Monday, September 14, 2009

Wayne Brady

Who is Wayne Alphonso Brady[1]? The Acting world knows him as Wayne Brady, he is an actor, singer, comedian and television personality, known for his work as a regular on the American version of the improvisational comedy television series Whose Line Is It Anyway?, and as the host of the daytime talk show The Wayne Brady Show. At one time he was the host of FOX's Don't Forget the Lyrics! which ended its run in June 2009 and he currently is scheduled to host the 2009 revival of Let's Make a Deal.

Brady was born June 2, 1972 in Orlando, Florida. He moved to Los Angeles, California in 1996, where he developed his acting skills. He graduated from Dr. Phillips High School in 1989.[2] At 16, he started performing in community theater.[3]

Brady's career began as one of the improvisational theater performers in the British version of Whose Line Is It Anyway?, along with Ryan Stiles, Colin Mochrie, and host Clive Anderson, to which he became a regular on the American version, hosted by Drew Carey. In 2003, Brady won a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Individual Performance in a Variety, Musical or Comedy Series for his work on the show, the only person to win the award for a television series, as opposed to a special, since Dana Carvey in 1993.

He went on to star in his own ABC variety show in 2001 called The Wayne Brady Show, and a daytime talk show of the same name in 2002, which lasted two seasons and won four Daytime Emmy Awards, two of which went to Brady for Outstanding Talk Show Host. Brady also guest-starred on The Drew Carey Show in 1999 and 2000 to take part in Drew Live and Drew Live II. On the show, Brady played several games taken from Whose Line Is It Anyway? for the two episodes with other characters.

In 2004, Brady joined the long-running Broadway revival of Chicago, playing the role of lawyer Billy Flynn. He also appeared briefly in the final episode of the 2004 season of the comedy Reno 911!. Additionally, Wayne guest starred on the Sci Fi Channel's hit series show Stargate SG-1 as the first-prime of the Goa'uld System Lord, Ares. Wayne Brady also made an appearance on "Chappelle's Show" poking fun at his squeaky clean persona.

Brady wrote and sings the theme song for Disney's popular animated series The Weekenders. In 2005, he sang and recorded Jim Brickman's original Disney song "Beautiful" (a cover of All-4-One's 2002 hit "Beautiful As U") and its Christmas version.[4]

In 2006, Brady became the host of TV Land's That's What I'm Talking About, a talk show discussing the role of African-Americans in the entertainment industry From August 29 - September 29, 2006, Brady hosted the FOX show Celebrity Duets.

On November 27, 2006, Brady made a guest appearance on the CBS sitcom How I Met Your Mother, playing James, the gay brother of Neil Patrick Harris's character Barney. His character conflicts with Barney due to his choice to marry and adopt a baby. Brady returned to the show in 2007 in the episode The Yips, in which he is shown to be indirectly responsible for Barney's current superconfident personality. He had also appeared as a guest star for the MTV show Nick Cannon's Wild 'N Out. Brady also helps with Adult Swim TV show Robot Chicken.

Brady has also gone "north-of-the-border" and guest starred in Colin Mochrie's CBC comedy, Getting Along Famously. He has also appeared on the episode "You Don't Know Jack" on the television show Dirt and also guest starred on the show 30 Rock, where he played the role of Steven Black, Liz Lemon's date for The Source Awards. Steven and Liz's relationship quickly ended when they discovered they had nothing in common and Liz accidentally shot him in the buttocks.

Brady was the co-host of the short-lived VH1 show "Vinyl Justice" in 1998. In 2007, ABC Family premiered the movie called "The List" starring Wayne Brady. The List is about a man who proposes to his girlfriend. When she says no, he begins to make a list of qualities he believes his "Perfect Woman" should have.

Brady starred in Flirt,[5] a comedy pilot developed for The CW Television Network, which if it had been picked up would have aired in the 2006-07 television season.

Brady guest starred as Julius Rock's gifted younger brother, Louis, in the television series, Everybody Hates Chris. He currently hosts a singing game show called Don't Forget the Lyrics! on Fox. He also performs "Wayne Brady: Making $%!^ up" at the Venetian Hotel in Las Vegas, Nevada four nights a week.[6][7] He was also on two episodes of Kevin Hill. Wayne's debut album was released on September 16, 2008. The song "A Change is Gonna Come", a cover of the popular 1964 single by Sam Cooke, earned Brady a Grammy nomination in the Best Traditional R&B Vocal Performance category.[8]

It was announced that Brady will host a new, updated version of the game show "Let's Make a Deal" for CBS, which will debut on October 5, 2009. The show will replace the soap opera "Guiding Light", which is ending it's long time run. The original host of "Let's Make a Deal" was Monty Hall, who will serve as consultant for the new show.


In 2007, Wayne became an official supporter of Ronald McDonald House Charities and is a member of their celebrity board, called the Friends of RMHC.[9]

Wayne Brady's wife.


Filmography

Discography

Albums

Year Album details Chart Positions
US US
R&B		 US
Heat
2008 A Long Time Coming 157 20 2

Singles

  • "Change is gonna come" (2008) - Wayne Brady
  • "Ordinary"
  • "Beautiful" (2005) - Wayne Brady, accompanied on piano by songwriter Jim Brickman
  • "Don't Stop" (2005) - Jamie Jones featuring Wayne Brady and William Carthright
  • "Unsung Heroes" (2004) - Wayne Brady
  • "F.W.B." (2009) - Wayne Brady


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Gansta Boo

Who is Lola Mitchell? The world knows here as Gangsta Boo.was the first female member of the Memphis, Tennessee-based rap group Three 6 Mafia. She left the group following the release of their album When the Smoke Clears: Sixty 6, Sixty 1, over money
disputes.

Boom was born October 27, 1979, she is raised in Memphis, Tennessee. An anomaly within the generally misogynist late-'90s Dirty South rap scene, Gangsta Boo won substantial acclaim among audiences without sacrificing her pride.

Her first solo album, Enquiring Minds, was released in 1998 and reached number fifteen on the Billboard Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums chart and number 46 on the Billboard 200. Enquiring Minds found Gangsta Boo confronting the lyrical issues that hardcore female rappers such as Lil' Kim have to address: sexual politics, money hungry stereotypes, proving that a female can be hardcore, and so on. Enquiring Minds spawned the national anthem "Where Dem Dollas At!?" and helped to build the national stage for the Memphis music scene that was about to come.

After the success of Enquiring Minds, she played a critical role in the multi-platinum success of Three 6 Mafia's When the Smoke Clears: Sixty 6, Sixty 1 in 2000. She left the group following the release of their album When the Smoke Clears: Sixty 6, Sixty 1.

Her 2001 album, Both Worlds *69, reached number eight on the R&B/Hip-Hop chart and number 29 on the Billboard 200. It featured the hit singles "Love Don't Live (U Abandoned Me)" and "Can I Get Paid (Stripper's Anthem)."

Her third album, Her first solo album, Enquiring Minds, was released in 1998 and reached number fifteen on the Billboard Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums chart and number 46 on the Billboard 200.[1][2]: Soap Opera, released in 2003, peaked at number 53 on the R&B/Hip-Hop chart and 24 on the Top Independent Albums chart. The album spawned the street hit "Sippin & Spinnin'" and the remix with Bun B has turned into a staple in her music catalog. Boo released the album under her new record label "Crazy Lady Entertainment." The album was also the first teaming of her and producer Drumma Boy whom have since created a musical bond.

Gangsta Boo has also been collaborating with many artists in the rap industry over the past several years. She was featured on Lil Jon & The Eastside boy's 2004 multi-platinum smash "Crunk Juice" on the underground hit "Da Blow." She was featured on OutKast's 2000 album, "Stankonia." Ludacris' 2005 album "Disturbing The Peace." Pastor Troy's 2007 "Tool Muziq," plus countless others that you can find on Google. She also teamed up with Nick Scarfo for the Prophet Posse reunion and been featured on their last three albums, "The Return, Pt. 1," "The Return: Part 2 Belly of The Beast," and "Hood U.S.A."

She also has released several mixtapes over the past few years including, "Street Ringers: Volumes 1 & 2," "Still Gangsta: The Memphis Queen Is Back," and "Gangsta Rock."

Boo is currently in the studio putting the finishing touches on her 4th studio album titled "Forever Gangsta," which will hit stores in 2009.

Enquiring Minds II: Soap Opera, released in 2003, peaked at number 53 on the R&B/Hip-Hop chart and 24 on the Top Independent Albums chart.[5][6]

Gangsta Boo a former member of Memphis based rap group 3 6 Mafia turned herself into authorities Tuesday and was released on a $100,000 bond. Now the self proclaimed gangsta is being charged with conspiracy to commit the crime of armed robbery.

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Tuesday, September 1, 2009

Who is Faheem Rasheed Najm?

Who is Faheem Rasheed Najm? The rap world know him by his stage name T-Pain. He is an American hip hop and R&B singer-songwriter,actor , and producer. He began his career as a rapper in the group Nappy Headz. In 2005, his debut album Rappa Ternt Sanga was released and spawned the hits "I'm Sprung" and "I'm N Luv (Wit A Stripper)". Since the release of that album, T-Pain has produced numerous hits of his own and for other rappers and R&B singers. T-Pain has also had over 10 top ten singles on the Billboard Hot 100. In 2008, he won a Grammy with rapper Kanye West for the single "Good Life". In July 2009, T-Pain endorsed the 2009 T-Pain Killa Cam-Pain, a grassroots effort to get him elected as president of Florida State University.[1] He was rated #34 of the most influential people in the world on the 2009 Time 100 list.[2] In 2008, he won a Grammy with rapper Kanye West for the single "Good Life". In 2010, he won another Grammy with Jamie Foxx for the single "Blame It". T-Pain is also the founder of the record label Nappy Boy Entertainment, established in 2005.
Pain was born September 30, 1983 in Tallahassee, Florida.[3] At the age of ten, Najm reworked his bedroom into a small studio with a keyboard, beat machine and four-track recorder, and began composing music. He graduated from James S. Rickards High School.[4] His stage name is short for "Tallahassee Pain" and was chosen because of the hardships he felt while living there.[5] He is a Muslim.[5]
 

T-Pain recorded his version of Akon's single "Locked Up", titled "Fucked Up". Akon noticed the song and immediately signed T-Pain to Konvict Muzik. T-Pain recorded his first album under the label, Rappa Ternt Sanga, which meant he wanted to be a rapper, but he instead turned to be a singer. The first single is "I'm Sprung". The second single is "I'm N Luv (Wit A Stripper)", featuring Mike Jones. The album debuted at #33 on the Billboard 200, eventually reaching gold.

In 2007, his second album Epiphany came out, with the club-oriented singles "Buy U a Drank

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(Shawty Snappin')" featuring Yung Joc and "Bartender" featuring Akon. Both singles were in the Top 5. Epiphany debuted at the top spot of the US Billboard 200 chart,[6] and has sold about 1,000,000 units as of May 2008.[7] being the first number-one album of his career.[8] During that time, he appeared on the singles "I'm a Flirt" remix by R. Kelly with T.I., "Outta My System" by Bow Wow, "Baby Don't Go"

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by Fabolous, "I'm So Hood"

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by DJ Khaled with many other rappers, "Shawty"

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by Plies, "Kiss Kiss"

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by Chris Brown, "Low"

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by Flo Rida, and "Good Life" by Kanye West. "Good Life"

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won the BET Award for the Best Collaboration and was nominated in several other categories.[9][10] In 2008, the single won a Grammy Award for Best Rap Song.[11]
His third album Thr33 Ringz was released on November 11, 2008.[12] "Can't Believe It", featuring Lil Wayne, was the first single; the video premiered on BET on August 26.[13] "Chopped & Skrewed", featuring Ludacris, is the second single in this album. "Freeze", featuring Chris Brown, was confirmed to be the third single. Guest appearances on Thr33 Ringz include T.I., Lil Wayne, Ludacris, DJ Khaled, Ciara, Chris Brown, Kanye West and many more.[14] Pr33 Ringz was the introduction mixtape for the album.
In 2008, T-Pain continued to appear on numerous charting rap singles, such as










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"The Boss"

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by Lil Mama, "One More Drink"

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by Ludacris, and "Go Hard" by DJ Khaled with Kanye West. T-Pain and Ludacris collaborated to perform "Chopped & Skrewed" and "One More Drink" on American late-night television programs Jimmy Kimmel Live on ABC November 14, 2008 and on NBC's Saturday Night Live on November 22, 2008. T-Pain appeared again on SNL on February 7, 2009 (on the episode hosted by Bradley Cooper with musical guest TV on the Radio) in the SNL Digital Short, "I'm on a Boat", along with castmember Andy Samberg and SNL writer/Lonely Island member Akiva Schaffer.
T-Pain joined rapper Lil Wayne to form the duo T-Wayne.[15] The duo released a self-titled mixtape in late 2008; it charted on the Billboard 200 in January 2009.[16] The debut T-Wayne album is to be released sometime in 2009.[17] On May 31, 2009, T-Pain made an appearance on a live-action episode of Aqua Teen Hunger Force as Frylock, where he made his debut as an actor.[18] T-Pain has recently recorded 3 tracks: Special Guest, This Evening, and It's So Easy (with Sophia Fresh). All of the 3 tracks are produced by Tha Bizness.


In an interview with MTV, T-Pain said “I’m droppin a new album called UBER,” T-Pain wrote on his Twitter. “The album just got pushed up, It was gonna come out September next year. [The record label], they’re making me come out November this year. It makes the label look straight. I was gonna chill, because it was so many people that do what I do — now Jay-Z done dropped the ‘Death of Auto-Tune’ and its time for me to come back.” [19] In June 2009, T-Pain collaborated with country-pop singer Taylor Swift for the CMT Music Awards, and performed "Thug Story", a parody of Swift's hit single "Love Story".

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T-Pain lives in Atlanta, Georgia with his wife, Amber, and three children: daughter Lyriq, son Muziq, and son Kaydnz Kodah (born May 2009). He has been married to Amber since 2003.[20][21] His song "I'm Sprung" is dedicated to her.
He had two noted legal troubles in 2007. When he refused to cut his set short at Radio One's Spring Fest Concert in Miami on the evening of April 28, 2007, police presence escalated backstage. He became agitated after concert officials stopped his performance of "Buy You a Drink". Police chased T-Pain and his entourage out of the premises and detained them.[22] After a June 2007 concert of T-Pain's, Tallahassee police issued a warrant for his arrest over a suspended driver's license. T-Pain turned himself into the Leon County Jail on November 2, 2007.[23]
On March 27, 2009, T-Pain was involved in a golf cart accident. He suffered cuts, bruises, and four missing teeth and had emergency dental work done. He returned to performing on March 29, 2009.[24] The accident was later referenced in the music video of Glasses Malone's song "Sun Come Up".

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Discography



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      • (Remix)" with Twista, 

    Awards and nominations

    • BET Awards
      • 2009, Best Male R&B Artist (Nominated)
      • 2009, Best Collaboration ("Blame It") with Jamie Foxx (Won)
      • 2009, Viewer's Choice ("Can't Believe It") with Lil Wayne (Nominated)
      • 2008, Best Collaboration ("Kiss Kiss") with Chris Brown (Nominated)[11]
      • 2008, Best Collaboration ("Low") with Flo Rida (Nominated)[11]
      • 2008, Viewer's Choice ("Kiss Kiss") with Chris Brown (Nominated)[11]
      • 2008, Best Collaboration ("Good Life") with Kanye West (Won)[10]
      • 2008, Video of the Year ("Good Life") with Kanye West (Nominated)[11]
    • BET Hip Hop Awards[citation needed]
      • 2009. Producer of the Year (Nominated)
      • 2008, Best Ringtone ("Low") with Flo Rida (Nominated)
      • 2008, Best Hip-Hop Video ("Good Life") with Kanye West (Won)
      • 2008, Best Hip-Hop Collabo ("Low") with Flo Rida (Nominated)
      • 2008, Best Hip-Hop Collabo ("Good Life") with Kanye West (Nominated)
      • 2008, Track of the Year ("Good Life") with Kanye West (Nominated)
    • Grammy Awards
      • 2010, Best Rap/Sung Collaboration ("I'm on a Boat") with The Lonely Island [Nominated]
      • 2010, Best R&B Performance by a Duo or a Group ("Blame It") with Jamie Foxx [Won]
      • 2010, Best R&B Song ("Blame It") with Jamie Foxx [Nominated]
      • 2010, Best Contemporary Album Thr33 Ringz [Nominated]
      • 2009, Best Rap/Sung Collaboration ("Got Money") with Lil Wayne (Nominated)
      • 2009, Best Rap/Sung Collaboration ("Low") with Flo Rida (Nominated)
      • 2009, Best Rap Song ("Low") with Flo Rida (Nominated)
      • 2008, Best R&B Performance by a Duo or Group ("Bartender") with Akon (Nominated)
      • 2008, Best Rap/Sung Rap Song ("Good Life") With Kanye West (Nominated)
      • 2008, Best Rap/Sung Collaboration ("Kiss Kiss") with Chris Brown (Nominated)
      • 2008, Best Rap Song ("Good Life") with Kanye West (Won)[12]
    • Ozone Music Awards[citation needed]
      • 2008, TJ's DJ's Hustler of the Year (Nominated)
      • 2008, Club Banger of the Year ("I'm So Hood") with DJ Khaled, Trick Daddy, Rick Ross, & Plies (Nominated)
      • 2008, Club Banger of the Year ("Low") with Flo Rida (Nominated)
      • 2008, Best Rap/R&B Collaboration ("She Got It") with 2 Pistols & Tay Dizm (Nominated)
      • 2008, Best R&B Artist (Nominated)
      • 2008, Best TJ's DJ's Tastemaker Award (Won)
      • 2007, Best Male R&B Artist (Won)
      • 2007, Best Rap/R&B Collaboration ("Shawty") with Plies (Won)
      • 2007: Best Rap/R&B Collaboration ("Buy U a Drank (Shawty Snappin')" with Yung Joc (Nominated)
      • 2006, Best Rap/R&B Collaboration ("I'm N Luv (Wit a Stripper) (Remix)" with Twista, Pimp C, Paul Wall, R. Kelly, MJG, and Too Short) (Won)
    • MTV Video Music Award
      • 2008, Best Hip-Hop Video ("Low") with Flo Rida (Nominated)
      • 2008, Best Male Video ("Low") with Flo Rida (Nominated)
      • 2007, Monster Single of the Year ("Buy U a Drank (Shawty Snappin)"), featuring Yung Joc (Nominated)
    • Teen Choice Awards
      • 2008, Choice Hook-Up: Flo Rida Featuring T-Pain, "Low" (Nominated)
      • 2008, Choice Music: R&B Artist - T-Pain (Nominated)
      • 2008, Choice Music: Rap/Hip-Hop Track - Lil Mama featuring Chris Brown and T-Pain, "Shawty Get Loose" (Won)
    • Vibe Awards
      • 2007, Best R&B Artist (Nominated)
      • 2007, Best Collaboration ("Buy U a Drank (Shawty Snappin)") with Yung Joc (Nominated)
      • 2007, Song of the Year ("Buy U a Drank (Shawty Snappin)") with Yung Joc (Won)

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