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East

Five artists by this name: 1) Olivier Kponton better known under his stage name East was a french rapper born in 1969 and died February 3 of 1996 because of a motorcycle accident. He was born in the Parisian region of France and spent his childhood and youth there. He started his music career by working with famous french rap groups Alliance Ethnik and I AM. He is the co-founder of the label "Double H" along with his friend rapper DJ Cut Killer.

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Orelsan

Orelsan is the stage name of Aurélien Cotentin (born August 1, 1982), a French hip hop and rap artist. English speaking media have reported on a controversy involving his work being censored due to protests from feminists. Orelsan has been called the "French Eminem" because of his lyrics.

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Tandem

Tandem is a rap group originally from Aubervilliers (the city of Maladrerie) in Seine-Saint-Denis, France. It comprises Mac Tyer (aka Socrates Petnga) born in 1979 in Aubervilliers and Mac Kregor (aka Warrior Makenzy) born in Saint-Denis in 1979. Discography * 2001 The first EP arrives in September. This mini album of 9 tracks marks its territory by its dark instrumentals and raw lyrics. * 2004

Read more about Tandem on Last.fm.

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Cut Killer

Cut Killer is the French's answer to Funkmaster Flex. He has helped bring French Hip-Hop to a bigger audience and seems to have performed collaborations with French's best, Supreme NTM, Shurik'n, Fonk Family etc. His mixing style is a cut upbeat hip-hop, funk, soul break set which has great rhythm. Cut Killers was first heard by many when he had a brief part playing a mix out of the window on French Film "La Haine" (KRS 1 Sound of Da Police with Edith Piaf - Je ne regrette rien) More recently he has been collaborating with DJ Abdul to create more R+B style mix CDs.

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1995

There are multiple artists with this name: 1) Pronounced "Un-Double Neuf-Cinq" (One double nine Five). A French hip-hop group from the Paris Suburb (Montrouge 92). Composed of 6 members: Nekfeu (or Fennek), Alpha Wann (or Phaal), Sneazzy, areno Jaz, Fonky Flav' and Dj Lo. It is part of the collective "L'Entourage". 2) 1995 are a Darkwave Pop band from Auckland, New Zealand, consisting of 5 members; Adrian Bird (Guitar/BV), Matt Offord (Vocals/Keys), Dave Provan (Guitar), Jordan Puryer (Drums/BV) and Chris Washer (Bass). Formed in Auckland, 2007.

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Ali

Ali is the name of at least three recording artists. 1) Ali (born Alistair Tennant in East London in 1973) s a British Soul/Neo-Soul/R&B singer. He is well-known as a songwriter and studio vocalist, having co-written and sung backing vocals on songs from the likes of U.K. reggae-pop star Maxi Priest, bubblegum divas All Saints (he wrote their hit "I Don't Wanna Be Alone"), boy band equivalent Westlife, and the Lou Pearlman project O-Town.

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