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Chevy Woods
Kevin "Chevy" Woods (born May 13, 1981) is an American rapper and songwriter from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Throughout his career he has been affiliated with rapper Wiz Khalifa and his respective Taylor Gang record label, also serving as Khalifa's hypeman on tour. His first major appearance was on Wiz Khalifa's song " Taylor Gang". Woods has been on more than 20 tours and has released several mixtapes including ''The Cookout'' with Khalifa and the ''Gangland'' series. Career 2003–2010: Early career, Taylor Gang formation and mixtapes Woods started rapping as a child with friends using instrumentals for background music. After graduating high school, he attended Robert Morris University as an athlete and grew his passion for rapping. Woods became serious about rap when he met another musician who created and distributed his own mixtapes. He wanted to pursue music and began writing and rapping under the name Kev Tha Hustla. In 2004, he met fellow Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania ra ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Pittsburgh ( ) is a city in the Commonwealth (U.S. state), Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, United States, and the county seat of Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, Allegheny County. It is the most populous city in both Allegheny County and Western Pennsylvania, the List of municipalities in Pennsylvania#Municipalities, second-most populous city in Pennsylvania behind Philadelphia, and the List of United States cities by population, 68th-largest city in the U.S. with a population of 302,971 as of the 2020 United States census, 2020 census. The city anchors the Pittsburgh metropolitan area of Western Pennsylvania; its population of 2.37 million is the largest in both the Ohio Valley and Appalachia, the Pennsylvania metropolitan areas, second-largest in Pennsylvania, and the List of metropolitan statistical areas, 27th-largest in the U.S. It is the principal city of the greater Pittsburgh–New Castle–Weirton combined statistical area that extends into Ohio and West Virginia. Pitts ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mac Miller
Malcolm James McCormick (January 19, 1992 – September 7, 2018), known professionally as Mac Miller, was an American rapper and record producer. Miller began his career in Pittsburgh's hip hop scene in 2007, at the age of fifteen. In 2010, he signed a record deal with independent label Rostrum Records and released his breakthrough mixtapes '' K.I.D.S.'' (2010) and ''Best Day Ever'' (2011). Miller's debut studio album, ''Blue Slide Park'' (2011), became the first independently distributed debut album to top the US ''Billboard'' 200 since 1995. In 2013, he founded the record label imprint REMember Music. After his second studio album, ''Watching Movies with the Sound Off'' (2013), he left Rostrum and signed with the major label Warner Bros. Records in 2014. With them, he released four studio albums: '' GO:OD AM'' (2015), ''The Divine Feminine'' (2016), ''Swimming'' (2018), and the posthumous ''Circles'' (2020). For ''Swimming'', he was posthumously nominated for a Grammy Award ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Soulja Boy
DeAndre Cortez Way (born July 28, 1990), known professionally as Soulja Boy (formerly Soulja Boy Tell 'Em), is an American rapper and record producer. He rose to prominence, after his self published debut single "Crank That (Soulja Boy)" peaked at number 1 on the U.S. ''Billboard'' Hot 100, for seven non-consecutive weeks in 2007. He then released his debut album '' Souljaboytellem.com'' (2007), which also included the single " Soulja Girl". His second album '' iSouljaBoyTellem'' (2008), included in the U.S. ''Billboard'' Hot 100 top 20 singles "Turn My Swag On" and "Kiss Me thru the Phone". Way was listed at number 18 on the ''Forbes'' list of Hip-Hop Cash Kings of 2010 for earning $7 million that year. Early life Way was born in Chicago and moved to Atlanta at the age of six, where he became interested in rap music. At age 14, he moved to Batesville, Mississippi, with his father. Musical career 2004–2007: Early recordings and building an Internet following Way's father ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Harry Fraud
Rory William Quigley (born January 26, 1987), known professionally as Harry Fraud, is an American record producer. Primarily a hip hop producer, Fraud began producing at an early age and began interning at a recording studio after graduating high school. First discovered by French Montana during a recording session in Chinatown in early 2009, Fraud has gone on to become a fixture in the New York underground and mixtape scene. He gained mainstream attention when his song with French Montana " Shot Caller" became one of the most added tracks on urban contemporary radio during 2011–2012. Fraud has produced collaborative records with various rappers, such as ''Flight 2011'' (2011) with Chinx Drugz; ''Rugby Thompson'' (2012) with Smoke DZA; ''Cigarette Boats'' (2012) with Currensy, which was awarded XXL's "2012 EP of the Year"; ''Saaab Stories'' (2013) with Action Bronson, which served as the latter's major-label debut, and ''The Appetizer'' (2014) with French Montana. On March 8, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Source (magazine)
''The Source'' is an American hip hop and entertainment website, and a magazine that publishes annually or . It is the world's longest-running rap periodical, being founded as a newsletter in 1988 by Jonathan Shecter. David Mays was the magazine's co-founder. ''The Source''s Five-Mic albums The Record Report is a section in the publication in which the magazine's staff rates hip-hop albums. Ratings range from one to five mics, paralleling a typical five-star rating scale. An album that is rated at four-and-a-half or five mics is considered by ''The Source'' to be a superior hip hop album. Over the first ten years or so, the heralded five-mic rating only applied to albums that were universally lauded hip hop albums. A total of 45 albums have been awarded five mics; a complete, chronological list is below. Albums that originally received five mics: *''People's Instinctive Travels and the Paths of Rhythm'' – A Tribe Called Quest *''AmeriKKKa's Most Wanted'' – Ice Cube ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gangland (TV Series)
''Gangland'' is a television series that aired on the History Channel. ''Gangland'' explored the history of some of America's more notorious gangs. It premiered on November 1, 2007, with an episode about the Aryan Brotherhood. The theme song was performed by rapper Buckshot of the Boot Camp Clik Boot Camp Clik is an American hip hop supergroup from Brooklyn, New York City, which is composed of Buckshot (of Black Moon), Smif-N-Wessun ( Tek and Steele), Heltah Skeltah (Rock and Sean Price) and O.G.C. (Starang Wondah, Top Dog, and Louievi .... Episodes Series overview Season 1 (2007–08) Season 2 (2008) Season 3 (2009) Season 4 (2009) Season 5 (2009) "Ice Cold Killers" is not included on the DVD release. Season 6 (2009–10) Neither "Mile High Killers" nor "Public Enemy Number One" are included on the DVD release. There was no break between seasons 6 and 7, the list below is based on the DVD release which ends with "Hell House". Season 7 (2010) References ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
XXL (magazine)
''XXL'' is an American hip hop magazine, published by Townsquare Media, founded in 1997. History In August 1997, Harris Publications released the first issue of ''XXL''. It featured rappers Jay-Z and Master P on a double cover. In December 2006, ''XXL'' took over the struggling hip-hop producer and DJ magazine '' Scratch'' (another publication owned by Harris Publications), re-branding it as ''XXL Presents Scratch Magazine''. However ''Scratch'' shut down less than a year later in September 2007. Other titles with limited runs have been launched under the ''XXL'' brand, including ''Hip-Hop Soul'', ''Eye Candy'' and '' Shade45''. ''XXL'' has released many other special projects including tour programs, mixtapes and exclusive DVDs. ''XXL'' also maintains a popular website, which provides daily hip hop news, original content and content from the magazine. In 2014, Townsquare Media acquired ''XXL'', ''King'' and ''Antenna'' from Harris Publications. On October 14, 2014, Townsquar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Key Wane
Dwane Marshall Weir II (born July 12, 1990) is an American hip hop/R&B producer and songwriter, professionally known as Key Wane. Wane has produced for artists such as Big Sean, Jazmine Sullivan, Beyoncé, Drake, Jhene Aiko, Wale, Lil Wayne, Young Jeezy, Juicy J, Ariana Grande, Logic, Ty Dolla Sign and Meek Mill among others. He is best known for producing Drake's " All Me", Beyoncé's "Partition", Jazmine Sullivan's " Let It Burn" & " Insecure", Meek Mill's "Amen", Big Sean's "Guap", " Beware", " IDFWU" and an extensive amount of his albums including ''Hall of Fame, Dark Sky Paradise,'' and '' Twenty 88''. Early life At the age 11, Wane began playing the piano in the church every first Sunday, initially teaching himself melodies before his mom heard him and got involved in his learning. He told '' XXL'', “She ordered me this Yamaha keyboard out of a JCPenney catalog. It got mailed to the house, and I just started making beats on it. Then I started taking piano lessons, a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Big Sean
Sean Michael Leonard Anderson (born March 25, 1988), known professionally as Big Sean, is an American rapper. Anderson began his music career in 2007 and gained popularity in 2010 with his third mixtape '' Finally Famous Vol. 3: Big''. He then signed a recording contract with GOOD Music and Def Jam Recordings and released his debut studio album, '' Finally Famous'' in 2011, which included the US top 10 single " Dance (Ass)" (featuring Nicki Minaj). Anderson followed it with his second album, ''Hall of Fame'' (2013), while his third album, ''Dark Sky Paradise'' (2015), debuted atop the US ''Billboard'' 200. It also included the hit singles "I Don't Fuck with You" (featuring E-40) and " Blessings" (featuring Drake and Kanye West). His fourth album, '' I Decided'' (2017), contained " Bounce Back", his highest-charting US single, while his fifth album ''Detroit 2'' (2020) was his third consecutive platinum album. Early life Sean Michael Leonard Anderson was born on March 25, 1988, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bubbling Under Hot 100 Singles
Bubbling Under Hot 100 Singles (also known as Bubbling Under the Hot 100) is a chart published weekly by '' Billboard'' magazine in the United States. The chart lists the top songs that have not yet charted on the main ''Billboard'' Hot 100. Chart rankings are based on radio airplay, sales, and streams. In its initial years, the chart listed 15 positions, but expanded to as many as 36 during the 1960s, particularly during years when over 700 singles made the ''Billboard'' Hot 100 chart. From 1974 to 1985, the chart consisted of 10 positions; since 1992, the Bubbling Under Hot 100 Singles chart has listed 25 positions. Chart history The Bubbling Under Hot 100 Singles chart was first introduced in the June 1, 1959 issue of ''Billboard'', under the name "Bubbling Under the Hot 100". Containing a listing of 15 singles, the chart was described as "the new listing that predicts which new records will become chart climbers." Its first number-one single was "A Prayer and a Juke Box" by Lit ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
