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Percy Jayceon Miller, better known by his stage name Master P, is an American rapper and record producer.

Born 29^th April 1967 in New Orleans, Louisiana, Miller is the oldest of sixteen children. He took an interest in rap and hip hop music from a young age and after attending the University of California opened the record store Big Booty Records in nearby Richmond. He slowly got to know some promising young rap artists in the California underground scene and set up the independent label No Limit to record their tracks. The label’s first success came through the group West Coast Bad Boyz, featuring the as-then-unknown rappers E-40 and Rappin’4-Tay, who released several albums in the early 1990s.

Miller also began recording his own material under the pseudonym Master P, and released his debut album Get Away Clean in 1991. This was followed by 1992’s Mama’s Bad Boy, 1994’s The Ghettos Tryin’ to Kill Me! and 99 Ways to Die (which reached number 41 on the Billboard Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums chart) and 1996’s Ice Cream Man. The latter reached number 3 on the R&B/Hip-Hop chart and number 26 on the Billboard 200, producing the Top 20 rap chart hits Mr. Ice Cream Man and No More Tears.

The rapper’s next two albums – Ghetto D and MP Da Last Don – both reached the top spot on the Billboard 200, selling over 7.5 million copies between them, and produced the Top 30 hits I Miss My Homies (ft. Pimp C and Silkk the Shocker), Make ‘Em Say Uhh! (ft. Silkk the Shocker, Mia X, Fiend and Mystikal) and Goodbye to My Homies (ft. Mo B. Dick, Sons of Funk and Silkk the Shocker).

Since then Master P has released a further seven studio albums and overseen his record label grow into a business empire that includes a clothing range, film production company, sports management and travel agencies. As of mid-2010, he has an estimated wealth of around $54.5 million.

Christopher Charles Lloyd, better known by his stage name Lloyd Banks, is an American rapper.

Born 30^th April 1982 in New Carrollton, Maryland but raised in South Jamaica, Queens, New York City, Lloyd took an interest in music – and especially hip hop music – from a young age. He started rapping in his early teens and soon joined the rap group G-Unit – short for Guerilla Unit – with his friends Curtis Jackson (aka 50 Cent) and Marvin Bernard (aka Tony Yayo). They spent the next few years releasing several popular mixtapes, including God’s Plan, No Mercy No Fear and Automatic Gunfire.

Banks’ first professional appearance was on the track Don’t Push Me for bandmate 50 Cent’s 2003 debut album Get Rich or Die Tryin’. G-Unit also recorded a remix of 50 Cent’s hit single P.I.M.P. featuring Snoop Dogg, which shot to number three on the Billboard Hot 100.

The group’s first official studio album release was postponed when Yayo was sent to prison for gun possession, but they soon replaced him with the Nashville rapper Young Buck and went back into the studio. Beg for Mercy was released in November 2003 and was a big commercial success. It reached number two in the US charts, selling over six million copies worldwide, and produced the Hot 100 Top 15 singles Stunt 101 and Wanna Get to Know You (ft. Joe). This was followed in 2008 by T.O.S: Terminate on Sight and the singles I Like the Way She Do It (ft. Young Buck) and Rider Pt. 2 (ft. Young Buck).

Since 2004 Banks has also enjoyed a successful solo career, releasing a total of two studio albums to date – The Hunger for More and Rotten Apple – which reached numbers one and three respectively on the Billboard 200. They have also produced hit singles like On Fire, Karma (ft. Avant) and Beamer, Benz, or Bentley (ft. Juelz Santana).

The rapper’s third solo album H.F.M. 2 is due for release in September 2010.

Khaled Bin Abdul Khaled, better known by the stage name DJ Khaled, is an American record producer, label executive and radio deejay.

Born in New Orleans, Louisiana on 26^th November 1975, Khaled got his first job on the Miami-based urban radio station WEDR. Although initially working as the sidekick to Miami rapper Luther Campbell on his Friday night show, Khaled soon got his own slot and continues to present the weeknight show TakeOver to this day.

Between 2004 and 2006 Khaled worked as the main producer on a number of hip hop albums, including Fat Joe’s All or Nothing, Fabolous’ Real Talk and Terror Squad’s True Story. However, Khaled continued to write his own material and, in June 2006, released his debut solo album.

Listennn… the Album, which featured dozens of well-known rappers and hip hop artists, reached number twelve on the US Billboard 200 chart and produced three hit singles: Holla at Me (ft. Lil Wayne, Paul Wall, Fat Joe, Rick Ross and Pitbull), Grammy Family (ft. Kanye West, John Legend and Consequence) and Born-N-Raised (ft. Trick Daddy, Pitbull and Rick Ross).

His next album, 2007’s We the Best, climbed to number eight on the Billboard 200 and produced two Top 30 singles: We Takin’ Over (ft. Akon, T.I., Rick Ross, Fat Joe, Birdman and Lil Wayne) and I’m So Hood (ft. T-Pain, Trick Daddy, Rick Ross and Plies). This was followed by 2008’s We Global, which reached number seven in the charts and produced the Hot 100 singles Out Here Grindin (ft. Akon, Rick Ross, Plies, Lil Boosie, Ace Hood and Trick Daddy) and Go Hard (ft. Kanye West and T-Pain).

DJ Khaled’s latest album Victory was released in March 2010. To date it has produced two singles – Fed Up (ft. Usher, Young Jeezy, Rick Ross, Drake and Lil Wayne) and the Top 30 hit All I Do Is Win (ft T-Pain, Ludacris, Rick Ross and Snoop Dogg) – and the title single Victory is due to be released shortly.

Aubrey Drake Graham, better known as simply Drake, is a hip hop/pop artist from Canada.

Born 24^th October 1986 in Toronto, Ontario, Graham comes from a musical family. His father used to be a session drummer (who worked with artists like Jerry Lee Lewis), while his uncle Teenie Hodges was a popular rhythm and lead guitarist (famous for his work with Al Green) and his other uncle Larry Graham is a popular singer-songwriter, musician and record producer (who gained prominence as a member of the psychedelic soul/funk band Sly & the Family Stone). Naturally, Graham took an interest in music from a very young age.

However, he actually began his career in the entertainment industry as an actor. In 2001 he took the role of Jimmy Brooks in the popular Canadian television teen drama Degrassi: The Next Generation. He remained in this role until 2009, appearing in a total of 138 episodes and one television movie.

While still a cast member on the show, Graham released the mixtapes Room for Improvement (2006) and Comeback Season (2007). They found their way to the US rapper Lil Wayne, who invited Graham to come and tour with him. He released another mixtape in 2009, entitled So Far Gone, which produced the US Top 20 hits Best I Ever Had and Successful, and was subsequently named Hottest Mixtape of 2009 by MTV. He also scored a Top 10 hit with the Lil Wayne collaboration Every Girl, and was subsequently signed to his label Young Money Entertainment.

Graham released his official debut album on June 15^th 2010. Thank Me Later debuted at number one on the Billboard 200, selling 450,000 copies in its first week of release in the US and reaching platinum status in Canada within seven days.

To date the album has produced three Top 20 singles: Over, Find Your Love and Miss Me.