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WillisBeatz William Osafo, known professionally as WillisBeatz, is a Ghanaian-born sound engineer, record producer and DJ from Takoradi. He is best known for producing Shatta Wale's hit singles "Taking Over","Forgetti","Sponsor" by Ebony Reigns and "Osey" by Nero X. WillisBeatz was nominated in the " Best Music Producer of the Year" category at the 2017 Ghana Entertainment Awards (USA).
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Shatta Wale Charles Nii Armah Mensah Jnr. (born 17 October 1984), known by his stage name Shatta Wale (formerly "Bandana"), is a Ghanaian-born producer and reggae-dancehall musician. He is best known for his song "Dancehall King", which led to winning the Artiste of the Year at the 2014 edition of the Ghana Music Awards. He traveled to Jamaica to learn dancehall. Shatta Wale acted in the movie "Never Say Never" featuring Charles Kofi Bucknor, Edward Kufuor and Paulina Oduro and also featuring in "Shattered Lives" along with Bisa Kdei and Majid Michel.
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Willis Van Devanter (art appraiser) Willis Van Devanter (born December 27, 1930) is one of the world’s top manuscript appraisers. He has appraised and helped place the papers of many notable Americans, ranging from W. Averell Harriman to Irving Berlin and the Reverend Martin Luther King, Jr.
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Wale Ojo Wale Ojo is a Nigerian actor. He came into prominence in 1995 for his role in "The Hard Case". He won the award for Best Actor at the 2012 Nigeria Entertainment Awards.
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Louis Martinié Louis Martinié is an author, "internationally known" percussionist, practitioner of a multitude of religions among them being New Orleans style Voodoo, and co-author of the book "New Orleans VooDoo Tarot" (1992), with Sallie Ann Glassman. He is a priest and drummer with the New Orleans Voodoo Spiritual Temple, and a primary drummer for the rituals of Priestess Miriam Chamani He is also a leader of the band of drummers known as the Krewe of Nutria, who have drummed for the ritual shows of the New Orleans Historic Voodoo Museum. He is the editor and a founder of Black Moon Publishing.
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Shafin Ahmed Shafin Ahmed (Bengali: শাফিন আহমেদ ; born February 14) is a Bangladeshi singer and composer. He is a member of the musical group Miles. He is also a well known singer in West Bengal, India.
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Cie Frazier Josiah "Cie" Frazier (February 23, 1904 – January 10, 1985) was an American jazz drummer.
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Kamal Dasgupta Kamal Dasgupta or Kamal Uddin Ahmed (Bengali: কমল দাশগুপ্ত --> কামাল উদ্দিন আহমেদ ) (28 July 1912 – 20 July 1974) was a twentieth-century Bengali music director, composer and folk artist. Rāga and Thumri were the main elements of his music. His wife Feroza Begum (1930-2014) was a noted Nazrul Sangeet singer. Their second and third sons Hamin Ahmed and Shafin Ahmed are lead singers with Bangladeshi Band Miles.
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Holla at Your Boy "Holla at Your Boy" is a song by Nigerian Afrobeat recording artist Wizkid. It was officially released on January 2, 2010. The song was produced by DJ Klem (Knighthouse) and Vebee. It is the first single from his debut album, "Superstar" (2011).
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Peggy Willis-Aarnio Peggy Willis-Aarnio (January 12, 1948 – January 9, 2016) was an American choreographer, historian, author and teacher of classical ballet. She was a professional dancer in the early 1970s with the Ft. Worth Ballet in Fort Worth, Texas. She was the first American ballet teacher to be sanctioned as a “Certified Practitioner and Teacher of the Teaching Method of Classical Ballet” by the Vaganova Academy in Saint Petersburg, Russia.
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Waka music Waka music is a popular Islamic-oriented Yoruba musical genre. It was made popular by Alhaja Batile Alake from Ijebu, who took the genre into the mainstream Nigerian music by playing it at concerts and parties; also, she was the first waka singer to record an album. Later, younger singers like Salawa Abeni and Kuburatu Alaragbo joined the pack. In 1992, Salawa Abeni was crowned "Queen of Waka" by the Alafin of Oyo, Oba Lamidi Adeyemi.
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Christian Walz Christian Walz (born 4 September 1978, Stockholm) is a Swedish artist, songwriter, and producer. Walz's music is mainly pop/soul. When young Walz attended Adolf Fredrik's Music School in Stockholm. He released his self-titled debut album in 1999, aged 20.
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Saheb Qiblah Fultali Abdul Latif Chowdhury (Bengali: আব্দুল লতিফ চৌধুরী ; 25 May 1913 – 16 January 2008), widely known as Saheb Qiblah Fultali, was a Bangladeshi Islamic scholar of theology, philosophy, murshid, spiritual esotericist, and spiritual leader.
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Henry Parker Willis Henry Parker Willis (August 14, 1874 – July 18, 1937) was an American financial expert.
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Wale Babalakin Dr. Wale Babalakin (Born Bolanle Olawale Babalakin) is a Nigerian businessman, lawyer and philanthropist. Chairman of The Bi-Courtney Group of companies, he is also a Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN) as well as a recipient of the Nigerian national honour of Officer of the Federal Republic (OFR) in 2007.
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Louis Waldman (cantor) Louis “Leibele” Waldman (June 22, 1907, New York – August 31, 1969, USA) was a Jewish cantor (“chazzan”), composer and actor, the only American born cantor who may be considered as belonging to the great cantors of the so-called "golden age of jewish cantorial music".
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Eenasul Fateh Eenasul Fateh (Bengali: ঈনাসুল ফাতেহ ; born 3 April 1959), also known by his stage name Aladin, is a Bangladeshi-British cultural practitioner, magician, live artist and former international management consultant.
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Sadequain Syed Sadequain Ahmed Naqvi (Urdu: ‎ ), "Tamgha-e-Imtiaz, Pride of Performance, Sitara-e-Imtiaz," also often referred to as Sadequain Naqqash, was a world-renowned Pakistani artist, best known for his skills as a calligrapher and a painter. He is considered as one of the finest painters and calligraphers Pakistan has ever produced.
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Willis Patterson Willis Charles Patterson (born November 27, 1930) is an African-American bass-baritone, editor, music arranger, and professor emeritus/longtime Associate Dean of the University of Michigan School of Music, Theatre & Dance. A Fulbright Scholar and the winner of the Marian Anderson Award, he has performed in opera houses and concert halls internationally. He has served as president of the National Association of Negro Musicians and as executive secretary of the National Black Music Caucus. In 1977 he edited what "The New York Times" described as a "groundbreaking anthology of black art songs."
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Wincey Willis Wincey Willis (born Florence Winsome Dymmock, Gateshead, County Durham, 8 August 1948) is a British broadcaster who found television success in the 1980s.
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Shabba Ranks Shabba Ranks (born Rexton Rawlston Fernando Gordon; 17 January 1966) is a Jamaican dancehall musician. He was one of the most popular dancehall artists of his generation and one of the first Jamaican deejays to gain worldwide acceptance, and recognition for his 'slack' lyrical expressions and content, when "ridin' di riddim", his gravel toned, rough-sounding voice made him instantly recognised worldwide.
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Bob Willis (trade unionist) Robert Willis (1904 – 20 September 1982), usually known as Bob Willis, was a British trade unionist.