Music Artist
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Background
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Dr.Dre
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Dr.Dre has made himself Hip Hop history. In 1985 he
started a group called N.W.A. This group included: Ice Cube, Mc Ren,
Eazy-E, and Yella. They continued making hits, such as, "Straight out
of Compton." It is there that Dr.Dre discovered his new producing
talent. The group
slowly seperated after the Death of Eazy-E. He died from the HIV
AIDS. Dr.Dre
kept his head up and signed to Death Row Records. In 1994 he joined
with
friends Tupac and Snoop Dogg. They were controlled by Death Row
Producer
Suge Knight. In 1995 Tupac and Dr.Dre had conflicts. So in 1996 he
resigned
from Death Row Records. A few months later Tupac died. In 1998 Dr.Dre
started
his own record label called Aftermath Records. He then released Dr.Dre
2001. He found artists such as Eminem, Truth Hurts, and Rakim.
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Eminem
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Eminem a Hip Hop legend, had a difficult childhood. As
a child Eminem was taught something that was not true. His parents
would tell him that he was crazy. At the age of 17 he started
rapping underground. He was influenced because he lived in a black
neighbor hood. He lived in Detroit. He was found by Legendary producer:
Dr.Dre. After joining the aftermath , he released his own album: Slim
Shady LP. Unlike his second album the Slim Shady LP was not too
successful. His second album, Marshal Mathers was very successful. It
featured great West Coast rappers as Snoop Dogg, Dr.Dre, Xzibit and
Nate Dogg. His hit songs were "The Real Slim Shady", and "I'm."
After gaining enough money, he started his own record label
called "Shady Records." There he found artists like the D12, Obie Trice
and 50 Cent. In 2001 he released his latest album "Eminem Show."
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P.Diddy
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P.Diddy has made himself a Hip Hop businessman from
all the way back, when he was known as Puff Daddy. In 1993 Puff Daddy
started his own record label. It was called "Bad Boys." Bad Boys
included artist like Mary J. Blidge, Mase and the Notorious Biggie
Smalls. Ignoring the conflict between Bad Boys and West Coast Record
label Deathrow, Bad Boys records were the kings of East Coast Hip Hop.
With Biggie's Lyrics and Puff Daddy's producing, they were on there way
to the top. Sadly Biggie Smalls (Christopher Wallace) was murdered in
Los Angeles, 1997. This gave a down hill to the label, but still did
not stop Puff Daddy from laying down tracks. In 1999 Puff
Daddy followed his heart and fell in love with Music
artist/actress Jennifer Lopez. The couple was happy until
late 2000 early 2001. One day Puff Daddy, Jennifer Lopez and
Shyne went to a club in New York. Something went wrong and gun
shots went off. Puff Daddy, Shyne, and Jenifer Lopez went to
trial. Luckily Jenifer and Puff Daddy were relesed. But unlucky
for Shyne. He got 3 years in prison. Because of this, Puff Daddy
changed his name to P.Diddy. He did not want to be known as Puff Daddy
anymore. He started his own clothing called
Sean John. He now is trying to design jerseys for N.B.A. team Dallas
Mavericks.
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Kabelo
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Kabelo one of the kings of Kwaito along with Mandoza,
Skwata Camp, and Zola. Kwaito is like South African Hip Hop which is
not only
done by men but also by women. In 2000 he went to rehab for his drug
use.
But in 2001 he came back very fresh. He released his album
"African
Streets" He put all his negative things behind him and looked forward.
He appeared in the Kora awards and sang his single from his Debut
Album.
He is probably working on his new album yet to come. Hopefully it
will be another
great album to satisfy Kwaito fans.
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Mandoza
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Mandoza is an aspiring Kwaito artist in South
Africa.
He has recently shown himself in a concert in Johannesburg South
Africa.
Mandoza is usually seen in his videos with Kabelo. Mandoza
has produced many hit songs such as Tornado, 50-50, and Godoba.
Mandoza has his own style of dancing, which involves rocking back
and forth while standing. Mandoza mixes a style of English, and
South African words in his music which gives him a special style.
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Dr.Dre
Eminem
P.Diddy 
Kabelo
Mandoza