Lang Lang may refer to:

• Lang Lang (pianist) (born 1982), Chinese pianist
• Lang Lang, Victoria, a town in Australia
• Lang Lang River, a river in Gippsland, Victoria, Australia
• A character from the Japanese manga Steam Detectives

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• Cananga odorata, a tree valued for its perfume whose common names include Ylang-ylang and ilang-ilang

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Do or Die
Background information
Origin	Chicago, Illinois
Genres	Hip hop
Years active	1995–present
Labels	Rap-A-Lot Records
Associated acts	Twista The Legendary Traxster Johnny P. Crucial Conflict
Members
AK-47 Belo Zero N.A.R.D.

Do or Die is an American rap trio originally from Southside of Chicago, Illinois, consisting of group members Belo Zero, N.A.R.D. and AK-47. The trio has sold more than 3 million albums. The group experienced mainstream success with the gold single "Po Pimp", Produced by The Legendary Traxster off of their 1996 debut album Picture This The song, which featured fellow Chicago rapper Twista, peaked at #22 on the Billboard Hot 100.^[1]. The songs "Playa Like Me and You" and "Alpha and Omega" made the album "Picture This" a classic and made Do or Die an instant success. Do or Die's success with "Picture This" helped launched the careers of Legendary Traxtster, Twista and Johnny P who sang the hooks on several Do or Die songs.

Alongside Crucial Conflict, another Chicago group with a similar vocal and lyrical style, they helped launch one of the city's first national hip hop movements. They rapped with a signature fast flow over silky smooth rhythm blues beats. Their rapping and musical style influenced Twista]]. The group's second album Headz or Tailz Produced mainly by producers Mr. Lee and Mike Dean debuted in 1998 and went Gold. Its lead single was a follow-up to the group's previous hit titled "Still Po Pimpin'". It peaked at #68 on the Billboard Hot 100.

The group continued to release several albums during the 2000s decade. The album entitled " Pimpin Aint Dead" includes "I Wish I Could Fly" and smash hit "Do You" featuring Twista. "Do You" which was regarded as the number one song downloaded on Youtube in 2010. In 2005, Do or Die released their 7th album entitled D.O.D. which featured the hit single "Higher" produced by fellow Chicagoan Kanye West. In 2009, Do or Die gave Twista a boost with the single "Yo Body" which is featured on Twista's album entitled "Category 5". "Yo Body" became an instant Youtube sensation with over 2 million hits.

The group's 8th album, was released as a mixtape entitled Trunk Music, in 2010.

For the past decade Do or Die has been touring the country giving their fans the signature Do or Die sound and stage performance fans can't get anywhere else. Do or Die is currently working on their next album to be released on their own label in late 2012.

Discography[link]

• Picture This (1996)
• Headz or Tailz (1998)
• Victory (2000)
• Back 2 the Game (2002)
• Pimpin' Ain't Dead (2003)
• D.O.D. (2005)
• Get That Paper (2006)
• Trunk Music Mixtape (2010)

References[link]

External links[link]

• Do or Die on Myspace
• [1] Do or Die- Pimp On

Marc Yu (born January 5, 1999) is a musical child prodigy, playing the piano and (formerly) the cello.

Biography[link]

Marc has been playing the piano since the age of two and a half, and the cello since the age of six. He also exhibits prodigiousness in academic subjects, having advanced to high school-level math by the age of seven. In 2005 he was named a Davidson Fellow, making him the youngest recipient of this award.^[1] He has been featured on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno, The Ellen DeGeneres Show (in which he received an accordion), as well as being the focus of a National Geographic television special titled "My Brilliant Brain" (USA title: "Brain Child").

While at a friend's party, Marc heard the children in attendance singing "Mary Had a Little Lamb", at which point the three-year-old went over to the nearby piano and played the song back, never having played with piano before. His friends were shocked and knew it must be another prodigy. By his mother's persuasions he began undertaking formal lessons later that year. Marc has perfect pitch. His family lived in Pasadena, California, but he moved to San Francisco and he goes to the Nueva School with the students around his age.

His musical idol is famous Chinese pianist Lang Lang. They have performed publicly together twice to date. Marc made his Proms debut with Lang Lang in London on 31 August 2008. They performed Schubert's Fantasia in F minor for piano duet, D940.^[2]

Marc made his Carnegie Hall debut on October 27, 2009, when he again performed the Schubert Fantasia with Lang Lang.

References[link]

External links[link]

• Marc Yu - Official Web Site
• ImDiversity: Musical Prodigy Hits All the Right Notes