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There are five known artists under this name: 1. Mathangi “Maya” Arulpragasam also known as M.I.A., (born 18 July 1975 in Hounslow, London, U.K.) is a British artist of Sri Lankan Tamil descent. As a baby she moved with her family to their native Sri Lanka, where her father became increasingly politically active in militant activities. As the Civil War escalated the rest of the family was forced to flee as refugees, first to India and then the UK. Read more on Last.fm

The Sex Pistols are a punk rock band that formed in London, United Kingdom in 1975. They are, together with The Clash and The Damned, responsible for initiating the punk movement in the United Kingdom and inspiring many later punk and alternative rock musicians. Although their initial career lasted just two-and-a-half years and produced only four singles plus one studio album, Never Mind the Bollocks, Here's the Sex Pistols (1977), they are regarded as one of the most influential acts in the history of modern popular music. Read more on Last.fm

The White Stripes were an American rock duo formed in Detroit, Michigan, in 1997. The group consisted of Jack White (guitar, keyboards, piano, vocals) and Meg White (drums, percussion, vocals). They were a leading group of 2000s indie rock and the decade's garage rock revival. Beginning in the late 1990s, the White Stripes sought success within the Detroit music scene, releasing six singles and two albums. They first found commercial success with their acclaimed third album Read more on Last.fm

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Since their inception, ESG has affected post-punk, no wave, dance-punk, hip-hop, and various styles of dance music such as house. They fell in with the late '70s and early '80s NYC no wave and post-punk scene, they had their music sampled countless times, and they became a playlist staple at '70s and early '80s dance clubs like the Paradise Garage and the Music Box. ESG (Emerald, Sapphire and Gold) formed in 1978 in the South Bronx. The band originally consisted of the four Scroggins sisters -- Deborah (bass Read more on Last.fm

RIP Magic are a London-based dance-punk and post-punk band formed in 2024. The quartet consists of Marco Pini, Felix Bayley-Higgins, Beth Boswell-Knight and Pedro Takahashi. The project began with Pini, a DJ, sound designer and member of the London band Sorry, and Bayley-Higgins, a visual artist who had been Pini's friend since their school years. Having previously collaborated on music, the pair established RIP Magic as a joint project before expanding the lineup with bassist Takahashi and drummer Boswell-Knight. Read more on Last.fm

Kristin Hersh (born August 7, 1966) is an American singer/songwriter. She is the lead singer and guitarist for alternative rock group Throwing Muses and the hardcore punk-influenced power trio 50 Foot Wave. She has written a memoir, titled Rat Girl, which was published in the USA by Penguin Books on August 31, 2010 and is co-founder of the non-profit, open-source software project for recording artists, CASH Music. Early life Born in Atlanta as Martha Kristin Hersh, she was raised in Newport, Rhode Island. Read more on Last.fm

In the eleven years since her last project, Erykah Badu has gathered not conclusions but a series of existential insights. Before the World Blows: The Abi and Alan Experiment exists within the tension between introspection and growth. Abi is Badu. Alan is The Alchemist. Recorded over 18 months in Dallas and Los Angeles, the album is the inevitable collision of two iconoclasts—hypnotic, funny, blunt, deeply personal, and impossible to categorize neatly. Read more on Last.fm

The Pharcyde (pronounced "Far Side") is an American alternative hip-hop group, formed in 1989, from South Central Los Angeles. The original four members of the group are Imani (Emandu Wilcox), Slimkid3 (Trevant Hardson), Bootie Brown (Romye Robinson), and Fatlip (Derrick Stewart). DJ Mark Luv was the group's first disc jockey (DJ), followed by producer J-Swift and then J Dilla. The group is perhaps best known for the hit singles "Drop", "Passin' Me By" and "Runnin''", as well as their first album, Bizarre Ride II the Pharcyde. Read more on Last.fm

Seun Kuti is Nigerian musician and singer Oluseun Anikulapo Kuti (born in Lagos on 11 January 1983), the youngest son of Afrobeat pioneer Fela Kuti and brother of (eldest son) Femi Kuti. He leads his father's former band Egypt 80 and records as Seun Kuti & Egypt 80. He has also recorded as Seun Kuti & Black Thought. In 2018, the 'Black Times' album was nominated for the Grammys, under the World Music Category. In 2019, Kuti was named one of the "100 Most Influential People" by TIME Magazine for his music and activism. Read more on Last.fm