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You may know her as Queen Bee, leader of the hive, but she is much more than that. Beyonce is known all around the world as the Queen. It all started on September 4, 1981 in Houston, Texas. The parents of this star are Matthew Knowles and Tina Knowles. Beyonce's mother, Tina, is a fashion designer for House Of Dereon. Her father, Matthew, is a manger and businessman. He is best known for as the former manager of Destiny's Girls. Beyonce all started singing and performing in many different groups as a child and rose to a star when she became the lead singer of the girl group " Destiny's girls". In the meantime, Beyonce's husband (Jay Z) was releasing his first solo CD. Jay Z and Beyonce were just friends and talked for a year and a half before they ever even went on a date. Eventually, after a few years later, Beyonce and Jay Z got married in the year of 2008. 4 years later their daughter, Blue Ivy was born. Blue Ivy is now

Jennifer Lopez has released eight studio albums, two compilation albums, one extended play, three box sets, forty-nine singles, and nine promotional singles. Of these, her best selling albums included "On the 6", "J.Lo", "This Is Me...Then", and "Rebirth". Just like any free enterprise, not all of her albums or songs were successful.

Tupac then joined the rap group, Digital Underground, as a dancer. Shortly before the group received award-winning success, Tupac released his own album, "2Pacalypse Now," which was a great success. His hit single, "Brenda's Got A Baby," sky-rocketed his career. His remarkable talent got him a role in the motion picture "Juice." Eventually he released his second album, "Strictly For My N.I.G.G.A.Z.," which was even a bigger hit and introduced his music to the pop charts.

Lyricist, actress, music executive, DJ, voice over talent, host, public speaker, and female activist, MC Lyte is still making people groove around the world. MC Lyte first came in the Hip Hop game in 1988 with her first album Lyte As A Rock. Since becoming the first female solo rapper act to drop a full studio album, MC Lyte showed the world that she can compete with the guys. Rapper MC Lyte paved the way for herself and future female MCs to come into their own in the male-dominated world of MCs and hip hop. MC Lyte is one of the first rap pioneers to ever perform at Carnegie Hall. She was also the first female rapper to ever earn a gold single. Her inspiring 1993 anthem, the classic “Ruffneck” was nominated for a Grammy in the “Best Rap Single”

As being part of the Hot Boys, his top hit songs were, “Get it How you Live,” and “Guerilla Warfare.” By the age of 16, Lil Wayne was on his way to music stardom. Tha Block is Hot was his first album to reach top of the charts and it went double platinum. “The Carter lll” hit the top of the rap, hip-hop and pop charts, selling more than 1 million copies in its first week of release.

Music can rock your world, enlighten your mind and change your perspective. When you think of rap music who comes first to mind? Without hesitation, it must be the self acclaimed best rapper alive, Lil Wayne. He alone can make such statements as “My picture should be in the dictionary next to the definition of definition” (Wayne, “Shoot Me Down”). Lil Wayne is a prominent force in the rap world. His debut Album in 1999, Tha Block is Hot went double platinum upon its release and even his lowest selling album is still certified as gold according to the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA). Rollingstone Magazine declares “Lil Wayne is one of the most popular — and prolific — recording artists in the world” (Kreps). Top this with

Missy Elliot is an American rapper, singer-songwriter, record producer, dancer and actress. Five-time Grammy award winner, and record sales of over 30 million in the United States. Elliott is the only female rapper to have six albums certified platinum by the RIAA (Recording Industry Association of America), including double platinum for her 2002 album Under Construction. Elliott is known for a series of hits and diverse music videos, including "The Rain (Supa Dupa Fly)”, “Hot Boyz”, “Get Ur Freak On”, “One Minute Man”, “4 My People”, “Work it”, “Pass That Dutch” and “Lose Control”. In addition, she has worked extensively as a songwriter

The hit song on the album was “On & On” which striked no. 1 on Billboard's R&B/Hip-Hop Airplay chart and played apart in earning her grammy ( https://youtu.be/-CPCs7vVz6s ). In Rolling Stone magazine’s “100 Best Albums of the Nineties” they said “ Her music was up-to-the-minute jazzy hip-hop R&B, but her voice sounded ancient, with a splash of Northern hipness and a twist of Southern comfort. It was Erykah Badu, from Brooklyn via Dallas, her head wrap tall and tight, singing of knowledge and philosophy and fulfilling unrequited love in the next lifetime. She was the sister-in-music of D'Angelo and Lauryn Hill, the Earth Mother of Nineties boho soul”. She was the definition of a soul singer and everyone loved the vibes and tone you received playing her music. She was also known for her style headwraps and big afros. The success from the album was so big it created a new movement called neo-soul, Erykah Badu was seen as the leading artist of this genre of music.

In 1999, Jay-Z released Vol. 3... Life and Times of S. Carter. Despite continued criticism for his increasingly pop-oriented sound,[14] the album proved to be successful and went platinum three times and sold over 5.6 million records worldwide. Through his lyricism, he was able to retain respect from some of his

Lil Uzi Vert (Uzi) is one of hip hop’s newer artists with hit singles like “XO TOUR Llif3” and “Do What I Want” which was featured in a Jordan commercial with Russell Westbrook. He is a North Philly native who blew up in 2016 because of his song, “Money Longer”. Although, Uzi has been in the rapping game for about three years now, he claims to hate rapping. This essay will explain why Lil Uzi Vert hates rapping.

Mystikal Net Worth Introduction: Michael Lawrence Tyler is an American rapper and actor. His professional name is Mystikal. His estimated net worth is $3 million. His life is very controversial so far. We went to prison for being guilty.

Against The World and it became multi-platinum. Tupac is the first and only artist to have an

In 1983 her doubt album appeared on television. Her and Davis the next spent 2 years working on her debut album, finding the best producers and songwriters to add on to her vocal talent. In 1985, they released her debut album Whitney Houston and almost right after that she became a smash pop sensation. Over the next year her smash hit singles “Saving all my love for you,” and “How Will I know” helped the album reach the top of the charts. In 1986 Whitney won a grammy for “Saving All my Love for you.” Her second album release in 1987 went platinum many times and won a grammy for the single “I wanna dance with somebody,” with a successful tour following. By 1992, Whitney was on top on the world, but soon her life would get

Madonna has also made many videos. All together she has made sixty-seven music videos, nine concert tour videos, four music video compilations, four music video singles, two documentaries, two box sets and four promotional videos. Madonna has had nine concert tours, eight which have been worldwide. Her first tour was ‘The Virgin Tour’ in 1985. The highest grossing Tour was the Sticky and Sweet Tour with $408 million in ticket sales. Writing books was another thing added into her success. She wrote 9 Coffee Table books, 9 picture books, and 12 chapter books. She has won quite a few Grammies, a few Golden Globe Awards, one for Best Actress in Motion Picture, Musical or Comedy for her role in Evita. In 2007, Madonna was inducted to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. She has released a clothing line with daughter Lourdes, named Material Girl after her look in the 80’s. One other thing she has done was open up a series of fitness centers around the world named Hard Candy Fitness. (All cited from Wikipedia)

Thanks to this album, she gained international fame since her two first albums were just sold in Colombia. Later, after a year, she released her fourth album, “The Remixes,” which include some songs from “Pies Descalzos” in remix style. On 1998, she began to work with the Cuban producer, Emilio Estefan. While working with him, she recorded another album called “¿Donde Estan Los Ladrones?”(Where Are the Thieves?) Because of this album, she was called the “Latin Queen of Rock and Pop.” Later on 2000, she recorded the “Unplugged Album” which was a mix of songs (sung in a mini live concert) from “¿Donde estan Los Ladrones?” and “Pies Descalzos” And this is all the work she has done to become a star.