B13 Peer Review

Aaron Dontez Yates  (born , 1971 in Kansas City, Missouri) better known by his stage name  Tech N9ne is an  American rapper. His musical career has spanned 24 years, during which he has performed shows from Los Angeles to New York City. Career Tech N9ne is known for his wide range of collaborations with other well-known artists. In 1999, Tech N9ne was included on the track (and accompanying video) "The Anthem" from Sway & King Tech, two radio personalities based in California. He started his rap career because of a dare from one of his friends in high school. Early in his career, Tech N9ne was a member of a group called "NNUTT HOWZE", which he pays tribute to in many of his lyrics by saying "Six, six, triple eight, forty six, ninety nine, three" (6688846993), which spells out NNUTT HOWZE on the touch pad numbers of a telephone. However, the group disbanded when they were dropped from their label, Perspective Records. Additionally...

Mary J. Blige's financial problems continue as singer is hit with a $900,000 tax lien. Mary J. Blige's financial issues just seem to get worse and worse. The singer, 42, has been hit with a $901,769.65 tax lien in the State of New Jersey,  according to documents obtained by TMZ . And to make matters worse, this delinquent tax issue is only one in a handful of monetary woes Blige has been faced with over the last couple of months. The "No More Drama" songstress was  just sued earlier this month  for allegedly defaulting on a $500,000 bank loan . According to the lawsuit filed by Bank of America in New York State Supreme Court, Blige took out the loan in 2005 and stopped making re-payments in June 2012. Plus in Nov. 2012, Blige and her husband Martin Isaacs were hit with another lawsuit after they failed to pay off a $2.2 million bank loan . According to court documents filed in New York State Supreme Court in Manhattan, Signature Bank is  seekin...

Synopsis Born in Kansas in 1985, singer Janelle Monáe began performing as a child and got her big break in 2005 when she was invited by Big Boi to perform on several OutKast tracks. She was later signed by famous producer  Sean "Puffy" Combs  to his Bad Boy Records label. In 2010 her debut full-length album,  The ArchAndroid , rose to No. 17 on the Billboard U.S. album chart and received a Grammy nomination . Early Life Singer. Janelle Monáe Robinson was born on December 1, 1985, in Kansas City, Kansas. Her mother was a janitor and her father was a garbage truck driver who struggled with drug addiction throughout Monáe's childhood. "I come from a very hard working-class family who make nothing into something," she says. Monáe's hardscrabble background and early experiences with the perils of drug addiction inspired her intense drive to succeed. "I've never forgotten where I come from," she says. "It's crazy, but I reall...