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Redman
Redman
Member, Method Man & Redman

Music

Redman is a rapper, DJ, record producer, and actor. He rose to fame in the early 1990s as an artist on the Def Jam label. He is also well known for his collaborations with his close friend Method Man, as one-half of the rap duo Method Man & Redman.

EPMD
EPMD
Recording Group

Music

EPMD's name is a concatenation of the members' names "E" and "PMD" or an acronym for "Erick and Parrish Making Dollars", referencing its members: emcees Erick Sermon ("E" a.k.a. E Double) and Parrish Smith ("PMD" a.k.a. Parrish Mic Doc).

Das EFX
Das EFX
Recording Group

Music

Das EFX is an American hip-hop duo. It consists of emcees Dray (also known as Krazy Drayz) and Skoob (also known as Books). They named themselves "DAS" standing for "Dray and Skoob" and "EFX" meaning "effects". They rose to popularity in the early 1990s .

Kurupt
Kurupt
Member, Tha Dogg Pound

Music

Kurupt began his career in the early 1990s, when he was signed to Death Row Records and shortly after formed the duo Tha Dogg Pound with Daz Dillinger. After leaving Death Row in 1996, he signed with A&M and released his debut studio album, "Kuruption!".

Parliament-Funkadelic
Parliament-Funkadelic
Inductee, Rock and Roll Hall of Fame

Music

Parliament-Funkadelic (abbreviated as P-Funk) is an American funk music collective of rotating musicians headed by George Clinton, primarily consisting of the individual bands Parliament and Funkadelic, both active since the 1960s.

Funkadelic
Funkadelic
Recording Group

Music

Funkadelic is a band that was most prominent during the 1970s. The band and its sister act Parliament, both led by George Clinton, pioneered the funk music culture of that decade. Relative to its sister act, Funkadelic pursued a psychedelic sound.

Parliament
Parliament
Recording Group

Music

Parliament is a funk band formed in the late 1960s by George Clinton as part of his Parliament-Funkadelic collective. Less rock-oriented than its sister act Funkadelic, Parliament drew on science-fiction and outlandish performances in their work.

George Clinton
George Clinton
Member, Parliament-Funkadelic

Music

George Clinton is a singer, songwriter, bandleader, and record producer. His Parliament-Funkadelic collective (which primarily recorded under the distinct band names Parliament and Funkadelic) developed an influential and eclectic form of funk music.

Bradley Cooper
Bradley Cooper
4-Time Academy Award Nominee and 2-Time Golden Globe Award Nominee

Film

Bradley Cooper is an actor, director, and producer. His films have earned $7.8 billion. Nominated for various accolades, including four Academy Awards, two BAFTA Awards, and two Golden Globes, he appeared in Forbes Celebrity 100 on two occasions.

Troye Sivan
Troye Sivan
Recording Artist

Music

Troye Sivan is a South African-born Australian singer, songwriter, actor, and YouTube personality. As a YouTube personality, Sivan used to upload video blogs regularly and, as of 2016, has over 4 million subscribers and over 241 million total views.

Dakota Fanning
Dakota Fanning
Screen Actors Guild Award Nominee

Film

Dakota Fanning rose to prominence at the age of seven for her performance as Lucy Dawson in the drama film "I Am Sam" (2001), for which she received a Screen Actors Guild Award nomination at age eight, making her the youngest nominee in SAG history.

Liam Hemsworth
Liam Hemsworth
Actor

Film

Liam Hemsworth is an Australian actor. He played the roles of Josh Taylor in the soap opera "Neighbours" and Marcus in the children's television series "The Elephant Princess". His older brothers, Luke Hemsworth and Chris Hemsworth, are also actors.

Michael B. Jordan
Michael B. Jordan
Actor

Film

Michael B. Jordan is an American actor. He is known for his film roles as professional boxer Adonis Creed in the "Rocky" sequel film "Creed" (2015), and antagonist Erik Killmonger in the Marvel Cinematic Universe superhero film "Black Panther" (2018).

BBMak
BBMak
Recording Group

Music

BBMak is an English pop group consisting of Mark Barry, Christian Burns, and Stephen McNally. Together, they sold three million albums, and had hit singles worldwide between 1999 and 2003 when they disbanded.

Alec Baldwin
Alec Baldwin
Academy Award Nominee and 3-Time Emmy Award Winner

Film

Alec Baldwin is an American actor, writer, producer, and comedian. From 2006 to 2013, he starred on the NBC sitcom "30 Rock", winning two Emmy Awards, three Golden Globe Awards, and seven Screen Actors Guild Awards for his work on the show.

Jim Parsons
Jim Parsons
4-Time Emmy Award Winner

Television

Jim Parsons is known for playing Sheldon Cooper in the CBS sitcom "The Big Bang Theory". He has received several awards for his performance, including four Primetime Emmy Awards for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Comedy Series and a Golden Globe Award.

Willie Dixon
Willie Dixon
Grammy Award Winner and Inductee, Rock and Roll Hall of Fame

Music

Willie Dixon was an American blues musician, vocalist, songwriter, arranger and record producer. He received a Grammy Award and was inducted into the Blues Hall of Fame, the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, and the Songwriters Hall of Fame.

Matthew Broderick
Matthew Broderick
2-Time Tony Award Winner

Film

Matthew Broderick is an actor and singer. He has won two Tony Awards, one for Best Featured Actor in a Play for "Brighton Beach Memoirs" (1983), and one for Best Actor in a Musical for "How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying" (1995).

Mark Hamill
Mark Hamill
Actor

Film

Mark Hamill is an American stage, screen, and voice actor. He is known for playing Luke Skywalker in the Star Wars film series and for his voice-over work in animations and video games as the Joker, beginning with "Batman: The Animated Series" in 1992.

Neil Simon
Neil Simon
3-Time Tony Award Winner

Theatre

Neil Simon wrote more than 30 plays and nearly the same number of movie screenplays, mostly adaptations of his plays. He received more combined Academy Award and Tony Award nominations than any other writer.

Rickey Minor
Rickey Minor
Musical Director ajnd Bandleader

Music

Rickey Minor is best known as the musical director and bandleader on "The Tonight Show with Jay Leno". In addition to his work as musical director for "American Idol", he served as bandleader on Fox's "Don't Forget the Lyrics!".

Adrien Brody
Adrien Brody
Academy Award Winner

Film

Adrien Brody received widespread recognition and acclaim after starring in Roman Polanski's "The Pianist" (2002), for which he won the Academy Award for Best Actor at age twenty-nine, making him the youngest actor to win in that category.

Taylor Dayne
Taylor Dayne
3-Time Grammy Award Nominee and American Music Award Winner

Music

Taylor Dayne is an American singer-songwriter and actress. She has sold over 75 million albums and singles worldwide, earned three Grammy Award nominations, an American Music Award, and multiple New York Music Awards.

ZZ Top
ZZ Top
Inductee, Rock and Roll Hall of Fame

Music

ZZ Top is an American rock band. Total record sales of 25 million place ZZ Top among the top-100-selling artists in the United States. ZZ Top was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2004.

Lynyrd Skynyrd
Lynyrd Skynyrd
Inductee, Rock and Roll Hall of Fame

Music

Lynyrd Skynyrd was an American rock band best known for having popularized the Southern rock genre during the 1970s. Lynyrd Skynyrd has sold 28 million records in the United States. They were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame on March 13, 2006.

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