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Alternative hip-hop groups

  • Black Eyed PeasIn 1988, William James Adams Jr and Allan Pineda Lindo met at the all-ages dance venue Club What? in Los Angeles. They formed a hip-hop dance and music crew…
  • A Tribe Called QuestIn the St. Albans neighborhood of Queens, New York City, Kamaal Fareed and Malik Taylor grew up as childhood friends before they ever stepped into a…
  • GorillazIn 1998, musician Damon Albarn and comic artist Jamie Hewlett met to create a new project that would challenge the manufactured nature of pop music.
  • 3OH!3Sean Foreman and Nathaniel Motte met while attending the University of Colorado in 2004. They formed a band named after the 303 area code that once covered…