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Universal Motown Records Group
Universal Motown Republic Group, also abbreviated as UMRG, is a division of Universal Music Group, which was formed in 1999, and pools together Universal Records, Motown Records, and Republic Records. It has also been referred to as The Universal Motown/Universal Republic Group.
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Tori Amos
Tori Amos (born Myra Ellen Amos on August 22, 1963 in Newton, North Carolina) is an American pianist and singer-songwriter. She was at the forefront of a number of female singer-songwriters in the early 1990s and was noteworthy early in her career...
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- Aug 22, 1963 (age 46 years)
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Wu-Tang Clan
The Wu-Tang Clan are a New York City-based hip-hop group, which consists of: RZA, GZA, Method Man, Raekwon, Ghostface Killah, Inspectah Deck, U-God, Masta Killa, and the late Ol' Dirty Bastard. They are frequently joined by fellow childhood friend...
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- 1990
3 Doors Down
3 Doors Down is an American rock band from Escatawpa, Mississippi, formed in 1996. Founded by Brad Arnold (vocals and drums), Matt Roberts (guitar), and Todd Harrell (bass). The band signed to Universal Records after the success of their song ...
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- 1996
Vanessa Carlton
Vanessa Lee Carlton (born August 16, 1980) is an American soft rock/pop singer, songwriter, and pianist. She is best known for the single "A Thousand Miles" from her debut album, Be Not Nobody, which was released April 30, 2002, and certified...
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- Aug 16, 1980 (age 29 years)
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Graham Colton
Graham Colton is an American singer-songwriter from Oklahoma City, Oklahoma most widely known for his hit song "Best Days", featured on the television series American Idol and Kyle XY (finale of season 2). He has toured with John Mayer, Counting...
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- Nov 6, 1981 (age 28 years)
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Drake Bell
Jared Drake Bell (born June 27, 1986), better known as Drake Bell, is an American actor, comedian, guitarist, singer/songwriter, producer, and occasional television director. Bell is commonly associated with his real-life best friend Josh Peck, who...
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- Jun 27, 1986 (age 23 years)
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Raven-Symoné
Raven-Symoné Christina Pearman (born December 10, 1985), known professionally as Raven-Symoné or Raven, is an American actress, singer-songwriter, fashion designer, and television producer. She is best known for her television roles as Olivia...
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- Dec 10, 1985 (age 24 years)
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Don Omar
Don Omar (born William Omar Landrón on February 10, 1978) is a Puerto Rican Latin Grammy Award-nominated Reggaetón singer/rapper.
Don Omar's career Started with the release of his first studio album “The Last Don” both the studio version and its...
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- Feb 10, 1978 (age 31 years)
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Anberlin
Anberlin is an American alternative rock band from Winter Haven, Florida, formed in 2002. Since the beginning of 2007, the band has consisted of lead vocalist Stephen Christian, bassist Deon Rexroat, lead guitarist Joseph Milligan, drummer Nathan...
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- 2002
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John LeCompt
John Charles LeCompt (born March 10, 1973) is an American musician who has been part of the Little Rock heavy metal music scene since the mid-1990s. He has been associated with a great number of bands, ranging from the unknown and unsigned to multi...
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- Mar 10, 1973 (age 36 years)
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Alter Bridge
Alter Bridge is an American rock band based in Orlando, Florida. The band was formed in 2004 by then-former members of Creed, Mark Tremonti (lead guitar, vocals), Brian Marshall (bass) and Scott Phillips (drums), with Myles Kennedy (lead vocals,...
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- 2004
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Rocky Gray
William "Rocky" Gray (born July 2, 1974 in Jacksonville, Arkansas, U.S.) is a drummer and guitarist who has been part of the Arkansas metal scene since the early 90's and is best known as the lead guitarist for Living Sacrifice and former drummer...
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- Jul 2, 1974 (age 35 years)
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Savage
Demetrius Savelio (born June 28, 1981), better known by his stage name Savage, is a New Zealand, award-winning, Hip hop Singer, Rapper and a former member of the Hip hop music group The Deceptikonz.
Born in Manukau, New Zealand, on 28 June 1981 to...
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- Jun 28, 1981 (age 28 years)
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Naturi Naughton
Naturi Cora Maria Naughton (born May 20, 1984) is an American singer and actress best known for formerly being one-third of the Pop/R&B; trio 3LW.
Born and raised in East Orange, New Jersey, her musical talent first emerged at the age of 5 years old...
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- May 20, 1984 (age 25 years)
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Leighton Meester
Leighton Marissa Meester (born April 9, 1986) is an American actress and singer-songwriter, best known for her role as Blair Waldorf in the TV show Gossip Girl.
Meester was born while her mother was serving a federal prison sentence in Fort Worth,...
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- Apr 9, 1986 (age 23 years)
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Kate Earl
Kate Earl, born Kate Joy Smithson, (born October 8, 1981) is an American singer-songwriter.
Earl was born to Charles and Pomposa Smithson in Anchorage, Alaska. She is of Filipino and Dutch/Welsh descent. She began playing piano at 4, sang in her...
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- Oct 8, 1981 (age 28 years)
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Lydia
Lydia is an indie rock band from Gilbert, Arizona, formed in 2003.
The band got their start as Next to Best playing at MooseFest 2000 in Gilbert, AZ. Their first taste of fame was when a friend entered a demo of theirs into a contest which they won...
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Black Child
Black Child is an American rapper.
Jam Master Jay Records signed Black Child in 1993, while Jay was still interested in Child's lyrical style and ability. Black remained on the label for two years before being imprisoned for five years. In the first...
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- Sep 14, 1976 (age 33 years)
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Matt Wertz
Matt Wertz is a singer/songwriter. Originally from Liberty, Missouri, he now calls Nashville, Tennessee, home. Wertz's interest in music started when he was young, but it was his interest in visual art that led him to the University of Illinois at...
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- Feb 17, 1979 (age 30 years)
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Akon
Aliaune Badara Akon Thiam, better known by his middle and stage name Akon (pronounced /ˈeɪkɒn/), is a Senegalese-American R&B; singer-songwriter, record producer, businessman, and philanthropist. He rose to prominence in 2004 following the release...
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- Oct 14, 1981 (age 28 years)
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Gregori Chad Petree
Gregori Chad Petree (born Shawnee, Oklahoma) is a musician who is also best known as guitarist and co-lead vocalist of the New Wave/indie/rock band Shiny Toy Guns. He has also been a member of the bands Paradigm, Cloud2Ground, R.R.D.S., Dangerous...
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- Oct 8, 1979 (age 30 years)
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Ryan Leslie
Anthony Ryan Leslie (born September 25, 1978, in Washington, D.C.) is an American record producer, multi-instrumentalist, rapper, entrepreneur, and singer. Founder of the media company NextSelection Lifestyle Group, Leslie has produced singles for a...
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- Sep 25, 1978 (age 31 years)
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Stephen Christian
Stephen Christian (born July 28, 1980) is the lead vocalist of the alternative rock band Anberlin and his side-project Anchor & Braille. He and his bandmates started Anberlin in 2002, after the demise of their previous group, known as SaGoh 24/7. He...
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- Jul 28, 1980 (age 29 years)
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Nathan Young
Nathan Young is the drummer for the alternative rock band Anberlin. When Anberlin's members were playing as a punk band called SaGoh 24/7, Young originally played for another touring band, and he was to temporarily fill in for the SaGoh 24/7's...
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- 1987 (age 23 years)
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Deon Rexroat
Deon Rexroat is the bassist for the alternative rock band Anberlin. Originally playing for the short-lived punk band SaGoh 24/7, the band dissolved, and most of its members went on to form Anberlin. He is one of the band's founding members. Though...
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Joseph Milligan
Joseph Milligan is a guitarist for the alternative rock band Anberlin. Originally playing for the short-lived punk band SaGoh 24/7, the band dissolved, and most of its members went on to form Anberlin. He is one of the band's founding members, and...
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- 1980 (age 30 years)
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Between the Trees
Between the Trees is an American indie rock band from Orlando, Florida, formed in 2005. The band consists of vocalist and guitarist Ryan Kirkland, drummer Josh Butler and bassist Jeremy Butler.
Between the Trees released their debut album through...
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Your Vegas
Your Vegas are an English rock band from Leeds, England, currently based in New York City. The band comprises Coyle Girelli (vocals, guitar), Mat Steel (guitar, vocals), Mark Heaton (keyboards, guitar, vocals), Jon Langford (bass) and Mal Taylor ...
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Rehab
Rehab is an American rock/rap group, formed during the late 1990s in Warner Robins, Georgia. Rehab has released two major albums; four other discs are in existence. In addition, they have charted two singles on the Hot Modern Rock Tracks charts, one...
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Flipmode Squad
The Flipmode Squad is a production crew and musical group, founded and fronted by rapper Busta Rhymes. The first Flipmode album debuted in 1998 with The Imperial, and Rampage and Rah Digga went on to record solo efforts. In the move to J Records in...
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Def Squad
Def Squad is a rap supergroup consisting of Erick Sermon, Redman & Keith Murray. Mally G is considered an honorary member of the Def Squad. Before officially forming as a group to release an album in 1998, they had each been featured on tracks by...
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Lil' KeKe
Lil' Keke (born Marcus Lakee Edwards on March 31, 1976) is a rapper from Houston, Texas and is an original member of the Screwed Up Click.
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- Mar 31, 1982 (age 27 years)
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Sammie
Sammie Lee Bush, Jr. (born March 1, 1987), professionally known as Sammie is an R&B; artist signed to Dallas Austin's Rowdy Records. In 2000, at the age of 13, he released a debut album titled From the Bottom to the Top, which was originally through...
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- Mar 1, 1987 (age 22 years)
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Lindsay Lohan
Lindsay Dee Lohan (born 2 July 1986) is an American actress, model and pop music singer. Lohan started in show business as a child fashion model for magazine advertisement and television commercials. At age 10, she began her acting career in a soap...
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- Jul 2, 1986
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- Jul 21, 1986 (age 19 days)
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Steel Panther
Steel Panther is a parody heavy metal band from Los Angeles, California and are mostly known for their profane and humorous lyrics. Formed in 2000, the band has formerly been known as Danger Kitty, Metal Shop and Metal Skool.
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India.Arie
India.Arie (born India Arie Simpson on October 3, 1975) is a Grammy Award winning American soul, R&B;, and neo soul singer-songwriter, record producer, guitarist, and flautist.
Arie was born in Denver, Colorado. She absorbed musical skills early in...
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- Oct 3, 1975 (age 34 years)
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Natalie
Natalie (born Natalie Nicole Alvarado on September 2, 1979) is an American R&B; singer and songwriter.
After her high school years, she chose to study criminal justice after giving up her dreams of being a singer. She was previously a cheerleader...
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- Sep 2, 1979 (age 30 years)
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Lil' Jon & The East Side Boyz
Jonathan Smith (born January 27, 1971), better known by his stage name Lil Jon, is an American rapper and music producer who was a member of the group Lil Jon & the East Side Boyz. Lil Jon formed the group in 1997, and the group released several...
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Ben Moody
Ben Robert Moody (born January 22, 1980, in Little Rock, Arkansas, U.S.) is a singer–songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, record producer, and actor. He is best known as co-founder, lead guitarist, and songwriter of Grammy Award-winning rock band...
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- Jan 22, 1980 (age 29 years)
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MC Ren
Lorenzo Jerald Patterson (born June 14, 1969, in Compton, California, better known by his stage name MC Ren, is a rapper who formed part of the group N.W.A.
Born in Compton, he joined the gangsta rap group N.W.A. in 1987. He was featured on his...
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- Jun 16, 1969 (age 40 years)
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Busta Rhymes
Trevor Tahiem Smith, Jr., better known as Busta Rhymes (born May 20, 1973), is a Grammy-nominated American rapper, songwriter, and actor. Chuck D of Public Enemy gave him the name Busta Rhymes (from former NFL wide receiver George "Buster" Rhymes)...
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- May 20, 1972 (age 37 years)
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Consequence
Dexter Raymond Mills, Jr. (born June 14, 1977 in Queens, New York), better known as Consequence, is an American hip hop artist from Queens, New York. Rapper Q-Tip is his cousin.
Dexter Mills, Jr. soon developed the stage name Consequence. At the age...
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- Jun 14, 1977 (age 32 years)
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JoJo
Joanna Noëlle Blagden Levesque (born December 20, 1990), professionally known as JoJo, is an American R&B; singer–songwriter, and actress. After competing on the television show, America's Most Talented Kids, record producer Vincent Herbert took...
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- Dec 20, 1990 (age 19 years)
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Jay Sean
Kamaljeet Singh Jhooti (Punjabi: ਕਮਲਜੀਤ ਸਿੰਘ ਝੁੱਟੀ (Gurmukhi); born 26 March 1983), better known by his stage name Jay Sean, is a British singer-songwriter, rapper, beatboxer and record producer. He debuted in the Asian underground scene as a member...
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- Mar 26, 1981 (age 28 years)
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Ashanti
Ashanti Shequoiya Douglas (born October 13, 1980) is an American recording artist, record producer, actress, dancer and model who rose to fame in the early 2000s. Ashanti is most famous for her eponymous Grammy Award-winning debut album Ashanti...
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- Oct 13, 1980 (age 29 years)
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Christian McAlhaney
Christian Edwin McAlhaney (born 1980) is an American musician, and currently one of the two guitarists for the alternative rock band Anberlin. He replaced Nathan Strayer who left the band in early 2007, right before the release of the band's third...
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- 1980 (age 30 years)
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32 Leaves
32 Leaves is a five-piece hard rock/post-grunge music group from Phoenix, Arizona, United States.
In 2005, 32 Leaves recorded and mixed their debut album Welcome to the Fall with Larry "Love" Elyea of Bionic Jive fame, at The Salt Mine and Mind's...
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Melissa Jimenez
Melissa Jiménez (born April 14, 1984) is a Mexican American singer and songwriter currently signed to SRC Records/Universal Motown Records Group. Jiménez is slated to release her debut album titled Signed Sealed Delivered in 2009.
Born in New York,...
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- Apr 14, 1984 (age 25 years)
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Kat DeLuna
Kathleen Emperatriz DeLuna (born November 26, 1987 in The Bronx, New York) is an American Pop and R&B; singer of Dominican heritage, better known by her stage name Kat DeLuna. She is currently signed to Universal Motown, after previously being...
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- Nov 17, 1987 (age 22 years)
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Imajin
Imajin is an American R&B; boy band that is known for their hit "Shorty (You Keep Playing With My Mind)" featuring Keith Murray. The group also made a version of this song with (rapper) Mr. Cheeks of the rap group The Lost Boyz. This single peaked...
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Forever The Sickest Kids
Forever the Sickest Kids is an American rock band from Dallas, Texas signed to Universal Motown Records Group. In issue 228 of Alternative Press, the group was named the number one underground band in the "22 Best Underground Bands (That Likely Won...
The Villebillies
Villebillies [VILL-BILL-EEZ] is an American band from Louisville, Kentucky.
The band released their self-titled debut record on September 26 2006 through Universal Motown Records. Villebillies have toured extensively across the U.S. as a headlining...
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Jim Jones
Joseph Guillermo Jones II (born July 15, 1976), better known by his stage name Jim Jones, is an American rapper and original member of The Diplomats, also known as Dipset. He is Co-CEO of Diplomat Records. Jones is also a noted video director under...
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- Jul 15, 1976 (age 33 years)
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Gabriella Cilmi
Gabriella Lucia Cilmi (pronounced /ˌɡæbriˈɛlə ˈtʃɪlmi/, gab-ri-EL-ə CHIL-mee) (born 10 October 1991) is an Australian singer and songwriter. She is best known for her debut single "Sweet About Me", released in Australia in April 2008. In 2008, Cilmi...
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- Oct 10, 1991 (age 18 years)
Young B.
Young Biancadupree (born on July 1, 1990 in Harlem, New York) is an American rapper. She is most notable for appearing alongside rapper DJ Webstar on his 2006 debut album, Webstar Presents: Caught in the Web as well as the signature single from the...
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- Jul 1, 1990 (age 19 years)
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Beenie Man
Anthony Moses Davis (born August 22, 1973), better known by his stage name Beenie Man, is a Jamaican reggae artist.
Davis was born in the Waterhouse district of Kingston in 1973. He was involved in the music industry from a young age, starting...
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- Aug 22, 1973 (age 36 years)
Carly Smithson
Carly Smithson (born September 12, 1983 as Carly Hennessy) is an Irish rock/soul singer-songwriter from San Diego, California who was the sixth place finalist on the seventh season of American Idol. In 2001 Smithson released her first studio album...
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- Sep 12, 1983
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- Nov 5, 2008 (age 25 years)
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Trap Starz Clik
Trap Starz Clik is a rap group from Dallas, Texas, USA, composed of Lil High, Pacman and YT. All three of the Trap Starz attended Nimitz High School (Irving, Texas) and all graduated in 2005. Their debut album, Hood Depot, was released in February...
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2 Pistols
Jeremy Lemont Saunders, better known by his stage name 2 Pistols, is an American rapper from Tarpon Springs, Florida.
2 Pistols' first success in rapping had come with an independent record called "Dirty Foot," which he wrote while still in high...
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- 1983 (age 27 years)
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Flobots
The Flobots are an American rock and hip hop group from Denver, Colorado, formed in 2000 by lead MC Jonny 5, aka Jamie Laurie. Flobots found mainstream success with its major label debut Fight with Tools (2007), featuring the single "Handlebars",...
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- 2000
