AndréLauren Benjamin,better known as André3000,is an American rapper,singer,songwriter,record producer,and actor. Born and raised in Atlanta,Georgia,he is best known for being one-half of southern hip hop duo Outkast,alongside fellow Atlanta-based rapper Big Boi. Benjamin has been ranked as one of the greatest rappers of all time by publications including Billboard,Complex,The Source,and About.com.
Percy Romeo Miller,also known by his stage name Romeo,is an American rapper,actor,and television personality. He gained fame as a rapper in the early 2000s after signing with No Limit Records,then owned by his father,Master P. He soon released his debut single "My Baby" in 2001 which peaked at number 3 on the Billboard Hot 100. Later the same year,Miller released his debut album Lil' Romeo,which charted the US Billboard 200 at number six selling 99,000 copies in its first week and went on to be certified Gold.
Hey Arnold!:The Movie is a 2002 American animated adventure comedy film based on the Nickelodeon animated television series of the same name. It was directed by Tuck Tucker and written by series creator Craig Bartlett and Steve Viksten,with music by series composer Jim Lang. The events of the film take place during the fifth and final season of Hey Arnold!. The film stars Spencer Klein,Francesca Smith,Jamil Walker Smith,Dan Castellaneta,Tress MacNeille,Paul Sorvino,and Jennifer Jason Leigh. The film follows Arnold,Gerald,and Helga on a quest to save their neighborhood from a greedy developer who plans on converting it into a huge shopping mall.
Jonathan H. Smith,better known by his stage name Lil Jon,is an American rapper,producer and former frontman of the rap group Lil Jon &the East Side Boyz. He was instrumental in the emergence of the hip hop subgenre crunk,and is credited with bringing the genre into mainstream success. Lil Jon frequently collaborates with Miami-based rapper Pitbull,Bay Area-based rappers Too Short and E-40. He participates as one-third of an unofficial trio consisting of Atlanta-based artists Ludacris and Usher who frequently create songs together.
"Passion" is a song recorded by Japanese-American singer Hikaru Utada,taken as the fourth single from their studio album Ultra Blue (2006). It premiered on December 14,2005,in two physical formats and for digital consumption,distributed by EMI Japan and EastWorld. "Passion",alongside its English counterpart "Sanctuary",were used as the national and international theme songs to the Square Enix video game Kingdom Hearts II (2005);the tracks serve as the successors to "Hikari" and its English counterpart,"Simple and Clean",which are found on Kingdom Hearts.
Game Time is the second studio album by American rapper Lil' Romeo. It was released on December 17,2002 on The New No Limit and Universal Records. The album peaked at number 33 on the Billboard 200 and had first week sales of 93,000 copies.
"My Baby" is the first single by American rapper Lil' Romeo from his debut studio album Lil' Romeo by No Limit Records. The song features Ms Peaches and samples "I Want You Back" by The Jackson 5. It topped the Billboard R&B chart and reached number 3 on the Billboard Hot 100,and is,to date,Romeo's biggest hit. It was featured in the video game Thrillville:Off the Rails.
"Starcrossed" is the third single from the Meltdown album by the band Ash. It was released as a single on 19 July 2004 as a CD and a gatefold 7-inch vinyl,as well as a DVD format and various promo copies. "Starcrossed" was A-listed on BBC Radio 1 and was expected to be a major hit for the band,but it only made it to number 22 on the UK Singles Chart and number 43 in Ireland. However,the song was successful in the long run for the band and is considered one of their most popular songs.
Niatia Jessica Kirkland,better known by her stage name Lil Mama,is an American rapper,singer,actress and television presenter from Brooklyn,New York and Harlem,New York. She experienced top 10 Billboard placements at seventeen with her debut album VYP (2008) which debuted at #25 on the Billboard 200. The album spawned her four major singles including her staple song and dance anthem "Lip Gloss",earning her two Teen Choice Awards and Monster Single of the Year nominations at the MTV VMA's. Lil Mama gained further attention in Pop music after a collaboration with Avril Lavigne,for the remix of her hit single "Girlfriend".
"That's How I Beat Shaq" is a single from Aaron Carter's second album,Aaron's Party. Released in 2001,the single was released with the permission of Shaquille O'Neal. The song was used in the trailer for Hey Arnold!:The Movie.
"Push" is a song from the Enrique Iglesias album Insomniac. The song features American rapper Lil Wayne and is Iglesias's first collaboration with a hip-hop artist.
More than a Game is a 2008 American documentary film that follows basketball superstar LeBron James and four of his teammates through the trials and tribulations of high school basketball in Akron,Ohio,and James's journey to fame. The film trailer was released in April featuring the single "Stronger" by Mary J. Blige,which she released in support of the film. The soundtrack titled Music Inspired by More than a Game was released September 28,2009. The film had limited theatrical release on October 2,2009.
"Best I Ever Had" is a song recorded by Canadian singer and rapper Drake for his debut EP So Far Gone. It first became prominent from the release of mixtape of the same name. The song is also included on Drake's debut studio album Thank Me Later,as a bonus track on the Japanese version of the album,and on iTunes in several countries.
"D.O.A." is a song written by American rapper Jay-Z and produced by No I.D. The song was released as a digital download on June 23,2009,and as the first single from Jay-Z's 11th studio album,The Blueprint 3. The song made its world premiere on the New York radio station Hot 97 on June 5. Its lyrics address the overusage of Auto-Tune in the music industry. The song samples "In the Space" by French composer Janko Nilović. The bridge is inspired by Steam's "Na Na Hey Hey Kiss Him Goodbye" and interpolates lyrics from Kanye West's "Big Brother",and "You're Nobody " by The Notorious B.I.G. The song won Jay-Z his eighth Grammy Award,and his second for Best Rap Solo Performance. It peaked at No. 24 on Billboard Hot 100.
"Forever" is a song by rappers Drake,Kanye West,Lil Wayne,and Eminem. Written alongside producer Boi-1da,the song was originally released as the third single from the soundtrack to LeBron James's More than a Game documentary and was placed on the Refill re-release of Eminem's album Relapse. Eminem performed his verse of the song at the American Music Awards of 2009. Drake performed the song with Lil Wayne,Eminem,and Travis Barker at the 52nd Annual Grammy Awards. A demo version of the song was leaked in mid-2008.
Benjamin Christopher Flores Jr.,also known as Lil' P-Nut,is an American child actor and rapper. In music,he is known for his song "You Might Be the One". In acting,Flores starred as Louie Preston on the Nickelodeon television series The Haunted Hathaways (2013–2015),and as Triple G on the Nickelodeon series Game Shakers (2015–2019).
"Summer Madness" is an instrumental tune that was released in 1974 by Kool &the Gang on their album Light of Worlds. It reached number 35 on the Billboard Hot 100 and number 36 on the Hot Soul Singles charts. It has subsequently become one of the most sampled R&B compositions of all time. In the early summer of 1996,Epic Records,a division of Sony Music,reissued and re-released the song as a CD and cassette single. As of 2018,over 145 recordings had sampled it.
"Hey Ma" is a song recorded by American rapper and singer Pitbull and Colombian singer J Balvin,featuring vocals from fellow Cuban-American singer Camila Cabello,taken from The Fate of the Furious movie soundtrack (2017). It was co-written by the artists,while co-produced by Sermstyle,T-Collar,and Pip Kembo. There are two versions of the song;one in Spanish and one in English. Music videos were directed for both versions of the song by American director Gil Green,with the Spanish video premiering on March 10,2017 and the English video on April 7.
"Lyte as a Rock" is a 1988 single from the album of the same name by American rapper MC Lyte. Although in its version on the album it is produced by Audio Two,the single and the music video use a house music mix produced by King of Chill. The song was composed by Lyte With Audio Two's Milk Dee.
Donavin Rashad Hogan,better known by his stage name D The Business,is an American rapper,actor,entrepreneur,songwriter and real estate agent. D The Business gained fame as a young street rapper in the early 2000s at just 10 years old along with his cousin Romeo Miller after signing with No Limit Records,which was founded by his cousin,Master P. He was one of the only artist featured on Romeo's debut album Lil' Romeo,which charted the US Billboard 200 at number six and went on to be certified gold,selling over 500,000 copies with in a month,which went on to be certified platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA).
