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Fool's Gold (record label)

Fool's Gold Records is a Brooklyn-based independent record label founded in 2007 by DJs A-Trak and Nick Catchdubs, known for breaking Kid Cudi, Duck Sauce, and Danny Brown.

For an Angel (music)

"For an Angel" is a trance track by German producer Paul van Dyk, first released in 1994 on his album 45 RPM and made famous by his 1998 E-Werk Remix.

For What You Dream Of (music)

"For What You Dream Of" is a 1993 progressive-house single by Bedrock, the British duo of John Digweed and Nick Muir, featuring vocalist KYO, released on Stress Records in the UK.

Forbidden (band)

Forbidden (band): American thrash metal band from the San Francisco Bay Area, founded 1985 as Forbidden Evil; best known for Forbidden Evil (1988) and Twisted Into Form (1990), reformed 2023.

Forbidden Forest Festival (festival)

Forbidden Forest is a UK electronic music festival of house, techno, and drum and bass, held in the woods of Belvoir Castle, Leicestershire, since 2016.

Forbidden Kingdom (festival)

Forbidden Kingdom, also billed as Forbidden Kingdom Music Festival, is a bass music festival founded in South Florida in 2019 and held at the Central Florida Fairgrounds in Orlando since 2021.

Foxy Brown (rapper)

Foxy Brown, born Inga DeCarlo Fung Marchand, is a Brooklyn rapper signed to Def Jam in 1996. Her debut Ill Na Na reached number seven on the Billboard 200, Chyna Doll hit number one, and she rapped with Nas in The Firm.

Fozzy

Fozzy: American hard rock/heavy metal band formed 1999 in San Antonio, Texas, fronted by wrestler Chris Jericho (Moongoose McQueen) with ex-Stuck Mojo guitarist Rich Ward; began as cover band Fozzy Osbourne, went original with All That Remains (2005), known for the Gold single Judas.

Frail Words Collapse

Frail Words Collapse is the 2003 studio album by San Diego metalcore band As I Lay Dying, released on Metal Blade Records and selling 250,000 copies.

Francis Magalona

Francis Magalona (Francis M, Master Rapper, 1964-2009) was the Filipino rapper-actor-TV host who pioneered Pinoy rap with the landmark debut album Yo (1990), nationalist hits like Mga Kababayan Ko, and stewardship of Filipino hip-hop's golden age.

François Kevorkian

François Kevorkian, known as François K, is a French-born, New York-based DJ, producer, and remixer who remixed over 1,000 records and co-founded the Body & Soul party in 1996.

Frankie Knuckles

Frankie Knuckles (Francis Warren Nicholls Jr., 1955-2014), American DJ and producer, the godfather of house music; resident DJ at Chicago's Warehouse from 1977, founder of the Power Plant and Def Mix, first Grammy winner for Best Remixed Recording.

Franky Wah

Franky Wah is the stage name of Luke Storrs, a British DJ and producer from Doncaster, Yorkshire, who works in melodic house and techno and runs the SHÈN label.

Frankyeffe

Frankyeffe is the stage name of Francesco Fava, an Italian techno DJ, producer, and label owner based in Rome, where he founded and runs Riot Recordings and is known for melodic, trance-inflected techno.

Frat rap

Frat rap is a critic-coined hip-hop label for party-focused college rap, mostly white artists like Asher Roth, Hoodie Allen, Lil Dicky, and Mac Miller, tracing back to the Beastie Boys, with 1950s rock, lullaby, and EDM samples.

Freak Kitchen

Freak Kitchen is an experimental heavy metal band from Gothenburg, Sweden, formed in 1992 and fronted by guitarist and singer Mattias "IA" Eklundh, blending metal with carnatic influences.

Freaknik

Freaknik, originally Freaknic, was an annual spring break street party for Black college students in Atlanta from 1983 to 1999, founded by the D.C. Metro Club at the Atlanta University Center, peaking at over 200,000 attendees before the city shut it down.

Freaky (musician)

Freaky, styled FREAKY, is the stage name of Alex Fricke, a dubstep and bass music DJ and producer from Charlotte, North Carolina, known for his 2022 debut album Duality on Excision's Subsidia Records.

Freaky Deaky Texas

Freaky Deaky Texas is a Halloween-themed EDM festival produced by Disco Donnie Presents, first held in Houston in 2018 and staged in Austin since 2023.

Fred Again

Fred again.. (Frederick John Philip Gibson, born 1993, Balham, London) is an English producer and DJ, distinct from the Is the Sample Good Enough? author Fred Morstatter and from Fred James. Known for the Actual Life voice-note albums, his 2022 Boiler Room set, and winning the 2024 Best Dance/Electronic Music Album Grammy.

Fred V & Grafix

Fred V & Grafix were an English liquid drum and bass duo from Exeter, formed in 2009 and signed to Hospital Records, reuniting in 2024.

Freddie Gibbs

Freddie Gibbs, born Fredrick Jamel Tipton in 1982, is an American rapper from Gary, Indiana, known for a technically dense street style and acclaimed collaborations with Madlib and the Alchemist.

Freddy K

Freddy K, real name Alessio Armeni, is an Italian techno DJ and producer from Rome based in Berlin, known for marathon vinyl-only sets at Berghain and Homopatik.

Fredo Santana

Fredo Santana (Derrick Demond Coleman, 1990-2018) was a Chicago drill rapper, older cousin of Chief Keef, GBE co-founder, and Savage Squad Records founder; his debut album Trappin' Ain't Dead featured Kendrick Lamar. Distinct from the UK rapper Fredo and from Fredo Bang.

Fredro Starr

Fredro Starr (Fred Lee Scruggs Jr., born 1971) is a Queens rapper and actor who founded hardcore hip-hop group Onyx, scored 1993's platinum Bacdafucup and hit "Slam," then built a solo and acting career.

Free (music)

"Free" is a 1997 house single by American singer Ultra Naté, produced with Mood II Swing and released by Strictly Rhythm as the lead single of Situation: Critical.

Freedom Call

Freedom Call is a German melodic power metal band from Nuremberg, formed in 1998 by Chris Bay and Dan Zimmermann, known for its upbeat "happy metal" style.

Freestyle music

Freestyle music, also called Latin freestyle, is an electronic dance genre that emerged among Latino communities in New York City and Miami in the early 1980s.

Freestylers

Freestylers (The Freestylers): British breakbeat/bass music group formed in London in 1996 by producers Matt Cantor and Aston Harvey, originally with Andrew Galea; known for 'B-Boy Stance', the 2004 hit 'Push Up', and albums We Rock Hard and Raw As Fk.

Freeway (rapper)

Freeway (Leslie Edward Pridgen, born 1978) is a Philadelphia rapper, State Property member, and Roc-A-Fella artist whose 2003 debut Philadelphia Freeway reached number five on the Billboard 200; later independent, and a 2019 kidney transplant recipient.