Are Thurston Moore and Pharrell Williams both rappers?
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Thurston Moore Thurston Joseph Moore (born July 25, 1958) is an American musician best known as a singer, songwriter and guitarist of Sonic Youth. He has also participated in many solo and group collaborations outside Sonic Youth, as well as running the Ecstatic Peace! record label. Moore was ranked 34th in "Rolling Stone"' s 2004 edition of the "100 Greatest Guitarists of All Time." In May 2012, "Spin" published a staff-selected top 100 ranking Moore and his Sonic Youth bandmate Lee Ranaldo together on number 1.
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Pharrell Williams Pharrell Lanscilo Williams ( ; born April 5, 1973), sometimes known as simply Pharrell, is an American rapper, singer, songwriter, record producer, and film producer.
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Mr. Porter Denaun Porter (born December 7, 1978), also known by the stage names Mr. Porter and Kon Artis, is an American rapper and record producer. He was best known as a member of Detroit rap group D12, until his departure in 2012, to focus on his solo career as a producer and rapper. In 2014 he rejoined D12 and was featured on the "Shady XV" album.
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Giggs (rapper) Nathaniel Thomson (born 11 May 1983), better known by his stage name Giggs, is an English rapper from London. Giggs was signed to XL Recordings in 2009. In 2008 he released his debut studio album "Walk in da Park" and released a follow-up album, "Let Em Ave It" the following year peaking at number 35 on the UK Albums Chart. The singles "Don't Go There" featuring B.o.B and "Look What the Cat Dragged In" both charted in the top 60 of the UK Singles Chart. Giggs released his third studio album "When Will It Stop", in October 2013.
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Koncept Keith Michael Whitehead (born October 10, 1985 in Queens, New York City, United States), popularly known by his stage name Koncept is an American rapper, emcee and songwriter. A former employee at Fat Beats, Koncept started out drawing graffiti and also had a short stint as a DJ before he went on to start writing songs and doing freestyles until he released his first EP in 2010 titled "Playing Life". In 2012, he had his first break with his debut solo album titled "Awaken" which featured guest appearances from Soul Khan, Homeboy Sandman, Royce da 5'9" and Sene with production credits from J57 and Marco Polo. In 2015, he collaborated with J57 to release an EP titled "The Fuel" which had its fair share of positive review from notable magazines including "Respect Magazine", "DJ Booth", "HipHopDX" and "The Source".
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U-N-I U-N-I (short for "U-N-I To The Verse") are a hip hop duo from Inglewood, Los Angeles, consisting of Y-O (born Yonas Semere Michael) and Thurzday (born Yannick Koffi).
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The Evolution of Robin Thicke The Evolution of Robin Thicke is the second studio album by American singer-songwriter Robin Thicke; it was released on October 3, 2006, by Star Trak Records. The album features guest appearances from Faith Evans, Lil Wayne and Pharrell. On February 13, 2007, the album was re-released titling as "Deluxe Edition", which included all three new bonus tracks.
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Tank Washington Tank Washington is an American rapper and emcee from Austin, Texas who has worked with artists like King Mez, Dee-1, ST 2 Lettaz, Stunnaman, GLC, Max Frost & Killa Kyleon.
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Larry Thurston Larry "T" Thurston is a soul, R&B, and blues singer, best known for being the lead vocalist for Matt Murphy's band and the Blues Brothers.
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Get Lucky (Daft Punk song) "Get Lucky" is a song by French house music duo Daft Punk, featuring Pharrell Williams and co-written by the duo, Williams, and Nile Rodgers. It is the lead single from Daft Punk's fourth studio album, "Random Access Memories". Before its release as a single, "Get Lucky" was featured in television advertisements broadcast during "Saturday Night Live", after which Rodgers and Williams announced their involvement in the track. Small excerpts also appear throughout the promotional video series "The Collaborators".
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Burnin' Up (Faith Evans song) "Burnin' Up" is a song by American recording artist Faith Evans featuring American rapper Loon, taken up from the former's third studio album, "Faithfully" (2001). It was composed by Evans, Chauncey Hawkins, and The Neptunes members Chad Hugo and Pharrell Williams.
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Night of Your Life "Night of Your Life" is an R&B single by New Zealand singer J.Williams. It features vocals by rapper K.One.
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Da Bidness Da Bidness is an album released by the Bay Area rappers, PSD, Keak da Sneak and Messy Marv. It was released on February 13, 2007, for Thizz Entertainment, SMC Recordings and Gateway Records and was produced by the prominent Bay Area producers Traxamillion, Droop-E, Rick Rock, Jake and the Phatman as well as PSD himself, Clipto, Indo & Fireworks, Lev Berlak, Tha Rolla and Don Juan. The collaboration proved successful and charted on three Billboard charts, peaking at #82 on the Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums, #40 on the Independent Albums chart and #12 on the Top Heatseekers. Two singles were released from the album, "Cus, Cus" and "That Go", though neither made it to the charts. Various other Bay Area rappers contributed to the album including E-40 and San Quinn.
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Brutus (rapper) Thijs Frederiks, better known by his stage name Brutus, (born in Amsterdam on 23 April 1983) is a Dutch rapper originating from Diemen, Netherlands. Alongside his older brother Lange Frans and rapper-singer better known as Baas B was a founding member of D-Men and the band's manager.
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Nichkhun Nichkhun Buck Horvejkul (Thai: นิชคุณ หรเวชกุล ; rtgs: "Nitchakhun Horawetchakun" ; born June 24, 1988), better known by his stage nameNichkhun (Korean: 닉쿤 ; ), is a Thai American rapper, singer, songwriter, model and actor. He is currently based in South Korea as a member of the South Korean boy band 2PM.
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ASAP Twelvyy Jamel Phillips (born May 30, 1989), better known as his stage name ASAP Twelvyy (stylized as A$AP Twelvyy), is an American rapper from Bronx, New York City. He is a member of the hip hop group ASAP Mob, from which he adopted his moniker. In 2014, he released the song "Xscape", the second single to the ASAP Mob's debut album "L.O.R.D.". The album was supposed to be released in 2014, but it was officially scrapped. On August 4, 2017, ASAP Twelvyy released his debut album, titled "12".
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MC D.R.S. MC D.R.S. (Del Rok Ski) is a British rapper. Born Delroy Pottinger, he landed a spot as the resident MC at Club Xtreme and came into contact with drum and bass artist LTJ Bukem and rapper MC Conrad. He proved to be one of comparatively few rappers who could keep up with the intense rhythmic intricacies of drum n bass, and appears on many of Bukem's tracks.
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Phatt Phatt is a singer, songwriter, composer and producer from the Netherlands. He generally performs under his stage name Phatt and writes, composes and produces under his real name, Ricardo Burgrust. Phatt has performed and worked with international artists such as Chaka Khan, Candy Dulfer and Rick Ross. Until 2010, Phatt was a member of the RMXCRW, pronounced as RemixCrew. With the RMXCRW, Phatt toured the world and had several hit songs.
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Kastro (Outlawz) Katari Terrance Cox (born December 30, 1976) better known by his stage name Kastro, is an American rapper. Best known for being part of Tupac Shakur's rap group Outlawz. He was also blood cousins with Shakur and is featured on many of the late rapper's songs such as "Made Niggaz", & "Hail Mary". When he was in Elementary School, he introduced his friend, and future Outlawz rapper, Malcolm Greenridge, later named E.D.I. Mean, to his cousin.
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Rick Ross William Leonard Roberts II (born January 28, 1976), known professionally by his stage name Rick Ross, is an American rapper and entrepreneur.
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Post Malone Austin Richard Post (born July 4, 1995), known professionally as Post Malone, is an American rapper, singer, songwriter, record producer, and guitarist. He first gained major recognition in February 2015, after the release of his debut single "White Iverson". In August 2015, Malone landed a record deal with Republic Records. On December 9, 2016, he released his debut studio album "Stoney".
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Ocean's 7 Ocean's 7 was an American musical collective composed of members Jermaine Dupri, Usher, Trey Songz, Nelly, Bryan Michael-Cox, Johnta Austin and Dupri's assistant Tyrone. The group had a short stint releasing the mixtape "3000 and 9 shit", on May 5, 2009. The group was formed by record producer and rapper Dupri. The group was modeled after the Rat Pack in the film "Ocean's 11". Like the Rat Pack, Jermaine Dupri, Bryan Michael-Cox, Johnta Austin, are all friends and have teamed up to write and produce various hit singles for several artists in their careers.