When first we met Wallpaper. in 2005, the project was Eric Frederic’s way of making earnest, artful music while satirizing the lack of genuine sentiment in mainstream pop. Then, the music was composed on computers and the lyrics were delivered strictly in Auto-Tune (almostunheard of at the time), further emphasizing the sterility of hackneyed song themes.In the four years since, as Wallpaper.’s become a genuine phenomenon via three well-loved EPs and an unforgettabl...

Rapper Chief Keef was a hit on Chicago's high-school circuit before mixtapes and viral videos led to a contract with Interscope. Keef first hit with 2011's "Bang," an instant hit with the youth of his hometown's South Side. The mixtapes The Glory Road and Bang were both released that year by Keef's label, Glory Boyz, but at the end of 2011, the rapper was arrested for unlawful use of a weapon. In early 2012, Keef was finishing his sentence of house arrest as his track "I Don't Lik...

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 in 2005, he released his first official mixtape Prince of the City: Welcome to the gun Vania and later in 2006 he released his first album along the street entitled Show and prove he has since released six more...