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Biddu

Biddu, born Biddu Appaiah, is an India-born, England-based music producer and composer who produced "Kung Fu Fighting" (1974) and pioneered Indi-pop with Nazia Hassan's Disco Deewane.

Biermösl Blosn

Biermösl Blosn was a Bavarian satirical music trio founded in 1976 by the brothers Hans, Michael, and Christoph Well, pioneers of Neue Volksmusik who gave their last concerts in 2012.

Big beat

Big beat is a UK electronic dance music genre of the mid-to-late 1990s, named after Fatboy Slim's Brighton club night, built on sped-up breakbeats, funk and soul samples, and popularized by the Chemical Brothers, The Prodigy, and Fatboy Slim.

Big Boi

Big Boi, born Antwan André Patton in Savannah, Georgia, is the OutKast rapper and solo artist behind Sir Lucious Left Foot (2010), Vicious Lies and Dangerous Rumors, and Boomiverse.

Big Brother Brasil

Big Brother Brasil (BBB) is a reality competition show produced by Brazil's Globo network, the Brazilian adaptation of the Dutch Big Brother format, airing since 2002.

Big Daddy Kane

Big Daddy Kane (Antonio Hardy, born 1968, Brooklyn) is an American rapper and Juice Crew member, a Golden Age hip-hop icon known for "Ain't No Half-Steppin'", the Gold albums Long Live the Kane (1988) and It's a Big Daddy Thing (1989), and a 1991 Grammy for "Back on the Block".

Big Freedia

Big Freedia (Freddie Ross Jr., born 1978) is the New Orleans "Queen of Bounce" hip-hop artist and TV personality behind Just Be Free (2014), Central City (2023), gospel album Pressing Onward (2025), and features on Beyoncé's Formation and Break My Soul.

Big Hawk

Big Hawk (John Edward Hawkins, 1969-2006) was a Houston rapper, Screwed Up Click original, and brother of Fat Pat; his albums include Under Hawk's Wings and HAWK, and his 2006 murder remains unsolved.

Big K.R.I.T.

Big K.R.I.T. (Justin Lewis Scott, born 1986, Meridian, Mississippi) is an American rapper and producer; K.R.I.T. means King Remembered In Time. Def Jam Top Ten albums Live from the Underground and Cadillactica, then independent on his Multi Alumni label.

Big L

Big L (Lamont Coleman, 1974-1999) was a Harlem rapper and D.I.T.C. member whose debut Lifestylez Ov Da Poor & Dangerous (1995) and single "Ebonics" made him a revered East Coast lyricist.

Big Lurch

Big Lurch, stage name of Antron Singleton, is a Dallas-born rapper and former Cosmic Slop Shop member, sentenced in 2003 to life without parole for murdering roommate Tynisha Ysais in Los Angeles in April 2002, with allegations of cannibalism while on PCP.

Big Mama (group)

Big Mama (빅마마) is a South Korean four-woman vocal group known for powerful live singing, which debuted in 2003 under YG's M-Boat label and reunited in 2021.

Big Mountain Music Festival

The Big Mountain Music Festival (BMMF, Thai: บิ๊กเมาน์เท่น มิวสิค เฟสติวัล) is Thailand's largest homegrown two-day outdoor music festival, mixing Thai pop, rock, luk thung, and molam, held near Khao Yai since 2010.

Big Narstie

Big Narstie, the stage name of Tyrone Lindo, is a British grime MC, comedian, and television presenter from Brixton who reached the UK top 20 in 2015.

BIG Naughty

BIG Naughty (서동현; real name Seo Dong-hyun) is a South Korean rapper-singer signed to H1ghr Music who rose to fame on Show Me the Money 8 in 2019.

Big Night Live

Big Night Live is a 2,000-person nightclub and concert hall at 110 Causeway Street in Boston, directly above North Station, opened by Big Night Entertainment Group in 2019.

Big Ocean (빅오션)

Big Ocean (빅오션) is the first K-pop boy group whose three members, PJ, Chanyeon, and Jiseok, all have hearing loss. Debuted April 20, 2024 under Parastar Entertainment with "Glow", performing in Korean Sign Language, ASL, and International Sign.

Big Pun

Big Pun (Big Punisher), born Christopher Lee Rios (1971-2000), was a Bronx rapper of Puerto Rican descent whose 1998 debut Capital Punishment made him the first Latino rapper to go platinum; he died of heart failure at 28.

Big Scarr

Big Scarr (Alexander Woods, 2000-2022) was a Memphis trap rapper signed to Gucci Mane's 1017 Records; his mixtape Big Grim Reaper reached number 25 on the Billboard 200.

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 Ship Records

Big Ship Records is a Jamaican record label and production house founded by singer Freddie McGregor in 1983, home to the Big Ship studio in Havendale, Kingston.

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.

Biga*Ranx

Biga*Ranx, also written Biga Ranx, is the stage name of Gabriel Piotrowski, born 1988, a French reggae and dancehall artist from Tours credited as a leading figure of vapor dub.

BigBang (빅뱅) (South Korean band)

BigBang (빅뱅) is a South Korean boy band formed by YG Entertainment that debuted on August 19, 2006; known as the "Kings of K-pop", it now performs as a trio.

Bigflo & Oli

Bigflo & Oli are a French rap duo formed by brothers Florian and Olivio Ordonez from Toulouse, with a diamond-certified album and more than 3.5 billion streams.

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.

Bijan Mortazavi

Bijan Mortazavi (بیژن مرتضوی) is an Iranian virtuoso violinist, singer, and composer based in California since 1985, who in 1994 became the first Iranian performer at the Greek Theatre in Los Angeles.