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Francois van Coke
Francois van Coke, born Francois Badenhorst in 1980, is a South African Afrikaans rock singer and songwriter, frontman of Fokofpolisiekar and a solo artist since 2015.
Franglish
Franglish is the stage name of Gédéon Mundele Ngolo, born 1994 in Paris, a French singer and rapper blending R&B, rap, and Congolese-rooted afro-pop, with four top-10 albums and five diamond singles.
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.
Frankie Ruiz
Frankie Ruiz (José Antonio Torresola Ruiz, 1958–1998), 'El Papá de la Salsa', was a New Jersey-born Puerto Rican salsa romántica singer with La Solución, Tommy Olivencia, and a hit solo career ('Desnúdate Mujer', 'Tú con él').
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 Fortin
Fred Fortin, born Joseph Antoine Frédéric Fortin Perron in 1971, is a Quebec folk-rock singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist, a founding figure of the "son du Lac" sound who also plays in Gros Mené and Galaxie.
Fred Locks
Fred Locks, born Stafford Elliott, is a Jamaican roots reggae singer best known for the 1975 single "Black Star Liners" and the 1976 album Black Star Liner.
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.
Fred vom Jupiter
"Fred vom Jupiter" is a 1981 German synth-pop single by Andreas Dorau, released as Die Doraus und Die Marinas, and a best-known Neue Deutsche Welle hit.
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 Fender
Freddy Fender (Baldemar Huerta, 1937-2006), Tex-Mex country singer from San Benito, Texas; 1975 hits "Before the Next Teardrop Falls" and "Wasted Days and Wasted Nights"; three Grammys with Texas Tornados, Los Super Seven, and solo.
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.
Freddy Quinn
Freddy Quinn, born Franz Eugen Helmuth Manfred Nidl, is an Austrian-born singer and actor who became the most successful German-language singer of the 1950s and 1960s.
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.
Frejat
Frejat (Roberto Frejat) is a Brazilian rock singer, composer, and guitarist who co-founded Barão Vermelho in 1981, fronted it from 1985 to 2017, and has recorded solo since 2001.
French house
French house, also called French touch or filter house, is the 1990s Parisian house style built on filtered disco and funk samples, heavy compression, and vocoded vocals at 120–128 BPM, known for Daft Punk, Stardust, Air, Cassius, and Justice.
French Kiss (music)
"French Kiss" is a 1989 instrumental house track by Chicago producer Lil' Louis, known for its mid-song slowdown and two weeks at number 1 on Billboard's dance chart.