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3 Melancholy Gypsies
3 Melancholy Gypsys is an American hip hop group from Los Angeles, California. It consists of Eligh, Scarub and Murs.
Eligh, Scarub and Murs met for the first time at Alexander Hamilton High School in 1992. After forming 3 Melancholy Gypsys, they...
4th Avenue Jones
4th Avenue Jones (originally 4th Avenue Jones' and sometimes credited as 4th Ave. Jones') was an American alternative Hip-Hop band based in Los Angeles, California. The band was conceived by Ahmad Ali Lewis, popularly known as Ahmad. The band's name...
5signs
crosstalk from chicago: making it happen"5 Producers with many different styles. Foniks, Alcendor, Accrete, Abstract Butta Fingas and New Systems Of Knowledge, have set a high bar in the alternative L.A. hip hop movement with their debut compilation...
Abf
This LA DJ and Producer extraordinaire is hard to miss, laying down new insightful directions in sound. Raised with a strong influence of Hip Hop, Reggae, African Traditional and contemporary music, he insists on blurring the lines between...
Accrete
Reigning from the City of Roses (Pasadena, CA ). Accrete has been putting down track credits for years. From his collaborative work with experimental artist T. Norton to rock/folk songwriter Joe Sneva, Accrete has broaden his sights on music with no...
Aceyalone
Aceyalone (born Eddie Hayes) is a rapper from Los Angeles, California. He is a member of Freestyle Fellowship, Haiku D'Etat and The A-Team. He is also a co-founder of Project Blowed.
After releasing To Whom It May Concern... and Innercity Griots...
Ahmad
Ahmad Ali Lewis, (born October 12, 1975 in Los Angeles, California), is an American music artist, songwriter, motivational speaker and author. Credited simply as AHMAD, he is best known for the 1994 single "Back in the Day," a nostalgic song that...
Alcendor
Recently making the move from his studio "The 126" and relocating to "The Hills" of Los Angeles, Producer Alcendor has forged all of the right relationships. Since the move he as collaborated with MC's Deca, Wisefool, and N8che; Singers Shaden,...
apl.de.ap
Allan Pineda Lindo, Jr. (born November 28, 1974) better known as apl.de.ap (pronounced "Apple D Ap"), is a Filipino-American rapper, record producer, and occasional drummer who is best known as a member of the Grammy Award-winning group The Black...
Arturo Molina, Jr.
Arturo Molina Jr. (born May 31, 1964), better known as Frost (Originally Kid Frost), is a Mexican American hip hop artist.
Molina was born and raised in East Los Angeles, California and occasionally lived with his family in military bases in Guam...
At Last
At Last was a hip hop a cappella (also known as hiphopapella) group from Los Angeles, California. They first gained national recognition as finalists on the first season of America's Got Talent, having won their spot through viewer votes. The...
Atban Klann
The Atban Klann (A Tribe Beyond a Nation) was a hip hop group whose members were Will 1X, apl.de.ap, Mookie Mook, DJ Motiv8 (aka Monroe Walker) & Dante Santiago. The Atban Klann were signed to Eazy-E's Ruthless Records. Will 1X and apl.de.ap of the...
B2K
B2K was an American R&B; music group. The group met in 1998, established in 2001, and managed by music producer Chris Stokes with Lil' Fizz, J-Boog, Raz-B, and Omarion as members. The group disbanded in 2004 due to disagreements.
The group's debut...
Big Syke
Tyruss Himes, better known by his stage name Big Syke is an American rapper. His stage name is a revision of his childhood nickname, "Little Psycho".
In 1990 Big Syke started a rap group called Evil Mind Gangstas. He met 2Pac in 1992, and joined...
Blood of Abraham
Blood of Abraham was an American hip-hop duo composed of Benyad (Benjamin Mor) and Mazik (David Saevitz). They debuted in 1993 with the release of the LP Future Profits on Ruthless Records, the label of Eric "Eazy-E" Wright.
A key characteristic of...
Bloods & Crips
Bloods & Crips was a musical collaboration between members of the Bloods & Crips gangs formed by Tweedy Bird Loc, Redrum 781 and Ronnie Phillips in 1993.
The Bloods & Crips project was organized by producer Ronnie Phillips , rappers Redrum 781 and...
Boo-Yaa T.R.I.B.E.
Boo-Yaa T.R.I.B.E. are a hip hop group from Carson, California, composed of the Devoux brothers Paul, Ted, Donald, Roscoe, Danny, and David. Their family is from American Samoa. They first began playing music in their father's Baptist church. Before...
Breakestra
Breakestra is a funk music project of Miles "music man" Tackett's based in Los Angeles, California. Breakestra was first formed in 1997 as a strictly live ensemble playing "covers" of funk & soul-jazz music (breaks) that had been sampled in late 80s...
Brother Reade
Brother Reade is an American hip-hop duo from Los Angeles. Its members are MC Jimmy Jamz (also Jael Jamz, Major Jamz) and DJ Bobby Evans (also Kill You Me You).
The two first began playing together in a punk rock band in their native Winston-Salem,...
Brownstone
Brownstone is an American female contemporary R&B; group that was popular during the mid-1990s. They are best known for their 1995 hit single "If You Love Me," which was nominated for a Best R&B; Performance Grammy Award. "Grapevyne" and "Pass the...
Busdriver
Busdriver (born Regan Farquhar) is a rapper and producer from Los Angeles, California. He has collaborated with rappers such as Myka 9, Nocando, 2Mex and Ellay Khule. His primary producers have been Daedelus, Boom Bip, Daddy Kev, Loden, Paris Zax,...
C.I.A.
C.I.A. (Cru' in Action!) was a hip hop group, which consisted of K-Dee, Sir Jinx and Ice Cube. The group began playing at parties organized by Dr. Dre, a member of a popular local hip-hop group called World Class Wreckin' Cru. C.I.A. was credited...
Capital Punishment Organization
Capital Punishment Organization, most commonly referred to as CPO, was a gangster rap group which formed in 1989 and consisted of rapper Lil' Nation (Vince Edwards), DJ Train (Clarence Lars) and producer Young D. They released a single album in 1990...
Cher
Cher ( /ˈʃɛər/) (born Cherilyn Sarkisian; May 20, 1946) is an American recording artist, television personality, actress, director, record producer and philanthropist. Referred to as the Goddess of Pop, she has won an Academy Award, a Grammy Award,...
Compromised
Compromised is a hip-hop production duo consisting of Ali Haeri and Stephen Ip based out of Los Angeles, California. The collective first appeared on the internet scene in October of 2005 with the well-received Chrono Trigger Mixtape Vol. 1, a semi...
Crazy Town
Crazy Town (also known as CxT) is a rap rock band formed in Los Angeles in 1995 by Bret Mazur and Seth Binzer. The band is best known for their 2001 single, "Butterfly", which reached number one on the US Billboard Hot 100 chart. As a group, they...
Da Lench Mob
Da Lench Mob was a West Coast hip hop group associated with Ice Cube. The group consisted of rappers J-Dee, Shorty, T-Bone and Maulkie. Their Nation of Islam inspired-lyrics garnered much attention, subsequently leading to their controversial videos...
Damu Ridaz
The Damu Ridas were an assortment of Bloods gang members from South Los Angeles who recorded the Bloods & Crips collaboration albums Bangin' on Wax and Bangin' on Wax 2... The Saga Continues.
Defari
Duane Johnson, Jr., also known as Defari, is a West Coast hip hop artist. Primarily, he is a solo artist, additionally he is a member of the Likwit Junkies, a rap duo with DJ Babu of Dilated Peoples. He was born at UCLA Medical Center in Los Angeles...
Dilated Peoples
Dilated Peoples is an American hip hop group from Los Angeles, California. The group achieved notability in the underground hip hop community, although they have had little mainstream success in the US, with the exception of the song "This Way", a...
Dj David Rockwell
Dj David Rockwell (sometimes referred to as just "Dj Rockwell" or the abbreviated "RCKWLL") is a night club dj, remixer, and record producer from Los Angeles, CA. He began dj'ing in 1994 and began doing club gigs in 1996. He is known for creating...
Doggy's Angels
Doggy's Angels was a rap trio formed by Snoop Dogg on the "Doggy Style" subsidiary of TVT Records. Members are Big Chan (Chan Gaines), Coniyac (Kim Proby) and Kola Loc (Kola Marion).
The group released one album and single in 2000. The album,...
Eastwood
Eastwood is a West Coast rapper that was born in East L.A. and raised in Inglewood, California (his name is a combination of the two places). Eastwood originally made a name for himself by signing to Death Row Records as part of the label's "second...
edIT
edIT (born Edward Ma) is a Los Angeles DJ and producer. He is a member of The Glitch Mob.
Edward Ma began DJing and got into music production while he was studying in University of Southern California. From there, he built his name in the Los...
Eligh
Eligh is a rapper and producer from Los Angeles, California. He is a member of the underground hip hop group Living Legends.
His inspiration for making hip hop music came in the mid 1980s from the film Beat Street and LL Cool J's "I'm Bad." In high...
Expensive Taste
Expensive Taste (styled as Expen$ive Taste) is an American hip hop super-group formed by Paul Wall, Skinhead Rob (Transplants), and Travis Barker (The Aquabats, Blink-182, Box Car Racer, +44 and Transplants). Expensive Taste released a 15-track...
Faqawi
Faqawi is a band formed by Tre Hardson.
It consists of:
Fatlip
Fatlip (born Derrick Stewart March 26, 1969) is a Los Angeles-born hip hop musician. He started his career in the hip hop group The Pharcyde.
As a member of The Pharcyde, Fatlip contributed to the critically acclaimed Bizarre Ride II the Pharcyde as...
Foniks
Foniks makes beats. He makes damn good beats that can transport your mind to another place or make you bob your head 'till it hurts. From his humble beginnings as a Hip Hop DJ on college radio, to performing intimate bedroom beat showcases, to...
Fort Minor
Fort Minor is a hip hop side-project of Mike Shinoda, who is better known as the rapper, keyboardist and producer of the American rock band Linkin Park. Shinoda's debut solo album as Fort Minor, The Rising Tied, was released November 22, 2005. The...
Funkdoobiest
Funkdoobiest is an American rap group from Los Angeles, California. The original members are Son Doobie (Jason Vasquez), DJ Ralph M (Ralph Medrano), and Tomahawk Funk (Tyrone Pacheco). The latter left after their second album.
Their first two albums...
Girlicious
Girlicious is an American girl group originally formed by Robin Antin, creator of the Pussycat Dolls, from the CW reality TV show Pussycat Dolls Present: Girlicious. The group was originally signed to Geffen Records and composed of members Natalie...
Glasses Malone
Charles Phillipivory Penniman (born December 10, 1979), better known by his stage name Glasses Malone, is an American rapper from Los Angeles, California.
Glasses Malone grew up in the Watts and Compton neighborhoods in Los Angeles County. His...
Gonzoe
Ronald Moore, better known by his stage name Gonzoe, is a rapper from Los Angeles, California.
He's a member of The Regime and a former member of Kausion, a group put together by Ice Cube. He was given the nickname "Young Ritzy" by Tupac Shakur. In...
Haiku D'Etat
Haiku D'Etat is an American underground hip hop trio. It consists of Aceyalone and Myka 9 of Freestyle Fellowship and Abstract Rude of Abstract Tribe Unique. All three members are heavily affiliated with Project Blowed, Aceyalone and Abstract Rude...
Houston
Houston (born Houston Edward Summers IV, October 26, 1983, Los Angeles, California) is an American R&B; singer, best known for the hit single "I Like That."
Summers attended Hamilton High School and Academy of Music in Los Angeles. He would...
Ice T
Tracy Marrow (born February 16, 1958), better known by his stage name Ice-T, is an American musician and actor. He was born in Newark, New Jersey, and moved to the Crenshaw district of Los Angeles when he was in the 7th grade. After graduating from...
IMA Robot
Ima Robot is a band based in Los Angeles, California, that formed in the late 1990s.
Ima Robot formed in the late 1990s, after vocalist Alex Ebert's band The Lucky 13's broke up, and became successful in the early 2000s after signing with Virgin...
J-Ro
James Robinson, known by his stage name J-Ro is a hip-hop performer and former member of Tha Alkaholiks. He is also a regular guest/contributor of Combat Radio (www.combatradio.net)
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J. J. Fad
J. J. Fad is an American rap group from Rialto, California, whose name initially stood for Just, Jammin', Fresh And Def, and were backed by Clarence "DJ Train" Lars.
J. J. Fad gained popularity with the new line-up that included rappers: MC J.B. ...
Jesse McCartney
Jesse McCartney (born April 9, 1987) is an American singer-songwriter, actor and voice actor. McCartney achieved fame in the late 1990s on the daytime drama All My Children as JR Chandler. He later joined boy band Dream Street, and eventually...
Jurassic 5
Jurassic 5 was an American alternative hip hop group formed in 1993 from members of two previous groups, Rebels of Rhythm and Unity Committee by rappers Charles Stewart (Chali 2na), Dante Givens (Akil), Courtenay Henderson (Zaakir), Marc Stuart ...
Kam
Kam (born Craig Miller in Los Angeles, California) is an American political emcee known primarily among hip hop fans and music critics during the 1990s. Born in Los Angeles, he is considered an esteemed West Coast underground rapper. He is known for...
Kevin Federline
Kevin Earl Federline (born March 21, 1978) is an American dancer, rapper, fashion model, and actor. Previously engaged to actress Shar Jackson, Federline is well known for his two-year marriage to Britney Spears. The couple's divorce was highly...
L.A. Symphony
L.A. Symphony is an independent hip hop group from Los Angeles, California. Current members of L.A. Symphony are FLYNN (also known as Flynn Adam), UNO Mas, CookBook, Joey's Dream (formerly Joey The Jerk), and Sareem Poems (fka Sharlock Poems). Past...
Living Legends
Living Legends is a rap group consisting of seven indie hip hop artists from California. Beginning in the early 1990s, the crew garnered a following by recording, promoting and performing their music independently. The crew is considered by LA...
Low Profile
Low Profile was originally a duo of two aspiring rappers and a DJ coming out of L.A. The groups membership consisted of WC and DJ Aladdin, who went on to pursue a career in visual art. The duo made its debut with Rhyme Syndicate Records, on a...
MC Trouble
LaTasha Sheron Rogers (July 30, 1970 – June 4, 1991), better known as MC Trouble, was a rap artist, and the first female rapper signed to Motown Records.
MC Trouble had a minor hit with the song "(I Wanna) Make You Mine" featuring The Good Girls,...
Methods of Mayhem
Methods of Mayhem is an American nu metal band formed in 1999 by Tommy Lee, who had temporarily quit his position as Mötley Crüe's drummer.
Lee formed Methods of Mayhem on the eve of his divorce from Pamela Anderson. Their first self-titled album...
Metro Station
Metro Station was an American pop rock band that formed in Los Angeles by Mason Musso and Trace Cyrus. In late 2006, the band signed a recording contract with Columbia Records and RED Ink Records. They are best known for their Top 10 Billboard hit...
