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The Coup

The Coup is a political hip hop group based in Oakland, California. It formed as a three-member group in 1992 with rappers (Raymond) Boots Riley and E-Roc along with DJ Pam the Funkstress. E-Roc left on amicable terms after the group's second album, but appears on the track "Breathing Apparatus" on The Coup's third album, Steal This Album. The group is now a duo. The Coup, part of the sub-genre of political hip hop, is politically radical and Marxist in their music, and align themselves with other radical hip-hop groups like dead prez.

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Peter Lewis

Peter Lewis (born July 15, 1945) is one of the founding members of the band Moby Grape. Three of his better known songs with Moby Grape are "Fall On You" and "Sitting by the Window" from the self-titled first Moby Grape album and "If You Can't Learn From My Mistakes", from Moby Grape '69. Peter Lewis is one of two sons of actress Loretta Young (d. 2000) and writer-producer Tom Lewis (d. 1988), and accordingly spent much of his childhood in Hollywood. His older brother, Christopher Lewis (b. 1944), is a writer and producer of films primarily for television.

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HoopLa

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Bailey

There are a several artists with the name "Bailey". These include: A male/female electronic duo who released their debut album "+" in the summer of 2006. The songs were written by Nathan Hanley in his late teens and later performed with Jessica Evans who contributed vocals and keyboards.
Their album was recorded and produced by Brett Sanderson of Headlights. A London based three piece rock/pop band.

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Chunk

Chunk is a gangsta rap artist from California in the early/mid 90s. Chunk were also an early 90s guitar band releasing the Chunk EP in 1991

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Maniac

Maniac is known to be the name of six musical artists:
1. A new project of The Matches frontman Shawn Harris and Something With Numbers frontman Jake Grigg. Formed in 2009 under the name Maniac, they currently have a blog for posting song clips of their covers of the current Billboard Hot 100 number one single. They have so far covered "I Gotta Feeling" by the Black Eyed Peas and are set to release their debut album in 2010. Their debut album, Mania, can be previewed and purchased from their official website at http://maniacmania.com/

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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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Lyrics Born

Lyrics Born (a.k.a. Asia Born) is Tom Shimura (b. 1972), originally from Berkeley, California, though through his childhood he lived in Tokyo, Japan, and Salt Lake City, Utah. He began his hip hop career while at college at UC Davis, where he was a DJ at the college station KDVS. He is a founding member of the group of artists known as Quannum Projects. He is also one half of the group Latyrx with fellow MC Lateef The Truth Speaker.

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Big Tone

Big Tone is hip-hop. Big Tone is soul. Big Tone is an expression of music, fashion, lifestyle, and culture of Urban America, as seen through the eyes of Anthony Jackson. After years of rhyming and collaborating with some of music's most prominent talents including Jay Dilla, Dwele, Slum Village, Ta'raach, Blu, Amp Fiddler, The Juggaknots, Carl Craig, Waajeed and more, Anthony Jackson is focused on pushing Big Tone to the forefront of today's music world.

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