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Hoodie Allen

Make every word count. This has long been the mantra of Hoodie Allen, the New York based rapper and songwriter. With a penchant for candid storytelling and witty punchlines, Hoodie has always been an emcee who understood the importance of connecting with the audience through his lyrics. A purveyor of summertime anthems, Hoodie Allen has gained notable buzz on the internet for his unique genre-blending style, unafraid to sample from unconventional sources.

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Rover

There are at least two artists named Rover: 1. Rover is the pseudonym of French musician and songwriter, Timothée Regnier, formerly of Haussmann Tree and Franco-Lebanese punk outfit The New Government. An actor, guitarist and singer, he adopted the pseudonym for his self-titled debut solo album released in February 2012 2. Rover is a Norwegian rock band from Asker, outside of Oslo. The band formed in 2003 by vocalist/guitarist Troll, lead guitarist Silver and pianist Johnny Rude; it expanded the following year to include drummer Bjorn Bommen and bassist Andy Scav.

Read more about Rover on Last.fm.

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Skuff & Inja

As members of the mighty Delegates Of Culture crew and solo artists in their own right, with numerous releases already under their belts, Cambridge based emcee's Skuff & Inja now join forces to unleash a barrage of superior Hip Hop onto the masses.

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Subtle

Subtle is a music group consisting of artists, producers, rappers, instrumentalists Adam 'Doseone' Drucker, Jeff 'Jel' Logan, Dax Pierson, Marty Dowers, Jordan Dalrymple and Alexander Kort. Although both Adam and Jeff are founding and continuing members of the Anticon music collective, Subtle is not on the Anticon roster. Subtle started as an Oakland, California based band in 2001. While considered by the artists to be "genreless", Subtle has close ties to the and music scene. Alexander Kort has released CDs on anticon's official web store run by astropitch.

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Skitz

Skitz is a DJ, producer and recording artist releasing hip hop records. He co-presented the Original Fever show with Rodney P on BBC 1Xtra radio station until 2007. His first full length album, Countryman, was released in 2001. His latest is the 2010 release Sticksman which was accompanied by a remixed version entitled Remicksman. He has also released a number of mix CDs including Badmeaningood and the Homegrown series as well as countless singles.

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Fergie

This artist refers to a) the Black Eyed Peas and solo artist Stacy Ann Ferguson and b) Robert Ferguson, a northern Irish electro and breaks DJ. A) Stacy Ann Ferguson is known best for being the female singer in the hip-hop group Black Eyed Peas which she joined in 2003.
Her first solo album The Dutchess came out in the Summer of 2006. Her first single was London Bridge which was followed up by Fergalicious enjoying huge success.

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President T

President T is a UK Grime artist, and a former member of Meridian Crew along with Skepta, JME, Big H, Pablo, Bossman Birdie, Dan and Lieutenant. The former Meridian Crew member now makes music as part of the Bloodline Fam collective. President T was working on a mixtape called 'Back Inna My Face' which was due to be released in March 2007 until Pres T took a break from the Grime scene, and so the mixtape was never released.

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Rihana

Rihanna(born Robyn Rihanna Fenty on February 20, 1988) is a Barbadian singer with musical influnces from pop,R&B,reggae,dancehall,and dance.Rihanna became known around the world with chart hits such as "Pon de Replay","SOS","Unfaithful","Break it off2,and more recently with"Umberella"and"Shut Up and Drive.Rihanna was born in Saint Michael, Barbados to Ronald and Monica Fenty. Her mother is a Guyanese of Barbadian origin and her father is Barbadian.

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