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Born in Jenin, Palestinian territories, his musical career has been based in the Toronto, Ontario. In addition to a Juno, he has won two MuchMusic Video Awards and has twice attained a top chart position in the national Much Music Countdown. His stage name of Belly/Rebellyus was derived from the term \"rebellious.\"/nHis first single \"Pressure\" featuring Ginuwine peaked at the #10 position on Canadian CHR radio charts, and #1 on MuchMusic\'s Video chart. In April 2007, Belly released the video for his second single \"Don\'t Be Shy\" featuring Nina Sky, as well as the video for \"History of Violence\" (produced by Whosane?), which remains his most controversial record to date. In \"History of Violence,\" Belly explains his views on the Israeli–Palestinian conflict and the War in Iraq./nShortly after, he released \"I\'m the Man\" featuring Kurupt and it was premiered as the \"Big One\" on MuchMusic station. He also released a video for \"Smells Like Money\" (produced by Whosane?) on MySpace in early October 2007./nIn late October 2007, his third single featuring Mario Winans entitled \"Ridin\'\" was released. The video features Mario Winans, model KD Aubert, who plays Belly\'s lead-girl, and Dr. Benjamin Chavis.
Cordozar Calvin Broadus (born October 20, 1971), better known by his stage name Snoop Dogg, is a Grammy Award-nominated American rapper, record producer and actor. Snoop is best known as an MC in the West Coast hip hop scene, and for being one of producer Dr. Dre\'s most notable protégés. He popularized the catch-phrase suffix -izzle, which had been in use for decades, but not nearly to the extent that it is now, particularly in the pop and hip hop music industry./nSnoop Dogg was a Crip gang member while in high school. Shortly after graduation, he was arrested for cocaine possession and sentenced to three years in prison. His music career began in 1992 after his release when he was discovered by Dr. Dre. He collaborated on several tracks on Dre\'s solo debut, The Chronic and on the titular theme song to the film Deep Cover. Snoop\'s debut album, Doggystyle, was released in 1993 under Death Row Records. Doggystyle went quadruple platinum and spawned several hit singles, including \"What\'s My Name\" and \"Gin & Juice.\"/nIn 1996, Snoop Dogg was cleared of charges over his bodyguard\'s 1993 murder of Philip Woldemariam. His second album, 1996\'s Tha Doggfather, was his last release for Death Row before he signed with No Limit Records, with which he recorded three albums from 1998 to 2001. Snoop then signed with Priority/Capitol/EMI Records in 2002, which released his album Paid tha Cost to Be da Boss, and then he signed with Geffen Records in 2004 for his next three albums. He also joined forces with his cousin Nate Dogg and emcee Warren G as the supergroup 213 for an album in 2004./nIn addition to music, Snoop Dogg has also starred in motion pictures and hosted several television shows: Doggy Fizzle Televizzle, Snoop Dogg\'s Father Hood, and Dogg After Dark. He also coaches a youth football league and high school football team. He has also run into many legal troubles, some of which caused him to be legally banned from the UK and Australia. He is the cousin of emcees Nate Dogg, Daz Dillinger, RBX and Lil\' Dead and the cousin of R&B singers Brandy and Ray J./nStarting September 2009, Snoop was hired by EMI as the chairman of a reactivated Priority Records. His tenth studio album, Malice n Wonderland was released December 8, 2009./nCraig Serani Marsh, a.k.a. Serani is a reggae artist signed to JVC Entertainment. He is best known for his involvement in Sean Paul\\\'s album The Trinity and his 2008 single No Games. Serani also released the singles Doh and She Loves Me./nSerani was born June 7, 1982 in Kingston, Jamaica. He decided at a young age that his two other best friends who also shared the same interest in music should put together DASECA productions in 2001. Three friends David Anthony Harrisingh, Craig Serani Marsh, and Craig Andrew Harrisingh had a goal to produce all the major Reggae artist in Jamaica. Serani gained his fame quicker than other artists such as Mavado and Vybz Kartel./nIn 2006, Serani co-produced the first two singles on Sean Paul’s new platinum album “Trinity,” including ‘We Be Burnin\\\',’ which was the first released single. ‘We be Burnin\\\'’ track helped Trinity break a Jamaican record of 107,000 copies sold in the first week. Serani also produced the album ‘Smash’ riddim which hosts the song ‘Dutty Wine’ by Tony Matterhorn. Dutty Wine was the number one song in Jamaica and England for a lengthy period of time. Serani and his DASECA crew are credited for helping bring into the limelight other Jamaican heavyweights such as Mavado, Alaine Laughton and Bugle with their catchy beats such as the Anger Management riddim on which Mavado voiced his landmark hit \\\"Real McCoy\\\". DASECA productions has also produced hits for other Reggae icons such as their colleague and Alliance crew leader Bounty Killer, Busy Signal and Vybz Kartel amongst many others. They are also the backbone of The Alliance affiliated band Anger Management. His first and very successful attempt at singing was on Mavado\\\'s hit song Dying which is featured on the latter\\\'s début album Gangsta for Life: The Symphony of David Brooks. He sang the hook and Mavado chanted the verses.