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Steve Stoute ( born June 26 , 1970 in Queens New York ) is Founder and CEO of the brand development and ___MASK8___ firm Translation , and author of " The Tanning of America : How Hip - Hop Created a Culture That Rewrote the Rules of the New ___MASK48___ ". Previously , he worked in the music industry as an American record executive and artist manager . BBC ___MASK59___ 1 is a British ___MASK59___ station operated by the British Broadcasting Corporation which also broadcasts internationally , specialising in modern and current ___MASK90___ and chart hits throughout the day . ___MASK59___ 1 provides alternative genres after 7 : 00 pm , including electronic dance , ___MASK9___ , rock , indie or interviews . It is aimed primarily at the 15  29 age group , although the average age of the UK audience in 2008 was 33 . BBC ___MASK59___ 1 started 24 - hour broadcasting on 1 May 1991 . Spotify is a ___MASK62___ , podcast , and ___MASK65___ streaming service launched in October 2008 , developed by startup Spotify AB in Stockholm , Sweden . It provides digital rights management - protected content from record labels and media companies . Spotify is a ___MASK63___ service , meaning that basic services are free with advertisements , with additional features , such as improved streaming quality , offered via paid subscriptions . ___MASK88___ - ___MASK53___ is a subgenre of jazz ___MASK62___ characterized by a strong back beat ( groove ), electrified sounds and an early prevalence of analog synthesizers . The integration of ___MASK53___ , soul , and R & B ___MASK62___ and styles into jazz resulted in the creation of a ___MASK26___ whose spectrum is quite wide and ranges from strong jazz improvisation to soul , ___MASK53___ or disco with jazz arrangements , jazz riffs , and jazz solos , and sometimes soul vocals . Bad Boy ___MASK40___ ( also known as Bad Boy Records ) is an American record label founded in 1993 by Sean Combs . Today , it operates as an imprint of ___MASK91___ Records , a division of Sony Music ___MASK40___ . Trapped in the Closet is a rap ___MASK46___ by American R & B singer R . Kelly , which currently consists of 33 " chapters " released from 2005 to 2012 . Written and produced by R . Kelly , the series tells a story of a one - night stand which sets off a chain of events , gradually revealing a greater web of lies , sex , and deceit . The music follows a distinct E major pattern , and most chapters of the story feature the same melodic theme . ___MASK88___ is a ___MASK62___ ___MASK26___ that originated amongst African Americans in New Orleans , United States , in the late 19th and early 20th centuries . Since the 1920s jazz age , jazz has become recognized as a major form of ___MASK14___ expression . It emerged in the form of independent traditional and popular ___MASK14___ styles , all linked by the common bonds of African American and European American ___MASK14___ parentage with a performance orientation . ___MASK88___ is characterized by swing and blue notes , call and response vocals , polyrhythms and improvisation . ___MASK88___ has roots in West African cultural and ___MASK14___ expression , and in African - American ___MASK62___ traditions including blues and ragtime , as well as European military band ___MASK62___ . Although the foundation of jazz is deeply rooted within the Black experience of the United States , different cultures have contributed their own experience and styles to the art form as well . Intellectuals around the world have hailed jazz as " one of America ' s original art forms ". Post - bop is a ___MASK26___ of small - combo jazz that evolved in the early to mid - 1960s . The vibraphone ( also known as the vibraharp or simply the vibes ) is a ___MASK14___ instrument in the struck idiophone subfamily of the percussion family . The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland , commonly known as the United Kingdom ( UK ) or Britain , is a sovereign ___MASK43___ in ___MASK38___ Europe . Lying off the north - ___MASK38___ coast of the European mainland , it includes the island of Great Britain ( the name of which is also loosely applied to the whole ___MASK43___ ), the north - eastern part of the island of Ireland , and many smaller islands . Northern Ireland is the only part of the UK that shares a land border with another sovereign statethe Republic of Ireland . Apart from this land border , the UK is surrounded by the Atlantic Ocean , with the North Sea to its east , the English Channel to its south and the Celtic Sea to its south - south - west , giving it the 12th - longest coastline in the world . The Irish Sea lies between Great Britain and Ireland . With an area of , the UK is the 78th - largest sovereign state in the world and the 11th - largest in Europe . It is also the 21st - most populous ___MASK43___ , with an estimated 65 . 1 million inhabitants . Together , this makes it the fourth most densely populated ___MASK43___ in the European Union . Junior M . A . F . I . A . is an American ___MASK9___ group from Bedford - Stuyvesant , Brooklyn , New York City , New York . The acronym M . A . F . I . A . stands for Masters At Finding Intelligent Attitudes . They were formed and mentored by New York rapper , The Notorious B . I . G .. In 1995 , they released their debut album , " Conspiracy ". The success of the group ' s singles , " Player ' s Anthem " ( US # 5 ) and " Get Money " ( US # 17 ), helped launch the career of Lil ' Kim as a solo artist . The group became defunct in 1997 following the death of The Notorious B . I . G . In 2005 and 2006 , three of the original members released the album " Riot Musik " and two DVDs under the Junior M . A . F . I . A . name . ___MASK72___ is a sport that is played by two teams of five players on a rectangular court . The objective is to shoot a ball through a hoop in diameter and mounted at a height of to backboards at each end of the court . The ___MASK44___ was invented in 1891 by Dr . ___MASK11___ Naismith , who would be the first basketball coach of the Kansas Jayhawks , one of the most successful programs in the ___MASK44___ ' s ___MASK29___ . The South Bronx is an area of the New York City borough of the Bronx . As the name implies , the area comprises neighborhoods in the southern part of the Bronx , such as Mott Haven , Melrose , and Port Morris . Formerly a deteriorating , poverty - stricken area , the South Bronx is now known for its ___MASK9___ culture and its graffiti . ___MASK9___ music , also called hip - hop or rap music , is a music genre formed in the United States in the 1970s which consists of a stylized rhythmic music that commonly accompanies rapping , a rhythmic and rhyming speech that is chanted . It developed as part of ___MASK9___ culture , a subculture defined by four key stylistic elements : MCing / rapping , DJing / scratching , break dancing , and graffiti writing . Other elements include sampling ( or synthesis ), and beatboxing . Polydor is a British record label and company , that operates as part of Universal ___MASK62___ Group . It has a close relationship with Universal ' s Interscope Geffen A & M label , which distributes Polydor ' s releases in the United States . In turn , Polydor distributes Interscope releases in the United Kingdom . Polydor Records Ltd . was established in 1954 British subsidiary in London by German Deutsche Grammophon GmbH . It was renamed in 1972 to Polydor Ltd . Mary Jane Blige ( born January 11 , 1971 ) is an American singer , songwriter , model , record producer and actress . Starting her career as a background singer on Uptown Records in 1989 , Blige released her first ___MASK6___ , " What ' s the 411 ?", in 1992 , and has released 12 studio albums since and made over 150 guest appearances on other albums and soundtracks . Northern Ireland (; Ulster Scots : "") is a top - level constituent unit of the United Kingdom in the northeast of Ireland . It is variously described as a ___MASK43___ , province , region , or " part " of the United Kingdom , amongst other terms . Northern Ireland shares a border to the south and west with the Republic of Ireland . In 2011 , its population was 1 , 810 , 863 , constituting about 30 % of the island ' s total population and about 3 % of the UK ' s population . Established by the Northern Ireland Act 1998 as part of the Good Friday Agreement , the Northern Ireland Assembly holds responsibility for a range of devolved policy matters , while other areas are reserved for the British ___MASK18___ . Northern Ireland co - operates with the Republic of Ireland in some areas , and the Agreement granted the Republic the ability to " put forward views and proposals " with " determined efforts to resolve disagreements between the two governments ". The Kingdom of Great Britain , officially Great Britain , was a sovereign state in ___MASK38___ Europe from 1 May 1707 to 31 December 1800 . The state came into being following the Treaty of Union in 1706 , ratified by the Acts of Union 1707 , which united the kingdoms of England and Scotland to form a single kingdom encompassing the whole island of Great Britain and its outlying islands . It did not include Ireland , which remained a separate realm . The unitary state was governed by a single parliament and ___MASK18___ that was based in Westminster . The former kingdoms had been in personal union since James VI , King of Scots , became King of England and King of Ireland in 1603 following the death of Queen Elizabeth I , bringing about a " Union of the Crowns ". Also after the accession of George I to the throne of Great Britain in 1714 , the kingdom was in a personal union with the Electorate of Hanover . Ireland , also described as the Republic of Ireland ('), is a sovereign state in north - ___MASK38___ Europe occupying about five - sixths of the island of Ireland . The capital and largest city is Dublin , which is located on the eastern part of the island , and whose metropolitan area is home to around a third of the country ' s 4 . 75 million inhabitants . The state shares its only land border with Northern Ireland , a part of the United Kingdom . It is otherwise surrounded by the Atlantic Ocean , with the Celtic Sea to the south , Saint George ' s Channel to the south - east , and the Irish Sea to the east . It is a unitary , parliamentary republic . The legislature , the ', consists of a lower house , ', an upper house , ', and an elected President (') who serves as the largely ceremonial head of state , but with some important powers and duties . The head of ___MASK18___ is the ' ( Prime Minister , literally ' Chief ', a title not used in English ), who is elected by the Dáil and appointed by the President , and appoints other ___MASK18___ ministers . MC Lyte ( born Lana Michelle Moorer on October 11 , 1970 ) is an American rapper who first gained fame in the late 1980s , becoming the first solo female rapper to release a full ___MASK6___ with 1988 ' s critically acclaimed " Lyte as a Rock ". She has long been considered one of hip - hop ' s pioneer feminists . " Your Body ' s Callin " is a 1994 single by R . Kelly from his ___MASK6___ " 12 ___MASK16___ ". Kelly also released a remix as a B - side to the single featuring his protégé Aaliyah called the " Your Body ' s Calling His N Hers Mix ". Norman Brown covered the song in 1996 in his ___MASK6___ " Better Days Ahead ". The song was a top - 20 pop hit and went to number 2 on the R & B charts , being held back one position on that chart by another song he wrote and produced , " Back and Forth " by Aaliyah and " Any Time , Any Place " by Janet Jackson which he remixed and became popular within the Quiet Storm radio format . Nasir bin Olu Dara Jones ( born September 14 , 1973 ), better known by his stage name Nas , is an American ___MASK9___ recording artist , record producer , actor and entrepreneur . The son of jazz musician Olu Dara , Nas has released eight consecutive platinum and multi - platinum albums and has sold over 25 million records worldwide . He is also an entrepreneur through his own record label ; he serves as associate publisher of " Mass Appeal " magazine and is the owner of a Fila sneaker store . He is currently signed to Mass Appeal Records . Public Announcement is an American R & B group , which was formed in 1991 in Chicago , Illinois , United States . They teamed with singer R . Kelly for their collaboration ___MASK6___ " Born into the 90 ' s "( 1992 ). The group is known for collection of R & B hit songs like " She ' s Got That Vibe ", " Honey Love ", " Slow Dance ( Hey Mr . DJ )", " Dedicated ", " Body Bumpin ' ( Yippie - Yi - Yo )", and " Mamacita ". Myspace is a social networking website offering an interactive , user - submitted network of friends , personal profiles , blogs , groups , photos , ___MASK62___ , and videos . It is headquartered in Beverly Hills , California . ___MASK9___ is a subcultural art movement that was formed during the early 1970s primarily by African - American and Afro Puerto Rican youths residing in the South Bronx in New York City . Art historian Robert Farris Thompson describes the demographics of the youth that characterize the South Bronx in the early 1970s as " English - speaking blacks from Barbados " like Grandmaster Flash , " black Jamaicans " like DJ Kool Herc , " thousands of Nuyoricans ", who introduced the rhythms from Salsa ( music ), as well as Afro conga and bonga drums , as well as many who emulated the sounds of Tito Puente and Willie Colón with existing styles of ___MASK14___ styles from jazz to funk associated with African Americans prior to the 1970s . ___MASK9___ music became popular outside of the African - American community in the late 1980s . After the rise of new media platforms and Web 2 . 0 technology of the Internet , fans would primarily consume the ___MASK14___ genre through social networking sites ( SNS ) beginning with Myspace evolving to notable mobile apps like YouTube , Worldstarhiphop , SoundCloud , and Spotify . Jamaica is an island ___MASK43___ situated in the Caribbean Sea , consisting of the third - largest island of the Greater Antilles . The island , in area , lies about south of Cuba , and west of Hispaniola ( the island containing the nation - states of Haiti and the Dominican Republic ). Jamaica is the fourth - largest island ___MASK43___ in the Caribbean , by area . ___MASK81___ My World is the third studio ___MASK6___ by American R & B singer - songwriter Mary J . Blige , released by MCA on April 22 , 1997 . The ___MASK6___ became Blige ' s first to open at number one on the US Billboard 200 ___MASK6___ chart , it also became her first top - ten ___MASK6___ in the United Kingdom , peaking at number eight on the UK Albums Chart . Moreover , it is her first ___MASK6___ where she serves an executive producer , alongside Steve Stoute , who also sharing executive producer credits on the ___MASK6___ . With guest appearances by ___MASK9___ and R & B stars such as Lil ' Kim , Nas , The LOX , George Benson , Roy Ayers and R . Kelly , the ___MASK6___ was released to generally positive to mixed reviews from most music critics , and earned Blige numerous accolades and nominations , including a Grammy Award nomination for Best R & B Album in 1998 . It is certified triple platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America ( RIAA ) for excess of three million copies sold in the US . Sean John Combs ( born November 4 , 1969 ), also known by his stage names Puff Daddy , P . Diddy and Diddy , is an American rapper , singer , songwriter , actor , record producer and entrepreneur . He was born in Harlem and was raised in Mount Vernon , New York . He worked as a talent director at Uptown Records before founding his label Bad Boy ___MASK40___ in 1993 . His debut ___MASK6___ " No Way Out " ( 1997 ) has been certified seven times platinum and was followed by successful albums such as " Forever " ( 1999 ), " The ___MASK27___ Continues ..." ( 2001 ), and " Press ___MASK16___ " ( 2006 ). In 2009 Combs formed the musical group Diddy  Dirty Money and released the critically well - reviewed and commercially successful ___MASK6___ " Last Train to Paris " ( 2010 ). The UK Albums Chart ( currently called the Official Albums Chart ) is a list of albums ranked by physical and digital sales and ( from ___MASK95___ 2015 ) audio streaming in the United Kingdom . It was published for the first time on 22 July 1956 and is compiled every week by the Official Charts Company ( OCC ) on Fridays ( previously Sundays ). It is broadcast on BBC ___MASK59___ 1 ( top 5 ) and published in " Music Week " magazine ( top 75 ), and on the OCC website ( top 100 ). What ' s the 411 ? is the debut ___MASK6___ by American recording artist Mary J . Blige , released on July 28 , 1992 by Uptown / MCA Records . Upon being signed to Uptown Records , she began working with record producer Puff Daddy . The ___MASK6___ spawned six singles , including " You Remind Me " and " Real Love ". ___MASK62___ Week is a trade paper for the UK record industry . Founded in 1959 as " Record Retailer ", it relaunched on 18 March 1972 as " ___MASK62___ Week ". On 17 January 1981 , the title again changed , owing to the increasing importance of sell - through videos , to " ___MASK62___ & ___MASK65___ Week ". The rival " Record Business ", founded in 1978 by Brian Mulligan and Norman Garrod , was absorbed into ___MASK62___ Week in February 1983 . Later that year , the offshoot " ___MASK65___ Week " launched and the title of the parent publication reverted to " ___MASK62___ Week ". Atlantic Recording Corporation ( simply known as Atlantic Records ) is an American record label founded in October 1947 by Ahmet Ertegün and Herb Abramson . Over its first 20 years of operation , Atlantic Records earned a reputation as one of the most important American recording labels , specializing in ___MASK88___ , R & B and soul recordings by African - American musicians including Aretha Franklin , Ray Charles , Wilson Pickett , Sam and Dave , Ruth Brown and Otis Redding , a position greatly enhanced by its distribution deal with Stax Records . In 1967 , Atlantic Records became a wholly owned subsidiary of Warner Bros .- Seven Arts , now the Warner ___MASK62___ Group , and expanded into ___MASK34___ and pop music with releases by bands such as Led Zeppelin and Yes . Christopher George Latore Wallace ( May 21 , 1972  ___MASK95___ 9 , 1997 ), better known by his stage names The Notorious B . I . G ., Biggie , or Biggie Smalls , was an American rapper . He is consistently ranked as one of the greatest and most influential rappers of all time . Kimberly Denise Jones ( born July 11 , 1974 or July 11 , 1975 ), known by her stage name Lil ' Kim , is an American rapper , songwriter , record producer , model , and actress . She was born and raised in Brooklyn , New York , living much of her adolescent life on the streets after being expelled from home . In her teens , Jones would freestyle rap , heavily influenced by actress / singer Diana Ross , and fellow female hip - hop artists like MC Lyte and The Lady of Rage . Performing a freestyle rap for The Notorious B . I . G . got her ___MASK62___ career start in 1995 with his group Junior M . A . F . I . A ., whose debut ___MASK6___ " Conspiracy " generated two top 20 singles in the United States . Roy Ayers ( born September 10 , 1940 ) is an American ___MASK53___ , soul , and jazz composer and vibraphone player . Ayers began his career as a post - bop jazz artist , releasing several albums with Atlantic Records , before his tenure at Polydor Records beginning in the 1970s , during which he helped pioneer jazz - ___MASK53___ . He is a key figure in the ___MASK1___ movement , which is a mixture of jazz into hip - hop and ___MASK53___ , and has been dubbed by many as " The Godfather of Neo Soul ". He is most well known for his signature compositions " Everybody Loves The Sunshine " and " Searchin ", and is also famous for having more sampled hits by rappers than any other artist . Clive Campbell ( born 16 April 1955 ), better known by his stage name DJ Kool Herc , is a Jamaican - American DJ who is credited with originating ___MASK9___ music in the early 1970s in The Bronx , New York City . His playing of hard funk records of the sort typified by James Brown was an alternative both to the violent gang culture of the Bronx and to the nascent popularity of disco in the 1970s . Campbell began to isolate the instrumental portion of the record , which emphasized the drum beat  the " break " and switch from one break to another . Diane Ernestine Earle Ross ( born ___MASK95___ 26 , 1944 ) is an American singer , songwriter , actress , and record producer . Born and raised in Detroit , she rose to fame as a founding member and lead singer of the vocal group The Supremes , which , during the 1960s , became Motown ' s most successful act and is to this day America ' s most successful vocal group as well as one of the world ' s best - selling girl groups of all time . As part of the Supremes , her success made it possible for future African American R & B and soul acts to find mainstream success . The group released a record - setting , twelve number - one hit singles on the " Billboard " Hot 100 including the hits " Where Did Our ___MASK56___ Go ", " Baby ___MASK56___ ", " Come See About Me ", " Stop ! In the Name of ___MASK56___ ", " You Can ' t Hurry ___MASK56___ ", " You Keep Me Hangin ' On ", " ___MASK56___ ___MASK55___ ", and " Someday We ' ll Be Together ". The City of New York , often called New York City or simply New York , is the most populous city in the United States . With an estimated 2015 population of 8 , 550 , 405 distributed over a land area of just , New York City is also the most densely populated major city in the United States . Located at the southern tip of the state of New York , the city is the center of the New York metropolitan area , one of the most populous ___MASK87___ agglomerations in the world . A global power city , New York City exerts a significant impact upon commerce , ___MASK21___ , media , art , ___MASK84___ , research , technology , education , and entertainment , its fast pace defining the term " New York minute ". Home to the headquarters of the United Nations , New York is an important center for international diplomacy and has been described as the cultural and financial capital of the world . The Official Charts Company ( previously known as the Chart ___MASK52___ Network ( CIN ) The Official UK Charts Company and also referred to Official Charts ) is a British inter - professional organisation that compiles ___MASK42___ " official " record charts in the United Kingdom , including the UK Singles Chart , the UK Albums Chart , the UK Singles Downloads Chart and the UK ___MASK6___ Downloads Chart , as well as genre - specific and music video charts . The OCC produces its charts by gathering and combining sales data from retailers through market researchers Millward Brown , and claims to cover 99 % of the singles market and 95 % of the ___MASK6___ market , and aims to collect data from any retailer who sells more than 100 chart items per week . The Celtic Sea (; ) is the area of the Atlantic Ocean off the south coast of Ireland bounded to the east by Saint George ' s Channel ; other limits include the Bristol Channel , the English Channel , and the Bay of Biscay , as well as adjacent portions of Wales , Cornwall , Devon , and Brittany . The southern and ___MASK38___ boundaries are delimited by the continental shelf , which drops away sharply . The Isles of Scilly are an archipelago of small islands in the sea . David Styles ( born November 28 , 1974 ), better known by his stage name , Styles P , is an American rapper , author , and entrepreneur . He is prominently known as a member of ___MASK9___ group The LOX , founder of D - Block Records and is also a part of the Ruff Ryders hip - hop group , and in addition has released multiple albums and mixtapes as a solo MC . In 2002 , he released his debut album " A Gangster and a Gentleman ". He went on to release " Time is Money " ( 2006 ), " Super Gangster ( Extraordinary Gentleman )" ( 2007 ), " Master of Ceremonies " ( 2011 ), " The World ' s Most Hardest MC Project " ( 2012 ), " Float " ( 2013 ), " Phantom and the Ghost " ( 2014 ), and " A Wise Guy and a Wise Guy " ( 2015 ). Robin Yvette Allen ( born June 11 , 1968 ), better known by her stage name The Lady of Rage , is an American rapper , singer , and actress best known for collaborations with several Death Row Records artists , including ___MASK76___ . Dre and Snoop Doggy Dogg on the seminal albums " The Chronic " and " Doggystyle ". She has been described as " one of the most skillful female MCs " with a " mastery of flow " and " hard - core lyrics ". " If I Could Turn Back the Hands of Time " is a ___MASK47___ by R . Kelly , released as the fifth single from his 1998 album , " R .". The ___MASK47___ is a sweeping ballad about a man wishing he could go back in time and repair his relationship with his girlfriend . The ___MASK47___ was a top 10 hit on the pop charts of several countries , while in the United States it finished just outside the top 10 , peaking at number 12 . ___MASK53___ is a ___MASK62___ ___MASK26___ that originated in the mid - 1960s when African American musicians created a rhythmic , danceable new form of ___MASK62___ through a mixture of soul ___MASK62___ , jazz , and ___MASK67___ ( R & B ). ___MASK53___ de - emphasizes melody and chord progressions used in other related genres and brings a strong rhythmic groove of a bass line played by an electric bassist and a drum part played by a drummer to the foreground . ___MASK53___ songs are often based on an extended vamp on a single chord , distinguishing them from R & B and soul songs , which are built on complex chord progressions . ___MASK53___ uses the same richly - colored extended chords found in bebop jazz , such as minor chords with added sevenths and elevenths , or dominant seventh chords with altered ninths . Joseph Saddler ( born January 1 , 1958 ), better known as Grandmaster Flash , is a Bajan - American ___MASK9___ recording artist and DJ . He is considered to be one of the pioneers of hip - hop DJing , cutting , and mixing . Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2007 , becoming the first ___MASK9___ act to be honored . Robert Sylvester Kelly ( born January 8 , 1967 ), known professionally as R . Kelly , is an American singer , songwriter , record producer , and former professional ___MASK72___ player . A native of Chicago , Illinois , Kelly began performing during the late 1980s and debuted in 1992 with the group Public Announcement . In 1993 , Kelly went solo with the ___MASK6___ " 12 ___MASK16___ ". He is known for a collection of major hit singles including " Bump N ' Grind ", " Your Body ' s Callin '", " I Believe I Can Fly ", " Gotham City ", " Ignition ( Remix )", " If I Could Turn Back the Hands of Time ", " The World ' s Greatest ", " I ' m a Flirt ( Remix )", and the hip - hopera " Trapped in the Closet ". In 1998 , Kelly won three Grammy Awards for " I Believe I Can Fly ". His distinctive sound and style has influenced numerous hip hop and contemporary R & B artists . Kelly became the first musician to ___MASK16___ professional ___MASK72___ , when he was signed in 1997 . " I Believe I Can Fly " is a 1996 ___MASK47___ written , produced and performed by American singer R . Kelly from the ___MASK99___ to the 1996 film " Space Jam ". It was originally released on November 26 , 1996 , and was later included on Kelly ' s 1998 album " R .". Jean " Django " Reinhardt ( or ; 23January 1910  16May 1953 ) was a Belgian - born French ___MASK88___ guitarist and composer of Romani ethnicity , regarded as one of the greatest musicians of the twentieth century , having written nearly 100 songs , according to Frank Vignola . He was the first and most significant ___MASK88___ talent to emerge from Europe . Ernesto Antonio " Tito " Puente ( April 20 , 1923  May 31 , 2000 ) was an American musician , songwriter and record producer . The son of native Puerto Ricans Ernest and Ercilia Puente , living in New York City ' s Spanish Harlem community , Puente is often credited as " The ___MASK14___ Pope ", " El Rey de los Timbales " ( The King of the Timbales ) and " The King of Latin Music ". He is best known for dance - oriented mambo and Latin jazz compositions that endured over a 50 - year career . He and his music appear in many films such as " The Mambo Kings " and Fernando Trueba ' s " Calle 54 ". He guest - starred on several television shows , including " Sesame Street " and " The Simpsons " two - part episode " Who Shot Mr . Burns ?". YouTube is an American ___MASK65___ - sharing website headquartered in San Bruno , California . The service was created by three former PayPal employees  Chad Hurley , Steve Chen , and Jawed Karim  in February 2005 . In November 2006 , it was bought by Google for US $ 1 . 65 billion . YouTube now operates as one of Google ' s subsidiaries . The site allows users to upload , view , rate , share , add to favorites , report and comment on videos , and it makes use of WebM , H . 264 / MPEG - 4 AVC , and Adobe Flash ___MASK65___ technology to display a wide variety of user - generated and corporate media videos . Available content includes ___MASK65___ clips , ___MASK10___ clips , music videos , short and ___MASK89___ films , audio recordings , movie trailers and other content such as ___MASK65___ blogging , short original videos , and educational videos . The Recording Industry Association of America ( RIAA ) is a continental North and South American trade organization that represents the recording industry in the United States . Its members consist of record labels and distributors , which the RIAA says " create , manufacture and / or distribute approximately 85 % of all legally sold recorded ___MASK62___ in the United States ." The RIAA headquarters is in Washington , D . C . A sovereign state is , in international ___MASK54___ , a nonphysical juridical entity that is represented by one centralised ___MASK18___ that has sovereignty over a geographic area . International ___MASK54___ defines sovereign states as having a permanent population , defined territory , one ___MASK18___ , and the capacity to enter into relations with other sovereign states . It is also normally understood that a sovereign state is neither dependent on nor subjected to any other power or state . Robert Farris Thompson ( born December 30 , 1932 , El Paso , Texas ) is an American historian and writer specialising in the ___MASK19___ of Africa and the Afro - Atlantic world . He has been a member of the faculty at Yale University since 1965 and currently serves as the Colonel John Trumbull Professor of the ___MASK29___ of Art . Thompson coined the term " black Atlantic " in his 1983 book " Flash of the Spirit : African and Afro - American Art and Philosophy " - the expanded subject of Paul Gilroy ' s book " The Black Atlantic ". Gypsy ___MASK88___ ( also known as gypsy ___MASK39___ or hot club ___MASK88___ ) is a style of ___MASK88___ ___MASK62___ often said to have been started by guitarist Jean " Django " Reinhardt in the 1930s . Because its origins are in France it is often called by the French name , " ___MASK88___ manouche ", or alternatively , " manouche ___MASK88___ ", even in English language sources . The term is now commonly used for this style of ___MASK62___ . Jason Phillips ( born May 27 , 1975 ), better known as Jadakiss , is an American rapper . He is a member of the group The LOX and the ___MASK9___ collective Ruff Ryders . Jadakiss is one of the three owners of the imprint known as D - Block Records . In early 2007 , Jadakiss signed to Roc - a - Fella Records and Def Jam Records . Jadakiss has also released four studio albums , with the most recent being " Top 5 Dead or Alive " on November 20 , 2015 . The Lox ( stylized The LOX or The L . O . X .) is an American ___MASK9___ group formed in 1994 , from Yonkers , New York . The group is composed of East Coast rappers Sheek Louch , Styles P and Jadakiss . They had originally signed to Sean Combs ' Bad Boy Records in 1995 , before joining Ruff Ryders Entertainment in 1999 , and have since launched their own label , D - Block Records . 12 ___MASK16___ is the debut studio album by American R & B and soul musician R . Kelly ; it was released on November 9 , 1993 , by Jive Records . The album follows his tenure with R & B group Public Announcement , with whom he released one album , " Born into the 90 ' s " ( 1992 ). It went on to top the R & B albums chart for nine weeks straight , while reaching the second position on the US " Billboard " 200 chart . A Grammy Award ( originally called Gramophone Award ), or Grammy , is an honor awarded by The Recording Academy to recognize outstanding achievement in the mainly English - language ___MASK62___ industry . The annual presentation ceremony features performances by prominent artists , and the presentation of those awards that have a more popular interest . It shares recognition of the ___MASK62___ industry as that of the other performance awards such as the Emmy Awards ( ___MASK75___ ), the Tony Awards ( stage performance ), and the Academy Awards ( motion pictures ). The European Union ( EU ) is a political and economic union of member states that are located primarily in Europe . It has an area of , and an estimated population of over 510 million . The EU has developed an internal single market through a standardised system of laws that apply in all member states . EU policies aim to ensure the free movement of people , goods , services , and capital within the internal market , enact legislation in justice and home affairs , and maintain common policies on trade , ___MASK85___ , fisheries , and regional development . Within the Schengen Area , passport controls have been abolished . A monetary union was established in 1999 and came into full force in 2002 , and is composed of 19 EU member states which use the euro currency . George Benson ( born ___MASK95___ 22 , 1943 ) is an American musician , guitarist and singer - songwriter . He began his professional career at 21 as a jazz guitarist . Benson uses a rest - stroke picking technique similar to that of gypsy jazz players such as Django Reinhardt . William Anthony Colón Román ( born April 28 , 1950 ) is a Nuyorican ( a New York - born Puerto Rican ) ___MASK25___ musician and social activist . He began his career as a trombonist , and also sings , writes , produces and acts . He is also involved in the politics of New York City and international politics .