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Marshall Bruce Mathers III (born October 17, 1972), better known by his stage name Eminem/Slim Shady is an American rapper and record producer. Eminem learned his trade while growing up in Detroit, United States, and quickly gained popularity in 1999 with his major-label album, The Slim Shady LP, which won a Grammy Award for Best Rap Album. The following album, The Marshall Mathers LP, became the fastest-selling solo album in the United States history. The Marshall Mathers LP and his third album, The Eminem Show, also won Grammy Awards, making Eminem the first artist to win Best Rap Album for...

Kanye Omari West (born June 8, 1977 in Atlanta, Georgia) is a Grammy award winning rapper, producer, author, designer and singer. He began making beats and rapping in the early 90s in Chicago, IL, United States when he formed the rap group Go Getters with Chicago natives GLC and Really Doe. He later gained nationwide popularity in New York when he began producing tracks for artists such as Jay-Z, Twista, Mase, Talib Kweli and Alicia Keys. West’s style of production often utilizes pitched-up vocal samples, usually from soul songs, with his own drums and instruments. The first major label song...

Nick Drake (Nicholas Rodney Drake, Rangoon, Burma, June 19, 1948 - Tanworth-in-Arden, England, November 25, 1974) was an English folk singer known for his gentle, enigmatic songs and his virtuoso right-hand finger picking technique. Although he recorded only three albums, critics and fellow musicians hold his work in very high esteem. Drake failed to find a wide audience during his lifetime, and had a strong aversion to performing. Since his death, however, Drake's music has gained a significant cult following. Drake's father worked as an engineer. Although he was born in Rangoon, Burma, Nick's family moved back to England soon...

A songwriter for a father, a pentecostal church upbringing and the constant moving from place to place – all are elements Jamie has sealed into her unique brand of folk, singer songwriter music. What is most apparent to anyone who hears or sees her play beyond her incredibly unique voice; is her heart. She shares something real about her life in her songs – a little bit of the heartache she’s experienced – and gives you hope that you can get through it. If she can, so can you. Jamie’s span of influences are primarily drawn from male singer songwriters...

Sunday, May 17, 2009 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- LOST SOUL The Next Teen Heart-Throb In April 1969, record industry organs scrambled to find enough superlatives for a new single, "Let's Play House," released on the New York City-based Musicor label. Billboard shown its Special Merit Spotlight on the platter, trumpeting it as a "strong vocal workout on an equally strong and driving blues ballad that should make quite a dent in both the pop and R&B charts." Cashbox raved that the "sparkling ballad opens strong and maintains the narrative impact all the way through." Four stars were awarded by Record World, which went...