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Nappy Roots

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Nappy Roots is an American alternative Southern rap quartet from Louisville, Kentucky. [1]

64 relations: AllHipHop, Alternative hip hop, American Music Award, Anthony Hamilton (musician), Atlanta, Atlantic Records, Average Joes Entertainment, Awnaw, Billboard Hot 100, Bowling Green, Kentucky, Colt Ford, CunninLynguists, Daredevil (film), David Banner, ESPN, Fontana Distribution, Governor of Kentucky, Grammy Award, Headz Up, Hip hop music, Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs, Hot Rap Songs, Innerstate Music, Jazze Pha, Jerome Brailey, Kanye West, Kentucky, Lil Jon, Madden NFL 2003, Madden NFL 2004, Mainstream Top 40, Marcos Curiel, Mark Ronson, Milledgeville, Georgia, Mixtape, MTV Video Music Award, Myspace, Nappy Roots, Nice & Smooth, Oakland, California, Organized Noize, P.O.D., Paul E. Patton, Po' Folks, Quartet, R. Prophet, Roun' the Globe, Sony Music, Soul Train Music Awards, Soundtrack, ..., Southern hip hop, Strange Journey Volume One, Tantric (band), The End Begins, The Humdinger, The Ladykillers, The Pursuit of Nappyness, United States, Universal Music Group, Watermelon, Chicken & Gritz, Western Kentucky University, Wind-up Records, Wooden Leather, XXL (magazine). Expand index (14 more) »

AllHipHop

AllHipHop is a hip hop news website founded in 1998.

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Alternative hip hop

Alternative hip hop (also known as alternative rap) is a subgenre of hip hop music that encompasses the wide range of styles of hip hop that are not typically identified as mainstream.

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American Music Award

The American Music Awards (AMAs) is an annual American music awards show, created by Dick Clark in 1973 for ABC when the network's contract to air the Grammy Awards expired.

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Anthony Hamilton (musician)

Anthony Cornelius Hamilton (born January 28, 1971) is an American singer, songwriter, and record producer who rose to fame with his platinum-selling second studio album Comin' from Where I'm From (2003), which featured the title track single "Comin' from Where I'm From" and the follow-up "Charlene".

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Atlanta

Atlanta is the capital city and most populous municipality of the state of Georgia in the United States.

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Atlantic Records

Atlantic Recording Corporation (simply known as Atlantic Records) is an American major record label founded in October 1947 by Ahmet Ertegün and Herb Abramson.

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Average Joes Entertainment

Average Joes Entertainment Group is an American record label specializing in country music, alternative country, and country rap.

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Awnaw

"Awnaw" (featuring Jazze Pha) is the first single by the Kentucky rap group Nappy Roots, produced by James "Groove" Chambers.

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Billboard Hot 100

The Billboard Hot 100 is the music industry standard record chart in the United States for songs, published weekly by Billboard magazine.

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Bowling Green, Kentucky

Bowling Green is a home rule-class city in and the county seat of Warren County, Kentucky, United States.

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Colt Ford

Jason Farris Brown (born August 27, 1970) known professionally as Colt Ford, is an American country music artist, singer-songwriter, entrepreneur, and former professional golfer best known for his music fusing country and hip hop, which has beem categorized as "country rap".

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CunninLynguists

CunninLynguists are an American hip hop trio from Lexington, KentuckyHess, Mickey (2009) Hip Hop in America: A Regional Guide: Volume 1: East Coast and West Coast, Greenwood Press,, p. x and Atlanta, Georgia.

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Daredevil (film)

Daredevil is a 2003 American superhero film written and directed by Mark Steven Johnson.

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David Banner

Lavell William Crump (born April 11, 1974), better known by his alias David Banner, is an American rapper and record producer.

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ESPN

ESPN (originally an acronym for Entertainment and Sports Programming Network) is a U.S.-based global cable and satellite sports television channel owned by ESPN Inc., a joint venture owned by The Walt Disney Company (80%) and Hearst Communications (20%).

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Fontana Distribution

Fontana Distribution is a division of San Francisco-based Isolation Network.

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Governor of Kentucky

The Governor of the Commonwealth of Kentucky is the head of the executive branch of government in the Commonwealth of Kentucky.

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Grammy Award

A Grammy Award (stylized as GRAMMY, originally called Gramophone Award), or Grammy, is an award presented by The Recording Academy to recognize achievement in the music industry.

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Headz Up

"Headz Up" is the third single by the American alternative Southern rap sextet Kentucky rap group Nappy Roots, from their 2002 debut album Watermelon, Chicken & Gritz.

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Hip hop music

Hip hop music, also called hip-hopMerriam-Webster Dictionary entry on hip-hop, retrieved from: A subculture especially of inner-city black youths who are typically devotees of rap music; the stylized rhythmic music that commonly accompanies rap; also rap together with this music.

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Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs

The Hot R&B/Hip-Hop/Rap Songs is a record chart that ranks the most popular R&B and hip hop songs in the United States and is published weekly by Billboard.

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Hot Rap Songs

Hot Rap Songs (formerly known as Hot Rap Tracks and Hot Rap Singles, and also known as Rap Airplay) is a chart released weekly by Billboard in the United States.

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Innerstate Music

Innerstate Music is a mixtape by the American hip hop group Nappy Roots, released July 31, 2007.

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Jazze Pha

Phalon Anton Alexander, professionally known as Jazze Pha, is an American record producer, singer, songwriter and rapper from Atlanta, Georgia.

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Jerome Brailey

Jerome Eugene "Bigfoot" Brailey (born August 20, 1950) is an American drummer, best known for his work with P-Funk, which included the bands Parliament, Funkadelic, and numerous related projects.

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Kanye West

Kanye Omari West (born June 8, 1977) is an American rapper, singer, songwriter, record producer, entrepreneur and fashion designer.

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Kentucky

Kentucky, officially the Commonwealth of Kentucky, is a state located in the east south-central region of the United States.

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Lil Jon

Jonathan Smith (born January 27, 1971), better known by his stage name Lil Jon, is an American rapper, record producer, and DJ.

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Madden NFL 2003

Madden NFL 2003 is an American football simulation video game based on the NFL that was developed by EA Tiburon and Budcat Creations and published by EA Sports.

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Madden NFL 2004

Madden NFL 2004 is the 15th installment of the Madden NFL series of American football video games.

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Mainstream Top 40

Mainstream Top 40 (also called Pop Songs on billboard.com and sometimes referred to as Top 40/CHR) is a 40-song music chart published weekly by ''Billboard'' Magazine which ranks the most popular songs being played on a panel of Top 40 radio stations in the United States.

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Marcos Curiel

Marcos Curiel (born September 9, 1974) is the lead guitarist of rock bands P.O.D., The Accident Experiment and Daylight Division.

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Mark Ronson

Mark Daniel Ronson (born 4 September 1975) is an English musician, DJ, singer, songwriter, and record producer.

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Milledgeville, Georgia

Milledgeville is a city in and the county seat of Baldwin County in the U.S. state of Georgia.

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Mixtape

The term "mixtape" (alternatively spelled mix-tape or mix tape) is used to describe various manners in which music is distributed.

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MTV Video Music Award

An MTV Video Music Award (commonly abbreviated as a VMA) is an award presented by the cable channel MTV to honor the best in the music video medium.

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Myspace

Myspace (stylized as MySpace) is a social networking website offering an interactive, user-submitted network of friends, personal profiles, blogs, groups, photos, music, and videos.

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Nappy Roots

Nappy Roots is an American alternative Southern rap quartet from Louisville, Kentucky.

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Nice & Smooth

Nice & Smooth is an East Coast hip hop duo from New York City that consists of Greg Nice (Greg Mays) and Smooth B (Daryl Barnes), plus their DJ Teddy Tedd (Tedd Whiting).

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Oakland, California

Oakland is the largest city and the county seat of Alameda County, California, United States.

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Organized Noize

Organized Noize is an American hip hop/R&B production team from Atlanta, Georgia composed of Rico Wade, Ray Murray and Sleepy Brown.

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P.O.D.

Payable on Death (abbreviated P.O.D.) is a Christian nu metal band formed in 1992 and based in San Diego, California.

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Paul E. Patton

Paul Edward Patton (born May 26, 1937) is an American politician who was the 59th governor of Kentucky, serving from 1995 to 2003.

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Po' Folks

"Po' Folks" (featuring Anthony Hamilton) is the three time grammy-nominated second hit single by the Kentucky rap group Nappy Roots.

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Quartet

In music, a quartet or quartette is an ensemble of four singers or instrumental performers; or a musical composition for four voices or instruments.

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R. Prophet

Kenneth Ryan Anthony (born November 29, 1977) better known by his stage name R. Prophet, is an American rapper.

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Roun' the Globe

"Roun' the Globe" is the lead single by the Kentucky rap group Nappy Roots from their second studio album, Wooden Leather.

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Sony Music

Sony Music Entertainment (SME) is a Japanese-owned global music conglomerate owned by Sony and incorporated as a general partnership of Sony Music Holdings Inc. through Sony Entertainment Inc., a subsidiary of Sony Corporation of America. (in Japanese), Sony Corporation The company was first founded in 1929 as American Record Corporation and renamed Columbia Recording Corporation in 1938, following its acquisition by the Columbia Broadcasting System. In 1966, the company was reorganized to become CBS Records, and Sony Corporation bought the company in 1988, renaming it under its current name in 1991. In 2004, Sony and Bertelsmann established a 50-50 joint venture called Sony BMG Music Entertainment, which transferred the businesses of Sony Music and Bertelsmann Music Group into one entity. However, in 2008, Sony acquired Bertelsmann's stake, and the company reverted to the SME name shortly after; the buyout allowed Sony to acquire all of BMG's labels, including former Columbia Pictures subsidiary Arista Records as well as RCA Records, and led to the dissolution of BMG, which instead relaunched as BMG Rights Management. Sony Music Entertainment is the second largest of the "Big Three" record companies in the world, behind Universal Music Group (UMG) and ahead of Warner Music Group (WMG). Sony's music publishing division is the world's largest music publisher after the acquisition of EMI. It also owns SYCO Entertainment, which operates some of the world's most successful reality TV format including Got Talent and The X Factor.

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Soul Train Music Awards

The Soul Train Music Awards is an annual award show which previously aired in national television syndication, and honors the best in Black music and entertainment.

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Soundtrack

A soundtrack, also written sound track, can be recorded music accompanying and synchronized to the images of a motion picture, book, television program or video game; a commercially released soundtrack album of music as featured in the soundtrack of a film, video or television presentation; or the physical area of a film that contains the synchronized recorded sound.

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Southern hip hop

Southern hip hop, also known as Southern rap, South Coast hip hop, or Dirty South, is a blanket term for a regional genre of American hip hop music that emerged in the Southern United States, especially in Atlanta, New Orleans, Houston, Memphis, and Miami—the five of which constitute the "Southern Network" in rap music.

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Strange Journey Volume One

Strange Journey Volume One is the third mixtape and the first installment in the Strange Journey Series from Southern hip hop group CunninLynguists, released on March 24, 2009.

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Tantric (band)

Tantric is an American rock band from Louisville, Kentucky, United States.

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The End Begins

The End Begins is the third studio album from American band Tantric.

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The Humdinger

The Humdinger is the third studio album by the American hip hop group Nappy Roots, released on August 5, 2008, the quintet's follow-up to their 2008 mixtape Cookout Muzik.

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The Ladykillers

The Ladykillers is a 1955 British black comedy crime film directed by Alexander Mackendrick for Ealing Studios.

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The Pursuit of Nappyness

The Pursuit of Nappyness is the fourth studio album by Kentucky-based hip hop group Nappy Roots.

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United States

The United States of America (USA), commonly known as the United States (U.S.) or America, is a federal republic composed of 50 states, a federal district, five major self-governing territories, and various possessions.

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Universal Music Group

Universal Music Group (also known in the United States as UMG Recordings, Inc. and abbreviated as UMG) is an American global music corporation that is a subsidiary of the French media conglomerate Vivendi.

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Watermelon, Chicken & Gritz

Watermelon, Chicken & Gritz is the commercial debut album by Kentucky-based rap sextet Nappy Roots.

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Western Kentucky University

Western Kentucky University is a public university in Bowling Green, Kentucky, United States.

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Wind-up Records

Wind-up Entertainment is an American independent record label founded by Alan and Diana Meltzer in 1997.

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Wooden Leather

Wooden Leather is the second studio album by Kentucky-based rap sextet band Nappy Roots, to their first album Watermelon, Chicken & Gritz.

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XXL (magazine)

XXL is an American hip hop magazine, published by Townsquare Media, founded in 1997.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nappy_Roots

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