Okayplayer. com is a prominent online hip-hop website and community. Hip hop music, also referred to as rap music, is a Music genre typically consisting of a rhythmic vocal style called rap which is accompanied with A website (alternatively web site or Web site, a back-construction from the Proper noun World Wide Web) is a collection of Web pages The group was co-founded by The Roots' drummer Ahmir "?uestlove" Thompson as a loose musical collective in 1987, and evolved into an online community in 1999. The Roots are an American hip-hop band from Philadelphia Pennsylvania. Ahmir Khalib Thompson (born on January 20, 1971) known professionally as ?uestlove or Questlove (also known as BROther ?uestion or In 2004, ?uestlove launched Okayplayer Records as a spin-off of the community.
This community is made up of recording artists (who keep their official internet homes there), visitors to the site, and individuals who post on the site's messageboard, the most popular feature of the site. All of the artists and staff, as well as those who post to the site's messageboard, are considered "okayplayers," or "OKPs" for short.
From the Okayplayer website:
okayplayer [noun]
1. "Okayplayer" is the shorthand name for okayplayer. com. Okayplayer is not a record label. Okayplayer. com is an online community. This community is made up of like-minded recording artists (who keep their official Internet homes here) and visitors to the site.
2. "Okayplayer" is also, simply, the name of a person who is associated with the site. All of the artists, message board members and staff are okayplayers.
Okayplayer artists
- The Roots
- Mos Def
- Jean Grae
- Jill Scott
- Common
- Talib Kweli
- Hi-Tek
- Dilated Peoples
- J Dilla
- Erykah Badu
- Meshell Ndegeocello
- D'Angelo
- Sa-Ra
- Jaguar Wright
- Blackalicious
- Jazzyfatnastees
- Skillz
- Aceyalone
- DangerDoom
- The Coup
- Leela James
- M-1 (of dead prez)
- Mr. Lif
- Tap Genius
- Scratch (formerly of the Roots)
- India.Arie
- K-os
- RJD2
- Grandmaster Melle Mel
- Pharoahe Monch
- Amy Winehouse
- D.J. Jazzy Jeff. The Roots are an American hip-hop band from Philadelphia Pennsylvania. Dante Terrell Smith (born December 11, 1973) better known by his stage name Mos Def, is an American MC and Actor. Jean Grae (real name Tsidi Ibrahim) is a hip hop Artist from New York. Jill Scott (born April 4 1972) is an American soul and R&B Singer-songwriter, Poet, and actress Lonnie Rashid Lynn Jr (born March 13 1972) better known by his Stage name Common (and previously known as Common Sense) is an Talib Kweli Greene (born October 3, 1975) better known as Talib Kweli, is an American MC from Brooklyn, New Tony Cottrell, better known as Hi-Tek, is an American Rapper and Record producer from Cincinnati Ohio. Dilated Peoples is an Underground hip hop group residing in California. James Dewitt Yancey ( February 7, 1974 – February 10, 2006) better known by his stage name J Dilla or Jay Dee, was an Erica Abi Wright (born February 26 1971 better known by her Stage name Erykah Badu is a Grammy -nominated American soul Michelle Lynn Johnson (born August 29, 1968, in Berlin, Germany) better known as Meshell Ndegeocello, is an American Michael Eugene Archer (born February 11, 1974) better known by his Stage name D'Angelo, is a Grammy Award winning African Sa-Ra is a hip-hop group based in Los Angeles California also known by its full name Sa-Ra Creative Partners Jaguar Wright is a soul / R&B vocalist from Philadelphia Pennsylvania. Blackalicious is a California -based hip hop duo made up of rapper Gift of Gab (born Timothy Parker and DJ / producer Jazzyfatnastees is a vocal duo Tracey Moore (born 1970 and Mercedes Martinez (born 1969 Shaquan Lewis (born in Detroit Michigan) better known as Skillz & Mad Skillz is an African-American Rapper. Eddie Hayes, better known by his stage name Aceyalone, is an American Rapper. Danger Doom (officially capitalized as DANGERDOOM) is a musical collaboration between DJ and producer Danger Mouse and Rapper The Coup is a Political hip hop group based in Oakland California. Leela James (born June 2 1983 in Los Angeles, California) is an American R&B, soul, and Neo soul Singer-songwriter Dead prez is an underground Political hip hop duo comprised of Stic Dead prez is an underground Political hip hop duo comprised of Stic For other uses see LIF. Mr Lif (born Jeffrey Haynes, 1977 is an American hip hop artist from Boston Scratch (born Kyle Jones) is an American hip hop artist He is a hip hop MC who specializes in Beatboxing or vocal percussion IndiaArie (born India Arie Simpson on October 3 1975) is an American soul, R&B, and Neo soul Singer-songwriter k-os (born Kevin Brereton on February 20 1972 in Toronto, Ontario) is a Canadian Rapper, singer songwriter and record producer of RJD2 (born Ramble John "RJ" Krohn on May 27 1976) is an American music producer, Singer and Musician Melvin Glover (born May 15, 1961 in The Bronx New York) also known by his stage name Grandmaster Mele Mel, and formerly Grandmaster Melle Troy Donald Jamerson (born October 31, 1972 in Queens, New York) better known as Pharoahe Monch, is an American hip hop Jeffrey A Townes (born January 22 1965 in Philadelphia Pennsylvania) also known as DJ Jazzy Jeff, is an American
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