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Immortal Technique

Felipe Andres Coronel (born February 19, 1978), better known by the stage name Immortal Technique, is a Peruvian rapper, and an urban activist. He was born in Lima, Peru and raised in Harlem, New York. Most of his lyrics focus on controversial issues in global politics. The views expressed in his lyrics are largely a mixture of socialist commentary on issues such as class hierarchy, poverty, religion, government and institutional racism.

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Joyce Sims

Joyce Sims (born August 6, 1959 in Rochester, New York) is an American singer, composer and pianist. Known for her 80s club anthems, her biggest hit was the soul/dance ballad, "Come Into My Life", which was a worldwide top ten hit in early 1988. Her debut album was largely mixed and produced by Kurtis Mantronik of hip hop crew Mantronix. Sims wrote every song on the album except "Love Makes A Woman." She followed the album with the single "Who's Crying Now" on Warlock Records in 1994. She continued to tour.

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Starving Weirdos

Starving Weirdos are from northern California's lost coast, a sleepy hamlet surrounded by five hours of wilderness in all directions. They are a wild and desperate style music band. They dig on the quiet and natural beauty that defines their environs and try to carry the same spirit of dignity mixed with brute force and docile felicity as it appears to them daily. No discord and no harmony.

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Xena

Xena was actually grammy award winning vocalist Lisa Fischer(How do I ease the pain") with the production boys Mark Liggett & Chris Barbosa who are also responsible for Shannon's "Let the Music Play".

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India

There at least two artist by the name of India, one from the United States and one from the United Kingdom. 1) A highly-emotive approach to Latin music has led to Puerto Rico-born and Bronx, New York-raised La India (born: Linda Viera Caballero) being dubbed, "The Princess of Salsa." Her 1994 album, Dicen Que Soy, spent months on the Latin charts. While known for her Salsa recordings, India started out recording Freestyle w/ her debut album Breaking Night in 1990 as well as lending her vocals to many house classics.

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Chronicles of Graham

The Graham (C.O.G) was formed in 2009, with the first track – I’ve got something for you! laid down in Aug 2009 by Trikboi and Mr Icus. What’s it all about?
The Graham is all about fun, comedy, weirdness, sex and randomness.
The band a mix of different types of music , an eclectic mix of people.
The focus of the band is creating a blend of music from a range of genres.
Musical influences – “Everything thing from classical to cheesy pop, to heavy Dubstep, Dancehall and Metal. The Graham is like a box of chocolates – You never know what you’re gonna get.” It’s all about the Graham.

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Freestyle

There is more than one artist with the name Freestyle: 1. One of the most prolific and influential of the '80s electro artists, Miami-based producer Tony Butler recorded a string of popular club tracks on Power/Jam Packed and his own Music Specialist label in the mid-'80s, helping build the electro legacy that would give birth to Miami-style bass music and freestyle (named after Butler's primary pseudonym), as well as influence '90s post-techno artists such as Autechre and Biochip C.

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Skillz

Skillz (formerly Mad Skillz, born Donnie Shaquan Lewis in Richmond, Virginia) is an African-American rapper. Known as a talented freestyle rapper, Skillz has not received widespread acclaim outside of the community, but within it is considered one of its best performers. He first made a name for himself by finishing in second place in a national freestyle competition in 1995, which resulted in a recording contract with Atlantic Records. Skillz' Atlantic debut, From Where???, and its single, The Nod Factor, were released in 1996, but sank without a trace.

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