LUPE FIASCO

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Wasalu Muhammad Jaco (born February 16, 1982), better known by his stage name Lupe Fiasco is an American rapper, singer, songwriter, record producer, and entrepreneur.

In September 2006, Fiasco released his debut album Lupe Fiasco's Food & Liquor on the label, which received three Grammy nominations. He released his second album, Lupe Fiasco's The Cool, in December 2007. The lead single "Superstar" became his first top 40 hit on the Billboard Hot 100. After a two-year delay, his third album, Lasers, was released in May 2011 to mixed reviews; however, it became his first album to debut at number one on the Billboard 200. The album was preceded by his highest charting single, "The Show Goes On", which peaked at number 9. His latest album, Drogas Wave, was released in September 2018.

In addition to music, Fiasco has been involved with charitable activities, including the Summit on the Summit expedition, and in 2010 he recorded a benefit single for victims of the 2010 Haiti earthquake.

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MARIANNE FAITHFULL

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Marianne Faithfull is a British-born singer, songwriter and actress discovered during the early 60s by Rolling Stones manager and producer Andrew Loog Oldham. Her first hit was the Stones’ “As Tears Go By,” and Faithfull co-wrote “Sister Morphine” for the group’s 1971 “Sticky Fingers” album. She’s released 20 albums, including 2011′s “Horses and High Heels,” and has acted in “Hamlet,” “Threepenny Opera,” “Ghost Story,” “Faces in the Crowd” and the TV series “Absolutely Fabulous.” Faithfull published an autobiography in 1994 and a follow-up, “Memories, Dreams and Reflections,” in 2008.

MIKE FINNIGAN

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Mike Finnigan is an American keyboard player and vocalist, his speciality being the B3 Hammond Organ.

Finnigan has toured and sessioned for Jimi Hendrix, Joe Cocker, Etta James, Sam Moore, Crosby Stills and Nash, Dave Mason, Buddy Guy, Manhattan Transfer, Taj Mahal, Michael McDonald, Maria Muldaur, Peter Frampton, Cher, Ringo Starr, Leonard Cohen, Tower of Power, Rod Stewart, David Coverdale, Tracy Chapman, Los Lonely Boys, and Bonnie Raitt.

He recorded two solo records in the 1970s, one with Jerry Wood. He later collaborated with two other Columbia Artists, Les Dudek and Jim Krueger, with whom he formed DFK (Dudek, Finnigan, and Krueger) in 1978. More recently, his work featured on the CD by The Finnigan Brothers (NashFilms Records), a collaboration with his younger brother Sean and founding member of Bread, Robb Royer.

He is twice a winner of a Blues Music Award (formerly W.C. Handy Award) for his work with Taj Mahal as a member of the Phantom Blues Band.

Finnigan has always been active politically and was, for several years, a regular contributor to the weblog Crooks and Liars.

In 2013 and 2014, Finnigan was nominated for a Blues Music Award in the ‘Pinetop Perkins Piano Player’ category.

DONALD FAGEN

BIOGRAPHY

Donald Fagen is best known as the co-founder of Steely Dan, the pioneering jazz-rock group that’s sold more than 30 million albums worldwide and scored hits such as “Do It Again,” “Reelin’ in the Years,” “Rikki Don’t Lose That Number,” “Peg” and “Hey Nineteen.” Steely Dan was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2001, and in addition to the group’s ?? albums Fagen has recorded three solo releases. The New Jersey native also led the NEw York Rock and Soul Revue and was part of the 2010 Dukes of Summer tour with Boz Scaggs and Michael McDonald.