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Big Sean

Big Sean is the stage name of Sean Michael Leonard Anderson (born 1988), an American rapper from Detroit who signed with Kanye West's GOOD Music in 2007.

Big Syke

Big Syke (Tyruss Himes, 1968-2016), Inglewood-born West Coast gangsta rapper; member of 2Pac's Thug Life and the Outlawz (as Moozaliny), featured on All Eyez on Me, and solo artist on Be Yo' Self and Big Syke Daddy.

Big Wild

Big Wild is the electronic music project of American producer Jackson Stell, a Massachusetts native based in Los Angeles, known for melodic, vocal-driven dance music and albums including Superdream (2019).

Big Zuu

Big Zuu (Zuhair Hassan, born 1995), West London grime MC of the MTP crew with cousin AJ Tracey; albums Content With Content and Navigate; BAFTA-winning TV chef, host of Big Zuu's Big Eats on Dave.

BigXthaPlug

BigXthaPlug, also known as Xavier Landum, is an American rapper from Dallas, Texas. He is known for his deep baritone and his crossover success with country music.

BIIANCO

BIIANCO is the professional name of New York-born DJ, producer, and singer Gabrielle Bianco, whose 2023 track 'Against The Wall' went viral and who signed to Ultra Records in 2024.

Bill & Jillian Nershi ft. Jason Hann

Bill & Jillian Nershi ft. Jason Hann, billed the Nershi Hann Trio, is an acoustic side project of The String Cheese Incident that first toured in 2023.

Billboard Dance/Electronic Albums

Billboard Dance/Electronic Albums is the US Billboard album chart for dance and electronic music, launched in 2001 as Top Electronic Albums and renamed Top Dance Albums in 2025.

Bingo Players

Bingo Players is a Dutch electro-house project founded in 2006 by Maarten Hoogstraten and Paul Bäumer, best known for the 2011 tracks "Rattle" and "Cry (Just a Little)".

Biohazard (band)

Biohazard is an American hardcore/metal band formed in Brooklyn, New York, in 1987 (some sources say 1988), pioneers of fusing hardcore, metal, and hip-hop; known for Urban Discipline (1992), State of the World Address (1994), and the 2025 reunion album Divided We Fall.

Birds in the Trap Sing McKnight

Birds in the Trap Sing McKnight is Travis Scott's second studio album, released September 2, 2016 on Grand Hustle/Epic; it debuted at number one on the Billboard 200, was certified platinum, and spawned "Goosebumps" and "Pick Up the Phone."

Bixiga 70

Bixiga 70 is a ten-piece instrumental band from São Paulo, Brazil, formed in 2010, that mixes Brazilian, Afrobeat, and Latin influences and has played Glastonbury and Rock in Rio.

Biz Markie

Biz Markie (Marcel Theo Hall, 1964–2021), American rapper, beatboxer, DJ, and Juice Crew member known as the Clown Prince of Hip-Hop; famous for "Just a Friend" (1989) and the landmark 1991 sampling lawsuit Grand Upright Music v. Warner Bros.

Bizarre (rapper)

Bizarre, born Rufus Arthur Johnson in 1976, is a Detroit rapper and D12 member (alter ego Peter S.) known for shock-humor horrorcore. Solo albums include Hannicap Circus (2005) and L.A.R.S. with King Gordy.

Bizzy Bone

Bizzy Bone (Bryon Anthony McCane II, born 1976, Cleveland) is an American rapper, founding member of Bone Thugs-N-Harmony, and prolific solo artist from 1998's Heaven'z Movie onward, repeatedly leaving and rejoining the group.

Blabbermouth.net

Blabbermouth.net is a United States-based heavy metal and hard rock news website founded in 2001 and run by Borivoj Krgin, serving as a daily reference point for metal fans worldwide.

Blac Youngsta

Blac Youngsta (Samuel Marquez Benson) is a South Memphis rapper signed to Yo Gotti's CMG in 2015, founder of Heavy Camp, known for the gold single "Hip Hopper," the 2018 album 223, and the 2020 Top Ten mixtape Code Red with Moneybagg Yo.

Blacc Zacc

Blacc Zacc, born Zachary Chapman 1990 in Columbia, South Carolina, is a trap rapper and Dirty Money Entertainment CEO who broke through with the 2019 mixtape Trappin Like Zacc and Interscope deal.

Black Coffee (DJ)

Black Coffee (Nkosinathi Innocent Maphumulo, born 1976) is a South African house DJ and producer, founder of Soulistic Music, 2022 Grammy winner for Subconsciously, known for one-handed DJing and Afropolitan house.

Black Kray

Black Kray (Sickboyrari), stage name of Timothy O'Neal Mills, born 1994, Richmond, Virginia rapper, producer, and filmmaker; founder of Goth Money Records, early Raider Klan member, and influential figure in cloud rap, emo rap, and tread.

Black Label Society

Black Label Society is an American heavy metal band formed in Los Angeles in 1998 by guitarist and vocalist Zakk Wylde, best known as Ozzy Osbourne's lead guitarist.

Black Motion LIVE

Black Motion is a South African Afro-house duo from the Soshanguve township near Pretoria, formed around 2010, known for combining electronic production with live traditional drumming and vocals.

Black Rave Culture

Black Rave Culture (BRC) is a DJ and production collective from Washington, D.C., formed in 2020 by Amal, James Bangura, and Nativesun to promote Black dance music.

Black Rob

Black Rob (Robert Ross, also Bacardi Rob), Harlem rapper on Bad Boy Records; platinum debut Life Story with hit "Whoa!" (No. 43 Hot 100); later prison, illness, died 2021 in Atlanta at 52.

Black Sabbath

Black Sabbath is an English rock band formed in Birmingham in 1968 by Ozzy Osbourne, Tony Iommi, Geezer Butler, and Bill Ward, credited with creating heavy metal.

Black Thought

Black Thought (Tariq Trotter, born 1973) is a Philadelphia rapper, co-founder and lead MC of the Roots, known for Things Fall Apart, the 2017 Funk Flex freestyle, and the solo Streams of Thought, Cheat Codes, and Glorious Game projects.

Black Tongue

Black Tongue is a British deathcore band from Kingston upon Hull, England, formed in January 2013, known for downtempo "Doomcore" deathcore. Members overlap with Infant Annihilator; releases include Falsifier, Born Hanged, The Unconquerable Dark (2015), and Nadir (2018).

Black Veil Brides

Black Veil Brides: American rock band formed in 2006, led by Andy Biersack, known for Kiss- and Mötley Crüe-inspired black makeup and studded glam look, albums from We Stitch These Wounds (2010) to Vindicate (2026).

Blackbear (musician)

blackbear (Matthew Tyler Musto, b. 1990, Florida) is an American singer-songwriter-producer blending pop, emo, R&B, and hip-hop; co-wrote Justin Bieber's "Boyfriend" and released Deadroses, Digital Druglord, and Everything Means Nothing.

Blackbriar

Blackbriar is a Dutch gothic and symphonic metal band from Assen, formed in 2012 and fronted by vocalist Zora Cock, known for its cinematic music videos.