Ondre Moore, known by stage names Swift and Swifty McVay, is an American rapper and member of D12. He was accepted into the group as a replacement for Bugz, at Bugz's request, following his unexpected death in 1999. In 2002, Swift founded Da Fyre Dapartment Production Company.
Memory9, aka Gadi Sassoon is an Italian electronic musician.
He was born in Milan in 1982.
He lived in the US between 2002 and 2004, where he became part of a budding laptop music scene as part of a duo called Aliens At Home, an ongoing project with San Francisco producer the Redivider.
He Lives in London since 2006: at first involved with dubstep and breakcore rigs at squat parties, he has more recently been building a reputation for his original take on laptop performance as resident at the Soundcrash club nights.
Born and raised in The Netherlands, Europe, Nicolayʹs passion for music has dominated his life for as long as he can remember. He was brought up with equal parts of Stevie Wonder and Neil Young, and as a youth, most of his days were spent listening to whatever music he could get his hands on. Nicolay’s early love for classical music drove him to seek a formal music education. A true multi-instrumentalist, Nicolay is proficient in playing piano and keyboards, guitar, bass and drums.
Latest info and videos at http://tomgreen.com Canadian comedian that has also had a sparkling musical career, including The Bum Bum Song (Lonely Swedish) which was number 1 on MTV's requests for one week, before being "retired" in order to save face for MTV. The following week's episode of Total Request Live had been pre-taped due to host Carson Daly being on vacation; since it was taped prior to The Bum Bum Song's sudden rise in popularity, it was not included in that week's TRL.
MC Lars, real name Andrew Nielsen, (born October 6, 1982 in Berkeley, California) is an American rapper. He is the self-proclaimed originator of "post-punk laptop rap". He has recorded for Truck Records in the UK and his Laptop EP is licensed to Sidecho Records in the USA. He was formerly known as MC Lars Horris but changed his pseudonym to MC Lars in 2004 for the sake of simplicity.
There are at least four artists by this name. 1) In a time when the bar on lyrical talent has seemingly been lowered through mass consumption and general apathy, Californian versifier Encore keeps his bar higher than a gold medal Olympian. His conscious content and fiery flow have won him praise in the underground, but Encore has exercised his skills in assurance of going to the top in 2003. Born in Palo Alto and raised in Milpitas, Encore enjoyed b-boying and reveled in getting his hands on the hottest new Hip Hop music as a teen.
Loon (born Chauncey Hawkins November,4 1975 in Harlem, New York) is an African American rapper formerly part of P. Diddy's Bad Boy Records, where he released his self-titled debut album, Loon. He has also made many guest appearances on songs of the R&B and hip hop genres. In 2004, Loon left Bad Boy to start his own label, Boss Up Entertainment. Loon started his music career as a member of Mase (Mason Betha) rap collective Harlem World.
Diego Cobo aka Mwëslee is a young artist and producer located in Vigo, Spain.
After playing the bass in rock groups while devouring tons of hip hop, in 1996 he started deejaying in different clubs, selecting a menu with rap, acid jazz or illbient as ingredients. In January 2006 he has launched his first 12 inches, Megaplast EP, with the support of the Dutch label Kindred Spirits, six themes of instrumental hip hop of great musicality with an electronic twist for fans of people like Prefuse 73, SA-RA or Dabrye.
Devin the Dude is a Houston-area rapper. Though relatively well-known among the underground hip-hop community during the mid-to-late 90's, Devin did not achieve mainstream success until his appearance on Dr. Dre's 2001 album. Besides sex, relationships, ridin' trucks, smokin' reefer, drinkin' beer, partying, and conscious or proverbial themes, much of Devin's work is also light-hearted and comically self-deprecating.