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Corbin (musician)
Corbin Beckner Smidzik (born February 20, 1998), known mononymously as Corbin ( Spooky Black and Lil Spook) is an American rapper, singer, songwriter, and record producer. He was a member of the hip hop/ R&B collective Thestand4rd. Career Smidzik gained popularity on the internet through a series of solo releases on the website SoundCloud. His first release ''Forest'' was put out in late 2013 and exhibited a hip hop sound with Smidzik rapping on every song, in contrast to his later and more recognized R&B-stylized singing. By 2014, Smidzik was gaining mass exposure with the help of SoundCloud and YouTube. The video for the song "Without You", from the mixtape ''Black Silk'' (released in February 2014), went viral, attaining more than a million views on video-sharing websites YouTube and WorldStarHipHop. ''Noisey'' declared the video an "instant classic" and published an article titled "Is Spooky Black Going to Take Over the R&B Game?", while ''Consequence of Sound'' and ''Compl ...
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Baltimore, Maryland
Baltimore is the List of municipalities in Maryland, most populous city in the U.S. state of Maryland. With a population of 585,708 at the 2020 United States census, 2020 census and estimated at 568,271 in 2024, it is the List of United States cities by population, 30th-most populous U.S. city. The Baltimore metropolitan area is the Metropolitan statistical areas, 20th-largest metropolitan area in the country at 2.84 million residents. The city is also part of the Washington–Baltimore combined statistical area, which had a population of 9.97 million in 2020. Baltimore was designated as an Independent city (United States), independent city by the Constitution of Maryland in 1851. Though not located under the jurisdiction of any county in the state, it forms part of the central Maryland region together with Baltimore County, Maryland, the surrounding county that shares its name. The land that is present-day Baltimore was used as hunting ground by Paleo-Indians. In the early 160 ...
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WorldStarHipHop
WorldStarHipHop is a content-aggregating video blog. Zurawik, David.Worldstarhiphop.com makes a name for itself with shocking viral videos". ''The Baltimore Sun''. March 23, 2012. Retrieved on April 22, 2012Alternate link to the same article from the ''Orlando Sentinel''. "World Star is just basically shock video," said Nsenga Burton, an associate professor at Goucher College and editor-at-large for the African-American-focused website The Root. "They comb the pop cultural landscape for videos that are shocking on multiple levels and feed into peoples' voyeuristic tendencies." Founded in 2005, the site averaged 1.2 million unique visitors a day in 2011. The site, operated by Worldstar, LLC,Granick, Jennifer.New Year, New Job". The Center for Internet and Society. Stanford Law School. January 9, 2012. Retrieved on November 30, 2012. was founded by Lee "Q" O'Denat. Described by '' Vibe'' as a "remnant of the GeoCities generation", the site regularly features shocking events caugh ...
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DJ Khaled
Khaled Mohammed Khaled (; born November 26, 1975), known professionally as DJ Khaled, is an American DJ and record producer. Originally a Miami-based radio personality, Khaled has since become known for enlisting high-profile music industry artists to perform on singles and albums, for which he often serves as producer and hype man. Known as the "Honorific nicknames in popular music, Anthem King", his distinctions are his booming voice presence, "motivational" abstractions, maximalist production style and numerous catchphrases. Khaled was born in New Orleans, Louisiana, to Palestinian immigrant parents. He first gained recognition as a radio host in the 1990s for the radio station WEDR, 99 Jamz, and translated his popularity by working with Fat Joe's hip hop collective, Terror Squad (group), Terror Squad, as a DJ for their live performances and as a producer for the group. Following his production credits on the group's material, Khaled enlisted several hip hop artists associat ...
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SOB's
SOB's is a live world music venue and restaurant in the Hudson Square neighborhood of Manhattan. S.O.B.’s is an abbreviation of Sounds of Brazil. Larry Gold opened SOB's in June 1982 with the purpose of exposing the music of the Afro-Latino diaspora to as many people as possible. It has a standing capacity of 450, and a seating capacity of 160. Gold remains the owner of the venue. In its early days, SOB's existed on a barren stretch at the corner of Varick Street and Houston Street, just above the Houston Street subway station. The area, now known as Hudson Square, soon became trendy due to its proximity to the SoHo neighborhood. The venue's reputation began to grow with performances from Latin legends like Tito Puente, Marc Anthony, Celia Cruz and Eddie Palmieri. Brazilian artists including Seu Jorge, Jorge Ben, and Astrud Gilberto have performed at the venue, as well as more contemporary artists such as Isaac Delgado, Orquesta Aragon, Los Papines, Manolito Simonet, Sept ...
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The Fader
''The Fader'' is a magazine established in 1999 as an outlet for Cornerstone Agency, a marketing and public relations firm established by Rob Stone and Jon Cohen. The magazine covers music, style and culture. History and work It is owned by The Fader Media group, which also includes its website, thefader.com, as well as Fader films, Fader Label and Fader TV. It was the first print publication to be released on iTunes iTunes is a media player, media library, and mobile device management (MDM) utility developed by Apple. It is used to purchase, play, download and organize digital multimedia on personal computers running the macOS and Windows operating s .... The Fader Fort The magazine hosted The Fader Fort, an annual invitation-only event at Austin, Texas's South by Southwest (SXSW). Since its founding in 2001, the four-day party features live performances. Fader Fort NYC is a party produced during the annual CMJ Music Marathon. The festival has featured over 900 p ...
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Psymun
Simon Christensen, better known by his stage name Psymun, is an American record producer based in Minnesota. He was a member of Thestand4rd alongside Allan Kingdom, Bobby Raps, and Corbin. Early life and education Christensen graduated from Saint Paul Central High School. He worked at a restaurant from the age of 14 to 23. Career In 2013, Psymun released a collaborative album with singer K.Raydio, titled ''LucidDreamingSkylines''. His 2017 EP, ''Rainbow Party'', was released on Ghostly International. Discography Studio albums * ''Awfully Nice'' (2010) * ''Serious Sauce Vol. 3'' (2013) * ''LucidDreamingSkylines'' (2013) * ''Thestand4rd'' (2014) Compilation albums * ''Tape'' (2018) EPs * ''Rik Strrling'' (2012) * ''Turtle Tape'' (2013) * ''Paws'' (2013) * ''Heartsick'' (2013) * ''Pink Label'' (2014) * ''Rainbow Party'' (2017) Productions * Coss – "Let's Begin Part 2" from ''Sleepwalking'' (2011) * Allan Kingdom – "Wavey" from ''Future Memoirs'' (2014) * Chester ...
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Bobby Raps
Robert John Richardson (born December 22, 1992), known professionally as Bobby Raps, is an American rapper, singer, songwriter, and record producer. He has been a member of Thestand4rd, Audio Perm, and Dequexatron X000. He has produced and written songs for several notable artists including The Weeknd, Lil Wayne, Future, Gunna, Lil Uzi Vert and more. Early life and education Bobby Raps was born Robert John Richardson on December 22, 1992, in Saint Paul, Minnesota. While in high school, he started rapping and producing beats. He graduated from Saint Paul Central High School. Career In 2011, Bobby Raps released his debut mixtape, ''Gimme Daps''. In 2015, he released a collaborative EP with Corbin, titled ''Couch Potato''. Entirely produced by Bobby Raps, it features a guest appearance from Izell Pyramid. ''City Pages'' described it as "a thoroughly haunting dose of ethereal hip-hop that sounds like if James Blake cut a record with Earl Sweatshirt." The opening song of the EP ...
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Allan Kingdom
Allan Kyariga (born January 6, 1994), better known by his stage name Allan Kingdom, is a Canadian rapper and record producer based in Saint Paul, Minnesota. He was a member of Thestand4rd along with Bobby Raps, Corbin, and Psymun. He guest featured alongside Theophilus London and Paul McCartney on Kanye West's 2015 single " All Day", which received two Grammy Award nominations. Early life Allan Kyariga was born in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada, to a South African father and a Tanzanian mother. In his youth, he moved to the United States to Wisconsin, and eventually to Saint Paul, Minnesota. He studied at Woodbury High School, Creative Arts High School, and Minneapolis Institute of Production and Recording. Career In earlier releases, Kyariga used various aliases, including King Kyariga, The Northern Gentleman, and Peanut Butter Prince. Allan Kingdom's official debut mixtape, ''Trucker Music'', was released in 2011. He was named "Best Hip Hop Artist of 2014" by ''City Pages''. ...
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City Pages
''City Pages'' was an alternative newspaper serving the Minneapolis–St. Paul metropolitan area. It featured news, film, theatre and restaurant reviews and music criticism, available free every Wednesday. It ceased publication in 2020 due to a decline in ads and revenue related to the COVID-19 pandemic. History On August 1, 1979, publishers Tom Bartel and Kristin Henning debuted ''Sweet Potato'', a monthly newspaper focused on the Twin Cities music scene. The first issue featured pop band The Cars on the cover. In October 1980, ''Sweet Potato'' went biweekly. On December 3, 1981, the newspaper went weekly and was renamed ''City Pages''. ''City Pages'' competed for readership with the ''Twin Cities Reader'' until 1997, when Stern Publishing purchased ''City Pages'' in March and the ''Twin Cities Reader'' the following day, shuttering it immediately. Bartel and Henning left ''City Pages'' in the fall of 1997. Tom Bartel's brother Mark was named publisher after Bartel and Henning ...
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Internet Archive
The Internet Archive is an American 501(c)(3) organization, non-profit organization founded in 1996 by Brewster Kahle that runs a digital library website, archive.org. It provides free access to collections of digitized media including websites, Application software, software applications, music, audiovisual, and print materials. The Archive also advocates a Information wants to be free, free and open Internet. Its mission is committing to provide "universal access to all knowledge". The Internet Archive allows the public to upload and download digital material to its data cluster, but the bulk of its data is collected automatically by its web crawlers, which work to preserve as much of the public web as possible. Its web archiving, web archive, the Wayback Machine, contains hundreds of billions of web captures. The Archive also oversees numerous Internet Archive#Book collections, book digitization projects, collectively one of the world's largest book digitization efforts. ...
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Doc McKinney
Martin "Doc" McKinney (born August 27, 1971) is a Canadian Americans, Canadian-American record producer and songwriter. He was formerly one half of the duo (now solo act) Esthero. McKinney is widely credited with developing The Weeknd's sound as well as producing his mixtapes ''House of Balloons'' and ''Thursday (mixtape), Thursday''; and executive producing and produced the majority of his third album ''Starboy (album), Starboy'' (2016), which earned McKinney the 2016 Grammy Award for Best Urban Contemporary Album.Interview with Doc McKinney
Paul Tingen. Retrieved on March 31, 2018


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Born in Canada and raised in Minneapolis, McKinney was exposed to the Twin Cities indie scene. During his adolescent years, McKinney played in various punk rock and hip hop based groups. While the cit ...
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Paper (magazine)
''Paper'' (also known as ''Paper Mag'') is a New York City-based independent magazine focusing on fashion, popular culture, nightlife, music, art, and film. Initially produced monthly, the magazine eventually became a quarterly publication, and a digital version was made available online at ''papermag.com''. In 2020, physical production of the magazine was paused following the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic in the United States. The publication continued to create and release content online via its website. History ''Paper'' was founded in 1984 by Kim Hastreiter and David Hershkovits, former editors at the '' SoHo Weekly News,'' with help from Lucy Sisman and Richard Weigand''.'' Beginning as a monthly print magazine in the form of a black and white 16-page fold-out, it has since transformed into a quarterly print and digital magazine. Past cover models include Kim Kardashian, Katy Perry, Miley Cyrus, Prince, CL, Kacey Musgraves, Jennifer Lopez, and BTS. In 2017, Hastr ...
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