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The Cataracs are an American hip hop record production project and duo formed in Berkeley, California, consisting of David "Campa" Benjamin Singer-Vine (born March 9, 1988) and Niles "Cyrano" Hollowell-Dhar (born October 6, 1988). The duo started out as an independent group, during their years at Berkeley High School. The two were first signed to the label Indie-Pop. Singer-Vine left the group in August 2012 with Hollowell-Dhar continuing on with the name The Cataracs by himself. Hollowell-Dhar also released materials starting in 2014, under the name of Kshmr. Biography Early days The duo met in their second year attending Berkeley High School. Singer-Vine was featured in a rap CD that was being passed around campus. When Hollowell-Dhar eventually heard the CD, he subsequently created a response. However, the "diss" response brought the two together and they soon became friends. In 2003, the two joined to create what is now The Cataracs (named after the phrase "Who smok ...
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Dev (singer)
Devin Star Tailes (born July 2, 1989), known professionally as Dev (sometimes stylized as DEV or dEV), is an American singer. She was discovered by the Cataracs and record label Indie-Pop via Myspace after Dev's friend posted a video of her singing. Dev's song "Booty Bounce" was sampled on Far East Movement's hit single "Like a G6", which reached number one in the US and sold over four million downloads in the country. Dev was signed to Republic Records, Universal Republic in October 2010 and released her debut single, "Bass Down Low", on November 16, 2010, which peaked within the top ten of the charts in the United Kingdom. Her debut album, ''The Night the Sun Came Up'', was released on March 27, 2012. The album's second single, "In the Dark (Dev song), In the Dark", peaked at number 11 in the US chart, making it her most successful solo single to date. In 2014, Dev released two Extended play, EPs, ''Bittersweet July'' and the second part as a follow-up to part one. She is also ...
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KSHMR
Niles Hollowell-Dhar (born October 6, 1988), known professionally as Kshmr (pronounced "Kashmir" and stylized in all caps), is an American musician, DJ, songwriter, record producer, former rapper, and singer. He was ranked 23rd on ''DJ Mag''s 2015 Top 100 DJs poll and was awarded highest new entry for the year. In the same poll he elevated to 12th in 2016 and 2017, and again in 2020. He was ranked 11th in the same poll in 2021; and in 2022 in same poll he ranked 12. In July 2017, he launched Dharma Worldwide, a sublabel of Spinnin' Records. Kshmr performed live at many music festivals like Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival, Coachella, Tomorrowland (festival), Tomorrowland, Electric Daisy Carnival, EDC, Ultra Music Festival, Ultra and Sunburn Festival, Sunburn. Early life Hollowell-Dhar was born in Berkeley, California. His father is a Kashmiri Pandit who emigrated from India, while his mother is American. He got his stage name from the Indian state of Jammu and Kashmir ...
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New Boyz
New Boyz were an American hip hop duo consisting of rappers Earl "Ben J" Benjamin (born October 13, 1991) and Dominic "Legacy" Thomas (born October 12, 1991) They debuted in the spring of 2009 with their viral hit " You're a Jerk" taken from their 2009 debut studio album '' Skinny Jeanz and a Mic''. The song peaked in the top thirty of the ''Billboard'' Hot 100, and it was the first song to bring the jerkin' style to the national forefront. A second single, " Tie Me Down" featuring Ray J, was also successful and peaked in the top thirty in early 2010. In May 2011, their second and final studio album, '' Too Cool to Care'', was released. It includes the top 40 hits " Backseat", featuring The Cataracs and Dev, and " Better with the Lights Off" featuring Chris Brown. The New Boyz have also been featured on Hot Chelle Rae's song " I Like It Like That", which peaked at No. 28 on the Hot 100. History 2005–2008: Early life and formation Benjamin and Thomas met as freshmen at ...
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Terror Jr
Terror Jr is an American pop duo formed in 2016 founded by former The Cataracs band member David "Campa" Benjamin Singer-Vine, Lisa Vitale, and Felix Snow, who left the group in late 2017. Their single "Come First" peaked at number 10 on the ''Billboard'' Spotify Velocity chart, number 6 on the ''Billboard'' Hot Dance/Electronic songs chart, number 54 in the Czech Republic, and number 59 in Slovakia. Background Members Felix Snow and David "Campa" Benjamin Singer-Vine met through Twitter in 2014 and first worked together on a project called ''Momma'', releasing a 4 track EP. They reconnected the following year working with singer Kiiara on her single "Gold". In 2016, they started Terror Jr as a "social experiment", with Singer-Vine adding "It's a puzzle, and we're gonna give out pieces with each song." The group released their debut extended play ''Bop City'' on October 21, 2016. In November 2016, Kylie Jenner was rumored to be the lead singer of Terror Jr. Jenner denied being a ...
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Far East Movement
Far East Movement (abbreviated FM) is an American Hip hop music, hip hop and electronic music group based in Los Angeles, composed of Kev Nish, Prohgress, J-Splif, Jon Street, Ray Ro, DJ Virman, and Jerm Beats. They signed with Martin Kierszenbaum's Cherrytree Records, an imprint of Interscope Records, to release their 2010 single "Like a G6" (featuring The Cataracs and Dev (singer), Dev), which peaked at #1 on the Billboard Hot 100, ''Billboard'' Hot 100, making them the first Asian Americans, Asian American group to reach number one on the chart. Their follow-up single, "Rocketeer (song), Rocketeer" (featuring Ryan Tedder), peaked at number seven and led their third album and major label debut, ''Free Wired'' (2010). It performed moderately on the Billboard 200, ''Billboard'' 200, while their fourth album, ''Dirty Bass'' (2012) saw a steep commercial decline, although its lead single, "Live My Life (song), Live My Life" (featuring Justin Bieber) reached number 24 on the ''Billbo ...
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Martin Solveig
Martin Laurent Picandet (; born 22 September 1976), better known by his stage name Martin Solveig (), is a French DJ, singer, songwriter and record producer. He hosts a weekly radio show called ''C'est La Vie'' on radio stations worldwide, including Radio FG in his homeland. He has been active since 1994. Solveig manages his own label called Mixture Stereophonic and was ranked number 29 in the 2011 ''DJ Mag'' Top 100 DJs. He has collaborated with, among others, Ina Wroldsen, David Guetta, Jax Jones (together under the alias Europa), Laidback Luke, Dragonette, Kele of Bloc Party and Madonna. Early life Solveig was born in Paris. As a child, he joined the choir of The Paris Boys Choir also known in France as Les petits chanteurs de Sainte-Croix de Neuilly, where he had a classical music training and became soprano soloist under the direction of François Polgár. At the age of 18, he became a DJ and then started to work in famous Parisian nightclubs: L'Enfer, Le Queen and ...
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Glasses Malone
Charles Phillip Ivory Penniman (born December 10, 1978), known professionally Glasses Malone, is an American rapper from Los Angeles, California. Early life Charles Penniman grew up in the Watts and Compton neighborhoods in Greater Los Angeles. He was a Crip gang member as a teenager. Music career Traditionally associated with The Black Wall Street Records despite the fact that most of their artists were affiliated with the Bloods, Malone signed with the record label, but later signed with Cash Money Records in 2011, turning down offers from many labels like Def Jam Records, Interscope Records, J Records and Atlantic Records. Glasses Malone was found by the same record executive who found The Game. Along with his signing, he was also given his own imprint, Blu Division. Malone debuted with mixtapes ''The Crack Mixtape'' (2003) and ''White Lightnin... Sticks'' (2005). ''White Lightnin... Sticks'' sold 50,000 copies and included the popular street single "Two Hunned". Glasses M ...
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Carrillo Music
Carrillo Music is an American independent record label founded in 2008 by Rod Carrillo. Carrillo Music hosts approximately 10 sub-labels, including Leyline Records run by Julissa Veloz, Carrillo Latin Groove, Amador's House run by Eddie Amador, all focusing on progressive house, electro house, and big room house music. Carrillo started its own artist management company Asdia Entertainment, managing Eddie Amador, Kissy Sell Out, Julissa Veloz, and Ralphi Rosario. Carrillo has charted over 50 tracks on ''Billboard (magazine), Billboard'' magazine since 2008. Roster * Abigail (singer), Abigail * Eddie Amador * AM2PM * Peter Barona * Bodega Charlie * Terri Bjerre * Big Mama Capretta * Carvelo * Francesca Catalano * The Cataracs * D.O.N.S. * Dany Cohiba * Dan Thomas * K-Syran * Natalia Flores * Futuristic Polar Bears * Danny Howard * Eric Redd * Enembiem * Liam Keegan * Kelsey B * Kissy Sell Out * Shefali Kumar * Dave Matthias * Geoffrey Paris * Eric Redd * Rosabel * Ralphi Ro ...
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United States
The United States of America (USA), also known as the United States (U.S.) or America, is a country primarily located in North America. It is a federal republic of 50 U.S. state, states and a federal capital district, Washington, D.C. The 48 contiguous states border Canada to the north and Mexico to the south, with the semi-exclave of Alaska in the northwest and the archipelago of Hawaii in the Pacific Ocean. The United States asserts sovereignty over five Territories of the United States, major island territories and United States Minor Outlying Islands, various uninhabited islands in Oceania and the Caribbean. It is a megadiverse country, with the world's List of countries and dependencies by area, third-largest land area and List of countries and dependencies by population, third-largest population, exceeding 340 million. Its three Metropolitan statistical areas by population, largest metropolitan areas are New York metropolitan area, New York, Greater Los Angeles, Los Angel ...
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Hip Hop Music
Hip-hop or hip hop (originally disco rap) is a popular music Music genre, genre that emerged in the early 1970s from the African Americans, African-American community of New York City. The style is characterized by its synthesis of a wide range of musical techniques. Hip-hop includes rapping often enough that the terms can be used synonymously. However, "hip-hop" more properly denotes an entire hip-hop culture, subculture. Other key markers of the genre are the disc jockey, turntablism, scratching, beatboxing, and hip hop production, instrumental tracks. Cultural interchange has always been central to the hip-hop genre. It simultaneously borrows from its social environment while commenting on it. The hip-hop genre and culture emerged from block parties in ethnic minority neighborhoods of New York City, particularly The Bronx, Bronx. DJs began expanding the instrumental Break (music), breaks of popular records when they noticed how excited it would make the crowds. The extend ...
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Berkeley, California
Berkeley ( ) is a city on the eastern shore of San Francisco Bay in northern Alameda County, California, United States. It is named after the 18th-century Anglo-Irish bishop and philosopher George Berkeley. It borders the cities of Oakland, California, Oakland and Emeryville, California, Emeryville to the south and the city of Albany, California, Albany and the Unincorporated area, unincorporated community of Kensington, California, Kensington to the north. Its eastern border with Contra Costa County, California, Contra Costa County generally follows the ridge of the Berkeley Hills. The 2020 United States census, 2020 census recorded a population of 124,321. Berkeley is home to the oldest campus in the University of California, the University of California, Berkeley, and the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, which is managed and operated by the university. It also has the Graduate Theological Union, one of the largest religious studies institutions in the world. Berkeley is ...
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