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Rusko

Christopher Mercer, aka Rusko was born in Leeds in 1985 to a musical family. From day dot Rusko was surrounded by music whether it be his families piano’s, guitars, banjo’s and saxophones…or in his later years the heavy reggae and dub sound systems of Leeds, music has always been an integral part of Rusko’s life. After graduating from Leeds university with a degree in musical performance, Rusko discovered the world of dubstep through SUB DUB and a debut appearance from the “Digital Mystikz”, having spent the past 10 years making future dub alongside Leeds very own Iration Steppas...

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Emalkay

With initial support in the form of grime veteran Plastician, “Birmingham’s finest” Emalkay gained the attention of South London based label Boka Records with the warped, future bass drones and epic strings of Gut Feeling. Continuing the success, Testing The Waters EP was released in October 2006 followed by Monsters in June 2007. The revolutionary sound of Mecha, released in the fall of 2007, gained Emalkay support from the likes of Radio 1 DJ Mary Anne Hobbs and breakbeat pioneer FreQ Nasty, as well as many of the leading figures of the current dubstep scene.

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Bossman

Bossman, born Travis Holifield, is a rapper from Baltimore, MD. In Early August 2007, Bossman left Virgin Records right after their deal with Capital Records, Bossman signed a $2.5 million-plus deal with Sony Records under the Sony Urban Music label, later after he signed, Bossman announced that his long awaited major debut album version of this 2004 Baltimore Underground album "Law & Order" will be officially released in Mid December 2007. While He's got his fans getting ready for his album, he released a Pre-album CD entitled End Of Discussion which is only found in Baltimore stores only.

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Dizzee Rascal

Dylan Mills, known professionally as Dizzee Rascal (born November 1, 1985), is a solo artist, formerly a Roll Deep crew member, who emerged from the UK Garage music scene. His music is a blend of garage MCing, conventional rap, grime and ragga, with some more eclectic samples. Dizzee began MCing on pirate radio and at raves at fifteen, but since his mainstream success he has distanced himself from the fledgling scene.

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Neeko

There is more than one artist with this name:
1) (Japanese) NEEKO (ニーコ, Real Name Nishihagi Isuzu (西萩五十鈴)) is a Japanese Fashion Model and Voice Actress (Seiyuu). She cast in the TV Anime "Katekyo Hitman Reborn! (家庭教師ヒットマン REBORN!)" is Reborn. (Homepage : http://www.neeko21.com/) 2) Philadelphia hip-hop artist 3) Like the cutezst person evaaaarh !
Epic cover-artist from Copenhagen.

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Lunar C

Lunar C (Born Jake Brook) is a Bradford, UK rapper whose witty, intelligent bars and sense of comic timing have earned him a reputation in the battle scene. With an undefeated record in the Don't Flop Championships, the UK's largest and most well-known battle-rap contest, and several well produced tracks under his belt, Lunar looks set to be an up-and-coming thing in the UK underground Hip Hop scene.

Lunar C on Last.fm.

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