Character CD vol. 1 Haruhi Suzumiya.]]

An image song or character song is a song on a tie-in single or album (often called an "image album") for an anime, game or dorama that is usually sung by the seiyū or actor of a character, in character. It is meant to give a sense of the personality of the character.

Image songs are considered an important part of an anime or doramas success, as they often provide insights to a character that may otherwise go unexplored on the program itself. The series creators may also include details about a particular character's design stages and evolution, and on occasion even design sketches so fans can see for themselves how a character changed. There may also be comments from the seiyūs or actors on how they feel about playing their characters. Sometimes image songs are incorporated into the anime itself, such as Kyōran Kazoku Nikki, which has each of its main characters sing an image song as the ending theme, each with its own animation. Another example is Prince of Tennis, which has the openings and ending songs for the OVA episodes sung by characters in the anime.

Image songs are not restricted to anime protagonists. Antagonists such as Zechs Merquise, Master Asia, Sailor Galaxia, and some of the villains (such as Devimon and Dracule "Hawk Eye" Mihawk) also have their own image songs. In some cases, these are more interesting than those of the protagonists as they often provide the only glimpse into a villain's character.

In addition, fans are known to buy image song albums based solely on the seiyū or actor. An example of this is Megumi Hayashibara, a well-known seiyū who has released many CDs and albums over her career, including image songs of her characters.

The first anime image song album to reach No. 1 in the Japanese Oricon weekly charts is , performed by the characters from K-On! in 2009, debuting at No. 1 with the sales of 67,000 copies in its first week. The K-On! characters later became the first anime image group to reach No. 1 in the Oricon singles chart in 2010, with the opening theme for the second season of the show, "Go! Go! Maniac!", which debuted at No. 1 with the sales of over 83,000 copies in its first week.

Character version

A related sub-type is a character version, where a seiyū or actor sings a song from the series as the character. A famous example of this are the various versions of Neon Genesis Evangelion's theme songs, redone by the seiyūs of Rei Ayanami, Asuka Langley Soryu, Shizuka Itō and Misato Katsuragi. They are usually identified by a version tag at the end of the name (e.g. Cruel Angel's Thesis, Ayanami Version). Another example of this are the character versions of "Hare Hare Yukai". The three main characters, Haruhi Suzumiya, Mikuru Asahina, and Yuki Nagato have their own versions of the ending theme, using the original music. However, the characters Kyon, Itsuki Koizumi, Tsuruya-san, Ryōko Asakura, Kyon's Sister, and Emiri Kimidori features remixed versions of the ending.

Character song

Similarly, a character song can also be a song about a character, but not necessarily sung by the character's portrayer. For example, while Mazinger Z includes songs about Kouji Kabuto and his friends, they are not sung by their seiyū. Nevertheless, they still provide some insight into the character's persona.

References

See also

Leitmotif

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Name	Ice Cube
Background	solo_singer
Birth name	O'Shea Jackson
Alias
Born	June 15, 1969 From the 2000s onwards, Jackson focused on acting, and his musical output has slowed down considerably.
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Date of birth	1969-06-15

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Name	Wiz Khalifa
Img alt	Wiz Khalifa holding a microphone
Background	solo_singer
Birth name	Cameron Jibril Thomaz
Alias
Born	September 08, 1987Minot, North Dakota, United States
Origin	Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States
Genre	Hip hop
Occupation	Rapper
Years active	2005–present
Label	Rostrum, Warner Bros., Atlantic
Associated acts	Curren$y, Snoop Dogg
Url	www.wizkhalifa.com

Cameron Jibril Thomaz (born September 8, 1987), better known by the stage name Wiz Khalifa, is an American rapper based in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. He released his debut album, Show and Prove, in 2006, and signed to Warner Bros. Records in 2007. His eurodance-influenced single, "Say Yeah", received urban radio airplay, charting on the Rhythmic Top 40 and Hot Rap Tracks charts in 2008. His single "Black and Yellow" has become a big hit in 2010, reaching number 6 on the Billboard Hot 100.

Early life

Khalifa was born on September 8, 1987 in Minot, North Dakota to a mother and a father serving in the military. Khalifa lived in Germany, England, and Japan before settling in Pittsburgh where he attended Taylor Allderdice High School. He includes Camp Lo, The Notorious B.I.G. and Bone Thugs-n-Harmony among his influences.

Career

Khalifa released his first mixtape, Prince of the City: Welcome to Pistolvania, in 2005. The mixtape led to his first full length album entitled Show and Prove in 2006. Khalifa was declared an "artist to watch" that year in Rolling Stone magazine.

In 2007, Khalifa signed to Warner Bros. Records and released two mixtapes through Rostrum Records: Grow Season, hosted by DJ Green Lantern and released on July 4, 2007, and Prince of the City 2, released on November 20, 2007. His debut Warner Bros. single "Say Yeah" reached number 25 on the Billboard Rhythmic Top 40 music chart and number 20 on Billboard's Hot Rap Tracks. The song samples "Better Off Alone" by Alice Deejay. Khalifa's vocals from "Say Yeah" appear near the end of Pittsburgh mash up producer Girl Talk's 2008 album, Feed the Animals, over music from Underworld's "Born Slippy", Usher's "Love in This Club", and the Cure's "In Between Days". Khalifa appeared with The Game, David Banner and Play-n-Skillz at U92's Summer Jam at the USANA Amphitheatre in West Valley City, Utah on August 2, 2008. Khalifa released the mixtapes Star Power in September 2008, and Flight School in April 2009 on Rostrum Records.

Khalifa parted ways with Warner Bros. Records in July 2009 after numerous delays in releasing his planned debut album for the label, First Flight. Khalifa stated to the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette that, "I learned a lot during my time there and matured as an artist during the process. I'm happy to be moving on with all of my material and having the chance to be in control of my next moves".

in New York City in April 2010.]] Continuing his association with Rostrum Records, Khalifa released the single "Teach U to Fly", and the mixtape How Fly, a collaboration with New Orleans rapper Curren$y, on August 9, 2009. Khalifa introduced a more melodic style on the mixtape, alternating between singing and rapping. He opened for Wu-Tang Clan member U-God at the 2009 CMJ Music Marathon in New York City. Khalifa released the mixtape Burn After Rolling on November 2, 2009, where he raps over familiar beats from other artists, including the songs "If I Were A Boy" and "Diva" by Beyoncé, "Walking on a Dream" by Empire of the Sun, "Luchini AKA This Is It" by Camp Lo, and "Best I Ever Had" by Drake. Khalifa released his second album, Deal or No Deal, on November 24, 2009.

Khalifa performed at Emo's in Austin, Texas in March 2010 as part of the 2010 South by Southwest Music Festival. He appeared on the cover of XXL magazine that same month, for the magazine's annual list of Top 10 Freshman, which included Donnis, J. Cole, Pill, Freddie Gibbs, and Fashawn. Wiz Khalifa was named 2010 "Rookie Of The Year" by "The Source", with alongside Rick Ross, "The Man Of The Year". He toured with rapper Yelawolf on a 20-date tour, the Deal Or No Deal Tour. Khalifa released the free mixtape Kush and Orange Juice for download on April 14, 2010. Due to Khalifa's devoted grassroots fan base, the mixtape became the No. 1 trending topic on Twitter with the hash tag #kushandorangejuice, and "Kush and Orange Juice download” ranked No. 1 on Google’s hot search trends.

Citing music industry insiders, New York magazine wrote that Khalifa signed with Atlantic Records in April 2010, although the rapper didn't confirm it. He stated to AllHipHop in June 2010 that he was working on a new album, but was weighing his options and hadn't yet decided on a label to distribute it. Khalifa confirmed to MTV on July 30 that he was signing an Atlantic Records deal.

in August 2010.]] Khalifa was featured in a remix and video for the 2010 Rick Ross single "Super High", alongside Curren$y. He guested on the mixtape Grey Goose, Head Phones, and Thirsty Women by St. Louis rapper M.C, and was featured on the track "The Breeze (Cool)" on rapper Wale's August 2010 mixtape More About Nothing. Khalifa was named MTV's Hottest Breakthrough MC of 2010, winning with nearly 70,000 votes, and beating out finalists Nicki Minaj, J. Cole, Travis Porter, and Diggy Simmons.

Khalifa appeared at the Soundset 2010 festival in May 2010 in Minneapolis, Minnesota, alongside Method Man & Redman, Del the Funky Homosapien and Hieroglyphics, Atmosphere, Murs, Cage, and others. He also performed at the 2010 Rock the Bells festival, along with hip hop veterans Wu-Tang Clan, Snoop Dogg, Lauryn Hill, A Tribe Called Quest, Rakim, KRS-One, Jedi Mind Tricks and Slick Rick. Khalifa declined an invitation to tour with rapper Drake and launched his own "Waken Baken" tour, a 50-city national tour with rapper Yelawolf. The tour, scheduled to last from September to November 2010, has, as of October, sold out every venue. On November 2010, during his "Waken Baken" tour at East Carolina University, Wiz Khalifa was arrested for possession and trafficking of marijuana. He was then released the next morning after a $300K bail, and is looking to resume with his tour. Khalifa performed in a cypher during the 2010 BET Hip-Hop Awards. He recited his verse from the song, "The Check Point", from his mixtape with Curren$y, How Fly. Khalifa released "Black and Yellow", his first single for Rostrum/Atlantic, produced by Stargate, which has received radio airplay. The single reached number 6 on the Billboard Hot 100; the title of the song refers to the colors of the Pittsburgh Steelers. Khalifa will release his debut album with Atlantic Records in 2011. He appeared with Curren$y on the track "Scaling the Building" on producer Ski Beatz' 2010 album, 24 Hour Karate School. Khalifa's fanbase is known as the Taylor Gang, named after his love of Chuck Taylor All-Stars shoes.

Discography

;Studio albums

Show and Prove (2006)

Deal or No Deal (2009)

TBA (2011)

References

External links

Wiz Khalifa at MTV

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Name	Luis Miguel
Alias	El Sol, "Luismi", El Rey
Background	solo_singer
Birth name	Luis Miguel Gallego Basteri
Born	April 19, 1970San Juan, Puerto Rico
Origin	Mexico
Instrument	Vocal, piano
Genre	Latin pop, pop music, bolero, mariachi
Occupation	Singer, songwriter, record producer
Years active	1981–present
Label	EMI LatinWarner Music
Url	Official website
Associated acts	Frank SinatraArmando ManzaneroManuel AlejandroSheena Easton}}

Luis Miguel Gallego Basteri (born on April 19, 1970) is a Mexican singer. He is widely known only by the name Luis Miguel. He is often referred to as "El Sol de México" (The Sun of Mexico) or simply "El Sol" (The Sun). Beginning his musical career in his childhood, Luis Miguel has won four Latin Grammy Awards and five Grammy Awards.

At the age of fifteen, Luis Miguel received a Grammy Award for his duet "Me Gustas Tal Como Eres" (I Like You Just The Way You Are) with Sheena Easton. His mother disappeared mysteriously when he was a teenager and his father died in 1992. Two years later, he started touring Latin American countries including Colombia, Venezuela, Chile and Argentina.

In 1985, at age of 15, he took part at the Sanremo Music Festival, where he won the second place award with his song "Noi Ragazzi Di Oggi".

In 1991, Luis Miguel's career went to even greater heights and earned him the respect of a wider audience with the release of Romance, an album of romantic boleros, most of them from the 1940s and 1950s. He has been credited with reinventing the bolero for modern audiences. The album Romance, which became his most successful material ever eventually sold 15 million units worldwide.

In 1996, Luis became one of the first Latin musical artists to receive a star in the Hollywood Walk of Fame. He launched his Mexico En La Piel Tour in 2005. In 2006, Luis Miguel performed thirty sold out shows between January 18 and February 27 at the National Auditorium in Mexico City. The album released two singles "Santa Claus Llegó A La Ciudad" ("Santa Claus Is Coming to Town"), and "Mi Humilde Oración" ("My Grown-up Christmas List").

On May 6, 2008, Luis Miguel released Cómplices, produced by him and written by Spanish composer Manuel Alejandro. It sold almost 350,000 copies in the first 24 hours. The first single, "Si Tú Te Atreves" was released on April 7, 2008, the second single of the album was "Te Desean". His Complices Tour began in Seattle, Washington on September 3, 2008.

Luis Miguel released his new self-titled studio album on September 14, 2010. Its first single "Labios de Miel" is a smooth Latin pop song. His new world tour started the 4th of November in the city of Lima, Peru and will go through the United States, South America, Mexico and Spain among other countries.

Cultural impact

Luis Miguel is considered as one of the top male pop singers worldwide today. In a career that has spanned over twenty-five years, he has become the main singer from Latin America, having performed successfully pop music, bolero, mariachi and romantic ballads. In the late 1980s, Luis Miguel made the transition from child star to consolidated international singer, and since then, he became one of the most revered and popular Latin American artists ever. His wide vocal range and performance has been praised by critics and other artists all over the world.

Frank Sinatra invited Luis Miguel to participate on a duet in the album Duets II. Luis Miguel has been dubbed several times by the press and the media as the "Latin Frank Sinatra". Luis Miguel became the first Latin artist to receive a star in the Hollywood Walk of Fame (1996). His music has reached to non-Spanish speaking continents such as Asia and Africa. The press stated that at the time of his capture, the dictator Saddam Hussein, had the album Segundo Romance, among his belongings.

Luis Miguel rarely grants interviews or attends award ceremonies. He is always escorted by a tight security team and he is transported in several trucks to distract paparazzis and reporters. Due to his secrecy he has become one of the most pursued Latin American artist.

Personal life

Luis Miguel refuses to speak to the media about his personal life and keeps the matter private. He is recognized for his taste of high cuisine and for being a self-taught sommelier. He released his own vintage of wine, "Unico. Luis Miguel", a Cabernet Sauvignon. He is a native Spanish speaker and also speaks fluent English, Italian and Portuguese.

In April 2010, he was briefly hospitalized at the Cedars-Sinai Hospital in Los Angeles. The cause of the hospitalization was not disclosed.

Awards and recognitions

In 1984, received a Grammy Award for being the Best Mexican American for his duet "Me Gustas Tal Como Eres" (I Like You Just The Way You Are) with Sheena Easton.

Tours

(1990–1991) Gira 20 Años

(1991–1992)

(1993–1994) Aries Tour

(1994–1995) Segundo Romance Tour

(1995) El Concierto Tour

(1996) America Tour

(1997–1998) Romances Tour

(1999–2000) Amarte Es Un Placer Tour

(2002) Mis Romances Tour

(2003–2004) 33 Tour

(2005–2007) Mexico En La Piel Tour

(2008–2009) Complices Tour

(2010–2011) Luis Miguel Tour

References

External links

Official Site

Mundo Luis Miguel

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Name	Jay Electronica
Background	solo_singer
Birth name	Timothy Elpadaro Thedford
Born	September 19, 1976
Origin	Magnolia Projects, New Orleans, Louisiana, United States
Genre	Hip hop
Label	The Dogon Society, Roc Nation
Associated acts	J Dilla, Erykah Badu, Just Blaze, Nas, Talib Kweli, Jay-Z, Mos Def, Curren$y
Years active	2004 - Present

Jay Electronica is an American rapper. He was perhaps best known for the piece of music Act 1: Eternal Sunshine (The Pledge), until the release of the Just Blaze-produced track "Exhibit C" in late 2009 . Announced Friday, November 12, 2010, Jay is an official member of Jay-Z's Roc Nation.

Music and reception

Jay Electronica has yet to release a full-length album but has released two official singles to date, "Exhibit A" and "Exhibit C," which won a Sucker Free Summit Award for Instant Classic. His music so far has been made available through the internet, either through being leaked to what URB magazine describes as "obscure web forums", or through an appearing and disappearing myspace page (currently two seem to be in existence, at /jayelect and at /jayelectronica). Erykah Badu has questioned whether he ever will release, in her words, "actual albums". from New Orleans, LA he has lived in Baltimore, Philadelphia, Washington, D.C., Denver, and Detroit, where he recorded his Style Wars-era music with several J Dilla beats, meeting the producer subsequently to ask for permission to use the recordings as a demo. Detroit is where Electronica met producer/engineer Mike "Chav" Chavarria, who introduced him to both J Dilla and Mr. Porter, and who is now a regular collaborator.

Jay Electronica first gained significant attention through Act 1: Eternal Sunshine (The Pledge), made available on a myspace page in 2007. Hiphopdx.com in 2008 called him "arguably...the most talked about new emcee last year ... at times...more like a myth or urban legend than an actual rapper", and URB ran a cover story on the artist under the banner "Jay Electronica: A Spotless Mind :: An MC’s mystery revealed", which referred to his wanderings as his being "like some sort of hip-hop Jack Kerouac". h_american_tour/ Nas Announces North American Tour"], Vibe, July 15, 2008.

According to URB, Act II: Patents of Nobility will feature Nas, and will be the second of a putative trilogy. URB also reported that digital EPs with both Guilty Simpson and producer 9th Wonder were planned. His most recent music as of November 2008 is the Just Blaze-produced track "Exhibit A (Transformations)".

According to a Filter TV interview, Jay Electronica has partnered with Decon to release his debut project. It is being described as a multi-media release and footage from the project which was partially shot in Nepal and Dubai has begun to surface online. The first clip to leak is titled "Dear Moleskine" and can be found on YouTube, the track was produced by Just Blaze and the clip was directed by Jason Goldwatch from Decon. In June 2009, Decon and Jay's "The Dogon Society" released "Exhibit A" digitally. "Exhibit C" was released on iTunes December 16, 2009 and quickly shot to the top 10 of the itunes Hip-Hop charts. The following week it was chosen by Hot 97's Dj Enuff as the Heavy Hitter pick of the week.

On February 9, 2010, it was announced Jay Electronica will appear at the 2010 Bonnaroo Music Festival.

Jay Electronica continued his scattered release practice, releasing "A Million In The Morning" on April 4, 2010. The song features a weary Electronica trying to keep himself awake to escape his nightmares.

On April 30, Jay Electronica debuted "The Ghost of Christopher Wallace" via his Twitter. The song features P Diddy and is produced by London beatsmith Quincey Tones, who is known for producing such acts as Young Jeezy and Royce da 5'9".

On 12 November 2010, Jay-Z announced that Jay Electronica was officially the newest member of his own 'Roc Nation' record label/management company, which boasts such acts as J. Cole, Wale and Willow Smith

Personal life

Jay Electronica and Erykah Badu have a child together, she is named Mars Merkaba, born on February 1, 2009.

Discography

Style Wars EP (2007)

Act I: Eternal Sunshine (The Pledge) (2008)

TBA (2011)

Mixtapes

Act I: Eternal Sunshine (The Pledge) (2007)

FWMJ & Jay Electronica Present Scratches & Demo Tape Volume I (2008)

Act 2: The Patents of The Nobility (The Turn) (2011 TBA)

Singles

{|class="wikitable" !rowspan="2"|Year !rowspan="2"|Song !colspan="3"|Chart positions !rowspan="2"|Album |- !width="40"|U.S. !width="40"|U.S. R&B; !width="40"|U.S. Rap |- |align="center" rowspan="2"|2009 |"Exhibit A" |align="center"|— |align="center"|— |align="center"|— |align="center" rowspan="2"|Act II: Patents Of Nobility (The Turn) |- |"Exhibit C" |align="center"|— |align="center"|86 |align="center"|— |- |align="center" rowspan="1"|2010 |"Shiny Suit Theory" (featuring Jay-Z & The-Dream) |align="center"|— |align="center"|— |align="center"|— |align="center" rowspan="1"|Abracadabra: Let There Be Light |- |}

External links

:::::::Magnetik7::::::: (come on in, the water's fine.) - Official web site (inactive since 2005)

Jay Electronica Fan Website

Jay Electronica (JayElectronica) on Twitter

URB Jay Electronica cover (left) (.gif)

Giles Peterson Worldwide (.mp3, 80MB) - Lengthy interview and music

Jay Electronica video interview on redbullmusicacademy.com

Just Blaze, Jay Electronica, & Mike "Chav" Chavarria - An Interview with Jay, Chav, & Just Blaze

Exclaim! magazine interview with Jay Electronica-Exclaim!

(19®, APDTA™, Nation19) 19® is a clothing line that is worn by J-Electronica

Sources

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Name	Erykah Badu
Landscape	no
Background	solo_singer
Birth name	Erica Abi Wright
Born	February 26, 1971Dallas, TexasUnited States
Instrument	Vocals, keyboards, guitar
Genre	Neo soul, R&B;, soul, funk, jazz, hip hop soul, hip hop better known by her stage name Erykah Badu (), is an American recording artist, record producer and actress. Her work includes elements from R&B;, hip hop and jazz.
Name	Wright, Erica Abi
Alternative names	Erykah Badu
Short description	American singer
Date of birth	February 26, 1971
Place of birth	Dallas, Texas

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Cole Taylor was a gay pornographic actor who primarily worked in the 1980s. He made his debut in the Nova Studios production Heroes (1984). He played the role of a college professor who falls asleep in front of his class, only to be gang-raped by his four students. He passes out, then wakens—naked, sore and covered in semen—with the students quietly reading their books.

Despite the acclaim for his performance in the scene, Taylor's career in adult film was a short one. Although he turned in several more notable performances—in Nightcrawler, The Company We Keep, Full Grown, Full Blown, Lifeguard, Perfect 10 and Thinking Big—Taylor retired from adult film in 1990. All told, Cole Taylor made just 21 gay pornographic films.

He once said, "I am a rrraaagggging homosexual" - it is perhaps one of the best things he ever said- US Weekly

As of 1997, he was living in Saskatoon, Canada.

References

Douglas, Jerry. "Behind the Camera: Scott Masters, Part 2." Manshots. November 1997.

Hardesty, Rex. "Nova Studios, Part Two: The Final Years." Manshots. August 1997.

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Name	Chris Tomlin
Background	solo_singer
Birth name	Christopher Dwayne Tomlin
Born	May 04, 1972
Origin	Grand Saline, Texas U.S.
Instrument	Piano Guitar
Genre	CCMContemporary worship music
Occupation	Singer, songwriter, instrumentalist worship leader
Years active	1998–present
Label	sixstepsrecords/Sparrow Records
Url	www.christomlin.com

Christopher Dwayne "Chris" Tomlin (born May 4, 1972) is an American Christian Contemporary Music artist, worship leader, and songwriter from Grand Saline, Texas, United States. He is a former staff member at Austin Stone Community Church and is signed to EMI's sixstepsrecords. Tomlin also leads worship at many Passion events. Some of his most well-known songs are "How Great Is Our God", "Jesus Messiah", "Amazing Grace (My Chains Are Gone)", and the recent song "Our God" which he co-wrote with Matt Redman, Jesse Reeves and Jonas Myrin. He is currently a lead worshipper at Passion City Church in Atlanta, Georgia with Louie Giglio and Christy Nockels.

He was awarded Male Vocalist at the 2006, 2007, and 2008 GMA Dove Awards. He was also named Artist of the Year in 2007. Tomlin released his seventh studio album, And If Our God Is For Us..., on November 16, 2010. He is one of the members of Compassionart, a charity founded by Martin Smith (and Smith's wife, Anna) of the band Delirious?.

Early life

Tomlin was born in Grand Saline, Texas in 1972 to Connie and Donna Tomlin. He has two younger brothers, Ryan and Cory. Tomlin received his first guitar from his father at the age of eleven after contracting a case of mono. Chris Tomlin first learned how to play the guitar by playing along side Willie Nelson records.

Tomlin wrote his first worship song at age fourteen. He entered college planning to study physical therapy, but ended up not pursuing that career, as he has stated that he felt God's calling to something else.

In the mid-1990s Tomlin was a worship leader at the Dawson McAllister Youth Conferences, as well as at various church camps in Texas.

After attending Tyler Junior College and Texas A&M; University, Tomlin continued to play and write songs, and in 1997, youth speaker Louie Giglio asked if he would be interested in working with the Passion Conferences. Tomlin has played a key role in the movement ever since.

Musical career

His first nationally released solo project, titled The Noise We Make, was released in 2001, featuring the songs "Forever," "Be Glorified", and "Kindness", all of which made the top 200 in the CCLI 2005 top 500 worship songs. He also released the live EP 545 in 2002, and the studio album Not to Us (2002). His 2004 album Arriving is considered his breakout album as it produced the #1 hits "Indescribable" (written by Laura Story), "Holy Is the Lord", "How Great Is Our God", and "The Way I Was Made". Two other tracks from the album–"On Our Side" and "Mighty is the Power of the Cross", written with Shawn Craig of Phillips, Craig, and Dean–landed in the 2005 top 500 worship songs according to Christian Copyright Licensing International. been certified Gold by the RIAA, and has helped him win 6 Dove Awards in 2007, including a second consecutive "Artist of the Year" win. The three singles off this album have all been top #5 songs on the Billboard Hot Christian Songs Chart, and have all reached the number one position on the R&R;' Christian AC Chart.

Although he is a solo artist, Tomlin travels around with a consistent band lineup. He also writes many of his songs with the members of his band. His band, in which he performs vocals, acoustic guitar, and piano, consists of Daniel Carson (electric guitar, backup vocals), Jesse Reeves (bass guitar, backup vocals), Travis Nunn (drums), and Matt Gilder (piano, keys). Tomlin and the band developed while working with the Harvest Ministry at The Woodlands United Methodist Church in The Woodlands, Texas in the late 1990s.

According to Christian Copyright Licensing International's list of the top 25 worship songs in the US in August 2007, Tomlin held 5 spots with songs he has either written or co-written with other songwriters: "How Great Is Our God" (#1), "Forever" (#5), "Holy Is the Lord" (#7), "We Fall Down" (#12), and "Indescribable" (#22). In 2008, Tomlin held 6 spots on 20 The Countdown Magazine's top 20 praise and worship songs: "We Fall Down" (#14), "Forever" (#10), "Holy is the Lord" (#8), "Indescribable" (#6), "Amazing Grace (My Chains Are Gone)" (#3), and "How Great is our God" (#1).

Tomlin has toured with several prominent contemporary Christian music artists, such as opening for Delirious? during his first ever tour, and as a supporting act of Steven Curtis Chapman during his All Things New Tour. Tomlin has also headlined several tours, such as headlining the Chris Tomlin Indescribable Tour, which featured world renowned worship artist Matt Redman, and speaker Louie Giglio, and headlining the See the Morning Tour. From April to October 2007, Tomlin toured with Louie Giglio and Matt Redman on his "How Great Is Our God" tour. Hillsong's 2007 conference, and the 2008 Compassionart International Songwriting retreat, which was dedicated to writing songs whose revenue would support charities serving the poorest of the world's poor. Other prominent songwriters included were Matt Redman, Martin Smith, Stuart Garrard, and Steven Curtis Chapman. In 2009, Tomlin played at the Harvest Crusade at Anaheim Angels Stadium.

At the end of 2006, Tomlin launched an online music website resource called Frequency The original site featured chord charts for some of Chris' songs, some instructional videos for those songs, and a message board meant for worship leaders. Since the updated launch in August 2008, Frequency has included chord charts for many popular worship songs, instructional videos, planning software for worship leaders, articles written by other artists, and more, branching out into all of worship music.

On June 14, 2007, Tomlin's version of the song "Indescribable" was used as the official wake-up call for Mission Specialist Patrick Forrester on Space Shuttle mission STS-117.

In May 2008, it was announced that Tomlin and his band would move from The Austin Stone Community Church, the church he helped plant with senior pastor Matt Carter in Austin, Texas to start a new church with Louie Giglio in Atlanta, Georgia.

In 2009, Tomlin released a Christmas album, . It includes three original Christmas songs and features duets with Matt Redman, Christy Nockels, and Audrey Assad. The album peaked at #9 on the Billboard 200 list and at #1 for Holiday albums.

In March 2010, Tomlin and his band announced through their Twitter accounts the recording of a new studio album slated for a November 2010 release. On August 30, Tomlin announced on his twitter that the title would be And If Our God Is For Us... The first single "I Will Follow" was released to radio on August 23.

Personal life

On November 10, 2010, Tomlin's friends announced that the singer had married his longtime girlfriend Lauren Bricken on November 9.

Discography

1995: Inside Your Love

1998: Authentic

1998: Too Much Free Time with Ross King.

2001: The Noise We Make

2002: Not to Us

2004: Arriving

2006: See the Morning

2008: Hello Love

2009:

2010: And If Our God Is For Us...

Passion event albums

Live Worship From The 268 Generation (1998)

(1999)

(2000)

(2000)

Our Love is Loud (2002)

Sacred Revolution: Songs From OneDay 03 (2003)

(2004)

How Great Is Our God (2005)

Everything Glorious (2006)

The Best of Passion (So Far) (2006)

Live From Passion 07 Pts. 1 & 3 (2007)

God of This City (2008)

(2010)

Other songs (not included in an album)

"Whisper My Name" [Forefront] - Eterne: Never Be the Same (2000)

"Salvation" - Pour Over Me - Worship Together Live 2001 (2001)

"Give Us Clean Hands" - Pour Over Me - Worship Together Live 2001 (2001)

"Satisfied" [Forefront] - Secrets Of The Vine: Music... A Worship Experience (2002)

"Lord, I'm Gonna Love You" [Sparrow] - Your Love Broke Through (2002)

"Expressions of Your Love" (duet w/ Rebecca St. James) [Sparrow] - It Takes Two: 15 Collaborations & Duets (2003)

"Where the Streets Have No Name" [Sparrow/EMI CMG] - (2004)

"You're The One" [Disney/EMI CMG] - (2005)

"Angels We Have Heard On High" [Word] - (2005)

"Mighty to Save" [Integrity] - Bonus disc included with Fruitcake and Ice Cream DVD (2008)

Charts

Albums - Billboard (North America)

Singles - Billboard (North America)

¹ Currently active on the charts

Music videos

"Expressions of Your Love" (With Rebecca St. James) (2004)

"Amazing Grace (My Chains are Gone)" (2007)

Awards

;Dove Award wins

2005: Praise and Worship Album of the Year – Arriving

2006: Song of the Year – "How Great Is Our God"

2006: Male Vocalist of the Year

2006: Artist of the Year

2006: Special Event Album of the Year –

2006: Worship Song of the Year – "How Great Is Our God"

2007: Artist of the Year

2007: Male Vocalist of the Year

2007: Worship Song of the Year – "Holy Is the Lord"

2007: Pop/Contemporary Album of the Year – See the Morning

2007: Special Event Album of the Year – Passion: Everything Glorious

2007: Praise & Worship Album of the Year – See the Morning

2008: Male Vocalist of the Year

2008: Worship Song of the Year – "How Great is our God"

2009: Worship Album of the Year - Hello Love

2009: Special Event Album of the Year - Passion: God of This City

Nominated for 2009 Visionary Award Male Entertainer of the Year and Song of the Year for Jesus Messiah

Bibliography

Chris Tomlin, The Way I Was Made: Words and Music for an Unusual Life, Multnomah, 2004. ISBN 978-1590523278

References

External links

Official site

Austin Stone Community Church

Article in Time Magazine

One Million Can

Category:Living people Category:1972 births Category:American male singers Category:American singer-songwriters Category:American Christians Category:Christian hymnwriters Category:Christian songwriters Category:People from Austin, Texas Category:Texas A&M; University alumni Category:Performers of Christian music Category:Musicians from Texas Category:Contemporary worship music Category:Tyler Junior College alumni

Name	Black Milk
Background	solo_singer
Birth name	Curtis Cross
Born	August 14, 1983
Origin	Detroit, Michigan, United States
Instrument	drums, Turntable, Sampler, keyboards, Fender Rhodes, Drum Machine
Genre	Midwest hip hop Detroit hip hop
Occupation	Record producer, rapper
Years active	2002–present
Label	Fat Beats Records / Decon
Associated acts	B.R. Gunna, Slum Village, J Dilla, Random Axe, Royce da 5'9", Elzhi, Bishop Lamont

Curtis Cross, (born August 14, 1983) better known as Black Milk, is a hip hop producer and MC from Detroit, Michigan.

Biography

In 2004, he formed B.R. Gunna, with Young RJ, and Fat Ray, and together they released Dirty District: Vol. 2, a follow up to a compilation released in 2001 by Slum Village, which he had contributed production to. Black Milk released a solo album, Sound of the City, Vol. 1, the following year and in 2006 he signed a record contract with Fat Beats Records (Fat Beats is currently distributed by Koch Entertainment, the largest independent distributor in the U.S.). In the fall of 2006, he released an EP, entitled Broken Wax. March 13, 2007 he released a second album, Popular Demand. Elzhi, Phat Kat, Frank-N-Dank, Lloyd Banks, Canibus, and Pharoahe Monch, and handled most of the production on T3's Olio mixtape of 2006.

In the Winter of 2007/2008 Black Milk paired with Aftermath recording artist Bishop Lamont to release a mixtape entitled Caltroit, which was nominated for Best Hip Hop Mixtape at Justo's Mixtape Awards.

Black Milk released an album with Fat Ray entitled The Set Up on March 4, 2008 and his third official solo release "Tronic" on October 28, 2008. He also handled the majority of production on Elzhi's album The Preface, released August 12.

Elzhi's "The Leftovers Unmixedtape" was released on December 11, 2009. Black Milk produced four of the tracks on it.

On December 25, 2009, he has leaked the first single from his forthcoming album Album Of The Year, the song is called "Keep Going". He has also released two more singles named "Welcome (Gotta Go)" and "Deadly Medley" featuring Royce da 5'9" and Elzhi.

On August 22, 2010, he released music video for "Deadly Medley". Video features Black Milk, Royce da 5'9" and Elzhi.

Album Of The Year was released on September 14, 2010 through Fat Beats and Decon. It's available through www.fatbeats.com www.blackmilk.biz www.amazon.com Best Buy and other stores.

The album charted on the 5th place in iTunes Hip-Hop Charts on first day.

Most recently, Black Milk has been praised by Rah Digga and Bun B.

Black Milk has announced he has already started work on his 6th studio album which he aims to finish and release some time in Summer 2011

Discography

Solo

2005: Sound of the City

2006: Broken Wax

2007: Popular Demand

2008: Tronic (US R&B;: #76)

2010: Album of the Year (US: #136, US R&B;: #28)

Collaborations

2004: Dirty District Vol. 2 (with Young RJ as B.R. Gunna)

2008: Caltroit (with Bishop Lamont)

2008: The Set Up (with Fat Ray)

2008: The Preface (with Elzhi (contributed 14 of 16 tracks)

2010: Searching for Sanity (with Melanie Rutherford)

2011: Random Axe (with Sean Price and Guilty Simpson as Random Axe)

Production

References

External links

Black Milk on Myspace

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Name	Big Boi
Background	solo_singer
Birth name	Antwan André Patton
Alias	Daddy Fat Sax, General Patton, Sir Lucious L. Leftfoot, The Son of Chico Dusty, Sgt. Slaughter, Chief, Billy Ocean, Hot Tub Tony, Francis the Savannah Chitlin' Pimp
Born	February 01, 1975
Origin	Savannah, Georgia, United States
Instrument	Rapping, keyboards
Genre	Hip-Hop
Years active	1991–present
Label	Def Jam
Associated acts	OutKast, André 3000, Dungeon Family, Purple Ribbon All-Stars, Mary J. Blige, Chris Brown, Jay-Z, Gucci Mane, T.I., B.o.B, Janelle Monae, Sleepy Brown
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Antwan André Patton (born February 1, 1975), better known by his stage name Big Boi, is an American rapper, song-writer, record producer and actor, best known for being a member of American hip hop duo OutKast alongside André 3000. His work in the duo has produced six studio albums. During the duo's hiatus, he and André 3000 each announced plans to release a solo album. Big Boi's solo debut was released in July 2010 to respectable sales and critical acclaim.

Early life and OutKast

Patton was born and spent the first half of his childhood in Savannah, Georgia, attending school before moving to Atlanta with his Aunt Janice. Eventually he decided to pursue his interest in music at Tri-Cities High School, a Visual and Performing Arts Magnet School. He had a strong interest in hip-hop music, and met André "3000" Benjamin while attending Tri Cities High School in the early-1990s. The two eventually joined forces as OutKast and signed with LaFace Records.

Patton has often used his lyrics to criticize the problems that plague both the African American community and the world. An example is 2003's "War", a scathing attack on the Bush administration and the War on Terror. Another example is 2008's "Sumthin's Gotta Give" with Mary J. Blige talking about the state of America and Barack Obama.

Solo work

After four increasingly successful albums as a duo, the members of OutKast chose to make two solo albums, and release them as a double album under the OutKast name. Andre 3000 released The Love Below and Big Boi Speakerboxxx. The two albums were packaged together as Speakerboxxx/The Love Below in 2003. Speakerboxxx featured a style similar to OutKast's previous efforts, while The Love Below explored more offbeat territory, with Andre 3000 mainly singing rather than his usual rapping. One song from each album was released in September 2003 as a single.

Patton's choice was the single "The Way You Move", featuring Sleepy Brown. It was originally supported by urban radio, but then crossed over to pop charts and became almost as big a pop hit as Benjamin's "Hey Ya!". "The Way You Move" supplanted "Hey Ya!" as the #1 song on the US pop charts. The second single from Big Boi's side of the album was "Ghetto Musick", which featured both members of OutKast and a sample from Patti LaBelle's "Love, Need & Want You".

In 2007 after the sixth album under the OutKast name, Idlewild, Big Boi announced plans to release a full fledged solo album. While he had released a previous solo album in Speakerboxxx, it still was technically under the OutKast name. The album was to be titled . The album's first promotional single, "Royal Flush", was released in 2007, and featured Raekwon and Andre 3000. Over the next few years the album saw many delays, but multiple promotional and video singles were released such as "Shine Blockas" featuring Gucci Mane, "For Yo Sorrows" featuring George Clinton and Too $hort and "General Patton" featuring Big Rube. The first official single was "Shutterbugg" featuring Cutty and the second "Follow Us" featuring Vonnegutt. The album was released internationally on July 5. Guest artists include alternative urban songstress Janelle Monae; Big Boi's own new group Vonnegutt; plus established rappers T.I. and B.o.B. Sir Lucious Left Foot: The Son of Chico Dusty received general acclaim from most music critics, earning praise for its inventive sound, varied musical style, and Big Boi's lyricism.

In a July 2010 interview for The Village Voice, Big Boi revealed that he is working on the follow-up album to Sir Lucious Left Foot, entitled Daddy Fat Sax: Soul Funk Crusader, stating that he is "maybe about six songs into it". It is expected for a late-2011 release. The album's title originates from when Big Boi and Andre 3000 would visit a local White Castle in between recording/writing in their earlier years before ATLiens (1996), because of an employee known as Daddy Fat Sacks, for his habit of including multiple extra sliders in every 10-sack that they purchased, as he was a fan of their music.

Side projects

Patton and Benjamin star in Idlewild, a film about music during the Depression-era South. The film was released in August 2006. Patton also has plans in the works for a project partnering him with Sleepy Brown. He released a mixtape/compilation album, Got Purp? Vol 2, in conjunction with the Purple Ribbon All-Stars in November 2005 on Purple Ribbon Records; Aquemeni Records had become defunct after Benjamin left the company. The first single from the album was "Kryptonite", which cracked the Billboard Hot 100 and was a hit on hip-hop radio. Patton was also featured on the song "International Players Anthem (I Choose You)", which is the first single off of UGK's new album, Underground Kingz.

In 2006, Big Boi founded the Big Kidz Foundation a nonprofit organization to help youth in Atlanta.] The Foundation's mission is to provide culturally diverse experiences in the field of humanities while helping create socially-conscious youth. In January 2010, Big Boi and the Executive Director, Jennifer Shephard Lester launched the Big Kidz Foundation in Savannah, Georgia.

In 2010, Big Boi launched his custom Chuck Taylor sneakers with Converse. The shoes feature the title of his Def Jam solo album debut: "Sir Lucious Left Foot" on the left, and "Son of Chico Dusty" on the right. His Big Boi logo is featured on the tongue of the shoe.

Multidisciplinary collaborations

In 2008, Big Boi began a collaboration on a new show with the Atlanta Ballet. The show, entitled big, premiered at the Fox Theater in Atlanta April 10–13, 2008. The show was performed by Atlanta Ballet dancers, local youth and talent, as choreographed by Lauri Stallings. Music may be performed live onstage during the performance, as it was when the ballet created a live music/dance collaboration with the Indigo Girls.

Acting and personal life

Patton is married to Sherlita Patton, with whom he has two children: daughter Jordan and son Cross. Another child, a son named Bamboo, is from a previous relationship. Numerous references to the Patton family are present in Big Boi's rhymes. His younger brother James raps under the name "Lil' Brotha", and is a member of hip-hop group Konkrete, while 'Uncle Donell' was 'locked up in prison' but has now been released. His other brothers, Marcus and Jason, also make their way onto some songs as well.

His wife Sherlita Patton is also the co-owner of a clothing boutique in Atlanta, Georgia called PValentine. She co-owns the store with Tracy Valentine. The expensive brands carried by the store and the ties to Big Boi attract many music artists and other celebrities to the store. The store was featured on an episode of MTV's "My Super Sweet 16" when R&B; artist Chris Brown went for a birthday gift from Big Boi. He is also a registered pit bull breeder.

Big Boi also appeared on Nick Cannon's Wild 'n Out Season 3 as one of the many guest stars, as well as guest starring and appearing as a musical guest on Chappelle's Show performing his song "The Rooster." Besides Idlewild he is currently reaching more into acting, having appeared in T.I.'s film ATL, OutKast's film Idlewild and starring in the recently released Who's Your Caddy?.

He sometimes refers to, or credits, himself as "Daddy Fat Sacks," which is a term that refers to a drug dealer who sells large amounts of marijuana, a banker or a pimp. In such songs as "ATLiens", "Walk It Out", "I'm So Hood (remix)" and "Morris Brown" Big Boi refers to this term.

Big Boi is a playable character in the videogame.

Big Boi has officially dropped his rivalry with former employee, Killer Mike, which had gone on for 3 years.

He has recently been seen in the episode "" The episode aired November 18, 2008 and Big Boi played Hip Hop artist,"Got$ Money."

Discography

2010:

TBA: Daddy Fat Sax: Soul Funk Crusader

Filmography

2006: ''ATL– as Marcus

2006: Idlewild – as Rooster

2007: Who's Your Caddy? – as C-Note, Christopher Hawkenson

2010: - as the Preacher

Video games

2007: '' – Himself

References

http://www.youngandthefly.com/2009/09/audio-big-boi-feat-george-clinton-and.html

External links

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Name	Ali Zafar
Background	solo_singer
Birth name	Ali Zafar
Born	May 18, 1980
Origin	Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan
Instrument	Vocals, Multiple instruments
Genre	Pop, Electronic
Occupation	Singer-songwriter, musician, composer, actor, model, painter
Years active	2003–present
Spouse	Ayesha Fazli (2009–present)
Label	Fire Records
Url	www.alizafar.net
Notable instruments	Guitars, Keyboards

Ali Zafar (Urdu, }}; born May 18, 1980 in Lahore, Pakistan) also known as the Prince of Pop, is a Pakistani musician, actor, painter and model, popular in Pakistan for his music, including his hit songs like Channo, Rangeen, Chal Dil Merey, Dekha, Masty and Sajania. He started his singing career with the song Jugnuon Se Bhar Le Aanchal in the film Shararat, directed by Pakistani actress and director Samina Peerzada. He has sold more than seven million copies worldwide. Zafar made his acting debut in 2010 Indian film Tere Bin Laden by director Abhishek Sharma.

Biography

Early life and career

Zafar was born to two professors at the University of the Punjab. He initially attended the C.A.A. Public School and later moved to the Beaconhouse School System from where he topped in his matric examinations. He then went onto GC College and completed his FA. Later he graduated from the National College of Arts as a painter in 2002 with honors. Before entering the Pakistani musical scene, Zafar worked as a model for several commercial advertisement besides acting in television. He worked in the Pakistani television serial Lunda-Bazar, Kanch Ke Par and in the teenage sitcom Kollege Jeans. He was also in the music video of Preeto sung by Abrar-ul-Haq.

Music career

Zafar made his debut as a musician with the album Huqa Pani, released in Pakistan in 2003 and worldwide in 2005. The album was an instant hit, selling over 600,000 copies worldwide and winning several major awards and nominations. It also put him into the league of the most popular artists ever to have come out of Pakistan with a massive fan following locally and internationally. He was described by The Hindu as "take a Kishore Kumar-like voice, club it with yuppie Ibiza-ish electronic beats, and add a bit of nostalgic lyrics".

His comparison to Kishore Kumar was frequently made initially but with time he proved to be perhaps the most versatile singer in the modern generation with a distinct vocal tone and qualities, specially during his folk and Sufi renditions in the "Coke Studio Sessions", where he surprised his audiences with live renditions of difficult notes with much ease and ranging his singing from pop to folk to semi-classical. His new songs, namely "Allah Hu", "Yaar Dhadhi Ishq" (a cover), "Nahin Ray Nahin" and "Daastan-e-Ishq" won the hearts of millions all over the world once again and earned him a new era of fan following.

He won the award for "Best Album" category at the Lux Style Awards in 2004 for his massive hit album Huqa Pani and also the "Best Male Artist" at the 2008 MTV awards. In addition to the album's popularity being reflected in the music stores and by critics, it has been widely claimed that Himesh Reshammiya plagiarized one of the most well-known tracks from the album, Rangeen, for the song Dillagi Mein Jo. Soon Pritam too copied his track "Channo" as "Chori ki Baatein" in the film Fight Club.

Zafar launched his second album "Masty" nationwide in November 2006. He has since released four videos from the album called "Masty", "Sajania", "Dekha" and "Aasmaan". A press conference for the release of the album was held in Lahore. The album was released under the banner of Fire Records. "Masty" was released in India in February 2007. The album contained two additional remixed tracks and was launched by "FrankFinn Records".

He released his third and long awaited video of the single, "Dekha", from his second album, which was the most expensive music video of Pakistan, costing more than seven million rupees. The video was shot in Malaysia, produced by the Lux Company, and had the famous Pakistani actresses/models, Reema Khan, Meera, and Amina Haq, starring in it. Zafar also won the "Youth Icon" award in the Lux Style Awards 2007, in Malaysia.

Besides being a singer, painter, model and an actor, Zafar has also produced and directed his music video Ek Pal from his first album Huqa Pani. His song "Dekha" of his album Masty was part of the soundtrack of American film which was released on September 24, 2010. He is the fourth Pakistani artist after Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan, Strings and Atif Aslam to have their song(s) featured in an American film.

In August 2010, Ali Zafar announced that he is working on his third album titled Jhoom, which he hopes to release at the end of November. The album will consist of him doing a duet with singer, Ahmed Jahanzeb. The music video of Jhoom will be directed by an Indian music video director and will be filmed in India.

Acting career

Zafar made his debut in Indian director Abhishek Sharma's comedy film, Tere Bin Laden, which was a success both critically and commercially. The film released worldwide on July 16, 2010. According to several reports, Zafar will appear in his second Indian film, directed and written by Ali Abbas Zafar and produced by Aditya Chopra of the Yashraj Films. The film will also star Imran Khan and Katrina Kaif. On March 7, 2010, he became a father to a baby boy, who he named Azaan Zafar.

Filmography

Actor

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Discography

Albums

Huqa Pani (Released on November 21, 2003)

Masty (Released on December 1, 2006)

Jhoom (To release on February 14, 2011)

Notable songs

"Channo"

"Huqa Pani"

"Rangeen"

"Chal Dil Merey"

"Jugnuon Se Bhar Le Aanchal"

"Dekha"

"Aag"

"Sajania"

"Aasmaan"

"Masty"

Single(s)

* Those For Truth

Awards

Indus Music Awards 2005 - Best Pop Artist.

Asian Bollywood Music Awards 2005 - Best Pop Music Album in Pakistan Huqa Pani.

Indus Music Awards 2004 - The Best Album Huqa Pani.

Indus Music Awards 2004 - The Best Debut Artist.

Lux Style Awards 2004 - Best Music Album Huqa Pani.

Lux Style Awards 2007 - The Youth Icon Award.

MTV Style Awards 2008 - Most Stylish Artist

MTV Style Awards 2009 - Best Male Singer

See also

Music of Pakistan

History of Pakistani pop music

References

External links

AliZafar.net - Official Website

Ali Zafar - Interview

Ali Zafar's Raw Magazine Interview

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