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Yung Lean

Hailing from Stockholm, Sweden 16 year old Yung Lean (real name Jonatan Leandoer Håstad) along with producers Yung Sherman and Yung Gud form the Sad Boys. Lean is the son of Swedish author, translator and literary editor Kristoffer Leandoer. The Sad Boys are influenced by artists such as Lil B, Future and Main Attrakionz. Producers Young Sherman and Yung Gud incorporate cloud ambient beats and auto-tune while Lean constantly raps about "...Fucking hoes and popping pills like Tic Tacs... " all while he sips on an Arizona Ice Tea.

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Lil B

Equally inspired by Prince and 2Pac, Lil B is an eccentric, ambitious rapper who came up with the Bay Area's the Pack, a group that had a hit with the sneaker-loving track "Vans." After the group released its 2007 album, Based Boys, Lil B began to explore other opportunities by first partnering with fellow Pack member Young L for SS Mixtape, Vol. 1. New solo songs would regularly get posted to his MySpace site and then, in late 2008, he began to toy with the excessiveness of the Internet, storming the Web in a full-on blitzkrieg.

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Dads

Dads could refer to four current bands: 1. Two-piece emo band from New Brunswick, NJ.
-Brush Your Teeth - Cassette/CD
-Brush Your Teeth, Again ;)
---Cassette on Carucage
---CD on Get Into It Records (UK)
-American Radass (this is important)
---Vinyl on Flannel Gurl Records / Get Into It, Moshtache, Day by Day, Something New (UK pressing)
---Cassette on Broken World Media
---CD on Stiff Slack Records (Japan)
-Shit Twins lathe cut 7" on Broken World Media

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Kreayshawn

An American hip hop singer-songwriter from Oakland, California, Kreayshawn is a product of the hip-hop "based" movement. With training from Berkeley Film School, Kreayshawn has also acted as director for fellow East Bay rapper Lil B's videos. Kreayshawn additionally performs as part of the White Girl Mob, consisting of herself, fellow vocalist V-Nasty, and DJ Lil' Debbie. She has recently gained popularity with her release of the single "Gucci Gucci," written by Speakz.

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Evian Christ

Evian Christ is a 22 year old UK / producer by the name of Joshua Leary. He started uploading songs to his Youtube account late 2011, which gained the attention of a number of acclaimed blogs. On 1 February 2012, he released the "Kings and Them" mixtape on Tri Angle Records, compiling mastered versions of the tracks he had put on Youtube up until then.

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Soulja Boy

DeAndre Cortez Way (born July 28, 1990 in Chicago, Illinois), better known by his stage name Soulja Boy Tell

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