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Numskull

There are a number of artists by this name: 1. Numskull (Garrick Demond Husbands) born 31. January 1971 in Oakland, California. He is half of the Oakland duo The Luniz. At 18 years old he got his first big break in the industry, by appearing on Dru Down's Fools From the Streets LP. A video was shot for the anthem "Ice Cream Man", and the result was a major deal with Sony for Dru Down and a major deal with Virgin for the Luniz.

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Natalie Portman

Natalie Portman (Hebrew: נטלי פורטמן‎; born June 9, 1981) is an Academy Award winning Israeli-American actress. Portman began her career in the early 1990s, turning down the opportunity to become a child model in favor of acting. Her first role came in the 1994 independent film Leon: The Professional, however her breakout role did not come until she was cast as Padmé Amidala in the Star Wars prequel trilogy.[1]

Natalie Portman on Last.fm.

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Saigon

There are three artists with this name: 1) An African-American Rapper
2) A Post-Punk band from Leamington Spa
3) A Swedish heavy metal band 1) Saigon (born Brian Carenard, 1978) is an African-American rapper. Born in Newburgh, New York, He spent his upbringing moving between immediate and extended family members in Spring Valley, New York and Brooklyn as well as parts of New Jersey and Virginia.

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Frisco

Javan "Frisco" Morgan (born December 30, 1982) is a musician and song writer based in North London. He is a member of Boy Better Know and is commonly affiliated with TMT (which consist of Cell 22, Presto & Danny B). Frisco is mainly known for his appearance in the "Private Caller" video which was produced by Skepta in 2003. Since then, Frisco released his first mixtape, (and was the first Grime associated artist to do so) Murda Music Volume 1, followed shortly by volume 2.

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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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The Cut

The Cut was a norwegian New Wave band, who had success in Norway and Germany in the early 80's. Their album from 1981 "Shadow Talks" sold to silver in Norway, and they had a minor hit in Norway and Germany with "In dieser Stad".
The band members were:
Don Buchanan: guitars, Torgrim Eggen: bass guitars, HC "Kikkan" Fossum: keyboards , Atle Gundersen: guitars, Arne Lund: drums, Volker Zibell: vocals.
Other members: Ivar Eidem, Rune Annaniassen, Anders Sevaldson, G

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Chronik

This page represents two artists: 1)Giorgos Papadopoulos (Minimalist artist from Athens and Berlin)
2)British grime artist and member of Slew Dem
1) Chronik (Giorgos Papadopoulos) was born in Athens in 1974. His relationship with music started working as a radio producer for jazzfm in the early 90s’ and as a columnist for various music magazines. He began creating music about 5 years ago and today his focus is on minimal ambient based mainly on piano, characterized by cinematography, melancholy, scattered notes and long melodies that form expressive engagements.

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RBX

Eric Dwayne Collins, better known by his stage name RBX (standing for "Reality Born Unknown"), is a rapper and R&B singer from Long Beach, California. Contrary to popular belief, Collins is not related to funk legend Bootsy Collins, although the two are close friends RBX joined Death Row in 1992 with his cousins Snoop Dogg and Daz Dillinger of The Dogg Pound. After a noteworthy appearance on Dr. Dre's The Chronic, he made cameos on various Death Row Records releases

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