Taylor Alison Swift is an American singer-songwriter. She is known for narrative songs about her personal life, which have received widespread media coverage. At age 14, Swift became the youngest artist signed by the Sony/ATV Music publishing house and, at 15, she signed her first record deal.
Her 2006 eponymous debut album was the longest-charting album of the 2000s in the US. Its third single, "Our Song", made her the youngest person to single-handedly write and perform a number-one song on the Billboard Hot Country Songs chart. Swift's second album, Fearless, was released in 2008.
Buoyed by the pop crossover success of the singles "Love Story" and "You Belong with Me", it became the US' best-selling album of 2009 and was certified diamond in the US. The album won four Grammy Awards, and Swift became the youngest Album of the Year winner.
Shock G (1963–2021), frontman for Digital Underground
legacy.comShock G was the frontman for the hip-hop group Digital Underground, whose hits included “The Humpty Dance.”Born Gregory Jacobs, Shock G became well known under a different alter ego in 1990, when “The Humpty Dance” shot up the charts.
Rapping as Humpty Hump and wearing a large fake nose, Shock G taught the world the dance named after his alter ago: “You got it down when you appear to be in pain.” Digital Underground followed “The Humpty Dance” with “Doowutchalike,” which they had previously released independently but rerecorded for their debut album, Sex Packets.” Later singles included “Same Song,” “Kiss You Back,” and “No Nose Job.” Shock G led Digital Underground until the band’s breakup in 2008.Tupac Shakur got his start as a guest.
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