and base his entire career on writing material from a drug dealer's perspective such as "Freeway" Ricky Ross."[150]
Lil Wayne[link]
After hearing word that Lil Wayne had prepared a song for him after 50 made some unkind remarks, 50 lashed out at Wayne first on August 17, 2007 with the song "Part Time Lover".[151] Wayne never really responded to the song, although a 50 Cent diss track called "Louisianimal" did leak much later on November 17, 2008.[152] Jackson responded to Lil Wayne in January 2009 in a song entitled "Play This On The Radio".[153] As of August 14, 2009, the controversy between Jackson and Lil Wayne seems to have ended after Jackson appeared and performed at Lil Wayne's America's Most Wanted Musical Festival stop in Anaheim, California.[154]
Young Buck[link]
Main article: 50 Cent vs. Young Buck
After numerous rumors of a "beef" within G-Unit, Jackson officially dismissed Young Buck from the group, in 2008. He later assured that he was still signed with the label.[155] Numerous slander songs then arose on the internet from both camps, with Young Buck appearing in a music video of former rival The Game.[156][157] Jackson then leaked a taped phone conversation between himself and Young Buck, which showed one of the true reasons for the falling out; Jackson was owed money by the Southern rapper. Young Buck later stated the conversation took place over a year before the leak.[158] The two camps have since released a multitude of songs against each other, with the feud settling down by 2009, with Young Buck stating he's been working on his latest album, which is still to be released under the G-Unit label.[159]
In April 2012, after being ousted from the crew back in 2008, Young Buck has entered talks to work with the label. Days after indicating that he would be open to re-teaming with his old crew at G-Unit Records, Young Buck now confirms that he has begun negotiations with the label about making his return. Buck provided the update in a recent interview stating "I'ma be honest with you," he said, "Finally we're at a point where we're having some kind of negotiations with what they're going to be able to do for us at G-Unit."[160] The Nashville, Tennessee native said he was ready to make his return to music, whether as a part of G-Unit or not. "Y’all are gonna be hearing from me," he said. "I don't want to put a timing on it, but the wait is absolutely over, and we're just trying to figure out what's the best situation for us, where I'm gonna go." Buck stated in an interview after a concert in California April 4, 2012. Young Buck's last album was the 2010 independent release The Rehab. It’s been a rough go for Buck since he was expelled from 50’s crew in 2008, he has run into financial troubles and he recently escaped an attempted drive-by shooting in his hometown. Although it doesn’t look like the rapper has straightened out his relationship with 50 Cent, but he says the label has finally agreed to negotiate. The negotiations may not lead to a new deal between Young Buck and G-Unit, but the rapper remains optimistic and explained that it’s only a matter of time before he ends up finding a place to take his talent.[161][162]
Discography[link]
Main articles: 50 Cent discography and G-Unit discography
- Get Rich or Die Tryin' (2003)
- The Massacre (2005)
- Curtis (2007)
- Before I Self Destruct (2009)
- Fifth studio album (2012)[163][164]
Awards and nominations[link]
Main article: List of awards and nominations received by 50 Cent
Filmography[link]
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2003 | 50 Cent: The New Breed | Himself | Documentary DVD |
| 2005 | Get Rich or Die Tryin' | Marcus | Film debut |
| 2006 | Home of the Brave | Jamal Aiken | Supporting Role |
| 2008 | Righteous Kill | Spider | Supporting Role |
| Before I Self Destruct | Clarence | Supporting Role | |
| 50 Cent: The Money and the Power | Himself | TV series (one episode: "Choose Your Crew Wisely") | |
| 2009 | Streets of Blood | Stan Johnson | |
| Entourage | Himself | TV series (Season 6, Episode 3: "One Car, Two Car, Red Car, Blue Car") | |
| Dead Man Running | Thigo | ||
| Caught in the Crossfire | Tino | Executive producer | |
| 2010 | 13 | Jimmy | |
| Gun | Rich | ||
| Twelve | Lionel | Supporting Role | |
| Morning Glory | Himself | ||
| 2011 | Vengeance | Black | |
| Blood Out | Hardwick | ||
| Setup | Sonny | ||
| 2012 | All Things Fall Apart | Deon | |
| Freelancers | Malo | ||
| Fire with Fire | – | Producer | |
| Odd Thomas | Shamus Cocobolo | ||
| Lives of the Saints | TBA | Pre-production | |
| 2013 | The Tomb | TBA | In production |
Voice work[link]
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2005 | The Simpsons | Himself | TV series (one episode: "Pranksta Rap") |
| 50 Cent: Bulletproof | Himself | Video game, voice only | |
| 2009 | 50 Cent: Blood on the Sand | Himself | Video game, voice only |
| Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2[165][166] | Navy SEAL, announcer | Video game, voice only |
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| Adam Levine | |
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 Levine during a press conference in Singapore in 2011 |
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| Background information | |
| Birth name | Adam Noah Levine |
| Born | (1979-03-18) March 18, 1979 (age 33) Los Angeles, California, U.S. |
| Genres | Alternative rock, funk rock, pop rock, soul, rhythm and blues |
| Occupations | Musician, singer-songwriter |
| Instruments | Vocals, guitar, bass, piano |
| Years active | 1994–present |
| Labels | A&M Octone |
| Associated acts | Maroon 5, Kara's Flowers, Kanye West, Wiz Khalifa, Natasha Bedingfield, Ying Yang Twins, Alicia Keys, K'naan, Rihanna, Slash, Gym Class Heroes, Christina Aguilera |
| Website | www.maroon5.com |
Adam Noah Levine[1] (born March 18, 1979) is an American singer-songwriter and musician, best known as the front man and guitarist for the pop rock band Maroon 5. He is also a coach on the American talent show The Voice.
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Early life[link]
Levine was born in Los Angeles to Fred and Patsy (née Noah) Levine. His uncle is journalist and author Timothy Noah.[2] He has a brother, Michael, and a sister, Julia.[3] When he was six years old, he made the winning shot of his local YMCA championship basketball game (on a team his father coached) with no time left on the clock. He has said that the incident changed his life and gave him the confidence to be successful.[4][5]
Levine attended French Woods Festival of the Performing Arts Camp (Hancock, NY) with best friend Jesse Carmichael, guitar player of the band known at that time as Kara's Flowers. He graduated from Brentwood School in 1997.
Levine has Jewish ancestry on both sides of his family (his father and maternal grandfather were Jewish), and considers himself Jewish, though according to The Jewish Chronicle, who interviewed Levine, he "has rejected formal religious practice for a more generalized, spiritual way of life". He chose not to have a Bar Mitzvah as a child.[6]
Original band Kara's Flowers[link]
Having met at Brentwood School in Los Angeles, the band released their first album titled The Fourth World in 1997 as high school seniors. That same year the band appeared on an episode of Beverly Hills, 90210. The album had little success, and its only single, "Soap Disco", failed commercially. Disappointed with the results of their album, the band members went their separate ways.[7]
Levine and Carmichael left Los Angeles for New York. This was the first time the two Los Angeles natives were exposed to a completely different music scene, a cultural awakening for the young men.[8] On MTV News, in 2002, Levine said, "That's when I started waking up to the whole hip hop, R&B thing. We had friends named Chaos and shit. It was not Brentwood High."[9]
Maroon 5 and mainstream success[link]
During this time, Levine worked a two-week stint as a waiter at Johnny Rockets.[10] After dropping out of Five Towns College, Levine and Jesse reunited with Mickey and Ryan, but added former Square guitarist, James Valentine in 2001. Renaming the band Maroon 5, Levine and his friends began to compile all of their newfound musical influences into their music. While Levine was working as a writer's assistant on the television show "Judging Amy," he spent time writing the lyrics about his ex-girlfriend, Jane. Those lyrics became the album "Songs About Jane."[10]
Other work[link]
Levine has collaborated with various musical acts. In 2005, Levine was featured on the Ying Yang Twins song "Live Again". He appeared on Kanye West's Late Registration album, on the third single, "Heard 'Em Say".[11] He is also featured in the song "Wild Horses" on Alicia Keys' third album Alicia Keys: MTV Unplugged. Over the next year, he co-wrote the track "Say It Again" on Natasha Bedingfield's album N.B.. He also performed the background vocals on this song. Most recently, Levine offered his vocals on Gym Class Heroes' newest album in the song "Stereo Hearts".
Levine has made four notable comic appearances on television. During 2007, he appeared on the 33rd season premiere of Saturday Night Live in an SNL Digital Short called Iran So Far with Andy Samberg, Fred Armisen and Jake Gyllenhaal. Levine played himself while singing a humorous bridge to a "love song" for Mahmoud Ahmadinejad. In 2008, he appeared on Comedy Central's "Night Of Too Many Stars". Levine also had a cameo on Jimmy Kimmel Live for the night of stars and endorsed Barack Obama in the 2008 Presidential Election.
In October 2008, Levine collaborated with First Act to create the First Act 222 Guitar, fashioned to Levine's specifications. The guitar was made available for purchase at Target retail stores.[12]
Levine has stated in various interviews that he does not plan on continuing in Maroon 5 forever, and may stop after the tour for Maroon 5's third album.[13][14] In 2009, he recorded "Gotten", a song for Slash's first solo album Slash released in April 2010. "Gotten" was premiered at amazon.com on March 29, 2010.[15] Levine is also featured as a singer for his band's song "She Will be Loved" in the music rhythm game Band Hero. In February 2010, he was among approximately 80 musicians who sang on the charity-single remake of "We Are the World" called "We Are the World 25 for Haiti".[citation needed]
Levine is one of the contestant judges and coach mentors on the singing TV show, The Voice.[16] The winner of the first season, Javier Colon, was on Levine's team. Levine also returned as a coach for Season 2 of The Voice. His team consisted of Mathai (singer), Pip (singer), Tony Lucca, Katrina Parker, Karla Davis, and Kim Yarbrough. Levine will appear in the second season of American Horror Story.[17]
Personal life[link]
Levine's ex-girlfriend Jane is the inspiration behind the name of the band's debut album Songs About Jane. In a 2004 interview, he claimed that she had not contacted him despite the success of the album.[18]
In September 2010, Levine said on the Howard Stern Show he had been dating Russian Sports Illustrated swimsuit and Victoria's Secret model Anne Vyalitsyna seriously for about eight months. The couple met when Maroon 5 performed at the 2010 Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue release party in Las Vegas.[19] In April 2012, Levine and Vyalitsyna announced that they had split.[20]
Levine stripped naked for testicular cancer awareness for a centerfold in Cosmopolitan UK's February 2011 issue.[21]
During Levine's teenage years, he was medically diagnosed with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder. In 2011, he launched an educational campaign to raise awareness of ADHD, titled "Own It".[22]
Levine, whose brother is openly gay, is an outspoken supporter of LGBT rights.[23] In 2011, he made a video[24] on Maroon 5's official YouTube account in support of the It Gets Better Project. In January 2012, he announced that Maroon 5 had changed the location of their post-Grammy Awards show because of the "unnamed Los Angeles restaurant's backing of Proposition 8".[23]
Discography[link]
See also: Maroon 5 discography
As a featured artist[link]
| Title | Year | Peak chart positions | Album | ||||||||||
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| US [25] |
US Pop [25] |
AUS [26] |
CAN [25] |
GER [25] |
IRL [27] |
NL [28] |
NZ [29] |
SWE [30] |
UK [31] |
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| "Heard 'Em Say" (Kanye West featuring Adam Levine) |
2005 | 26 | 26 | 27 | 19 | 95 | 23 | 67 | 15 | – | 22 | Late Registration | |
| "Say It Again" (Natasha Bedingfield featuring Adam Levine) |
2007 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | N.B. / Pocketful of Sunshine | |
| "Bang Bang" (K'naan featuring Adam Levine) |
2008 | – | – | – | 71 | – | – | – | – | – | 105 | Troubadour | |
| "Stereo Hearts" (Gym Class Heroes featuring Adam Levine) |
2011 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 7 | – | 4 | 8 | 3 | 9 | 3 | The Papercut Chronicles II | |
| "—" denotes releases that did not chart or receive certification. | |||||||||||||
Other charted songs[link]
| Title | Year | Peak chart positions | Album | |
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| US [25] |
CAN [25] |
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| "Man in the Mirror (Michael Jackson Cover)" (Javier Colon with Adam Levine) |
2011 | 45 | 66 | non-album song |
Guest appearances[link]
| Title | Year | Album | Artist(s) |
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| "Live Again" | 2005 | U.nited S.tate of A.tlanta | Ying Yang Twins |
| "Wild Horses" | Unplugged | Alicia Keys | |
| "Bang Bang" | 2009 | Troubadour | K'naan |
| "Gotten" | 2010 | Slash | Slash |
Further reading[link]
- Kimpel, Dan (2006), How They Made It: True Stories of How Music's Biggest Stars Went from Start to Stardom!. Location unknown:Hal Leonard Corporation. ISBN 0-634-07642-6
References[link]
- ^ Patterson, Sylvia (August 26, 2007). "Maroon 5: They will be loved". The Daily Telegraph (London). http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/3667504/Maroon-5-They-will-be-loved.html.
- ^ Noah, Timothy (January 20, 2009). "Inaugorophobia, Part 2". Slate.com. Archived from the original on January 24, 2011. http://www.slate.com/id/2209249/. Retrieved December 20, 2010.
- ^ [1][dead link]
- ^ Levin-Epstein, Amy (date unknown), "Big Shot". MSN, courtesy of Best Life. (accessed January 16, 2009)
- ^ Rodman, Sarah (October 23, 2007). "Levine balances silliness and soul". Los Angeles Times. http://articles.orlandosentinel.com/2007-10-23/news/maroon5_1_band-maroon-5-levine. Retrieved December 20, 2010.
- ^ Lester, Paul (February 11, 2011). "Interview: Adam Levine". The Jewish Chronicle Online. http://www.thejc.com/arts/music/45058/interview-adam-levine. Retrieved September 5, 2011.
- ^ Rosen, Craig (June 4, 2005), "MAROON 5". Billboard. 117 (23):
- ^ Kimpel, 2006, p88
- ^ Newt Briggs (2004). "Off the Charts: Maroon 5" lasvegasmercury.com (accessed February 27, 2007)
- ^ a b Smith, RJ (June 2007), "Dear Superstar: Adam Levine". Blender. (accessed January 16, 2009)
- ^ Moss, Corey (December 19, 2005), "Move Over, Justin: Adam Levine Is Hip-Hop's New Favorite White Boy". MTV.com (accessed January 18, 2009)
- ^ (October 9, 2008), "Adam Lvine Interview: First Act 222 Guitar". YouTube.com (accessed January 18, 2009)
- ^ Paton, Maureen (August 2, 2008), "In a taxi with...Adam Levine". Mail Online. (accessed January 16, 2009)
- ^ Greene, Andy (June 28, 2007), "Maroon 5: Back on Top". Rolling Stone. (1029):16
- ^ "Gotten" premiered at amazon.com, March 29, 2010. Amazon.com (1965-07-23). Retrieved on October 30, 2011.
- ^ Cee Lo Green, Adam Levine Named Coaches of ‘The Voice' – 2011-02-28 19:51:51|Broadcasting & Cable. Broadcastingcable.com. Retrieved October 30, 2011.
- ^ "Adam Levine Confirms American Horror Story Role". E! Online. April 2, 2012. http://uk.eonline.com/news/watch_with_kristin/adam_levine_confirms_american_horror/305721.
- ^ Rubin, Courtney (April 19, 2004), "MAROON 5 SOUNDS OFF". People. 61(15):45
- ^ The Howard Stern Show for September 22, 2010. "An update to Adam's sex resume"
- ^ "Adam Levine and Anne V Split". Peopledate=April 2, 2012. http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20583733,00.html. Retrieved April, 2012.
- ^ Zakarin, Jordan (January 6, 2010). "Adam Levine Nude: Maroon 5 Singer Gets Naked For Cancer In Cosmo UK". Entertainment (The Huffington Post). http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/01/06/adam-levine-nude-marron-5-singer-gets-naked-for-cancer-in-cosmo-uk_n_805399.html. Retrieved January 8, 2010.
- ^ "Maroon 5 Lead Singer Adam Levine Raises Awareness of Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder in Young Adults and Adults With "Own It"". PR Newswire. http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/maroon-5-lead-singer-adam-levine-raises-awareness-of-attention-deficithyperactivity-disorder-in-young-adults-and-adults-with-own-it-124182579.html. Retrieved September 28, 2011.
- ^ a b "Adam Levine And Maroon 5 Boycotting Mexican Restaurant For Anti-Gay Marriage Stance". January 25, 2012. http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/01/25/adam-levine-maroon-boycott-restaurant-gay-marriage_n_1232252.html. Retrieved January 29, 2012.
- ^ "Adam Levine (Maroon 5) – It Gets Better". July 11, 2011. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e1R8cqLJkks.
- ^ a b c d e f "German Singles Chart: Adam Levine". acharts.com. http://acharts.us/performer/adam_levine. Retrieved May 13, 2010.
- ^ "Australian Singles Chart: Adam Levine". australian-charts.com. http://australian-charts.com/showinterpret.asp?interpret=adam+levine. Retrieved May 13, 2010.
- ^ "Irish Singles Chart: Adam Levine". irish-charts.com. http://irish-charts.com/showinterpret.asp?interpret=adam+levine. Retrieved May 13, 2010.
- ^ "Dutch Singles Chart: Adam Levine". dutchcharts.nl. http://dutchcharts.nl/showinterpret.asp?interpret=adam+levine. Retrieved May 13, 2010.
- ^ "New Zealand Singles Chart: Adam Levine". charts.org.nz. http://charts.org.nz/showinterpret.asp?interpret=adam+levine. Retrieved May 13, 2010.
- ^ "Sweden Singles Chart: Adam Levine". swedishcharts.com. http://swedishcharts.com/showinterpret.asp?interpret=adam+levine. Retrieved May 13, 2010.
- ^ Chart positions for UK charting singles:
- "Chart Stats – Kanye West". Chart Stats. http://www.chartstats.com/artistinfo.php?id=54. Retrieved September 29, 2011.
- "Bang Bang on UK Singles Chart". zobbel.de. http://zobbel.de/cluk/CLUK2010. Retrieved May 13, 2010.
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- "y’know – interviews with the famous". C.B.Liddell. February 10, 2008. http://yknow-interviews.blogspot.com/2008/02/adam-levine-maroon-5.html.
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| Place of birth | Los Angeles, California, United States |
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