Eminem
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Eminem
Jay z
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Will.I.am
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Lil Wayne
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Lil Wayne's real name is Dwyane Michael Carter Jr. Dwayne was born September 27, 1982 New Orleans, Louisiana. Dwyane was born when his mom was 19. Dwayne's parents slipt when he was 2. Dwayne's dad permantely left the family. Dwayne enrolled in the gifted program at Layfette Elementary School. Dwayne wrote his first rap song when he was 8 years old. Dwayne was an honor student at McMain Magnet School but dropped out at 14 to focus on his music career. Lil Wayne's career began in 1991.
Rihanna
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Rihanna's real name is Robyn Rihanna Fenty. Robyn was born February 20, 1988 to Monica Braithwaite and Ronald Fenty in Saint Michael, Barbados. Robyn's family is Irish and Barbadian. Robyn has 2 brothers, 2 half-sisters and 2 half-brothers. Robyn's life was very much effected because of her father's addiction to drugs. Robyn attended Charles F. Broome Memorial Primary School and Combermere High School. During high school she formed a musical trio with some of her friends. Rihanna's career began in 2004.
Bruno Mars
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Bruno's real name is Peter Gene Hernández. Peter was born October 8, 1985 to Peter Hernandez and Bernadette San Pedro Bayot in Honolulu, Hawaii. Peter was one of 8 children. Peter liked to mimick Elvis alot. He adopted his stage name "Bruno" from his father then added Mars. Bruno's career began in 2006.
Kesha
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Kesha's real name is Kesha Rose Serbert. Kesha was born March 1, 1987 to Patricia Rose Serbert in Los Angeles, California. Kesha's mom was a single mother. Kesha's mom was a performer. Kesha's mom usually had to watch over her while onstage performing. Kesha claims to not know her mother. When Kesha was younger she moved to Nashville. Kesha also claims she didn't fit in. Kesha attended Franklin High School and Brentwood High School. Although Kesha took songwriting classes, her mother taught her how to write songs. Kesha recorded demos and her mom gave them to people she knew would be interested. Kesha's big career started in 2005.
Usher
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Usher's real name is Usher Raymond IV. Usher was born October 14, 1978 to Jonetta Patton and Usher Raymond III in Dallas, Texas. Usher's dad left when he was only a year old. Usher grew up with his mom, a step-dad, and a half-brother. Usher joined the church's youth choir while living in Chattanooga, Tennessee. Usher moved to Atlanta and attended North Springs High School. On January 21, 2008 Usher's dad died of a heart-attack. Usher's career started in 1991.
Taylor Swift
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Taylor's real name is Taylor Alison Swift. Taylor was born December 13, 1989 to Scott Kingsley Swift and Merril Lynch. At first Taylor liked English Horse Riding. Taylor was first put on the saddle at 9 months. Taylor has a younger brother named Austin who goes to the University of Notre Dame. When Taylor was 9 her family moved to Wyoming. Later on in life her dad moved to Nashville. Taylor went to preschool like most kids. Taylor also attended elementary school . Taylor went to Wyomissing Area Middle and High School. Taylor's career started in 2006.
Maroon 5 (Adam Levine)
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Adam's real name is Adam Noah Levine. Adam was born March 18, 1979 to Fred and Pasty Levine in Los Angeles, California. Adam has both, a brother and a sister. Adam's family is Jewish on both sides but chose to never have a Bar Mitzvah. Adam attended French Woods Festival of the Performing arts camp in Hancock, New York. Adam's first band was called Kara's Flowers.Now he performs with Maroon 5. Adam's career bedan in 1994.
Pitbull
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Pitbull's real name is Armando Cristian Pérez. Armondo was born January 15, 1981 to Cuban parents in Miami, Florida. Armondo was first influenced by the Miami Bass genre. Armondo cites his inspiration from Celia Cruz and Willy Chirino. Armondo's parents split when he was young. When he was 16 his mom he was kicked out of his parents house. Finally he graduated from Miami Coral Park High School and focused on his career of rapping. Pitbull's career started in 2001.
Chris Brown
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Chris's real name is Christopher Maurice. Chris was born May 5, 1989 in Tappahannok, Virginia. His parents are Joyce Hawkins and Clinton Brown. Chris also has an older sister named Lytrell. Music was always in Chris's life. He always listened to his parents soul music. Later he became interested in hip-hop. Chris cites his inspiration starting because of Michael Jackson. His first performed in a church choir. After mimicing one of Usher's songs his mom saw his vocal talent and thought about getting him a record deal somehow. It worked. Chris Brown's career started in 2004.
Nicki Minaj
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Nicki's real name is Onika Tanya Maraj. Onika was born December 8, 1982 or 1984. Her birth year is unknown. Onika was born in Saint James, Trinidad and Tobago to Carol and Robert Maraj. Onika was an accounting clerk and a gospel singer. Onika has 2 brothers and is the middle child of them. Onika attended Elizabeth Blackwell Middle School 210 when she started to play the clarinet.
Nicki Minaj first stared her career in 2004.
Nicki Minaj first stared her career in 2004.
Flo Rida
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Flo Rida's real name is Tramar Lacel Dillard. Tramar was born December 16, 1979 in Carol City, Florida. Tramar has seven sisters who some of them sang in the local gospel group. Tramar formed an amatuer group in 9th grade called GroundHoggz. Tramar graduated high school in 1998 going on to college to study international business at the University of Nevada. Flo Rida's career started in 2006.
Owl City
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Owl City is an American electronica musical project by singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist named Adam Young. Adam first formed Owl City in 2007 in Owatonna, Minnesota. In Adam's young-ish years he loaded Coca-Cola trucks in Owatonna. Afterwhile Adam turned to composing music. Adam tours with Breanne Duren, Daniel Jorgensen, Jasper Nephew, and Steve Goold.
Carly Rae Jepsen
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Carly Rae Jepsen is a Canadian girl born on November 21, 1985 in Mission, British Columbia. Carly attended Heritage Park Secondary School in Mission, British Columbia. Later on she attended the Canadian College of Performing Arts in Victoria, British Columbia. After attending the college she performed on Canadian Idol. Carly first started her career in 2007.
Katy Perry
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Katy's full name is Katheryn Elizabeth Hudson. She was born October 25, 1984 in Santa Barbara, California. Katy is the second child of 2 pastors. Mary Hudson is her mother who an evangelist who grew up in Southern California. Keith is her father who was a
a West Coast scenester in the 1960s. She first began her career in 1999.
a West Coast scenester in the 1960s. She first began her career in 1999.
wiz khalifa
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Wiz Khalifa's real name is Cameron Jibril Thomaz. He was born September 8, 1987 in North Dakota. His hometown is Pittsburg, Pennsylvania. Both of his parents served in the military. But his parents divorced when he was 3. He didn't only live in Pittsburg though. He's lived in Germany, the U.K. and Japan. He lived in all these places before Pittburg. He first began his career in 2005.