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Porno

There are at least four artists with this name, a Swedish rapper (1), a house DJ (2), a punk band from Siegerland, Germany (P.O.R.N.O.) and indie band from Kostroma, Russia. (1) Porno (real name Pierre Toftgård) is a Swedish rapper who lives in both Norrtälje, Sweden and York, UK. He has managed to make a name for himself both in Sweden and abroad. This he has achieved by always releasing new material (often for free download) and participating in Sweden's biggest rap-battles years in a row.

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STUCKEY & MURRAY

Jon Murray and Andy Stuckey are a left-handed comedy duo from New York. As performers, Stuckey & Murray have been featured on E!, VH1, The Discovery Channel, NBC, Fuse, G4, and The College Sports Network. Stuckey has diabeetus.

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POB

Pob, real name Paul Brogden, is an electronic music producer. He has performed remixes for artists such as Sasha and Slacker as well as releasing many singles of his own on Platipus Records including the singles "Waah!" and "The Essence", both of which were featured on his album Essence. Paul Brogden has two obsessions. Music and Sound. At age 6 he surprised his parents when he sat down at an old piano and started picking out tunes he'd heard on the radio having never played before (they immediately sent him to piano lessons).

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Diggy Simmons

Daniel “Diggy” Simmons, III born March 21, 1995 is the second son and fourth oldest in the growing Simmons family. Diggy is starting his own clothing and shoe line originally called “Space Age” but changed due to legal reasons to “Space Cadet” and is currently called "Chivalrous Culture", starting in 2009, along with his mentor Pharrell Williams. Diggy for the most part of 2009 has also been working on his new mixtape FIRST FLIGHT. With help from producer Neako and DJ Spin King. Some of his influences as stated on his blog include Pharrell Williams, Kanye West, Jay-Z and Lupe Fiasco

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Maybach Music Group

Maybach Music Group is a record label founded by rapper Rick Ross, currently distributed by Warner Bros. Records, which took over distribution following the expiration of a deal with Def Jam Recordings. Maybach Music Group released its first album in 2009 being Rick Ross's Deeper Than Rap after the release Rick Ross focused more on signing artists to his label then discovered Masspike Miles and Triple C's .

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M.O.P.

M.O.P., short for Mash-Out Posse, is an American hip hop group. Comprised of rappers Lil' Fame aka Fizzy Womack and Billy Danze, the group is best known for frenetic singles such as 2000's "Ante Up". Throughout their whole career MOP deliver the most hard, vicious and violent music hip hop could ever offer. They struck out in 1994 with "To The Death", a dark, slow and raging LP that was fully produced by DR Period and featured one of the biggest hardcore rap anthems of the nineties, "How About Some Hardcore"...

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Slickmouth

Slickmouth was born in London before moving to Nigeria and then on to Los Angeles where he spent most of his teenage years. He is now living back in London, writing, creating and perfecting his style over the last three years. This is maybe the secret to his music, as it is also well traveled and has that international worldwide appeal. The Slickmouth sound is something unique, something refreshing and above all it’s entertaining as twists up soulful grooves with poetically soothing lyrics, while always being exciting and forward-thinking in his approach.

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