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Three artists named "Yogi": 1. UK hip-hop musician 2. The former Buckcherry and Wallflowers musician has a curriculum vitae which reads like an encyclopedia of musical legends sharing the stage with artists including Fuel, Third Eye Blind, Ron Sexsmith, Kid Rock, Bonnie Raitt, Axl Rose, Slash, Sarah Mclachlan, Anastacia and Meredith Brooks. He was also honored to play with Jimi Hendrix's own Mitch Mitchell and Billy Cox at the Rock n' Roll Hall of Fame opening of the Jimi Hendrix exhibit. Touring with rock icons The Rolling Stones, Aerosmith, AC/DC, KISS, Lenny Kravitz and Korn are a mere few included...

Harry Stewart (October 21, 1908 – May 20, 1956) was an American comedian and singer, who often performed as Yogi Yorgesson, a comically exaggerated Swedish-American. Stewart was born in Tacoma, Washington to parents Hans and Elise Skarbo who had immigrated to the U.S. from Norway. After his mother's death, he was adopted by the Stewart family. In 1927, Stewart was given the job of announcer, weather reporter, news man and banjo player on KVI, a radio station recently started in Tacoma, Washington. Stewart developed the fictional character of Yogi Yorgesson while appearing on the Al Pearce radio show from 1934...

MC YOGI (aka Nicholas Giacomini) grew up in Northern California, painting graffiti & listening to hip hop music. He spent most of his high school years at a group home for at-risk boys where, inspired by artists like the Beastie Boys & Run DMC, he began writing and performing his own raps for friends at house parties. Hip hop culture provided both a soundtrack and a creative outlet during MC YOGI’s turbulent teenage years. At age 18, on a whim, he joined his father for a yoga and meditation intensive with a famous spiritual teacher from India. Deeply moved by...