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The Weeknd, the stage name for Abel Tesfaye, is a Canadian singer-songwriter and producer. The Scarborough, Toronto-born singer, songwriter, and producer doesn't say much outside of his lyrics or personal messages through his social networking sites. Ever since appearing on the scene in late 2010, he's been shrouded in mystery, cultivating a mystique that baffles our gossip-obsessed pop culture. With that said, the 27-year-old alternative R&B phenomenon is an enigma in more ways than one. For him, it's not about becoming famous. It's not about becoming rich. It's not about pleasing anyone. It's about being honest, staying true to his...

Cameron Jibril Thomaz (born September 8, 1987 in Minot, North Dakota), better known by his stage name Wiz Khalifa, is an American rapper based in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, signed to Rostrum Records. According to the Black and Yellow Songfacts, his stage name is derived from khalifa, an Arabic word meaning "successor", and wisdom. His nickname growing up was "Wizard" which was shortened to Wiz when Khalifa was fifteen. In 2005 he released his first official mixtape, Prince of the City: Welcome to Pistolvania, and later in 2006 he released his first full length street album entitled Show and Prove. Since then...

Thereza Bazar and David Van Day (previously members of Guys and Dolls) formed Dollar in 1978 making an instant impact on the charts with their first single Shooting Star. They enjoyed a successful chart career over the next ten years selling over ten million records worldwide. They spent over 120 weeks on the UK charts alone with classic pop songs including Who Were You With In The Moonlight, Love's Gotta Hold On Me, Hand Held In Black And White, Mirror Mirror (Mon Amour), Give Me Back My Heart, Videotheque, O L'Amour and many more. Dollar are without doubt one of...

While every pork chop in town has been riding the waves of the supposed Sheffield, England ‘meat scene’, it was the “obnoxious, insouciant drone" of Avida Dollars that coined the phrase. Stemming from the Bahamas, Yorkshire and Congleton, the group found their spiritual home in Sheffield's London Road, home to the city’s chainsaw wielding, super-strength lager drinking, junkies. Avida Dollars’ shtick is a tough one to pinpoint; their music is more like all that garage rock shit but taking the kitchen sink approach, smashing it to bits and then doing a whole motherfucking conservatory extension. Infamous live shows combine the...