Archive for the ‘Rap’ Category

Mary J. Blige has sold more than forty eight million albums worldwide, received over twenty-six Grammy Award nominations, winning ten, and has been awarded the World Music Legends Award for combining hip hop and soul together. Mary J. Blige is a spokesperson and investor for Carol's Daughter beauty products. Albums: * What's the 411? (1992) * My ... Full story

Nick Cannon is an American actor, rapper and television personality. On television, Cannon hosted comedy sketch shows The Nick Cannon Show and Wild N' Out. He acted in the films Drumline, Love Don't Cost a Thing, and Roll Bounce. As a rapper, he released a self-titled debut album in 2003 with the hit single ... Full story

Lloyd Banks, is an American rapper and member of the rap group G-Unit. G-Unit was founded when childhood friends, Lloyd Banks, 50 Cent, and Tony Yayo decided to make a group with each other. Lloyd Banks released his solo debut album The Hunger for More in June 2004. The first single was the summer ... Full story

ICE T (Tracy Marrow)  is credited with helping to pioneer gangsta rap, a sub-genre of hip hop music, in the late 1980s. As an actor, he is perhaps best known for his portrayal of NYPD Detective Odafin "Fin" Tutuola on the NBC police drama Law & Order: Special Victims Unit. After leaving the Army, ... Full story

The Fat Boys emerged in the early 1980s, and regarded as a seminal part of early rap music recording history. Original members: Mark Morales a.k.a. "Prince Markie Dee", Damon Wimbley a.k.a. "Kool Rock-Ski", Darren Robinson a.k.a. "Buff Love" a.k.a. "The Human Beat Box".  The group's popularity ballooned by the '90s, and Prince Markie Dee ... Full story

Bow Wow  is an American rapper, actor, and music producer. He released his debut album Beware of Dog at age 13, then under the stage name Lil' Bow Wow, which he carried until his 2003 album Unleashed, under simply Bow Wow. Three more albums followed, Wanted in 2005, The Price of Fame in 2006 ... Full story

Kanye West released his debut album The College Dropout in 2004, his second album Late Registration in 2005, his third album Graduation in 2007, and his fourth album 808s & Heartbreak in 2008. Kanye West runs his own record label GOOD Music. Kanye West first gained fame by producing for Roc-A-Fella Records, where he eventually achieved recognition for his work on Jay-Z's classic ... Full story

Eminem gained popularity with the debut album "The Slim Shady LP" in 1999. Eminem's second album, The Marshall Mathers LP, became the fastest-selling hip hop album in history. With the third album, The Eminem Show, Eminem won the Academy Award for Best Original Song for a song in the film 8 Mile, in which ... Full story

Lil' Kim, first became known with the song "Lady Marmalade",  recorded with Christina Aguilera, Pink, & Mýa.  Other Albums and singles include:  Hard Core - "No Time",  a duet with "P. Diddy",  and  "Crush on You". La Bella Mafia - "The Jump Off", and "Can't Hold Us Down", from Aguilera's album Stripped. The Naked ... Full story

Soulja Boy Tell 'Em, or simply Soulja Boy, became known with his single "Crank That (Soulja Boy)", and albums Souljaboytellem.com and iSouljaBoyTellem with the hits "Bird Walk" and "Kiss Me Thru the Phone".  On August 12, 2007, the song appeared on the Emmy-award winning HBO series Entourage, and by September 1, "Crank That (Soulja ... Full story