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Nelly

Cornell Iral Haynes, Jr. (born November 2, 1974 in St. Louis, Missouri), better known by his stage name Nelly, is an American rapper, singer, actor and entrepreneur signed to Universal and Derrty Records. He has been active since 1993 as a bandmate of the rap group St. Lunatics, and became a hip-hop superstar after the success of his solo release, Country Grammar, in 2000. The album peaked at #1 on the Billboard 200, spawned multiple chart toppers and won three Grammy awards.

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Pharoah

Pharoah played the role of the east coast’s tonic to the masses for the over saturated 1980’s L.A. Glam Scene. Pharoah was best known for their outrageous stage antics, half blond and half black hairdo's and beat-conscious rock ‘n’ roll. Armed with their self-indoctrinated credo “Sex, Glam, Gloom” the band would dominate the tri-state area’s music scene during the 1980’s.

With Pharoah being on everybody’s “A” list for record executive parties, (including guests like Paul Schaeffer...

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Wish Bone

There are two artists by this name. The first is Wish Bone (born Charles C. Scruggs Jr., on February 17, 1975 in Cleveland, Ohio), an American rapper and member of Bone Thugs-n-Harmony. Also known as Straight jacket and Big Wish. The second is a pop rock band from Brisbane, Australia.

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Foxx

There are at least three artists by the same name: 1. A rapper from Baton Rouge, LA. Signed to Trill Entertainment, the label fronted by Webbie and Lil Boosie. “Wipe Me Down is a movement,” says Foxx who notes himself as the ‘last to sign, but the first of his kind’. “This is some different shit for Trill but we bringin’ all kinds of shit from under the table. We hit-makers and that’s the bottom line.”

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LE1F

le1f or LE1F, aka Khalif Diouf, is a New-York-based rapper and DJ. He attended Wesleyan University along with Das Racist and made the beat for their breakout hit Combination Pizza Hut and Taco Bell. He is a significant figure in New York's queer rap scene. After releasing a single, "Mind Body", his debut mixtape, Dark York, was released on April 15th, 2012 on Himanshu Suri's Greedhead Music. His mixtape can be downloaded through his soundcloud, http://soundcloud.com/le1f

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Point Blank

There are multiple artists with this name:
1. An American rock band
2. An American rapper
3. A Macedonian nu metal/hardcore band
4. A Canadian hip hop group
5. A Chinese oi! band
6. An alias of Belgian techno producer Jeroen Verheij
7. A hardcore band
8. An American alternative rock band
9. An Australian rock band
10. An American southern punkrock band.
11. Point Blank (Actually Point.Blank) is a Belgian Dubstep duo formed by 'Vyron' and 'Matar'
12. An Århus-based danish rap group
13. Melodic punk-rock band from South Central, New Jersey

Famous

There is more than one artist of this name.

1.San Antonio,Texas Rapper Signed To Chamillitary Ent.
Formerly Of 3rd Degree (Famous,Mark G, Liveola & Kyle Lee) 2. Toronto emcee rapper FAMOUS 3. Australian rock band
Although starting later than most of the other Australian post-punk bands, their members included many people who had been in earlier bands plus the next wave of fan-musicians from Newcastle NSW.

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Mr. Vegas

He catapulted to the top of the Jamaican charts in 1997 with the dancehall boomshots "Heads High" and "Nike Air", his distinctive vocals fusing melodious singing with precision deejaying (rapping). Since then he has built an international fan base with hit singles like "Pull Up", "Tamale" and "Hot Gal Today" but it is on his latest CD "Constant Spring" that Mr. Vegas' spectacular sing-jay approach and cleverly crafted lyrics dazzle with the intensity of an evening in, well, Las Vegas.

Flo Rida

Tramar Dillard (born December 16, 1979), better known by his stage name Flo Rida, is an American rapper. As a teenager, he toured with local rap group 2 Live Crew.Later, he appeared in numerous popular rap mixtapes and studio albums, most notably in We the Best in 2006. Mail on Sunday was Flo Rida's solo debut album; its lead single "Low", featuring T-Pain which was a #1 hit for ten weeks in early 2008.Two other singles resulted from Mail on Sunday: "Elevator" and "In the Ayer".

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Killer Mike

Michael Render, better known by his stage name Killer Mike (born April 20, 1975) is an American rapper, signed to Grind Time Official through the SMC/Fontana Distribution. He made his debut appearance on "Snappin' and Trappin'" on OutKast's 2000 LP Stankonia, and also appeared on the Grammy-winning song, "The Whole World", the single from OutKast's greatest hits album Big Boi and Dre Present...OutKast. He was featured in the movies 20 Funerals, Idlewild, and ATL.

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