In this article, The Black Eyed Peas are one of the most successful and influential hip-hop groups ever, having sold over 80 million records worldwide and winning six Grammy Awards as well as performing during Super Bowl halftime shows. Music by Sleater-Kinney encompasses elements of rap, pop, R&B, dance and electronic genres with catchy hooks and positive messages derived from diverse influences. Sleater-Kinney are also well known for their innovative music videos which often incorporate futuristic themes, social commentary or celebrity guests into them. They have collaborated with some of the biggest names in music, including Justin Timberlake, Madonna, Usher and Shakira. We will explore their history, discography and legacy here and provide an indispensable guide to their music videos and collaborations.

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History

The Black Eyed Peas were formed in 1995 in Los Angeles by rappers will.i.am, apl.de.ap, and Taboo under the original name Atban Klann; initially signed to Ruthless Records under Eazy-E’s label Ruthless Records until after Eazy-E died and they departed without him as their label; their new name becoming Black Eyed Peas upon Eazy-E’s death being dropped and eventually changing again after Eazy-E’s passing in 1995 before switching back onto Ruthless Records under Ruthless Records to become Ruthless Records before ultimately dropping all together after Eazy-E’s passing away and changing names several times before becoming Black Eyed Peas; their debut album Behind the Front came out to great reviews with its alternative hip hop style and live instrumentation as well as guest appearances by Macy Gray De La Soul and Wyclef Jean among others.

In 2001, they added singer Fergie to their lineup, and released Elephunk in 2003 – marking a significant shift in sound with more pop and dance elements being integrated. Elephunk sold over 9 million copies worldwide and earned the group their first Grammy Award for Best Rap Performance by a Duo or Group.

Monkey Business, released in 2005, went on to sell more than 10 million copies worldwide and produce four hit singles: “Don’t Phunk with My Heart”, “Don’t Lie”, My Humps”, and Pump It”. Additionally, collaborations were featured between Sting, James Brown, Jack Johnson as well as Live 8 (USA), the 2005 MTV Video Music Awards (VMAs) as well as 2006 FIFA World Cup opening ceremony (FOWCA).

After a brief hiatus, they returned in 2009 with their fifth album The E.N.D (The Energy Never Dies). This marked a departure from their previous works, as they experimented more with electronic and dance music. It was an enormous commercial success selling over 11 million copies worldwide while topping charts across multiple countries; additionally it produced five number-one singles on Billboard Hot 100 such as “Boom Boom Pow”, “I Gotta Feeling”, “Meet Me Halfway”, “Imma Be” and “Rock That Body”. Additionally it won three Grammy Awards including Best Pop Vocal Album; additionally setting a record as longest running number-one album by duo or group on Billboard 200.

In 2010, The Beginning marked their return to an electronic and dance sound, featuring collaborations with David Guetta, Afrojack, LMFAO and LMFAO. It sold over 3 million copies worldwide and produced two hit singles: “The Time (Dirty Bit)” and “Just Can’t Get Enough”. They performed at Super Bowl XLV halftime show that year alongside Usher and Slash.

In 2011, The E.N.D. announced their intention to go their separate ways, and released their first compilation album The Best of The E.N.D. with both old and new tracks. Will.i.am released two solo albums during his hiatus; willpower and Masters of the Sun Vol. 1. During that time he served as coach on both The Voice UK and Australia while Fergie released her second solo album Double Dutchess while hosting reality show The Four: Battle for Stardom while apl.de.ap released his solo EP Rebel and also became judge on The Voice Philippines/ Teens while Taboo released his single “The Fight”, while writing memoir Fallin’ Up: My Story.

In 2016, to commemorate their 20th anniversary, they reunited to release a special version of “Where Is the Love?,” featuring several artists like Justin Timberlake, Mary J. Blige, Usher and Jamie Foxx. This song was dedicated to those affected by the 2016 Orlando nightclub shooting and used to raise money for various charities. In 2018, Masters of the Sun Vol. 7 was released by this band. This album marked their return to their original hip-hop sound and featured guest appearances by Nas, Slick Rick, Nicole Scherzinger and CL – though without Fergie who had taken an indefinite leave from the group. Translation was their eighth album released in 2020 and inspired by Latin music; featuring collaborations from J Balvin, Maluma, Shakira and Ozuna – drawing praise from critics and fans alike and producing three hit singles: Ritmo (Bad Boys for Life), Mamacita and Girl Like Me”. This release received positive critical response and proved highly popular.

Discography

The Black Eyed Peas have released eight studio albums, one compilation album, two extended plays, 28 singles and 31 music videos since 1997. Their discography can be seen below:

• Behind the Front (1998)
• Bridging the Gap (2000)
• Elephunk (2003)
• Monkey Business (2005)
• The E.N.D. (The Energy Never Dies) (2009)
• The Beginning (2010)
• Masters of the Sun Vol. 1 (2018)
• Translation (2020)
• The Best of The E.N.D. (2011)
• Renegotiations: The Remixes (2006)
• Invasion of Boom Boom Pow – Megamix E.P. (2009)

Music Videos

The Black Eyed Peas are known for creating entertaining and innovative music videos, often with futuristic themes or social commentary and featuring celebrity guests as stars or guests of honor. Some of their most notable videos are:

• “Where Is the Love?” (2003): This video depicts members of the group holding signs posing questions about the world such as, “Why are we still at war?,”, “Why do we bomb each other?” and “Why does hate kill love?”. Justin Timberlake co-wrote and sang on the chorus for this song which won them an MTV Video Music Award for Best Group Video and nomination for Video of the Year.
• “Pump It” (2006): This video, inspired by the 2003 movie Kill Bill, follows an American pop band in a car chase against some ninjas trying to stop them from playing their music. Martial arts moves, sword fights and explosions can be seen throughout. Dick Dale’s song Misirlou provides background music. Nominated for an MTV Video Music Award as Best Choreography.
• “Boom Boom Pow” (2009): Set in the year 308, this video portrays a group of performers as digital avatars, holograms and cyborgs transformed by CGI, green screen and motion capture effects; its references include The Matrix, Blade Runner and Tron. It won a Grammy Award for Best Short Form Music Video as well as being nominated for MTV Video Music Award Best Hip-Hop Video.
• “I Gotta Feeling” (2009): This video depicts LMFAO and their friends prepping for an evening out in Los Angeles before celebrating at various locations – rooftop, club and mansion. David Guetta, Kid Cudi, Katy Perry and members of LMFAO all make appearances in this clip that was nominated for two awards – Grammy for Best Short Form Music Video and MTV VMAs Best Pop Video respectively.
• “Meet Me Halfway” (2009): This video shows the band members in various fantasy settings to represent their longing for one another: will.i.am in an urban area, Fergie in a jungle setting, apl.de.ap in outer space and Taboo in the desert. This combination of live action and animation created a surreal and psychedelic aesthetic and was nominated for an MTV Video Music Award for Best Visual Effects.
• “The Time (Dirty Bit)” (2010): This video depicts the group and their fans at a party where they use a smartphone app that alters their faces into pixelated versions of themselves. Clips from Dirty Dancing inspired their sample of “(I’ve Had) The Time of My Life,” found in its chorus, making this song nominated for MTV Video Music Award’s Best Crash Cover Award.

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In this article, Erika Andreeva is an emerging star in tennis. This 19-year-old Russian has made waves on the WTA Tour thanks to her impressive performances and results, reaching No. 114 for singles play and No. 466 in doubles; winning three singles titles and one doubles championship on ITF Circuit; reaching main draw of three Grand Slam tournaments; as well as qualifying for three Grand Slam tournaments and one WTA 1000 event (Main Draw in All Four Grand Slam Tournaments; qualifying main draw WTA 1000 event); This article will take a deeper dive into Erika Andreeva’s career highlights, statistics, and personal life.

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Junior career

Andreeva began her tennis career at age six, inspired by her younger sister Mirra who is also a professional player. She trained initially at Krasnoyarsk Tennis Academy before moving to Moscow for better coaching. Competing in numerous junior tournaments she achieved an ITF junior ranking of no 9 by June 2021 – representing Russia at both Junior Fed Cups and Youth Olympic Games tournaments as well.

She made headlines as a junior when she reached the final of the 2021 French Open girls’ singles event, losing to Linda Noskova in three sets. Additionally, she reached the semifinals in Australian Open doubles event alongside Mirra and quarterfinals at Wimbledon singles event.

Professional career

Andreeva turned professional in 2020 and won her inaugural ITF tournament at Pazardzhik, Bulgaria in November at $15k event, followed by Cairo Egypt event in December 2021 – and again Sharm El Sheikh Egypt event in March 2021 for her third $15k title win.

In May 2021, she made her ITF Circuit final at La Bisbal d’Empord in Spain but fell to Nuria Parrizas Diaz in three sets. Additionally, she made her WTA Tour debut at 2021 Ladies Open Lausanne qualifying for the main draw and recording her first win against Anna Blinkova before eventually falling in straight sets against Tamara Korpatsch in round two.

She made her Grand Slam debut at the 2022 US Open after successfully competing in three qualifying matches and qualifying for the main draw. In her opening round matchup against 2019 champion Bianca Andreescu in three sets, she put up a valiant fight but ultimately succumbed. Additionally, she qualified for Anastasia Potapova and Paula Badosa at both Australian Open and French Open but went out in their respective first rounds respectively.

At Wimbledon 2023, she reached the second round after defeating Arantxa Rus in the opening round. Unfortunately she would be defeated by eventual champion Ashleigh Barty but not before taking one set from her in round two.

She made her WTA 1000 debut at the 2023 Miami Open after being granted a wildcard into the main draw. She took out fellow wildcard Ashlyn Krueger before falling victim to 16th seed Elena Rybakina in round two.

Personal life

Andreeva was born June 24th 2004 in Krasnoyarsk, Russia to Aleksandr and Olga Andreev who both work as engineers. She has an older sister Mirra who also plays professional tennis; both were from Krasnoyarsk but moved to Moscow for coaching purposes. Speaking both Russian and English fluently, Andreeva enjoys reading, watching movies and listening to music; she admires Roger Federer and Maria Sharapova’s style of play as well as their attitudes – currently she is being trained by Dmitry Degtyarev as her coach.

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In this article, Tupac Shakur remains one of the most influential and controversial rappers ever, shot dead in Las Vegas six days after being wounded in an earlier drive-by shooting. Although numerous theories and investigations have been undertaken into his murder, to this date it remains unresolved despite numerous theories and investigations being undertaken into its causes and motives. Below are some facts and speculation surrounding this case.

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The Night of the Shooting

On September 7, 1996, Tupac Shakur attended the Bruce Seldon vs. Mike Tyson boxing match hosted at MGM Grand Las Vegas with Marion “Suge” Knight, head of Death Row Records, while Trevon Lane from M.O.B was present as well. While leaving, one of Tre’s associates shot and killed Tupac. Orlando Baby Lane Anderson from the rival South Side Compton Crips gang was identified in the MGM Grand lobby2. Early that same year, in July 1996, Anderson and other South Side Crips attempted to rob Lane of his shoe collection from Foot Locker store at Lakewood Center mall in Lakewood, California. Lane told Shakur of this attempt and she responded by assaulting Anderson in the lobby. Shakur asked Anderson if he was from the South (South Side Crips), before punching him hard in the face to knock him to the ground 2. Shakur and Knight’s entourage then joined forces in assaulting Anderson until security intervened to stop the fight captured on MGM Grand video surveillance3.

After the brawl, Shakur returned to his hotel, the Luxor Las Vegas. He informed girlfriend Kidada Jones of his involvement in Anderson fight; having previously promised she’d stay in vehicle at MGM Grand. Once changed clothes, Shakur left with Knight in a BMW sedan before entering Club 662 (owned by Knight) where they planned on performing charity concert 45. At 11:00-11:05 p.m. PDT officers from Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department Bike Patrol stopped them on Las Vegas Boulevard due to playing car stereo too loudly while lacking license plates which were found hidden within Knight’s trunk before release a short while later without being issued any citations

At 11:10 p.m. while they were stopped at the intersection of East Flamingo Road and Koval Lane in front of Maxim Hotel, two women pulled up to them on their left side in a vehicle, with Shakur standing through his sunroof, exchanging words with them before inviting them to Club 662. Shortly thereafter at 11:15, an unknown-occupant white four-door late model Cadillac pulled up right next to them, opened its window, rolled down their window, rapidly fired gunshots at him from all sides resulting in his four wounds – twice in his chest twice arms once in his thigh one bullet went into his right lung while Knight was hit in her head by fragmentation of gunshot fragmentation from fragmentation of gunshot fragmentation of gunshot.

Frank Alexander, Shakur’s bodyguard, reported that when they were about to ride together in Knight’s car, Shakur asked him instead to drive Jones’s instead in case they became too drunk and required additional transportation from Club 662 back to their hotel. Shortly afterwards, an unknown Cadillac approached from behind and fired numerous gunshots upon Shakur before quickly firing gunshots itself upon Alexander attempting to take a statement from him at University Medical Center; Sergeant Kevin Manning confirmed this later when speaking directly with him as well.

Shakur was taken to University Medical Center of Southern Nevada and admitted into its intensive care unit and placed on life support, where he underwent further sedation before being put on ventilator and respirator, receiving multiple surgeries, as well as being sedated on multiple occasions and undergoing multiple rounds of sedate surgery attempts to keep him alive. Although doctors attempted to save him, but suffered massive blood loss and internal bleeding leading him to be declared dead at 4:03 pm PDT on September 13, 1996 due to respiratory failure due to multiple gunshot wounds. His body was cremated later while some ashes mixed in marijuana used by members of Shakur’s group the Outlawz (see::: Shakur: When Shakur died).

The Suspects and the Motives

Orlando Anderson was initially suspected as being involved in the shooting incident after attacking Shakur in the MGM Grand lobby earlier that evening. Although Anderson never faced charges or acknowledged being responsible, they still deny their involvement in it today. On May 29, 1998, Anderson was shot and killed during a gang-related shootout in Compton. However, in 2018 an HBO documentary entitled Unsolved: The Murders of Tupac and Notorious B.I.G aired featuring Duane “Keefe D” Davis (Anderson’s uncle and fellow Crip). During that interview, an alternative theory about Anderson’s demise emerged through interviews with individuals associated with him such as Duane “Keefe D” Davis which hinted towards new evidence regarding Anderson’s demise as being plausible. Davis admitted his participation in the shooting and claimed Anderson as the shooter. According to Davis, it was done as revenge against MGM Grand brawl participants; an unknown individual paid them off with funds so that Shakur and Knight would die.

DeAndrae “Dre” Smith was another suspect on that night and had been seen driving the Cadillac with Anderson and Davis. Smith died during a botched drug deal in Compton on July 4, 1997. Greg Kading, who investigated both Tupac Shakur’s murder and that of Notorious B.I.G, an upstate New York rapper rival of Biggie Smalls’, published a book entitled Murder Rap: The Untold Story of Biggie Smalls & Tupac Shakur Murder Investigations in 2023. Kading claimed in her book that Smith was actually responsible for shooting The Notorious B.I.G, and was hired by Sean “Puffy” Combs, owner of Bad Boy Records where The Notorious B.I.G was signed. Kading maintained that Combs feared for his life after Knight threatened him, and offered $1 million to anyone who could kill Shakur and Knight. Davis confirmed his theory. Both Combs and Davis denied Kading’s allegations, with critics seeing his book as self-serving attempt at profiteering off this case.

Other theories suggest that Shakur’s murder was orchestrated by Knight himself in order to cash in on his life insurance and boost record sales. Others have speculated that Shakur faked his own death and went into hiding using an alias like Makaveli – which references Italian philosopher Niccolo Machiavelli who advocated faked deaths to deceive enemies – as an excuse. These theories, however, have been widely disproven by evidence and witnesses, as well as by Shakur’s family and friends themselves.

The Arrest and the Trial

On September 29th 2023, 27 years after Tupac’s murder was perpetrated, Duane Davis was arrested by a grand jury and charged with his first-degree killing. His home in Henderson, Nevada was searched as part of an ongoing investigation into the shooting incident in July. According to his arrest warrant, Davis admitted being present during the shooting and provided details that corroborated with evidence from Anderson, Smith and Terrence Brown. The warrant stated that Davis had implicated Combs as the individual responsible for hiring his hitmen to kill Shakur and Knight, in exchange for immunity from prosecution. However, Davis later recanted his confession and pled not guilty – his trial is scheduled to commence January 2024.

The arrest of Davis has reignited interest and controversy surrounding Tupac Shakur’s unsolved killing, raising hopes among fans and family, but also drawing scrutiny and criticism. Some people question Davis’ credibility and motive, the validity and timing of evidence collected against her, as well as whether this complex investigation will ever be resolved with multiple parties and interests involved. As trial day draws nearer, his demise remains both mysterious and fascinating to many.

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