If you were a rap fan in the early 2000s, then you may remember Shyne. Signed to Bad Boy Records, Shyne reached commercial success with his hit single “Bonnie and Shyne”. Despite what started off as a promising career, Shyne never reached his full potential as an artist. After being involved in a shooting at…
Pause for a moment and think about the list of artists who have been together long enough to release over ten studio albums: The Beatles, Beach Boys, Bob Dylan, Rolling Stones, Simon & Garfunkel—that’s about it. Of course, there are plenty of other artists who have been around for a decade or more–MC Hammer even…
Hayley Williams is an American musician. She should be best-known to most people for being the lead vocalist of the rock band Paramore. However, there are those who will know her because of her other projects, both inside of the music industry and outside of the music industry. Very recently, Hayley Williams’s name has shown…
The musical collective known as Parliament-Funkadelic is also known as P-Funk, which first came together as The Parliaments in Plainfield, New Jersey in 1956 by then fifteen-year-old George Clinton. The band’s name was inspired by a brand product known as Parliament cigarettes. As of the early 1960s, the band became a solid line-up of five…
Tim Farriss is an Australian musician who is best-known for having been the lead guitarist of INXS. In recent times, interested individuals might have seen his name come up in entertainment news because of the reveal that he suffered a “career-ending injury” in a boating accident that happened in 2015. 1. Born in Perth, Western…
Willie Nelson is a musician and actor who was born in Texas in 1933. He began his career in 1956, and he is most associated with the country music genre, especially the outlaw country subgenre of country music. In addition to becoming a big name in country music, Willie Nelson has enjoyed a successful acting…
Despite their ever-changing lineup and short-lived career, the Byrds are widely considered to be one of the most influential bands of the 60s. More than any other rock group who made hits in the 60s, they turned folk-rock into a commercial force, layering electric guitars and shiny arrangements on top of earnest lyrics and creating…
NBA YoungBoy started his musical journey when he was just a teenager. Now, at 21 years old he is one of the hottest rappers of his generation. Although his music doesn’t always have the most commercial success, he has an extremely dedicated fan base that flocks to everything he puts out. His catalogue already boasts…
J. Period is a famous Mixtape DJ. He rose to fame after making some successful collaborations. He’s worked with Q-Tip, Big Daddy Kane, John Legend, Rakim, The Isley Brothers, Mary J. Blige, and others in the hip hop, rap, and R&B industry. His style incorporates compilations of personal interviews with artists in an audio-biography format…