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| name | George Watsky |
| birth place | San Francisco, CA, USA |
| occupation | Poet and performer |
| nationality | American |
| education | San Francisco University High School, Emerson College |
| influences | Foo Fighters |
| website | http://georgewatsky.com/ |
| portaldisp | }} |
George Watsky is a poet and rapper from San Francisco, California. Watsky performs slam poetry, and was featured on Season 6 of Russell Simmons Presents Def Poetry on HBO. Watsky’s talents began to receive national and international acclaim in 2006 when he was the Youth Speaks Grand Slam Poetry Champion, and was also named Brave New Voices International Poetry Slam Champion.
In 2006, Watsky was described as the "Bay Area's reigning teen champion" as the winner of "nearly a dozen slams" and "was on the team that took fourth place in the national contest" in 2005.
Watsky's poetry incorporates political and social themes. In 2006, in the midst of "a lively performance" to a "sold-out crowd", Watsky "likened politicians behavior to a common bar pick-up line" and "won the night's top score".
Reviewing a 2008 performance at Brandeis University, Sarah Bayer wrote, "Skinny, quirky George Watsky was next, with the night's most innovative piece. Watsky, a sophomore at Emerson College and a member of the grand prize-winning team from San Francisco at the National Youth Poetry Slam in 2006, adjusted the microphone to different parts of his body, imitated the sound of rewinding tape and recited binary code (a trope that caught the eye of headliner Saul Williams) in an altogether amusing performance."
Watsky graduated from Emerson College in 2010 and has achieved newfound fame with his viral YouTube video "Pale kid raps fast." He was featured on ''The Ellen DeGeneres Show'' on January 24, 2011, performing a slightly modified version of that rap.
In 2009, he produced a fifteen track hip-hop album titled ''Watsky''. In 2010 he released the album ''Guilty Pleasures'', which he made available as a free download on his website. Produced by Procrastination (San Francisco musician Tobias Butler), ''Guilty Pleasures'' contains mashups between popular songs and those from his first album.
Watsky was profiled in ''The Boston Globe'' in 2009. The Arts section reviewed his one-man show "Where the Magic Happens" favorably and called him a "poetry-slam star."
In Summer, 2011 Watsky announced his new mixtape titled "A New Kind of Sexy", which was released on Monday, August 1, 2011, at 4:00 AM Pacific Time. In the weeks leading up to the release, a track would be released each Monday. One of the tracks on the album was called "4AM Monday".
Taking it to the page and stereo, George’s debut poetry collection and CD, Undisputed Backtalk Champion, was published by First Word Press in 2006. Edited by novelist Adam Mansbach, the book is currently in its fourth printing. As an emcee, Watsky has performed on both coasts with his band Invisible Inc. The trio’s self titled album, a blend of jazz and hip hop, features R&B sensation Passion. George’s self-released debut, Watsky, reached as high as #7 on the iTunes Hip Hop albums chart.
An honorary graduate of the Centre for Sustainability Leadership in Melbourne, George has emerged as part of a vanguard of artists involved in the sustainability movement. The inaugural Speak Green winner for poetry on climate change, Watsky was twice invited by Robert Redford to perform in Sundance, Utah. He served as host of Green Mic in San Jose, California and of the culminating concert of Powershift 2007 in Washington DC, and performed at Rock the Debate in Oxford, Mississippi, prior to 2008′s first Presidental debate. His work has brought him to the opening plenary of Green Cities 2008 in Sydney, Australia, and Greenbuild Chicago, where he took the stage immediately before President Bill Clinton.
Touring while finishing his college education on a condensed schedule, George has performed at conferences and universities in more than half the states in the US, and two in Australia, appearing at some of the nation’s most notable venues, including the Apollo Theater, the Kennedy Center Concert Hall, the San Francisco Opera House and the Shrine Auditorium. He has shared billing with, among others, Beyonce, Stevie Wonder, Bonnie Raitt and Mohammed Ali.
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| Coordinates | 34°03′″N118°15′″N |
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| name | Jin Au-Yeung |
| chinesename | 歐陽靖/欧阳靖 |
| tradchinesename | 歐陽靖 |
| simpchinesename | 欧阳靖 |
| pinyinchinesename | Ōuyáng Jìng |
| jyutpingchinesename | au1 joeng4 zing6 |
| birth name | Jin Au-Yeung |
| othername | Jin, MC Jin, Jin the Emcee, 100 Grand Jin, The Emcee, AyoJin |
| ethnicity | Hakka |
| ancestry | Hong Kong |
| origin | Hong Kong |
| birth date | June 04, 1982 |
| height | 168 cm |
| birth place | Miami, Florida, USA |
| restingplacecoordinates | |
| occupation | Rapper, songwriter, actor |
| genre | Hip hop, R&B Christian Hip hop |
| instrument | Vocal |
| voicetype | Rap |
| label | Ruff Ryders/Virgin, Crafty Plugz, Draft Records, Imperial, Universal Music Group, Catch Adventures |
| yearsactive | 1997–present |
| spouse | Carol Au-Yeung |
| website | MC JinA I Y A ! (old website) |
| associated acts | Kanye West, Wyclef Jean, Ya Boy, }} |
In 2003, Jin made an appearance in the movie ''2 Fast 2 Furious'' as a mechanic named 'Jimmy'. His song "Peel Off" was featured on the ''2 Fast 2 Furious'' soundtrack. He also collaborated with British Indian Bhangra artist, Juggy D, in the song "Kohl Aaja (Come Closer)", when he was in London doing some promotion for ''The Rest Is History''.
On May 18, 2005, Jin revealed that he would be putting his rap career on hold in order to explore other options. To make this clear, he recorded a song titled "I Quit", which was produced by the Golden Child. The announcement was widely misunderstood to have marked the end of Jin's rap career. However, he later re-emerged under a different alias, The Emcee, and freestyled over such songs as Jay-Z's "Dear Summer." He released a single called "Top 5 (Dead or Alive)" where Jin displays his lyrical talent in explaining the history of hip-hop's greatest artists. The legendary DJ Kool Herc, who is credited as the founder of hip-hop, appears in Jin's music video. After signing with an independent label, CraftyPlugz/Draft Records, Jin released his second album, ''The Emcee's Properganda'' on October 25, 2005. Jin was also featured on the Taipei-based pop artist Leehom Wang's 2005 album ''Heroes of Earth''.
Jin released two albums in 2006. The first one, ''100 Grand Jin'' is a mixtape/album that was released on August 29, 2006. The single released off the album is "FYI", for which the rapper shot and released a music video. The second album released in 2006 is Jin's third LP, ''I Promise''.
On Jin's MySpace, Jin mentioned that he is working on another English album named "Birthdays, Funerals and Things In Between". Jin premiered a song called "Open Letter to Obama" on April 24, 2007, which made him become 1st on Barack Obama's Top 8 list on MySpace.
On April 16, 2007, Jin made a tribute song to the victims of the Virginia Tech massacre called "Rain, Rain Go Away". Recently Jin has decided to make his November 1, 2006 Internet album put together by Roy P. Perez© and his team of producers at Romeo Ent., ''I Promise'', available in retail stores. It will be out on October 23, 2007.
Jin released a new song through his MySpace page. The song is titled "Fill In The Blanks", and Jin encourages his fans to record their own verse into the song.
He has recently released a demo song called ''Worst Enemy'' which has garnered over 130,000 views on his Myspace. He also put the song ''Welcome To The Light Club'' on his Myspace page. Jin is a Christian, stating in his song "Welcome to the Light Club" he was baptized in 2008. He has featured in Far East Movement's "Millionaire". He has done a track over a DJ Premier joint titled "World Premier". He is also collaborate with producer Trendsetter aka Mark Holiday.
He has his own youtube channel which he uploads 3 minute video blogs about his life. Http://www.youtube.com/ayojintv
Jin currently resides in Hong Kong. He stars frequently in commercials there, and making numerous appearances on TVB like Big Boys Club.
He has recently thrown out a Hip-Hop Census in honor of the 2010 Census and Chinese New Year 2010. He released a mixtape entitled "Say Something", on May 15, 2010. As said by Jin, this mixtape is open to anybody and will be mixed from the general population along with Jin. According to JinSuperGroup.com, Jin will be releasing a new album with his friend Hanjin in 2010.
On July 10, 2010, Jin collaborated with Mandarin singer Hanjin Tan () to release another Cantonese album ''買一送一''
Jin also released a music video for his English single "Angels".
On March 7, 2011, Jin released a music video for a song from his upcoming English album entitled "Charlie Sheen," collaborating with artists Dumbfoundead and Traphik/Timothy DeLaGhetto. Jin recently released an ep titled "Sincerely Yours".
Jin released his new single called "Shoot For The Moon" on June 4, 2011. His birthday was on the same day. He also plans to release the full English album later in November.
Jin is managed by talent manager Carl Choi.
On February 12, 2011, MC Jin and his Chinese American wife, Carol, got married on the small island of Puerto Rico.
| ! Year | ! Video | ! Director | ! Video Link(Youtube) | ! Notes |
| Jin - Learn Chinese emimusic | ||||
| "Senorita" | Jin - Senorita emimusic | |||
| 2005 | "Top 5(Dead or Alive)" | Todd Angkasuwan | Uses a collection of people voting for their top 5 rappers. | |
| 2006 | "FYI" (featuring Young Mac) | Todd Angkasuwan | ||
| "ABC" | Todd Angkasuwan | Jin 歐陽靖 'ABC' MV universalmusichk | Cantonese. Contains a short appearance of the producers of the song, Far East Movement. | |
| Daniel Wu / Jason Tobin | Jin 歐陽靖 '搵兩餐' MV universalmusichk | Cantonese | ||
| "飲啖茶" | Evan Jackson Leong | Jin 歐陽靖 '飲啖茶' MV universalmusichk | Cantonese | |
| "香港Superstar" | Jason Tobin | Jin 歐陽靖 '香港Superstar' MV universalmusichk | Cantonese | |
| "上堂時間" | Jin 歐陽靖 '上堂時間' MV universalmusichk | Cantonese | ||
| "喂喂搵邊位" | Kim Chan | Jin 歐陽靖 '喂喂搵邊位' MV universalmusichk | Cantonese | |
| "Angels" | Hosanna Wong | JIN "Angels" Official Music Video (2010) AyoJinTV | ||
| "711" (featuring KT) | "711" - MC Jin feat. KT AyoJinHK | Cantonese. Filmed in 7-Eleven. | ||
| "It's About Time" | Romago Presents: MC Jin "It's About Time" AyoJinHK | Cantonese | ||
| "Charlie Sheen" (with Traphik & Dumbfoundead) | Kevin Boston | "CHARLIE SHEEN" (Official Music Video) Jin x Dumbfoundead x Traphik AyoJinTV | ||
| "人氣急升" | Kevin Boston | MC Jin人氣急升MV - NEW ALBUM 回鄉靖 Hong Kong release date: 8/8/11 AyoJinHK | Cantonese | |
| "Aiya!" (featuring Toestah) | AIYA - Jin feat. Toestah AyoJinTV | Song repeated twice to fit all pictures in. | ||
| "Shoot for the Moon" | Carl Choi | JIN "Shoot for the Moon" Official Music Video (2011) AyoJinTV | Song edited for video. Uses various images and video from his life and career. | |
| "發咗達" | Benny Lou | MC Jin發咗達MV - NEW ALBUM 回香靖 Hong Kong release date: 8/8/11 AyoJinHK | Cantonese | |
Category:1982 births Category:American expatriates in Hong Kong Category:American musicians of Chinese descent Category:American rappers of Asian descent Category:Chinese Christians Category:Hong Kong Christians Category:Converts to Christianity Category:Living people Category:Virgin Records artists Category:People from Queens Category:Rappers from Miami, Florida Category:Ruff Ryders artists Category:American musicians of Hong Kong descent
de:Jin Au-Yeung fr:Jin Au-Yeung ko:진 (랩가수) it:Jin Au-Yeung zh-yue:歐陽靖 zh:歐陽靖 (歌手)This text is licensed under the Creative Commons CC-BY-SA License. This text was originally published on Wikipedia and was developed by the Wikipedia community.
| Coordinates | 34°03′″N118°15′″N |
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| name | Sabine Schmitz |
| birth date | May 14, 1969 |
| birth place | Adenau, Germany |
| occupation | Racing driver,Television personality |
| othername | Sabine Reck, SpeedBee, Queen of the Ring |
| website | http://www.speedbee.de }} |
Sabine Schmitz (Sabine Reck while married; born 14 May 1969), is a German former professional motor racing driver for BMW, now known for driving the BMW "Ring taxi" around the Nürburgring race track as well as being a television personality.
Schmitz trained as ''Hotelfachfrau'' and Sommelière. During her marriage to a hotelier she lived in Pulheim, but after her divorce in 2000, up until 2003, she owned a bar-restaurant in Nürburg named the ''Fuchsröhre'' (Foxhole) after a track section. In 2004 she qualified as a helicopter pilot.
Following occasional drives with the family car on the Nordschleife, all three sisters started racing, but only Schmitz continued and collected victories. Schmitz won in CHC and VLN race events, the VLN endurance racing championship in 1998, and is the first woman to win a major 24h race, the 24 Hours Nürburgring, in 1996 and 1997, all with a BMW M3 entered and co-driven by local veteran Johannes Scheid. In 2006 Schmitz and Klaus Abbelen drove the #97 Porsche 997 in the Nürburgring VLN endurance racing series, entered by ''Land Motorsport''. They finished a strong third in the 24h 2008, beaten only by the factory-backed Manthey-entered winners of 2007 and 2006.
According to her own estimates, Schmitz has gone around the track more than 20,000 times, increasing by approximately 1200 per year. Her familiarity with the circuit earned her the nicknames "Queen of the Nürburgring" and "the fastest taxi driver in the world". She says her favourite parts of the track are Schwedenkreuz and Fuchsröhre.
Claudia Hürtgen is her main rival, winning the championship in 2006, and scoring pole and victory in the third VLN race of 2008, with a BMW Z4.
Her company, Nürburgring-based Sabine Schmitz Motorsport, offers advanced driver training and a "Ring Taxi" service for passengers.
In December 2004, Schmitz gained recognition in the United Kingdom after appearing in the BBC television show ''Top Gear'' with presenter Jeremy Clarkson. After Clarkson (under her tutelage) set a lap time of 9 minutes 59 seconds around the Nürburgring in a Jaguar S-Type diesel (Season 5, Episode 5), she castigated his best lap with the comment ''"I tell you something, I could do that lap time in a van"''. She did a lap in the Jaguar S-Type, and set a time of 9 minutes 12 seconds, beating him by 47 seconds. When trying to film Schmitz as she drove the S-Type, the film team couldn't keep up so they used Jaguar test driver Wolfgang Schubauer to drive the Jaguar S-Type R chase car, which means that much of the lap shown on the episode was not the first lap where she set the 9 min. 12 sec. lap time.
Thus, in her second appearance on ''Top Gear'', she actually drove a Ford Transit Diesel in an attempt to beat Clarkson's time set in the Jaguar S-Type diesel. Her final time with the Transit was 10 minutes and 8 seconds (Season 6, Episode 7). For this final lap the van was stripped and streamlined at the front with gaffer tape (Schmitz's belt, hubcaps, spare wheel, toolkit and Richard Hammond were removed) and a Dodge Viper was driven in front to help keep the "air clean" by providing a good slipstream to travel through.
Her first appearance on British television, however, was on the 2002 BBC programme Jeremy Clarkson Meets the Neighbours, where she takes Jeremy around the Nürburgring in the "Ring Taxi".
Her third appearance was at the 2005 Top Gear Awards to collect the award for 'Best German' (Season 7, Episode 6).
In 2007, she appeared in Clarkson's ''Supercar Showdown'' DVD where she raced an Audi R8 against The Stig in a Porsche 911 GT3.
Schmitz also appeared in the sixth episode of the ''Top Gear'''s 11th series, in a competition between the German motoring equivalent of Top Gear, on which she features, and the British Top Gear team. Both groups engaged each other in a series of challenges, in which Schmitz raced the Top Gear team in a double decker car race, and Clarkson in a one-on-one Mini challenge. She was victorious in both her events; however, due to the timely intervention of James May (dressed suspiciously like The Stig), the overall result was a win for the ''Top Gear'' team.
It is rumoured that Schmitz has taken on the role of the Stig in BBC 2's Top Gear in place of 'outed Stig' Ben Collins.
Category:1969 births Category:Living people Category:German racecar drivers Category:Female racecar drivers
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| Coordinates | 34°03′″N118°15′″N |
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| background | solo_singer |
| birth name | Fredrick Tipton |
| alias | Gangsta Gibbs |
| birth date | June 14, 1982 |
| origin | Gary, Indiana, United States |
| genre | Hip hop, Gangsta rap |
| occupation | Rapper, lyricist, musician |
| years active | 2001–present |
| label | Corporate Thugz, Str8 Slammin' |
| associated acts | Young Jeezy, Statik Selektah, Str8 Slammin' Click, The Alchemist, Jay Rock, Pill, Bun B, The Cool Kids, Curren$y, Big K.R.I.T., Statik Selektah |
| website | }} |
Fredrick Tipton (born June 14, 1982), better known by his stage name Freddie Gibbs, is an American rapper from Gary, Indiana. He was signed by Interscope Records before being let go from his deal without a record being released. Subsequent to this, in 2009, he brought out ''The Miseducation of Freddie Gibbs''—a compilation of his work to that date, mixing mixtape tracks with unreleased studio material—and ''midwestgangstaboxframecadillacmuzik''—a collection of new music. Both were released for free to the internet. He has just recently teamed up with Cleveland's Chip tha Ripper and Chuck Inglish and Mikey Rocks of The Cool Kids to form the "super group" P.O.C. (Pulled Over by the Cops). Gibbs was just signed to CTE an Atlanta based label founded by rapper Young Jeezy. As an introductory and celebretory stepping stone into CTE, Gibbs brought out Jeezy during concert at the Bottom Lounge in Chicago, which also featured Smoke DZA and Big K.R.I.T. He has a song, "Look Easy," produced by Sidney Miller aka Speakerbomb, that will be featured on 2K Sports "2K12."
The track listing was confirmed by Rap-Up.
The track listing was confirmed by Rap-Up.
Category:Living people Category:Rappers from Indiana Category:African American rappers Category:Underground rappers Category:1982 births
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