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Armando Christian Pérez, Pitbull, invites disruption on a global scale as a GRAMMY® Award-winning independent international superstar, education ambassador, entrepreneur, and motivational speaker. With billions of audio streams and video views, along with hundreds of gold and platinum certifications, his career stands as one of the most impressive in music history. Pitbull’s signature “EEEEEEEYOOOOOO” grito (yell) is one of fewer than 40 sound trademarks protected by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).  In 2024, Pitbull teamed up with rock legend Bon Jovi for the powerful “Now or Never,” blending his signature high-energy sound with Bon Jovi’s anthemic rock style. The unexpected collaboration quickly gained traction, proving Pitbull’s ability to seamlessly merge genres and create global hits that transcend generations. Pitbull continues to push boundaries and inspire millions worldwide, marking a profound cultural impact and unique legacy across entertainment, business, education, and beyond. 

For the last decade plus, the words “Yeah,” “Ok,” and “What” have been synonymous with multi-platinum, Grammy award winning artist Lil Jon. He has been one of the most prominent figures in music and pop culture alike, performing for hundreds of thousands of fans with Usher & Ludacris, Afrojack, Steve Aoki, Pitbull, TLC (on FOX’s American Idol), Yandel, LMFAO and Sydney Samson just to name a few. In 2014, Lil Jon proved once again he’s a powerhouse artist teaming up with DJ Snake for their smash hit “Turn Down For What,” which created a massive worldwide craze. The string of hit songs haven’t stop after that including “Bend Ova” feat. Tyga, “Prison Riot” with Flosstradamus, “Get Loose,” (out on DIM MAK) and recent singles “Live The Night,” with Hardwell  “Savage,” with Borgeous and Riggi & Piros and “Take It Off” featuring Yandel and Becky G. 

Born Orville Richard Burrell and raised in Kingston, Jamaica, Shaggy got his start as an MC in New York City’s burgeoning dancehall scene soon after moving to Brooklyn in his teens. Not long after serving four years in the U.S. Marines (including two tours of duty in the Middle East as part of Operation Desert Storm), he inked his first record deal and quickly scored a global crossover smash with “Oh Carolina.”  

 As the only diamond-selling dancehall artist in music history, Shaggy, has sold more than 40 million album units to date, in addition to landing eight singles on the Billboard Hot 100 and seven albums on the Billboard 200 (including four in the top 40). He is among the top 3 streamed reggae artists of all time on Spotify (along with Bob Marley & Sean Paul). 

Elgin Baylor Lumpkin (born October 15, 1970 in Washington, D.C.) better known by his stage name Ginuwine is an American singer and performer. Signed to Epic Records since the mid-1990s, Ginuwine has released a number of multi-platinum and platinum-selling albums and singles, becoming one of R&B’s top artists during the 1990s heyday of hip-hop soul.

Ginuwine can be spotted in one of Jodeci’s videos. There, he met rapper Missy Elliott and producer “Timbaland”, who became his main collaborators through the 1990s. Ginuwine’s first single, the 1996 ” Pony” from Ginuwine…The Bachelor, showcased his smooth vocals and Timbaland’s innovative production style, and the two became a hit-making duo.

After his second album, 100% Ginuwine, released in 1999, Ginuwine and Timbaland grew apart, and producers such as R. Kelly have crafted hits for him since then. In 2001, Ginuwine had a number- four hit on the Billboard Hot 100 with the single ” Differences”, which also peaked at number-one on the Billboard Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Singles & Tracks chart. In 2002, Ginuwine was a feature artist on P. Diddy’s number-one hit “I Need a Girl (Part II)”.

Atlanta’s party rap duo Ying Yang Twins scored a hit with the single “Whistle While You Twurk,” which received nationwide airplay on urban and crossover radio stations. Their full-length debut album, Thug Walkin’, appeared later in 2000. Alley…Return of the Ying Yang Twins from 2002 sold well down South, but it was the duo’s 2003 team-up with Lil Jon — “the King of Crunk” — that brought them nationwide success. The party anthem “Salt Shaker” was a massive club and radio hit and soon had the TVT label chasing the duo to sign. They did, and their first album for the label, Me & My Brother, yielded two more crunk hits, “What’s Happnin!” and “Naggin’.” The same year the duo appeared on Britney Spears’ album In the Zone and her television special of the same name. In 2004, TVT released the remix-filled My Brother & Me with a bonus DVD of the group’s videos. USA (United State of Atlanta) appeared in the summer of 2005 as its single “Wait (The Whisper Song)” was dominating urban radio. Chemically Imbalanced followed in 2006.

BABY BASH WAS BORN AS RONNIE RAY BRYANT ON OCTOBER 18, 1969 IN VALLEJO, CALIFORNIA, USA. HE HAD A MEXICAN MOTHER AND AN ANGLO FATHER, BOTH OF WHOM WENT TO PRISON WHEN HE WAS A CHILD. HE WAS RAISED BY HIS GRANDMOTHER AND UNCLES AND AND UNCLES AND WAS SUBSEQUENTLY EXPOSED TO MANY DIFFERENT KINDS OF MUSIC. HIS CAREER STARTED WHEN HE JOINED THE RAP GROUPS POTNA DEUCE AND LATINO VELVET OUT OF VALLEJO, BUT TOOK OFF WHEN HE WENT TO HOUSTON, TEXAS, AND MET A RAPPER NAMED SOUTH PARK MEXICAN AND JOINED THE AL AND JOINED THE ALL-STAR GROUP LONE STAR RIDAZ, WHICH SHORTLY AFTER, ADDED ANOTHER VALLEJO RAPPER KNOWN AS MERCILESS (FUNKY AZTECS) AKA MERC100MAN. HIS FIRST SOLO ALBUM, SAVAGE DREAMS, WAS RELEASED ON THE DOPE HOUSE RECORDS INDEPENDENT LABEL IN 2001 . HE WAS SIGNED BY UNIVERSAL RECORDS LATER TH AND JOINED THE ALL-STAR GROUP LONE STAR RIDAZ, WHICH SHORTLY AFTER, ADDED ANOTHER VALLEJO RAPPER KNOWN AS MERCILESS (FUNKY AZTECS) AKA MERC100MAN. HIS FIRST SOLO ALBUM, SAVAGE DREAMS, WAS RELEASED ON THE DOPE HOUSE RECORDS INDEPENDENT LABEL IN 2001 . HE WAS SIGNED BY UNIVERSAL RECORDS LATER TH THAT YEAR. IN 2003, BABY BASH RELEASED HIS FIRST ALBUM ON A MAJOR LABEL, ENTITLED THA SMOKIN’ NEPHEW: CHOPPED & SCREWED AND FOLLOWED IT UP WITH SUPER SAUCY IN 2005. 

Born into a Jamaican-American family in the Washington Heights neighborhood of Manhattan, Shawn Mims grew up influenced by the rappers just south of him, in Harlem. Despite the fact that he lost both parents by the time he was 13, Mims focused on music (his mother had given him his first set of DJ equipment shortly before she died) and school to keep himself out of trouble. Though he briefly attended community college, Mims decided if he truly wanted to make it as a rapper he needed to drop out, a move that paid off career-wise: he was soon featured on the song “Love Em All” by Canadian group Baby Blue Soundcrew, which was nominated for Best Video in the 2001 Much Music Awards. “I Did You Wrong” came out in 2003 thanks to help from the Miami-based production team the Blackout Movement, and in 2006 the rapper, who was now going by MIMS, independently released the single “This Is Why I’m Hot.” The song did well enough on local radio stations, including New York’s Hot 97, to garner attention from major labels, including EMI/Capitol, which released MIMS’ full-length debut, Music Is My Savior, in 2007.