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The Fresh Prince is the stage name Will Smith (Willard Carroll Smith Jr.) used in his early music career. Under this name, he became one of the most recognizable rappers of the late 1980s and early 1990s, and his duo DJ Jazzy Jeff & The Fresh Prince went down in the history of hip-hop as one of the first commercially successful and internationally popular acts promoting light-hearted, positive and accessible rap. Early years: the journey of a kid from Philadelphia Will Smith was born and raised in West Philadelphia, a neighborhood where hip-hop was part of everyday life. As a teenager, he got the nickname “Prince” from his classmates for his charisma and confidence, and later added the word Fresh to emphasize his style and upbeat personality. In the yard where he first…

DJ Noiz is a DJ, sound producer and remixer who is actively working on the club scene across Europe and the CIS. He gained wide popularity thanks to his signature remixes in styles like G-House, Trap / RnB, and Deep House, which have become an essential part of club sets, TikTok challenges and radio rotations. His work is characterized by tight bass grooves, hit-ready sound design, smooth vocal pitching and a highly recognizable rhythmic signature. Since the late 2010s, DJ Noiz has become one of the most in-demand remixers in Eastern Europe, and his name is consistently associated with quality dance production. Early years and career beginnings DJ Noiz started his career as a club DJ, performing at local parties and working on his first original remixes. As social networks and…

Seryoga (real name Sergey Valeryevich Parkhomenko), born on 8 January 1976 in Minsk, is a Belarusian rapper, songwriter, producer, TV host and creator of several music projects. He is one of the most prominent post-Soviet hip hop artists of the mid-2000s, who became a symbol of a new direction later described as «raid rap» or «gangsta chanson» — an original blend of rap, a tough street image, humour and Eastern European flavour. Early years and personality formation Sergey Parkhomenko grew up in Minsk. From an early age he was passionate about music, poetry and street culture. He obtained a law degree and spent some time living and working in Germany, where he became more deeply acquainted with Western hip hop, the European club scene and the music…

DJ Olive (real name Gregory Gilmore, born 1961, Boston, USA) — an American electronic musician, DJ, producer, sound artist, and one of the pioneers of illbient, a style that helped shape experimental electronic music of the 1990s. Olive is known as a multi-genre sound artist working at the intersection of dub, ambient, trip-hop, sound art, field recordings, and audio installations. Early years Gregory Gilmore was born in Boston, but in the early 1980s he moved to New York, where he immersed himself in the atmosphere of underground clubs, avant-garde art, performance art, and early hip-hop culture. The New York context became the foundation of his future sound philosophy. Shaping his artistic identity In the early 1990s, Olive became one of the key figures of the Brooklyn…

San Holo is the stage name of Dutch producer, musician and composer Sander van Dijck, born on 26 November 1990 in Zaandam, the Netherlands. He is one of the key figures in modern electronic music, one of the creators of the instantly recognizable “emotional future bass” sound, the author of hits like “Light” and “We Rise”, and the founder of the label bitbird. San Holo is known for fusing electronic sound design with live guitar, indie atmosphere and vulnerable songwriting, shaping his own signature style — post-EDM, highly emotional, honest and melodic. Early years Sander grew up in a musical family and played guitar from a young age. He studied audio engineering at the Conservatorium van Amsterdam, where he developed his production skills and…

Headhunterz is the stage name of Dutch DJ and producer Willem Rebergen, born on 12 September 1985 in the town of Veenendaal. He is considered one of the most influential artists in the history of hardstyle. His tracks, festival anthems and signature sound helped shape the modern understanding of the genre and brought it onto the global stage. Early years Willem’s musical life started early: he sang in a children’s choir and first ended up in a professional studio at a young age, recording Christmas albums. That was when he first saw sound engineers at work and felt the magic of the studio process. As a teenager he was actively involved in voice acting — his voice was used for characters in Dutch dubs of popular films and animated movies. This gave him early experience…

POR.NORAP (Pornorap, «Pornorap») is a Russian music group from Moscow that emerged in the early 2000s. The project became known for its provocative style, combining digital punk, trash rap, parody, satire and elements of horrorcore. The band gained cult status thanks to viral tracks, a shocking aesthetic and deliberate absurdity turned into an artistic device. Formation of the group The project took shape in late 2003 in Moscow. The early line-up included: Poh (Pavel Pavlyuchuk) — vocals, the face of the project; Palych (Aleksandr Alyabyev) — one of the members and co-author of the early material; Kosar — member of the first period. From the very beginning the band had an unusual goal: to make music as a protest against boredom,…

Freddie Mercury (birth name — Farrokh Bulsara) was a British singer, songwriter, pianist and frontman of the band Queen, and one of the most influential artists of the 20th century. His voice, charisma, dramatic performance style and musical ideas forever changed the history of rock music. Mercury is often called the greatest rock vocalist of all time, the author of “Bohemian Rhapsody”, “We Are the Champions”, “Somebody to Love” and many other immortal hits. Early years and family Freddie Mercury was born on 5 September 1946 on the island of Zanzibar (now Tanzania) in a family of Indian origin — Parsis of Zoroastrian descent. His parents, Bomi and Jer Bulsara, worked for the British colonial administration and travelled a lot.…

Giorgio Moroder is an Italian composer, producer, and electronic music pioneer, one of the key figures who permanently changed the face of pop and club music. He is widely regarded as the «father of disco» and one of the founders of the synthesizer era. Working with Donna Summer, David Bowie, Freddie Mercury, Daft Punk and many others, Moroder laid the foundations of what we now call dance music, synthpop and modern electronic soundtrack aesthetics. Early years Giovanni Giorgio Moroder was born on 26 April 1940 in Ortisei, South Tyrol, Italy. From an early age he was fascinated by both technology and music: he built his own amplifiers, played bass guitar in a school band and wrote his first instrumental pieces. After finishing school, he began working in nightclubs across…

Ben Böhmer is a German DJ, producer, and composer, and one of the leading figures in modern melodic house and progressive electronic. His music balances dancefloor energy with atmospheric depth, club dynamics with intimate emotion. In recent years, he has become a symbol of a new wave of Berlin electronic music: mature, technically refined, and deeply soulful. Early years and musical beginnings Ben Böhmer was born in Göttingen, Germany, in the early 1990s. From a young age he was surrounded by music — he played the piano and trumpet, which helped shape his sense of harmony and structure. As a teenager, he became fascinated with synthesizers and digital sound, discovering electronic music as his main form of expression. Moving to Berlin became the turning point. In…

DJ Mad Dog (real name Filippo Calcagni; born November 2, 1980, Rome, Italy) is an Italian DJ and producer, one of the key figures on the global hardcore and gabber scene. His career spans over two decades: he has performed at the biggest festivals, released genre-defining anthems, and runs his own label. Early years and path formation Filippo grew up in Rome. He became interested in music as a teenager, mainly electronic and club sounds with a strong, high-energy battle vibe. In 1995, at the age of 15–16, he formed a group called Hardcore Terrorists together with two friends. The project released its first EP and gradually gained recognition within the Italian hardcore scene. At a young age he was already organizing raves and playing in Roman clubs, including one of his first…

Baby Gang (real name Zaccaria Mouhib; born June 26, 2001 in Lecco, Italy) is an Italian-Moroccan rapper and one of the most prominent and controversial voices of the new wave of Italian trap and street rap. His work is built on autobiographical storytelling, social harshness, the reality of migrant neighborhoods, and the conflict between the system and the streets. In just a few years, he has gone from a local phenomenon to one of the most talked-about artists on the Italian scene. Early life Zaccaria Mouhib was born into a family of Moroccan immigrants and grew up between Lecco and nearby areas, spending part of his childhood in Morocco. His early years were marked by family instability, financial difficulties and a constant sense of marginalization. Baby Gang’s youth unfolded…

Sfera Ebbasta (real name Gionata Boschetti; born December 7, 1992 in Sesto San Giovanni, Lombardy, Italy) is an Italian rapper, songwriter, and one of the key figures of the Italian trap scene. He is considered one of the pioneers of Italian trap, the artist who helped take the genre from the underground to the mainstream and turn it into an international phenomenon. Early Life Gionata grew up in the suburbs of Milan — first in Sesto San Giovanni and later in Cinisello Balsamo. His family went through difficult circumstances: his parents separated, and his father passed away when he was around 13. Stepping away from a traditional academic path, he began working early and searching for himself through music. Path to Music He started releasing his first videos and tracks around…

Cloonee (real name — David Bissett) is a British DJ and producer from Sheffield and one of the flag-bearers of the modern tech house scene. He is known for his signature groove built on heavy basslines, minimalist yet catchy hooks, and bold use of vocal and genre samples. In the 2020s, he evolved from a promising producer into a global headliner with his own label and a distinctive brand. Early Years and Formation Born and raised in industrial Sheffield, Cloonee has been immersed in club culture, hip-hop, house and bass music since his teenage years. Unlike many of his peers, he had no formal musical education and came to production through intuition, experimentation, and working with samples. His approach is to “listen like a listener”: to create tracks that…

ICEGERGERT (real name — Georgy Yevgenyevich Gergert; born August 24, 2001, Bratsk) is a Russian rapper, lyricist, and a representative of the new wave of trap music, known for a criminalized narrative, aggressive delivery, and viral hits that gained traction on social media. He represents the Gazgolder label and is among the fastest-rising figures in Russian-language hip-hop of the mid-2020s. Early Life Georgy was born in the Irkutsk region but moved to Saint Petersburg as a child, where he was raised by his grandmother, grandfather, and aunt. He studied at a Suvorov military school and later continued his education at higher institutions with a security and law-enforcement focus. The strict regimen, hierarchical environment, and discipline would later shape the artist’s…

Front 242 — a Belgian outfit from Brussels/Aarschot, pioneers of Electronic Body Music (EBM) and one of the key groups that shaped the language of 1980s industrial electronics. Founded in 1981 by producer Daniel B. (Daniel Bressanutti) and musician Dirk Bergen; in 1982 vocalist Jean-Luc De Meyer and keyboardist Patrick Codenys joined (after a merger with their duo Under Viewer), and in 1983 the lineup was completed by frontman-percussionist Richard “23” Jonckheere. The signature style: martial rhythms, sequencers, spoken/ showcase-style vocals, meticulously crafted sampling, and a strict visual identity. Early years (1981–1984): the birth of EBM The debut album Geography (1982) set the course: minimalist electronics with no guitars, motorik drum-machine pulse, a…

Neophyte — a Dutch hardcore group from Rotterdam, founded in 1992. The classic core of the lineup: producer and DJ Jeroen Streunding (also known as DJ Neophyte, and in hardstyle as The Beholder), as well as early members Danny Greten and Robin van Roon. The group is one of the key symbols of the 1990s Rotterdam gabber school: an aggressive sound, extreme tempos, cinematic sampling, and straightforward club functionality. Early years and breakthrough (1992–1995) Neophyte’s first releases came out on Rotterdam Records — the emblematic label of the city’s “hard” scene. The debut recordings quickly made it into rave compilation rotations and festival stages. From the start, the band’s sound set the early gabber canon: “sawing”…

Kevin Saunderson (born September 5, 1964) is an American producer, DJ, and one of the three key creators of Detroit techno alongside Juan Atkins and Derrick May. Together with his peers in the famed “Belleville Three”, he is regarded as an architect of the genre who shaped the club sound of the late 20th century. Saunderson is among those figures who transformed techno from a local musical experiment into a global culture. Early Years Kevin Saunderson was born in Brooklyn, New York, and moved at an early age to Belleville, a suburb of Detroit. Attending school with Derrick May and Juan Atkins proved fateful: the trio were united by a love for futuristic electronics, synthesizers, European experimentation, and Afro-American rhythm. Formative influences included:…

Derrick May (full name — Derrick Leonard May; born April 4, 1963) is an American DJ, producer, and one of the three central architects of Detroit techno alongside Juan Atkins and Kevin Saunderson. In music history he is known as a visionary of futuristic electronic sound, the author of “Strings of Life,” and a leading figure of the Belleville Three — the trio that helped define the face of modern techno. Early years Derrick May grew up in Detroit, a city of industrial decline and auto plants. That stark urban backdrop shaped his artistic worldview: music became an emotional response to a mechanical environment. As a teenager May met Juan Atkins and Kevin Saunderson — a bond formed around a shared love of European synthesizer music that sparked a historic…

Frankie Knuckles (full name — Francis Warren Nicholls Jr.; January 18, 1955 — March 31, 2014) was an American DJ, producer, and remixer, one of the key pioneers of electronic dance music, who earned the historic title of the “Godfather of House.” His contributions shaped the evolution of club culture, DJ artistry, and modern dance sonics in all their forms. Early Years Frankie Knuckles was born in New York City and came of age amid a fivefold mix of club influences: disco, soul, funk, Latin rhythms, and early R&B. In his youth he was swept up by Manhattan’s club culture and began his career as assistant to DJ Larry Levan — another legend of the era. This period shaped his understanding of: dancefloor dramaturgy, the importance of…