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Millionaires (duo)
Millionaires is an American electronic music group consisting of Melissa Marie Green and Meredith Hurley. The group, formed in August 2007, originally consisted of Green and her sister Allison Green, as well as friend Dani Artaud. The group mix explicit lyrics with an electropop backing. Their image and lyrics generated controversy during their early years. The band released three EPs, several singles—including "Stay the Night", which charted for a short time in the UK, and their debut album, ''Tonight'', released in March 2013. In 2016, they released a single with producer Wade Martin titled "When I'm Single". History 2007–2010: Career beginnings Millionaires started on August 14, 2007, (according to their Myspace signup) "as an accident" when sisters Melissa and Allison Green recorded a song using GarageBand. The song was titled "I Like Money", and the teens then created a corresponding MySpace profile named Millionaires. The third member, Dani Artaud, joined the group af ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Huntington Beach, California
Huntington Beach is a seaside city in Orange County, California, United States. The city was originally called Pacific City, but it was changed in 1903 to be named after American businessman Henry E. Huntington. The population was 198,711 as of the 2020 United States census, making it the fourth most populous city in Orange County, the most populous beach city in Orange County, and the seventh most populous city in the Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA Metropolitan Statistical Area. Located southeast of Downtown Los Angeles, it is bordered by Bolsa Chica Basin State Marine Conservation Area on the west, the Pacific Ocean on the southwest, by Seal Beach on the northwest, by Westminster, California, Westminster on the north, by Fountain Valley, California, Fountain Valley on the northeast, by Costa Mesa on the east, and by Newport Beach on the southeast. Huntington Beach has a long stretch of sandy beach, mild climate, conditions considered ideal for surfing, and a strong beach ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
UK Hardcore
Happy hardcore, also known as 4-beat or happycore, is a subgenre of hardcore dance music or " hard dance". It emerged both from the UK breakbeat hardcore rave scene, and Belgian, German and Dutch hardcore techno scenes in the early 1990s. What makes happy hardcore stand apart from gabber is that happy hardcore tends to have breakbeats running alongside the 4/4 kick drum. History Origins The breakbeat hardcore rave scene was beginning to fragment by late 1992 into a number of subsequent breakbeat-based genres: darkcore (tracks embracing dark-themed samples and stabs), hardcore jungle (reggae basslines and influences became prominent), and 4-beat also known as "happy hardcore" where piano rolls and uplifting vocals were still central to the sound. DJs such as Slipmatt, DJ Sy, DJ Seduction, Wishdokta, DJ Dougal, and DJ Vibes continued to play and put out music of this nature throughout 1993/94 – notably Slipmatt through the SMD releases, ''Wishdokta'' as 'Naughty Na ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shanell Woodgett
Shanell Lynn Woodgett (born November 15, 1980) is an American singer-songwriter from Atlanta, Georgia. She is best known for her guest appearance on Lil Wayne's 2009 single "Prom Queen", which peaked within the top 20 of the ''Billboard'' Hot 100. The year prior, she signed with Wayne's Young Money Entertainment, a then-imprint of Birdman's Cash Money Records and Universal Republic Records. Biography Born in Anaheim, Shanell was raised in Atlanta and is the older sister of recording artist D. Woods. Her introduction to music was from her father, a Merrill Lynch Financial Advisor. A classically trained dancer in the disciplines of Jazz, ballet and modern dance, she began her career as a music video dancer for artists like Ciara. Dancing by day, Shanell penned songs by night to production from Iowa producer and friend Bangladesh, garnering a name for herself as a songwriter. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Diamond (rapper)
Brittany Nicole Carpentero (born May 20, 1988), better known by her stage name Diamond, is an American rapper from Atlanta, Georgia. Early life Brittany Nicole Carpentero was born May 20, 1988, in Atlanta, Georgia, to an African-American mother and a Puerto Rican father. Career Crime Mob, 2004–2007 At the age of fifteen, Diamond joined the group Crime Mob in 2004. Crime Mob first garnered national attention in 2004 with their single "Knuck If You Buck," which was eventually certified Platinum. They released their debut album ''Crime Mob'' later that summer. Their next charting single, " Rock Yo Hips," was released in August 2006 and was followed by a second album, '' Hated on Mostly'', in March 2007. Solo career & various mixtapes, 2008–present In November 2007, Diamond left Crime Mob to pursue a solo career and signed a management deal with Polo Grounds Music. In 2010, she appeared on the remix version of the Ludacris single " My Chick Bad", along with Trina and Eve. Her ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Trina
Katrina Laverne Kearse (née Taylor; born December 3, 1974), is an American rapper. She rose to prominence in the late 1990s for her collaborations with Trick Daddy on the singles " Nann Nigga", " Shut Up", and " Take It to da House". In 2000, she released her debut album '' Da Baddest Bitch''. Afterwards, she made an appearance on the remix of " One Minute Man" by Missy Elliott and Ludacris. In 2002, she released the Kanye West-produced single " B R Right" featuring Ludacris, from her sophomore album '' Diamond Princess'' (2002). Trina's third album '' Glamorest Life'' (2005), spawned the hit single " Here We Go" featuring Kelly Rowland, which was certified gold by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA). Her follow-up album '' Still da Baddest'' (2008), peaked within the top ten on the ''Billboard'' 200, and reached number one on the US R&B/Hip-Hop Albums. In 2010, she released her fifth album ''Amazin, which featured the Lady Gaga co-penned track "Let Dem Hoe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kreayshawn
Natassia Gail Zolot (born September 24, 1989), better known by her stage name Kreayshawn, is an American rapper, singer, and music video director from Oakland, California. In 2011, while serving as a member of a rap group with her friends, she released the music video to her debut single, " Gucci Gucci", to viral success. Early life and education Natassia Zolot was born on September 24, 1989, in San Francisco. She is Jewish and a third-generation Russian-American. Her mother, Elka Zolot, was a member of the San Francisco garage punk band The Trashwomen. Kreayshawn moved to East Oakland and acquired her first video camera at age 10, whereupon she started documenting her raps and films about herself and everyday life. At the age of 13, Natassia enrolled at MetWest High School, which she described as a "new alternative type of high school". Instead of having the usual classes, such as English and mathematics, she had to take an internship at a local radio station 3 days a week ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ov Sulfur
Ov Sulfur is an American deathcore band formed in 2020 in Las Vegas, Nevada. The band's lineup currently consists of vocalist Ricky Hoover, guitarist and vocalist Chase Wilson, guitarist Christian Becker, bassist Josh Bearden and drummer Levi "Leviathvn" Xul. The band has released only one studio album titled ''The Burden Ov Faith'', which was released on March 24, 2023 through Century Media Records and one EP. The band is known for their very anti-religious lyrical themes. History After Ricky Hoover left Suffokate in May 2012, he would start a career of barbering. Due to problems that Hoover was suffering from such as the COVID-19 pandemic lockdown and toxic relationships, he decided to return to music and formed Ov Sulfur in 2020. In early and mid 2021, the band released its first three singles titled "Behind the Hand of God", "Bathe in the Flame" and "Oblivion". On August 6, 2021, the band released their debut EP titled ''Oblivion'', which featured guest vocals from Tim Lambesi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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 systems, and can be used to rip songs from CDs as well as playing content from dynamic, smart playlists. It includes options for sound optimization and wirelessly sharing iTunes libraries. iTunes was announced by Apple CEO Steve Jobs on January 9, 2001. Its original and main focus was music, with a library offering organization and storage of Mac users' music collections. With the 2003 addition of the iTunes Store for purchasing and downloading digital music, and a Windows version of the program, it became an ubiquitous tool for managing music and configuring other features on Apple's line of iPod media players, which extended to the iPhone and iPad upon their introduction. From 2005 on, Apple expanded its core music features with s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pete Waterman
Peter Alan Waterman (born 15 January 1947) is an English record producer, songwriter, and television personality. As a member of the Stock Aitken Waterman production and songwriting team, he co-wrote and co-produced many UK hit singles. An avid railway enthusiast, Waterman is the owner of significant collections of both historic and commercial railway locomotives and rolling stock. Early life Peter Alan Waterman was born in Stoke Heath, Coventry, Warwickshire on Wednesday, 15 January 1947. He was educated at Whitley Abbey Comprehensive School until he left in 1962 to work for British Railways. He became a steam locomotive fireman based at Wolverhampton (Stafford Road) depot. In 2002 he said of his time working for British Railways, "I loved every minute of it. The squalor was unreal, but the camaraderie was phenomenal." After closure of the depot in 1963, Waterman chose to follow a career in music, being inspired by The Beatles. To supplement his income as a DJ, he became ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eurovision Song Contest
The Eurovision Song Contest (), often known simply as Eurovision, is an international Music competition, song competition organised annually by the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) among its members since 1956. Each participating broadcaster submits an original song representing its country to be performed and broadcast live to all of them via the Eurovision (network), Eurovision and Euroradio networks, and then casts votes for the other countries' songs to determine a winner. The contest was inspired by and based on the Italian Sanremo Music Festival, held in the Italian Riviera since 1951. Eurovision has been held annually since 1956 (except for due to the COVID-19 pandemic), making it the longest-running international music competition on television and one of the world's longest-running television programmes. Active members of the EBU and invited associate members are eligible to compete; broadcasters from List of countries in the Eurovision Song Contest, 52 countries hav ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Boston Phoenix
''The Phoenix'' (stylized as ''The Phœnix'') was the name of several alternative weekly periodicals published in the United States by Phoenix Media/Communications Group of Boston, Massachusetts, including the now defunct ''Boston Phoenix'', ''Providence Phoenix'', ''Portland Phoenix'', and ''Worcester Phoenix''. These publications emphasized local arts and entertainment coverage as well as lifestyle and political coverage. The ''Portland Phoenix'', which folded in 2019, was revived a few months later by another company, New Portland Publishing. The newspaper closed in 2023. The papers, like most alternative weeklies, are somewhat similar in format and editorial content to ''The Village Voice''. History Origin ''The Phoenix'' was founded in 1965 by Joe Hanlon, a former editor at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology's student newspaper, '' The Tech''. Since many Boston-area college newspapers were printed at the same printing firm, Hanlon's idea was to do a four-page sing ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Crunkcore
Crunkcore (also known as crunk punk, screamo crunk, and scrunk) is a musical fusion genre characterized by the combination of musical elements from crunk, post-hardcore (particularly pop screamo), Heavy metal music, heavy metal, pop music, pop, electronic music, electronic and dance music. The genre often features Screaming (music), screamed vocals, hip hop music, hip hop beats, and sexually provocative lyrics. The genre developed from members of the Scene (subculture), scene subculture during the mid-2000s. History and characteristics Crunkcore combines the post-hardcore genres of screamo and emo with hip-hop, particularly the Southern hip hop, Southern hip-hop genre crunk, along with electronic music such as electropop, dance music, dance, Pop music, pop, rock, and the Heavy metal music, metal genres of nu metal and metalcore. Writer and musician Jessica Hopper claims that Panic! at the Disco's fusion of emo and electronic elements influenced the development of crunkcore in th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
