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Wikipedia:Requests for adminship/Cyberjunkie

 * ''The following discussion is preserved as an archive of a successful request for adminship. Please do not modify it.

Cyberjunkie
final (63/0/0) ending 00:45 October 17 2005 (UTC)

– Cyberjunkie has been contributing to Wikipedia since November 2004. He has over 6300 edits, with about 2600 in the article namespace, and an even spread across the other namespaces. He would be one of the most level-headed contributors I've had the pleasure of working with. He makes good article contributions; is always cool even when the editing gets hot; never resorts to personal attacks and is quick to defend others against attacks; is free with compliments and encouragement, especially to newbies; does his share of vandal-fighting; and generally shows all-round good judgement and a friendly demeanour. Snottygobble | Talk 00:45, 10 October 2005 (UTC)

 * Candidate, please indicate acceptance of the nomination here:
 * I humbly accept. Thanks for the kind words!–Cyberjunkie | Talk 07:49, 10 October 2005 (UTC)

Support
 * 1) In before sticky nominator. --Merovingian (t) (c) 08:18, 10 October 2005 (UTC)
 * 2) Excellent contributor to Adelaide and Australia-related articles. Frequently noticed having reverted vandalism. --Scott Davis Talk 09:15, 10 October 2005 (UTC)
 * 3) Support as per nom, an excellent contributor to work with. --Vsion 10:10, 10 October 2005 (UTC)
 * 4) Support obviously. User:Hesperian 11:46, 10 October 2005 (UTC)
 * 5) support - a dillegent and constructive editor. works constructively with others to solve problems, and I've never seen Cyberjunkie involved in petty squabbles (or even more serious disputes). Adz 12:21, 10 October 2005 (UTC)
 * 6) Support, per nomination. Excellent Australian contributor. --bainer (talk) 12:54, 10 October 2005 (UTC)
 * 7) Support, per nomination. Plays well with others Qaz ( talk ) 13:10, 10 October 2005 (UTC)
 * 8) Strong Support. Cyberjunkie is brilliant Australian editor whose work is always of a very high standard. Extending administrative privileges to Cyberjunkie will be of immense benefit to Wikipedia. -- Ianblair23 13:15, 10 October 2005 (UTC)
 * 9) Strong Support.User:SatuSuro 14:53, 10 October 2005 (UTC)
 * 10) Strong support. He should've been an admin months ago. Ambi 15:26, 10 October 2005 (UTC)
 * 11) Support. "I thought he already was one!" --fuddlemark (fuddle me!) 15:41, 10 October 2005 (UTC)
 * 12) Support I had no idea that CJ was not an admin. =Nichalp «Talk»=  18:37, 10 October 2005 (UTC)
 * 13) Support Privat  e   Butcher  18:43, 10 October 2005 (UTC)
 * 14) Support Dl yo ns 493   Ta lk  19:29, 10 October 2005 (UTC)
 * 15) Support CambridgeBayWeather 19:59, 10 October 2005 (UTC)
 * 16) Support per nom. Christopher Parham (talk) 20:25, 10 October 2005 (UTC)
 * 17) Support--JAranda'' | yeah 21:28, 10 October 2005 (UTC)
 * 18) Support. I thought CJ was an admin, too.  I am sure the name tag will give it away in the future.  >:  Roby Wayne  Talk •  Hist •  E@ 21:33, 10 October 2005 (UTC)
 * 19) Support Geoff/Gsl 22:03, 10 October 2005 (UTC)
 * 20) Support Martyman 22:08, 10 October 2005 (UTC)
 * 21) Support--nixie 23:11, 10 October 2005 (UTC)
 * 22) Support - not already an admin? Astounding! If I had to start up my own wiki and pick fifty wikipedians to be admins on it, Cyberjunkie would be on that list. Give him one of those special gold-plated mops! Grutness...  wha?  00:20, 11 October 2005 (UTC)
 * 23) Support--User:AYArktos | Talk 00:45, 11 October 2005 (UTC)
 * 24) Support. RFA has had a lot of candidates lately, huh? Good thing that this one is another of the "excellent" kind. Tito xd (?!?) 00:58, 11 October 2005 (UTC)
 * 25) Default support. Denelson83 02:24, 11 October 2005 (UTC)
 * 26) Support Ryan Norton T 02:49, 11 October 2005 (UTC)
 * 27) Is it too late to add one more support vote? - Lucky 6.9 05:30, 11 October 2005 (UTC)
 * 28) Cool. --JuntungWu 07:14, 11 October 2005 (UTC)
 * 29) Exactly. Slac  speak up!  09:34, 11 October 2005 (UTC)
 * 30) Support. Why isn't he already? JPD 10:05, 11 October 2005 (UTC)
 * 31) Support. Friday (talk) 15:48, 11 October 2005 (UTC)
 * 32) Support Astrotrain 17:46, 11 October 2005 (UTC)
 * 33) Support. →Jo urna list  >>talk<<  21:05, 11 October 2005 (UTC)
 * 34) Support Bratsche talk 00:01, 12 October 2005 (UTC)
 * 35) Support --ZappaZ [[Image:Yin_yang.svg|12px]] 04:20, 12 October 2005 (UTC)
 * 36) Support --Seems like he knows what he's doing ;) James Pinnell 05:28, 12 October 2005 (UTC)
 * 37) Support — mæstro t/c4 05:54, 12 October 2005 (UTC)
 * 38) Support, has done very good work on Australia and New Zealand articles/portals, shows good judgement.-gadfium 07:09, 12 October 2005 (UTC)
 * 39) Support: good candidate. Filiocht | The kettle's on 09:10, 12 October 2005 (UTC)
 * 40) Support Cyberjunkie is seen by me around the place and I happily support their admin-ing. Alf melmac 15:23, 12 October 2005 (UTC)
 * 41) Fir  e  Fo  x  16:40, 12 October 2005 (UTC)
 * 42) Support - of course - a first rate Wikipedian. I'm amazed he's not an Admin' already.. ...en passant! 17:10, 12 October 2005 (UTC)
 * 43) Support. -Tim Rhymeless (Er...let's shimmy) 23:53, 12 October 2005 (UTC)
 * 44) Strong Support. ITHAWO.  -- Chuq 00:10, 13 October 2005 (UTC)
 * 45) Support; definitely. Antandrus  (talk) 01:44, 13 October 2005 (UTC)
 * 46) Support Zzyzx11 (Talk) 01:54, 13 October 2005 (UTC)
 * 47) Support. El_C 03:27, 13 October 2005 (UTC)
 * 48) -- (drini's page| ☎ ) 03:33, 13 October 2005 (UTC)
 * 49) Support. the wub  "?!"  11:51, 13 October 2005 (UTC)
 * 50) Support. --NormanEinstein 14:01, 13 October 2005 (UTC)
 * 51) You dare tell us what to do? You... you are a good and experienced editor! Cyberjunkie...
 * Get
 * out
 * of
 * my
 * head! — J I P | Talk 14:17, 13 October 2005 (UTC)
 * 1) Support, I've been waiting for this one! Alphax τεχ 11:01, 14 October 2005 (UTC)
 * 2) Support. ∞ Who ? ¿ ?  08:25, 15 October 2005 (UTC)
 * 3) (CTU) 5002 rebotcO 51 ,24:01 [[Image:Radioactive.svg|18px|]]™RAVIKLA  eciohc doog ...yug dedeah level troppuS
 * 4) Support. --Bhadani 13:18, 15 October 2005 (UTC)
 * 5) - Guettarda 13:37, 15 October 2005 (UTC)
 * 6) Support. --Mozasaur 15:44, 15 October 2005 (UTC)
 * 7) Support. Seems good enough. BD2412  talk 05:47, 16 October 2005 (UTC)
 * 8) What Nichalp said.  enceph  alon  12:03, 16 October 2005 (UTC)
 * 9) Support. a first rate user -- Ian ≡ talk 15:05, 16 October 2005 (UTC)
 * 10) Support -- Francs2000 [[Image:Flag of the United Kingdom.svg|25px| ]] 23:43, 16 October 2005 (UTC)
 * 11) Support for an excellent contributor and editor --Saluyot 02:01, 17 October 2005 (UTC)
 * 12) Support Nominator's name is pretty wierd. [[Image:Smilie.gif|20px]]Molotov (talk) [[Image:Flag of California.svg|25px]]  04:43, 17 October 2005 (UTC)

Oppose

Neutral

Comments

Questions for the candidate

A few generic questions to provide guidance for voters:
 * 1. What sysop chores, if any, would you anticipate helping with? (Please read the page about administrators and the administrators' reading list.)
 * A. I imagine my main sysop activity will be combating vandalism, something I do pretty frequently already. Although I tend to shy away from Afd – because I find the atmosphere a little…icky – I will continue to regularly vote there, and perhaps close some non-contentious discussions in the backlog. I also intend to assist newbie’s and other users, and to mediate in any conflicts taking place in any of the 2,300+ articles I currently monitor.

 * 2. Of your articles or contributions to Wikipedia, are there any about which you are particularly pleased, and why?
 * A. I don't keep a record of articles I either write or contribute to, so you'll have to review my contributions to get a more specific idea. In article space, though I do write new articles, I mostly expand upon or attempt to improve existing ones. My primary aim is to improve coverage of Australia- and Adelaide-related topics and issues, but I also dabble in more general articles. My major work has been in templates and portals.

 * 3. Have you been in any conflicts over editing in the past or do you feel other users have caused you stress? How have you dealt with it and how will you deal with it in the future?
 * A. I suppose I've been relatively fortunate in that I've not been involved in any serious conflicts, and certainly none personal – although I was once called "bossy" by an editor with whom I have since worked amicably :). Any disputes about content I have with others or others have with me have been worked out constructively on talk pages. I've skirted around the Skyring issue but have recently become more involved, and am prepared to weigh-in further if necessary. Most importantly, I dislike confrontation and will seek compromise wherever possible. I find Wikipedia therapeutic; however, every-now-and-then I will be on a (leniant) Wikibreak due to "real life" circumstances.--Cyberjunkie | Talk 07:49, 10 October 2005 (UTC)

 * The above discussion is preserved as an archive of the discussion. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as the article's talk page. No further edits should be made to this page.


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Talk:Albert Crocker

Crocker Motorcycles
Anyone doing cleanup should try to link this article to Crocker Motorcycles. Quale 00:45, 10 October 2005 (UTC)

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''The Crocker Motorcycle Company was resurected in 1999 and is manufacturing original reproduction replacement parts for both the original "Big and Small Tank" models. Production of complete Crocker Motorcycle's are planned for 2006.''

This information belongs in the Crocker Motorcycles article, not here. Added by an anon whose only interest in Wikipedia seems to be in advertising the new Crockers. Andrewa 19:45, 1 March 2006 (UTC)

Cleanup etc
I doubt that the and  tags are an improvement without any comment as to why the article (in somebody's opinion) is sub-standard.

Unless there's at least some discussion here supporting these tags, I think we should simply remove them. Andrewa 19:45, 1 March 2006 (UTC)

 * It's faults seem obvious and I'm working on a rewrite. Cheers, :) Dlohcierekim   19:13, 20 September 2006 (UTC)

license: Creative Commons - Attribution Share-Alike - https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

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Majid Khan (cricketer)

Majid Jahangir Khan (Pashto, ; born September 28, 1946), nicknamed "Majestic Khan" by the British press, is a former cricketer, batsman and captain of the Pakistan national cricket team. In his prime, he was considered to be one of the best batsmen in the world. Khan has been claimed as the best ever opening batsman against express pace, averaging over 50 each in test matches and World Cups when opening against the fearsome pace attacks of the 1970s West Indies and Australia, with all but 2 of these matches played away from home. In his first class cricket career spanning 18 years, from 1961 to 1985, Majid Khan played in 63 Test matches for Pakistan, scoring 3,931 runs with 8 centuries, scored over 27,000 first-class runs and made 73 first-class centuries, with 128 fifties. Majid played his last Test for Pakistan in January 1983 against India at Gaddafi Stadium, Lahore and his last One Day International (ODI) was in July 1982 against England at Old Trafford, Manchester.

Early life
Majid Jahangir Khan was born on 28 September, 1946 in Ludhiana, in the Punjab Province of British India (now in Punjab, India) into the Burki tribe of Pashtuns. Khan grew up in Lahore, the capital of the Punjab province of Pakistan. His father, Jahangir Khan, had played Test cricket for India before the Partition of India in 1947. He is a cousin of former Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan, who was also a former captain of the Pakistan national cricket team before entering politics. Majid Khan started his career as a pace bowler, but a back injury and doubts over his technique converted him into an off-spin bowler and batsman.

Khan also played for Glamorgan and Cambridge University in Britain, for Queensland in Australia, and in Pakistan for Pakistan International Airlines, Rawalpindi, Lahore and the province of Punjab. His father, Dr. Jahangir Khan, famously killed a bird in flight while bowling during an MCC vs. Cambridge University match in 1936. This bird is now part of the permanent MCC museum exhibit at Lord's Cricket ground. Dr. Jahangir Khan was the Chief Selector of then Board of Control for Cricket in Pakistan (BCCP) when Majid Khan was close to national selection. Dr. Jahangir Khan resigned from his post to maintain the impartiality of the Cricket Board during selection.

International career
In 1964, Majid's Test career started against Australia at National Stadium, Karachi. Majid Khan is one of only six batsmen (the other five are Trumper, Macartney, Bradman, Warner and Shikhar Dhawan), to have scored a century before lunch on the first day of a test match, scoring 108 not-out off 78 balls against New Zealand in Karachi during the 1976–77 test series. Khan made his ODI debut against New Zealand in 1973 at Lancaster Park, New Zealand. He also holds the unique honour of scoring the first one-day century for Pakistan, in an ODI against England at Trent Bridge on 31 August 1974. Khan scored 109 from 93 balls with 16 fours and a six, leading Pakistan to victory.

Majid had played for Lahore since 1961–62 and had made his Test debut against Australia in 1964–65 and toured England and Wales with the 1967 Pakistanis. During a match with Glamorgan, Majid blasted a rapid 147 in 89 minutes, hitting Roger Davis for five sixes in one over. Wilf Wooller, the club secretary, had been a close friend of Majid's father when Dr Jahangir Khan had been up at Cambridge, and the influential Glamorgan secretary persuaded Glamorgan county to sign him as the overseas player from 1968. In 1972 he won the Walter Lawrence Trophy for the season's fastest century which he scored in 70 minutes for Glamorgan against Warwickshire. He captained the Welsh county between 1973 and 1976, scored over 9000 runs punctuated with 21 first-class centuries for them. Imran Khan, the legendary Pakistani ex-captain and fast bowler, and Javed Burki are his cousins. Bazid Khan, Majid's son, has also played for Pakistan, making the family the second, after the Headleys, to have three consecutive generations of Test cricketers.

Initially, Majid Khan continued to boost Pakistan's middle order until he was promoted to fill the opener's slot with Sadiq Mohammad in 1974. He was the first century scorer for Pakistan in One Day International Cricket, scoring 109 runs against England at Trent Bridge, Nottingham in the same season. Majid Khan was also a specialist slip fielder and made most catches look easy. Khan was also well known as a "walker", maintaining the standards of the game in an era when professionalism was straining at the game's traditional etiquette.

The 1976–77 tour of West Indies was the most remarkable period for Majid Khan, where he scored 530 Test runs against one of the most powerful bowling attacks in the history of the game. His best innings was perhaps the 167 in Pakistan's second innings at Georgetown that saved Pakistan from likely defeat. Pakistan lost that series 2–1.

Administration career
After retirement from International Cricket, Khan became an administrator with the Pakistan Cricket Board, becoming the CEO of the board in the mid-1990s. He was the Chief Selector for Pakistan in 1993. He officiated the Australia and West Indies Test series in 1995 as a match-referee. He was the Chief Executive of the Pakistan Board but resigned after levelling match-fixing allegations against the Pakistan team in the 1999 World Cup. His claims were backed by Sarfraz Nawaz at the time but led to no prosecutions. He now lives in Islamabad.

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Blood (This Mortal Coil album)

Blood is the third and final album released by 4AD collective This Mortal Coil, an umbrella title for a loose grouping of guest musicians and vocalists brought together by label co-founder Ivo Watts-Russell. The supergroup consists primarily of artists attached to the 4AD label, of which Watts-Russell was boss and president at the time. The double album was released in April 1991, and was the second release on 4AD to utilize the double album-identifier "DAD" prefix in its catalog number.

Blood was the final LP in the project's history, although Watts-Russell collaborated again with two TMC performers on his next project, The Hope Blister, in 1998. A remastered and repackaged CD edition of Blood was issued with the complete This Mortal Coil recordings in a self-titled box set, released in late November 2011. The CD was released individually shortly thereafter.

In 2013, NME ranked the album at number 493 in its list of The 500 Greatest Albums of All Time.

Credits
Personnel as printed in the liner notes:
 * 1) "The Lacemaker"
 * 2) *Voices: Caroline Crawley, Deirdre Rutkowski
 * 3) *Music: Ivo Watts-Russell
 * 4) *Strings: Martin McCarrick, Jocelyn Pook, Sally Herbert, Sonia Slaney
 * 5) *Programming: John Fryer
 * 6) "Mr Somewhere"
 * 7) *Voice: Caroline Crawley
 * 8) *Music: Jon Turner
 * 9) *Cello: Martin McCarrick
 * 10) "Andialu"
 * 11) *Voice: Alison Limerick
 * 12) *Music: Ivo Watts-Russell, John Fryer
 * 13) "With Tomorrow"
 * 14) *Voice: Deirdre Rutkowski
 * 15) *Music: Jon Turner
 * 16) "Loose Joints"
 * 17) *Music: Ivo Watts-Russell
 * 18) *Strings: Martin McCarrick, Jocelyn Pook, Sally Herbert, Sonia Slaney
 * 19) *Programming: John Fryer
 * 20) "You and Your Sister"
 * 21) *Voices: Kim Deal, Tanya Donelly
 * 22) *Music: Jon Turner
 * 23) *Strings: Martin McCarrick, Jocelyn Pook, Sally Herbert, Sonia Slaney
 * 24) "Nature's Way"
 * 25) *Voices: Alison Limerick, Deirdre Rutkowski
 * 26) *Strings: Martin McCarrick, Jocelyn Pook, Sally Herbert, Sonia Slaney
 * 27) "I Come and Stand at Every Door"
 * 28) *Voices: Louise Rutkowski, Deirdre Rutkowski, Tim Freeman
 * 29) *Violin: Gini Ball
 * 30) *Music: Ivo Watts-Russell
 * 31) *Programming: John Fryer
 * 32) "Bitter"
 * 33) *Voices: Ikuko Kozu, Alison Limerick, Deirdre Rutkowski
 * 34) *Music: Ivo Watts-Russell
 * 35) *Guitar: Jim Williams
 * 36) *Strings: Martin McCarrick, Jocelyn Pook, Sally Herbert, Sonia Slaney
 * 37) *Programming: John Fryer
 * 38) "Baby Ray Baby"
 * 39) *Voice: Deirdre Rutkowski
 * 40) *Music: Ivo Watts-Russell
 * 41) *Programming: John Fryer
 * 42) "Several Times"
 * 43) *Voice: Deirdre Rutkowski
 * 44) *Violin: Gini Ball
 * 45) *Music: Pieter Nooten
 * 46) *Programming: John Fryer
 * 47) "The Lacemaker II"
 * 48) *Music: Ivo Watts-Russell
 * 49) *Strings: Martin McCarrick, Jocelyn Pook, Sally Herbert, Sonia Slaney
 * 50) *Programming: John Fryer
 * 51) "Late Night"
 * 52) *Voice: Caroline Crawley
 * 53) *Music: Jon Turner, Ivo Watts-Russell
 * 54) "Ruddy and Wretched"
 * 55) *Music: Ivo Watts-Russell
 * 56) *Programming: John Fryer
 * 57) *Guitar: Jim Williams
 * 58) *Voice: Anne Garrigues
 * 59) "Help Me Lift You Up"
 * 60) *Voices: Caroline Crawley, Deirdre Rutkowski
 * 61) *Music and programming: Jon Turner
 * 62) "Carolyn's Song"
 * 63) *Voice: Deirdre Rutkowski
 * 64) *Strings: Martin McCarrick, Jocelyn Pook, Sally Herbert, Sonia Slaney
 * 65) *Piano: Jon Turner
 * 66) *Guitar: Jim Williams
 * 67) *Drums: Rain Parade
 * 68) "D.D. and E."
 * 69) *Voice: Deirdre Rutkowski
 * 70) *Music: Ivo Watts-Russell
 * 71) "'Til I Gain Control Again"
 * 72) *Voices: Heidi Berry, Louise Rutkowski, Deirdre Rutkowski
 * 73) *Piano: Jon Turner
 * 74) *Strings: Martin McCarrick, Jocelyn Pook, Sally Herbert, Sonia Slaney
 * 75) "Dreams Are Like Water"
 * 76) *Voice: Deirdre Rutkowski
 * 77) *Music: Ivo Watts-Russell
 * 78) *Programming: John Fryer
 * 79) "I Am the Cosmos"
 * 80) *Voices: Dominic Appleton, Deirdre Rutkowski
 * 81) *Music and programming: Jon Turner
 * 82) *Guitar: Jim Williams
 * 83) "(Nothing But) Blood"
 * 84) *Voice: Deirdre Rutkowski
 * 85) *Music: Ivo Watts-Russell
 * 86) *Programming: John Fryer
 * Produced by Ivo Watts-Russell
 * Co-produced and engineered by John Fryer
 * Additional engineering by Jon Turner
 * Recorded at Blackwing Studios, London and Palladium Studios, Edinburgh
 * Mixed at Blackwing Studios, London
 * Mastering by Gus Shaw
 * String arrangements by Martin McCarrick
 * Sleeve design by Vaughan Oliver/v23
 * Black and white photography by Nigel Grierson; colour photography by Claire Lazarus

title: Blood (This Mortal Coil album)


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Thomas Bailey

Thomas or Tom Bailey may refer to:

Sports

 * Tom Bailey (footballer) (1888–?), English footballer
 * Thomas Bailey (footballer, born 1904) (1904–1983), Welsh footballer
 * Tom Bailey (American football) (1949–2005), American football player
 * Tom Bailey (cricketer) (born 1991), English cricketer
 * Tom Bailey (baseball) (born 1992), Australian baseball player

Writers

 * Thomas Bailey (topographer) (1785–1856), English topographer and writer
 * Thomas A. Bailey (1902–1983), American historian and textbook author
 * Tom Bailey (author) (born 1961), American author and editor

Characters

 * Tom Bailey (EastEnders), character in EastEnders
 * Thomas Bailey, the father of Will Bailey, character on U.S. TV series The West Wing

Others

 * Thomas Bailey (priest) (died 1657), 17th century English religious controversialist
 * Thomas P. Bailey (1867–1949), American educator
 * Thomas Jennings Bailey (1867–1963), U.S. federal judge
 * Thomas L. Bailey (1888–1946), American politician, Governor of Mississippi, 1944–1946
 * Thomas D. Bailey (1897–1974), American educator
 * Thomas H. Bailey (born 1936/37), American financier and founder of mutual fund Janus
 * Tom Bailey (musician) (born 1954), English musician
 * Tom Bailey (singer) (fl. 2015–2017), English singer and producer

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Lupe Fiasco

Wasalu Muhammad Jaco (born February 16, 1982), better known by his stage name Lupe Fiasco, is an American rapper and record producer. He rose to fame in 2006 following the success of his debut album, Lupe Fiasco's Food & Liquor. He also performs as the frontman of rock band Japanese Cartoon under his real name. As an entrepreneur, Fiasco was the chief executive officer of 1st and 15th Entertainment.

Raised in Chicago, Fiasco developed an interest in hip hop after initially disliking the genre for its use of vulgarity and misogyny. After adopting the name Lupe Fiasco and recording songs in his father's basement, 19-year-old Fiasco joined a group called Da Pak. The group disbanded shortly after its inception, and Fiasco soon met rapper Jay-Z, who helped him sign a record deal with Atlantic Records.

In September 2006, Fiasco released his debut album Lupe Fiasco's Food & Liquor on the label, which received three Grammy nominations. He released his second album, Lupe Fiasco's The Cool, in December 2007. The lead single "Superstar" became his first top 40 hit on the Billboard Hot 100. After a two-year delay, his third album, Lasers, was released in May 2011 to mixed reviews; however, it became his first album to debut at number one on the Billboard 200. The album was preceded by his highest-charting single, "The Show Goes On", which peaked at number 9. He released his fourth album, Food & Liquor II: The Great American Rap Album Pt. 1, in September 2012. His fifth album, Tetsuo & Youth, released in January 2015. His sixth album, Drogas Light, released in February 2017. His seventh album, Drogas Wave, released in September 2018. His eighth album, Drill Music in Zion, was released in June 2022. His ninth and latest album, Samurai, was released in June 2024.

In addition to music, Fiasco has pursued other business ventures, including fashion. He runs two clothing lines, Righteous Kung-Fu and Trilly & Truly; he has designed sneakers for Reebok. He has been involved with charitable activities, including the Summit on the Summit expedition, and in 2010, he recorded a benefit single for victims of the 2010 Haiti earthquake. Fiasco is also noted for his anti-establishment views, which he has expressed in both interviews and his music.

1982–1999: Early life
Fiasco was born Wasalu Muhammad Jaco on February 16, 1982, in Chicago, Illinois. Fiasco is of West African descent, one of nine children of Shirley, a chef, and Gregory, an engineer. His father, a member of the Black Panther Party, was a prolific African drummer, karate teacher, operating plant engineer, and owner of karate schools and army surplus stores. Fiasco was raised Muslim on the West Side of Chicago on Madison Terrace housing project. At the age of three, he began taking martial arts classes. His parents divorced when he was five, and he went on to live with his mother, but his father still remained an important part of his life. He described his father's influence over the family by saying, "After school, my father would come and get us and take us out into the world—one day, we're listening to N.W.A, the next day we're listening to Ravi Shankar, the next day, he's teaching us how to shoot an AK-47, the next day, we're at karate class, the next day, we're in Chinatown...".

In sixth grade, he went to live with his father full-time in Harvey, Illinois. His father lived next door to a crack house and taught Fiasco to use guns to defend himself from drug dealers. Despite his unstable upbringing, Fiasco states that he was well-educated as a child, asserting that his parents exposed him to a diverse array of subjects and that reading was highly encouraged in his household. As a teenager, Fiasco participated in Academic Decathlon competitions. His mother described him by saying, "He was a great spirited child. Smart, a bit complex; he kind of was a loner; he didn't hang with a lot of people...He always had the glasses. Always had a book bag over his shoulder and some type of a writing tablet." Fiasco initially disliked hip hop music for its use of vulgarity, and preferred to listen to jazz; he idolized clarinet player Benny Goodman. His struggle to learn to play an instrument led him to create poetry instead, which led to his interest in the lyrical aspects of music.

He began rapping his poems in the eighth grade, and upon hearing Nas' 1996 album, It Was Written, began to pursue hip hop. While attending Thornton Township High School, Fiasco met gang member Bishop G. The two became friends due to their shared interest in music. Fiasco's father allowed him and Bishop to make mixtapes in his basement, and the two gained notoriety at the school for their music. However, they were kicked off stage during their first performance because their eclectic musical style was not embraced by the hip hop community. Early in his career, he went by stage names Little Lu and Lu tha Underdog. Growing up, Fiasco was given the nickname "Lu", the last part of his first name, by his mother. "Lupe" is an extension of this nickname, which he borrowed from a friend from high school. "Fiasco" is a reference to The Firm song "Firm Fiasco"; the rapper "liked the way it looked on paper." He also said of his name, "You know how rappers always have names like MC Terrorist—like they're 'terrorizing' other rappers? I knew fiasco meant a great disaster or something like that, but I didn't realize that the person named Fiasco would be the disaster, and that you should be calling other MCs fiascos—not yourself...it kind of humbled me in a sense. It taught me like, 'Yo, stop rushing, or you're going to have some fiascos.'"

2000–2005: Career beginnings
When Fiasco was 18, he began creating music as a solo artist in his father's basement, even though his parents were not keen on having their son be a rapper. He scoured flea markets and secondhand stores, where he was able to find an old mixing board and a record player, stacks of vinyl records, and mic stands. At age 19, Fiasco joined a group called Da Pak, which was influenced by other California gangsta rappers such as Spice 1 and Ice Cube. Da Pak signed to Epic Records and released one single before splitting up. Fiasco later described the experience, saying "We had a song out about cocaine, guns, and women, and I would go to a record store and look at it and think, 'What are you doing?' I felt like a hypocrite. I was acting like this rapper who would never be judged, and I had to destroy that guy. Because what Lupe Fiasco says on this microphone is going to come back to Wasalu Jaco. When the music cuts off, you have to go home and live with what you say."

After turning away from gangsta rap, he developed a greater appreciation of the lyricism of Jay Z and Nas. His mother also gave him a record of the influential group The Watts Prophets, one of the first bands to use spoken words with music. Although he was without a group for the first time, Fiasco continued to record music. One of these first self-recorded tracks was "Could Have Been", which described the career options he could have pursued had he not begun rapping. He viewed the song as a turning point in his career that marked a drastic change in the subject matter of his music. "Could Have Been" was released as a demo tape and discovered by MTV despite the fact that no video was created for the song.

Fiasco later signed a solo deal with Arista Records, but was dropped when president and CEO L.A. Reid was fired. During his short tenure at Arista, he met Jay-Z, who was the president of Def Jam Recordings at the time. Jay-Z referred to him as a "breath of fresh air", saying that he reminded him of a younger version of himself. Jay-Z later helped him get a record deal at Atlantic Records. While Fiasco was working on his debut solo album, he released his mixtape series Fahrenheit 1/15 over the internet, which gained notoriety by word-of-mouth.

He remixed Kanye West's song, "Diamonds from Sierra Leone", renaming the new version as "Conflict Diamonds". With this remix, Fiasco wished to raise awareness of the conflict diamond business. This caught West's attention, and he asked Fiasco to perform on the song "Touch the Sky" for West's album Late Registration. The song, which sampled Curtis Mayfield's "Move On Up", became a hit in the Billboard Hot 100, peaking at number forty-two. After this success, Fiasco's first single "Kick, Push" was released earlier than expected. The song was a love story about two people sharing a passion for skateboarding, a topic generally not discussed in hip-hop. Fiasco explained, "[Skateboarding culture is] just as deep as hip-hop. I'm not the greatest skateboarder, but I'm a damn good rapper, so I made a damn good skateboarding song." The single, and its accompanying music video, helped Fiasco get attention in the hip-hop community, and was later nominated for two 2007 Grammy Awards. During this time, he recorded guest performances on Tha' Rayne's "Kiss Me" and "Didn't You Know" singles, and also on K Foxx's 2004 "This Life".

2006–2008: Lupe Fiasco's Food & Liquor and The Cool
Jay Z assisted him in the production of what would become his debut album Lupe Fiasco's Food & Liquor. The title of the album is a reference to 'Food and Liquor' stores common in Chicago. He explains, "The store is where everything is at...Food to me represents growth and progression. You eat food and you get strength. You need it to live. Liquor is not a necessity; it is a want. It destroys you. It breaks you down. I can see why it's prohibited in Islam...I've always felt like liquor represents the bad, the food represents the good, and everyone is made up of a little of both." Lupe Fiasco's Food & Liquor was officially released on September 19, 2006. The album featured production from Jay-Z, Kanye West, Mike Shinoda, The Neptunes, Prolyfic, among others. The record spawned the singles "Kick, Push", "I Gotcha" and "Daydreamin'" featuring Jill Scott. The critically lauded album was later nominated for three Grammy Awards including Best Rap Album. Fiasco won "Best Urban/Alternative Performance" for "Daydreamin'". In the same year, he was voted by GQ magazine as the "Breakout Man of the Year." He also received four BET Hip Hop Award nominations, and it made it to number eight on the Billboard 200 and number two on the Billboard Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums chart. That same year he participated in the first Cypher at the BET Hip-Hop Awards.

In 2007, Fiasco announced his second album, Lupe Fiasco's The Cool, a concept album that expands on the story of the track of the same name on his first album. While recording this album, Fiasco's father died of type II diabetes and his business partner, Charles "Chilly" Patton, was convicted of attempting to supply heroin to a drug ring and was eventually sentenced to 44 years in a correctional facility. These events greatly affected Fiasco and the subsequent themes discussed on the record. The disc was released in December 2007 in United States while the first single and video from the album, "Superstar" featuring Matthew Santos was released the first week of November 2007. Lupe Fiasco's The Cool, a concept album that expanded upon recurring themes in Food & Liquor, is about "a hustler who dies and comes back to life, only to get robbed by two little kids with the same gun that killed him." Fiasco decided not to work with well-known producers for the album since he considered it to be "too expensive", noting the commercial failure of his Pharrell collaboration, "I Gotcha".

Lupe Fiasco's The Cool was very well received by critics and was referred to as "one of the year's best hip-hop albums" by The New York Times. "Superstar", a semi-autobiographical account of his rise to fame, was released as the first single from the album, and peaked at number 10 on the Billboard Hot 100. Baseball's Hanley Ramírez, Troy Tulowitzki, Ryan Zimmerman, Gerald Laird and Ryan Braun have used "Superstar" as their at-bat song. The album's second single (released in the UK in April 2008) was "Paris, Tokyo" – a song based around Fiasco's experiences of touring the world between his first and second albums. Moreover, in 2007 it was revealed that Fiasco, Kanye West and Pharrell Williams had formed a group called Child Rebel Soldier. CRS initially released one single, entitled "US Placers" and featuring a Thom Yorke sample. In an interview with The Village Voice, Fiasco revealed that he was writing a novel about a window washer, aptly titled Reflections of a Window Washer. In 2008, Fiasco and his band 1500 or Nothin joined Kanye West's Glow in the Dark Tour which also featured Rihanna and N.E.R.D. The tour stopped in several cities, including his hometown of Chicago. In 2008, MTV named Fiasco the 7th Hottest MC in the Game and announced that he was remixing The Cool with French electro house act Justice.

2009–2011: Lasers
At a performance in New Zealand in February 2010, Fiasco performed new material from the then-titled We Are Lasers for the first time. He claimed that the album was complete and waiting for a release date from his label, Atlantic Records. However, Atlantic feared that the record lacked commercial singles, and presented Fiasco with songs the label wanted him to record. Fiasco declined, as he was told he would not have any ownership of the songs. He explained, "I don't think the label cares about an album...People just want their number-one record." For six months, the cause of the album's delay remained unclear to the public. In response, Fiasco's fans created an online petition demanding that Atlantic Records release Lasers. The petition garnered considerable attention on hip hop blog sites as well as over 16,000 signatures. Fiasco stated that the petition "brought [him] to tears", and in response to the petition, Fiasco released a song titled "B.M.F-Building Minds Faster" to thank his fans.

While waiting for Lasers to be released, Fiasco completed another album, titled Food & Liquor II: The Great American Rap Album. He was unsure if the Food and Liquor II would ever be released, though he released the song "Go To Sleep" from the record "out of desperation" to put out new music. He also pursued numerous side projects in the midst of the delay. In April 2010, Fiasco formed the hip hop collective All City Chess Club along with Pharrell, Asher Roth, B.o.B, The Cool Kids, Charles Hamilton, Blu, Diggy Simmons, Wale, J. Cole, & Dosage. The group has so far made one song, a remix of Fiasco's "I'm Beamin". Additionally, On July 16, 2010, Fiasco released his rock side-project Japanese Cartoon's debut EP In The Jaws of the Lords of Death. Japanese Cartoon was influenced by a variety of musical genres, with Fiasco saying, "I've always been a fan of all music...Hip hop is just something I actually know how to do but I always had aspirations to participate in other forms of music. Once I got to create some hip hop, it was like, 'Okay, what am I going to do now?' So my artistic side was like, 'Yo, let's do some rock music.'"

More than two and a half years after the album's completion, Lasers was released on March 8, 2011. The first single from the record was "The Show Goes On", which samples "Float On" by Modest Mouse. "The Show Goes On" debuted at number 57 on the Billboard Hot 100. The lead single peaked at number 9 since then. The producers involved on the album include Alex Da Kidd, King David "The Future" and Jerry "Wonda" Duplessis, while featured artists include Skylar Grey, Trey Songz, and John Legend. Upon the album's release, Lasers debuted at number one on the Billboard 200 chart, with first-week sales of 204,000 copies. Despite the album's commercial success, Lasers received mixed reviews from most music critics. Writing for AllMusic, editor Andy Kellman gave the record three out of five stars and criticized its "lumbering, overwrought choruses", writing that "If there is one MC whose rhymes should not be dulled for the sake of chasing pop trends, it's Lupe Fiasco". Lasers, however, was nominated Best Rap Album, with "The Show Goes On" nominated for Best Rap Performance, and Best Rap Song at the 2012 Grammy Awards. Lupe Fiasco later involved himself at the Occupy Wall Street movement where he donated tents and released a poem in support of the protesters. He also released his "Friend of the People: I Fight Evil" mixtape on Thanksgiving Day.

2012–2013: Food & Liquor II: The Great American Rap Album
Fiasco subsequently released Food & Liquor 2, as well as put work into a joint album with fellow Child Rebel Soldier & All City Chess Club member Pharrell. Prior to the album's release, he revealed that there would be no more mixtapes after "Friend Of The People: I Fight Evil" prior to Food & Liquor II: The Great American Rap Album, which was planned to be a double-disc with Part I set to release in fall 2012. Its lead single, the Simonsayz and B-Side produced track Around My Way (Freedom Ain't Free), was released on May 21, which stirred controversy from an infuriated Pete Rock for using a sample from They Reminisce Over You (T.R.O.Y.). Rock said that he felt "so violated" by the use of the sample, although the original track itself used samples from Tom Scott and James Brown.

In 2012, Fiasco also collaborated with Australian singer Guy Sebastian on the single "Battle Scars". The single was recorded in Sebastian's Sydney studio when Fiasco was in Australia for Supafest, and is featured on Sebastian's album Armageddon. It debuted at number one in Australia in its first week, becoming Fiasco's first number one single. On 21 August it was announced "Battle Scars" would be included on Fiasco's fourth album, Food & Liquor II: The Great American Rap Album Pt. 1, and was released as the fourth single in the United States on 28 August 2012. It reached number 71 on the Billboard Hot 100 Chart, number 23 on the Billboard Digital Song Chart and number one on the R&B/Hip-Hop Digital Song Chart. The song spent 20 nonconsecutive weeks in the Billboard Hot 100, and reached platinum certification. "Battle Scars" spent six weeks at number one in Australia, and has been certified 9× platinum by ARIA. It also reached number two and double platinum in New Zealand and number two in Norway.

Food & Liquor II: The Great American Rap Album Pt. 1 was released on September 25, 2012. The songs "Go to Sleep" and "Bitch Bad" were also released as singles. The album received generally positive reviews from contemporary music critics. At Metacritic, which assigns a normalized rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, the album received an average score of 70, which indicates "generally favorable reviews", based on 18 reviews. It was also nominated for Best Rap Album at the 55th Grammy Awards. Originally, the album was set to be released as a double-disc album, but Atlantic Records did not allow this arrangement, so the album was divided into two. It was confirmed that a Part 2 will be released in Spring 2013. Lupe has said the album showcases more of his dexterity and lyrical substance. S1 has confirmed to be producing on the album. On January 17, 2013, he canceled the plan for the release of the second part of the original double disk. He then said that he would release another studio album in 2013.

2013–2015: Tetsuo & Youth
On February 10, 2013, on the red carpet for the Grammy Awards he announced his fifth studio album would be titled Tetsuo & Youth. Since then, he has released songs that are not slated to be on Tetsuo & Youth. These songs are "Light Blue" and "Jonylah Forever." Upon hearing her name in Lupe's song Form Follows Function, Imogen Heap reached out to Lupe on Twitter to give a thank you which led to Fiasco asking her to appear on his next album making her a possible guest artist on Tetsuo and Youth. On August 4, 2013, Lupe Fiasco revealed a new song would be released on September 11, titled "Peace of Paper/Cup of Jayzus".

On August 24, 2013, Fiasco revealed the first song from Tetsuo & Youth, "Crack", featuring Chris Brown. Then on October 3, 2013, Fiasco announced the Tetsuo & Youth Preview tour to take place between November 2 and December 15, 2013. The tour featuring label-mate Stalley as a supporting act, and The Boy Illinois as an opening act. He also revealed the album Tetsuo & Youth would be released in early 2014, but was later postponed to 2015. On October 14, 2013, Fiasco released the first supposed song from the album, "Old School Love", featuring singer Ed Sheeran. Then on October 21, 2013, Fiasco revealed that Big K.R.I.T. and Rick Ross would also be featured on the album.

On May 19, 2014, Fiasco released the first promotional single before the announcement of the album's track list. "Mission" is a track to empower those facing cancer, revere cancer survivors, and remember those who have passed due to cancer-related illnesses," he explains. He has teamed up with Stand Up to Cancer as a celebrity ambassador. Together, they are planning collaborations tied to the track that will be unveiled the same year. On June 24, 2014, Fiasco released a second promotional single titled "Next to It" which features Ty Dolla Sign on the hook.

Most recently due to the Ferguson riots of 2014, Lupe Fiasco has ended up on Twitter feuds with fellow rappers Azealia Banks and Kid Cudi. The feud between Kid Cudi and Lupe Fiasco has not been resolved and has reportedly become worse, with Lupe Fiasco making threats on MTV.

On August 29, 2015, Lupe surprised fans with a new free mixtape, entitled Pharaoh Height, featuring six new tracks that carry Egyptian-themed titles with cuts like "Valleys," "Kings," and "Pyramid."

2016–2018: Drogas Light and Drogas Wave
In April 2016, Fiasco announced that he would release a final three albums (Drogas, Skulls, and Roy), later becoming Drogas, Drogas Light, and Skulls, but in October 2016, he announced he wouldn't release those albums between October and January and past 2017 would release new music. On December 12, 2016, Lupe released his "N.E.R.D" freestyle (named after the funk rock duo of that name and over the instrumental to J. Cole's "Everybody Dies"), which included the line "Artist gettin' robbed for their publishing/By dirty Jewish execs that think his alms from the covenant." Brian "DJ Z" Zisook of hip-hop website DJBooth, who is Jewish, wrote an editorial denouncing that line for its alleged anti-Semitism. After "N.E.R.D" was apparently removed by SoundCloud for "hate speech," Lupe ultimately tweeted that he saw the situation as a sign from God to retire from music for good, announcing the cancellation of Drogas, Drogas Light and Skulls. However, he announced DROGAS light would be released on 10 February 2017. The new album will be distributed through the record label Thirty Tigers.

In March 2018, Fiasco premiered a three-part television documentary called Beat N Path where he embarked on a journey around China to follow his passion for martial arts. This documentary is a tribute to his late father who was a grand master and ran a martial arts school in Chicago. His experiences will help him write his next single called "Air China". The documentary aired exclusively on KIX in Southeast Asia.

On September 13, 2018, Fiasco announced that Drogas Wave will be released on September 21, 2018. The album is the second part of a planned trilogy of albums, with Drogas Light as its predecessor followed by Skulls.

2022–present: Drill Music in Zion and Samurai
Fiasco released Drill Music in Zion on June 24, 2022, through 1st & 15th Too and Thirty Tigers. It was preceded by two singles, "Autoboto" and "Drill Music in Zion". On 9 December 2022, Fiasco was featured on Aesop Rock's song "Pumpkin Seeds", produced by Blockhead. The song is a fundraiser for the Collaboratory, an organization promoting two local DIY skateparks in Dayton, Ohio.

On 28 April 2023, Fiasco released the song "SentRock" in collaboration with the Chicago visual artist SentRock. The song was written and produced by Fiasco, while SentRock painted a piece with references to the song's lyrics.

Fiasco released Samurai on June 28, 2024, through 1st & 15th Too and Thirty Tigers. It was preceded by two singles, "Samurai" and "Cake". Samurai is a concept album dedicated to the life and legacy of neo-soul singer Amy Winehouse.

Influences
Fiasco's influence include Nas, Jay Z, Common, AZ, De La Soul, N.W.A, Mos Def, Pharrell Williams, A Tribe Called Quest, Q-Tip, Linkin Park and Gang Starr.

Lyrical style
Fiasco, along with rappers Common, Mos Def and Talib Kweli, has been credited as a pioneer of the conscious hip hop movement, which focuses on social issues. Subjects touched upon on Lupe Fiasco's Food & Liquor include absent parents, terrorism, Islam and religion, war, and prostitution. Fiasco attributes his interest in social issues to his highly cultured upbringing, as he describes his mother as "very intellectual" and his father as a "Renaissance man". He rejects the misogyny common in hip hop, which he discusses in the song "Hurt Me Soul". Despite this, Fiasco is opposed to censorship in music: "If we're going to [censor things] that are offensive, then we are going to have to blind and deafen everyone. Come on, man. Let's focus on education and literacy and poverty."

Fiasco employs various lyrical techniques in his songwriting. The rapper views hip-hop as a medium conducive to storytelling, a primary element of his lyrics due to his background in theater. He wrote plays as a child, which had a strong effect on his songwriting approaches. Fiasco utilizes both metaphors and literal statements in his work, which he describes as "getting from point A to point B in as few words as possible". His use of metaphors is exemplified by the song "Gotta Eat" from Lupe Fiasco's The Cool, which is told from the perspective of a cheeseburger and addresses the poor nutrition in black communities in the United States, while using a continuous metaphor of drug dealing and hustling.

Philanthropy and business ventures
In 2001, Fiasco co-founded 1st & 15th Entertainment with Charles "Chilly" Patton. 1st & 15th is an independent record label separate from Atlantic Records named after the traditional twice-monthly paycheck dates. Although his albums are released by Atlantic since he is under contract with it, most of his works are usually produced by 1st & 15th and its in-house producers. Although Fiasco was initially to serve as vice-president, he became CEO after Patton was convicted on drug charges. Fiasco and singer Matthew Santos were two of the most recognizable signed artists. In November 2009, Fiasco announced he would discontinue the 1st & 15th label: "It was just such a 'this isn't right for you right now. This isn't gonna work for you right now. You need to be focused on you. Do you really want that, do you really have the capacity to do it?'" In March 2013, Fiasco took to Twitter to announce that he had become the Creative Director at Higi, a scoring system based in the Chicago area that helps you to discover more about yourself so you can look, live and feel better.

In 2005, he founded Righteous Kung-Fu, a company that designs fashions, sneakers, toys, video games, comic books, and graphics for album covers and skateboard decks. Fiasco also runs a fashion line out of Righteous Kung-Fu called Trilly & Truly. He has sponsored a skateboard team and has endorsements from DGK Skateboards. In January 2006, Fiasco signed with major footwear and apparel corporation Reebok, becoming part of the "O.G" marketing campaign where rap artists such as Lil Wayne and Mike Jones designed their own personal colorway of the Reebok "O.G" model.

In 2009, Fiasco performed in The People Speak, a documentary feature film that employs musical performances of the letters, diaries, and speeches of everyday Americans, based on historian Howard Zinn's A People's History of the United States. On January 7, 2010, Fiasco joined musician Kenna, actress Jessica Biel, and other celebrities and activists for an expedition to the top of Mount Kilimanjaro called Summit on the Summit to raise awareness of the billions of people worldwide who lack access to sanitary drinking water. On January 20, 2010, Fiasco released a track called "Resurrection" with Kenna in response to the 2010 Haiti earthquake. The song, part of a compilation released through the charity Music for Relief, aimed to encourage donations for immediate relief and long-term recovery following the disaster.

Between 2020 and 2023, Fiasco has been a visiting scholar and artist at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, which he taught the class "Rap Theory and Practice". He often collaborates with Professor of Digital Media Nick Montfort.

Hobbies
Lupe Fiasco is an avid gamer and likes to play the Street Fighter series of fighting games. He surprisingly won an exhibition match of Street Fighter V against professional player Daigo Umehara in 2016, defeating him 3–2 using Ken.

During a 2008 interview with methodshop, Lupe Fiasco revealed that he has "a black belt in karate, two black belts in the styles of samurai sword fighting, kendo and aido" as well as "the equivalent of a black belt in Chinese wushu." Fiasco is such a fan of martial arts, he named one of his companies "Righteous Kung-Fu," a brand that does fashion design, sneakers, toys, video games, comic books and more. He also once revealed on Facebook that his family is "three generations deep in the martial arts" and they have 5 Karate schools in Chicago.

Religion
Lupe Fiasco has stated on MTV's Rap Fix, as well as in various other media, that he is Muslim and that Islam "plays a part in my life and everything I do, to a certain extent... I don't like putting my religion out there, I don't like wearing it like that, because I don't want people to look at me as the poster child for Islam. I'm not. I don't want them to look at my flaws and be like, 'oh, that's the flaws of Islam'." His mixtape series Fahrenheit 1/15 featured a remix of Kanye West's "Jesus Walks" entitled "Muhammad Walks", which went on to become very popular in the Muslim community. He can be heard using Islamic recitals in "Hurt Me Soul", "Little Weapon", "Hi-Definition" as well as the intro and outro tracks to Lupe Fiasco's Food & Liquor. Lupe Fiasco has endorsed the idea that Islam will some day "be the world's religion and conquer the world."

Political views
In an interview with Stephen Colbert on the satirical news show The Colbert Report, Fiasco stated his credo on political philosophy: "You should criticize power even if you agree with it." In another interview in June 2011 on the CBS program What's Trending, Fiasco discussed the political content of his music, stating, "My fight against terrorism, to me, the biggest terrorist is Obama and the United States of America. I'm trying to fight the terrorism that's actually causing the other forms of terrorism. You know, the root cause of terrorism is the stuff the U.S. government allows to happen. The foreign policies that we have in place in different countries that inspire people to become terrorists." He additionally criticized Obama for his stance on the Israeli–Palestinian conflict. Fiasco says he did not vote in U.S. elections until 2018. He said on Twitter that he changed his stance due to the racial views of Donald Trump, and that he would vote for Democratic candidates. However, in 2023 he implied on Twitter that he still had never voted, and endorsed Cornel West's 2024 presidential campaign, saying it would be the "first and last time" he would vote.

On January 20, 2013, he was removed from the stage by the security for refusing to move onto the next song after performing a 30-minute version of "Words I Never Said", which contains anti-Obama lyrics, in Washington D.C., during Obama's second presidential inauguration. In June 2015, Lupe Fiasco wrote an open letter about white supremacy.

Visual arts
Having done the artwork for Tetsuo & Youth, Drogas Wave and Drill Music in Zion, Fiasco has also spoken on his interest in visual arts via interviews and his infamous Instagram Lives, specifically in photography, acrylic painting, chiaroscuro and pencil drawing.

On October 11, 2020, via his official Instagram, Fiasco shared that he had held his first art exhibition at SOHO House Chicago. On October 15, 2022, he shared images via his official Twitter account of an alleged soon to be released graphic novel themed around the Atlantic Slave Trade titled Longchains.

Discography

 * Lupe Fiasco's Food & Liquor (2006)
 * Lupe Fiasco's The Cool (2007)
 * Lasers (2011)
 * Food & Liquor II: The Great American Rap Album Pt. 1 (2012)
 * Tetsuo & Youth (2015)
 * Drogas Light (2017)
 * Drogas Wave (2018)
 * Drill Music in Zion (2022)
 * Samurai (2024)

Awards
In 2006, Lupe was named one of GQ's Men of the Year along with being awarded one Grammy in 2008 along with 12 nominations. He has been nominated for numerous other awards and has also been awarded the Character Approved Award for a Musician by USA in 2009.

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Grayson Mallet-Prevost Murphy Sr. (December 19, 1878 – October 18, 1937) was an American banker and company director.

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Murphy was born on December 19, 1878, in Philadelphia and attended Haverford College. He served as a volunteer in the Spanish–American War, and later attended the United States Military Academy, graduating in 1903. He was a lieutenant in the Philippine–American War, in charge of operations, 42nd Division. He was a recipient of the Army Distinguished Service Medal, as authorized by Congress on July 9, 1918.

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 * The following discussion is an archived debate of the proposed deletion of the article below. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as the article's talk page or on a Votes for Undeletion nomination).  No further edits should be made to this page.

The result of the debate was delete. Woohookitty 11:50, 16 October 2005 (UTC)

It's Appropriate
Band vanity. Does not meet WP:MUSIC. Joyous (talk) 00:58, 10 October 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete Vanity. Formed this summer. Not yet notable.--CastAStone 01:04, 10 October 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete. No signs of compliance with WP:music. Band formed a few months ago. Capitalistroadster 01:29, 10 October 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete per CastAStone. Pureblade 01:33, 10 October 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete.Vanity. Not notable71.28.243.246 02:48, 10 October 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete WP:VANITY super #1 chief. C HAIRBOY (☎) 02:49, 10 October 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete Preaky 03:33, 10 October 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete. Vanity. utcursch | talk 11:46, 10 October 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete. Vanity.--Gaff talk 23:57, 14 October 2005 (UTC)
 * The above discussion is preserved as an archive of the debate. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as the article's talk page or in an undeletion request). No further edits should be made to this page.


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Meetup 12 June 2011
Hi! I just wanted to let you know that Liam Wyatt is in town, so we were thinking of doing a quick meetup at Brunelli's cafe in Rundle Street (at the Rundle Mall end, near the car park) at 6pm on Sunday, with a possibility of drinks afterwards. So if you're interested we hope to see you there. :) - Bilby (talk) 21:38, 9 June 2011 (UTC)

FYI - Adelaide meetup on Wednesday next week
More info here. Cheers, Pdfpdf (talk) 11:40, 10 April 2014 (UTC)

Invitation to Adelaide Wikipedia Users Group meetings
Hi, in case you're not already aware of it, a group of Adelaide Wikipedians has been meeting on a monthly basis since April, with the aim of improving the scope and quality of articles on South Australian topics. We meet at UniSA's City West campus, and our 23 July meeting will have a guest speaker from the National Trust of SA.

This coming Sunday, 6 July, we will be holding our first Edit-a-thon. This will be an opportunity for new editors to come and learn either basic or more advanced editing from very experienced wikipedians, so if you know anyone who would like to get some practice, please let them know - and beginners will be very welcome. Cheers, Bahudhara (talk) 04:21, 4 July 2014 (UTC)

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The invention date does not match with the Scrabble article. Research should be done to discover which is the correct date. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 71.241.79.49 (talk • contribs) 01:00, 10 October 2005 (UTC)

 * Matches date on the Scrabble wiki-page. - Gdavidp 08:52, 3 January 2007 (UTC)

Shouldn't the picture be added to the page, not in an external link? --Inkiw (talk) 01:36, 4 February 2008 (UTC)

Not enough information
It does not even say his birth date. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 64.80.177.50 (talk • contribs) 16:31, 4 January 2007 (UTC)
 * It does now. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Earthlyreason (talk • contribs) 01:23, 3 January 2009 (UTC)

Invention of Scrabble
This article should not go into detail of the invention of Scrabble, or of Lexico, which are covered on their respective pages. We need to thin this part out, and focus on the man. Earthlyreason (talk) 01:26, 3 January 2009 (UTC)

Entry in American architects
Since it is well known that Butts worked as an architect, should he not be added to the "American architects" category? ACEOREVIVED (talk) 21:49, 11 February 2011 (UTC)
 * ✅ Meteor sandwich yum (talk) 00:33, 12 May 2014 (UTC)

Etymology of "scrabble"
I'm a bit baffled by this: "scrabble" is a perfectly ordinary word -- if you drop pieces of a jigsaw puzzle, you scrabble around under the table looking for them. But I am old an English: are there really English varieties in which this is not known? For the moment I will remove the "explanation" involving Dutch; Scrabble includes a more reasoned phrasing - "...a real word which means 'to scratch frantically'" - and I could add this in if I can be persuaded that it is necessary. Imaginatorium (talk) 12:20, 13 August 2017 (UTC)

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Wikipedia:Peer review/Barbara McClintock/archive1

Barbara McClintock
McClintock was one of the big names of 20th century genetics. Does this article read-through ok for non-scientists? Is there anything that is missing or could be expanded upon?--nixie 01:01, 10 October 2005 (UTC)
 * I'm not sure of anything is missing yet, but it can definitely use some adjusting for the non-scientists. I'm a scientist (or at least studying to be one) and even I don't understand some of it. I'll try to fit in a review and some comments as soon as possible. - Mgm|(talk) 18:47, 11 October 2005 (UTC)

 * I read the article and feel it is very good overall. True, more detail could be provided but it's a well-crafted article. I've read a great deal on McClintock including Nathan Comfort's biography, and added some informtaion on his book and Fox Keller's biography as well as the citation for Comfort's book. Somewhere online I have seen a paper entitled "The Real Point is Control" written by Comfort on McClintock and this paper is very good. I am not sure if it is availible free of charge or my university subscribes to the journal it was in and therefore I was able to call it up. That said, I would love to see this article as a featured article. McClintock deserves it.--Mike 00:44, 16 October 2005 (UTC)

 * Found Comfort's article:

 * Comfort, NC. "'The real point is control': the reception of Barbara McClintock's controlling elements". J Hist Biol. 1999 Spring;32(1):133-62.--Mike 00:47, 16 October 2005 (UTC)

Thanks Mike, I have access to that journal though uni, jugding by the size of it- it should be very useful for expanding or creating a section on how her ideas were recieved. --nixie 00:00, 17 October 2005 (UTC)

 * I plan to write an article for Wikipedia on Fox Keller: when I do, should I let you know so you can link her mention in your McClintock article?--Mike 04:23, 18 October 2005 (UTC)
 * I already made a stub for Keller.--nixie 04:59, 18 October 2005 (UTC)

Structure wise has a few short paragraphs and one or two one-sentence paragraphs. And "Early Life" is a little short... Ryan Norton T 21:33, 21 October 2005 (UTC)

As of 06/03/06, I think the amount of early life detail is fine. Could do with a 'private life' section detailing relationships, marriage(s), children etc or at least a statement if none of these apply.--ChrisJMoor 01:26, March 6, 2006 (UTC)


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User:Benjsc

This User is really: Benjamin Close

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Velvetleaf

Velvetleaf (or "velvet leaf", etc.) is a common name used for plants with soft-haired leaves:

 * Abutilon theophrasti native to southern Asia
 * Cissampelos pareira, native to tropical America
 * Lavatera arborea, native to Europe
 * Limnocharis flava, native to tropical America and introduced to southeast Asia

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Cheyenne Jackson

Cheyenne David Jackson (born July 12, 1975) is an American actor and singer. His credits include leading roles in Broadway musicals and other stage roles, as well as film and television roles, concert singing, and music recordings.

After beginning his acting career in regional theatre in Seattle, Washington, Jackson moved to Manhattan and was an understudy in Thoroughly Modern Millie (2002) and Aida (2003). He next originated the role of Matthew in the workshop production of Altar Boyz (2004) for the New York Musical Theatre Festival, and was replaced by Scott Porter for the Off-Broadway run. Jackson's first leading role on Broadway was in All Shook Up (2005), which earned him a Theatre World Award for "Outstanding Broadway Debut". Since then, on the New York stage, he has starred in The Agony & the Agony (2006), Xanadu (2007; Drama League, Drama Desk nominations), Damn Yankees (2008), Finian's Rainbow (2010; Drama Desk nomination), 8 (2011), The Heart of the Matter (2012), The Performers (2013), The Secret Garden (2016), Into the Woods (2022), and Once Upon a Mattress (2024).

He has also appeared in a number of films, including the 2006 Academy Award-nominated United 93, in which his portrayal of Mark Bingham earned him the Boston Society of Film Critics 2006 award for Best Ensemble Cast. He also had a leading role in the 2014 independent romantic comedy ensemble, Mutual Friends, and guest roles in television series such as NBC's 30 Rock and Fox's Glee. Beginning in 2015, Jackson starred in the FX horror anthology television series American Horror Story in its fifth, sixth, seventh, and eighth seasons.

In concert, Jackson has sold out Carnegie Hall twice: The Power of Two in 2010 and Music of the Mad Men Era in 2011. He also performs in cabarets. In addition to his Broadway cast albums, he has released three albums of popular music, including a joint album called The Power of Two with Michael Feinstein in 2008. In 2012, Jackson released two singles, "Drive" and "Before You", from his 2013 album I'm Blue, Skies. In 2016, Jackson released his third studio album, Renaissance, an album adapted and expanded from his solo concert Music of the Mad Men Era.

He also stars as Hades in Disney Channel's Descendants 3. In 2020, he reunited with Descendants alumni Kenny Ortega and Booboo Stewart in Netflix's Julie and the Phantoms.

Early life
Jackson was born in Spokane, Washington to David and Sherri Jackson, and was named by his father after the 1950s Western series Cheyenne. The third of four children, he was raised in Oldtown, Idaho, a "teeny mill town" in a rural area in northern Idaho near the Washington border. His father was a Vietnam veteran. His mother taught Jackson, his sister, and his two brothers to sing and regularly played music by Joan Baez, Joni Mitchell, Bob Dylan, and Elvis Presley at home. Throughout his childhood, Jackson lived with his family in a rural home that had an outhouse and no running water. He moved to Spokane as a teenager.

In Seattle, Jackson worked as an ad executive at a magazine and did some theater work on the side, earning his Equity card. He moved to New York City after 2001 to pursue an acting career.

Theatrical acting career
In regional theaters, Jackson has appeared as Tony in West Side Story, as Joey in The Most Happy Fella, as Cain in Children of Eden, as Berger in Hair, as Billy Bigelow in Carousel, as Joe Hardy in Damn Yankees, as Rocky in The Rocky Horror Show, and as The Poet in Kismet, among many other productions.

Jackson made his Broadway debut understudying both male leads in the Tony Award-winning musical Thoroughly Modern Millie. He later served as the standby for the character of Radames in Aida, then originated the role of Matthew in the NYMF production of Altar Boyz. In 2005, he originated his first Broadway leading role in the musical All Shook Up, a tribute to Elvis Presley. His performance as Chad earned him the Theatre World Award and nominations from the Drama League and Outer Critics Circle Awards for Outstanding Lead Actor. In 2006, Jackson starred off-Broadway in playwright Nicky Silver's The Agony and The Agony with Victoria Clark. In June 2007, less than a week before the scheduled opening night, Jackson assumed the lead role of Sonny on Broadway in Xanadu, replacing James Carpinello who had been injured during rehearsal. Previous workshop productions of the musical starred Jackson and Jane Krakowski. However, both Jackson and Krakowski opted out of the initial Broadway run, citing schedule conflicts. His performance as Sonny earned him nominations from the Drama League and Drama Desk for Outstanding Lead Actor. Xanadu had several Tony Award nominations including "Best New Musical" for which Jackson and the cast performed on the 62nd Tony Awards show.

In 2008, Jackson joined Jane Krakowski and Sean Hayes in the New York City Center's Encores! production of Damn Yankees. He returned to Encores! in 2009, playing Woody Mahoney in a staged concert of Finian's Rainbow. Jackson also starred in the development workshop of The Book of Mormon by Trey Parker, Matt Stone, and Robert Lopez, who co-wrote the music for Avenue Q.

In October 2009, Jackson opened on Broadway reprising the role of Woody Mahoney in the revival of the 1947 musical Finian's Rainbow at the St. James Theatre, costarring with Jim Norton and Kate Baldwin. The Wall Street Journal wrote, "The way that [Kate Baldwin] and Cheyenne Jackson sing "Old Devil Moon" is the stuff best-selling cast albums are made of." The show closed on January 17, 2010. Along with the company of Finian's Rainbow, Jackson recorded the Broadway revival cast album in early December 2009, with a release date of February 2, 2010.

In September 2011, Jackson joined Morgan Freeman, Ellen Barkin, Matt Bomer, Christine Lahti, and John Lithgow as part of the Broadway-premiere cast of Dustin Lance Black's new play 8, directed by Joe Mantello. In June 2012, Jackson starred opposite Krysten Ritter in Neil LaBute's The Heart of The Matter produced by MCC Theater at the Lucille Lortel Theatre.

In the 2012–2013 Broadway season, Jackson, Henry Winkler, Alicia Silverstone, Daniel Breaker, Jenni Barber and Ari Graynor starred in David West Read's play The Performers which started previews on October 23, 2012, at the Longacre Theatre. The play closed on November 18, 2012, after 23 previews and 7 regular performances.

In 2016, Jackson appeared in the 25th Anniversary Concert of The Secret Garden as Dr. Neville Craven at the Lincoln Center.

In 2019, Jackson made his Hollywood Bowl debut playing the roles of the Wolf/Cinderella's Prince in the show Into the Woods opposite Sutton Foster, Sierra Boggess, Patina Miller, Skylar Astin, Chris Carmack, and Shanice Williams. He later reprised these roles while temporarily filling in for Gavin Creel in the 2022 Broadway revival at the St. James Theatre opposite Miller, Sara Bareilles, Brian D'Arcy James, Phillipa Soo, Joshua Henry, and Julia Lester.

Film career
In films, Jackson most notably portrayed 9/11 victim and hero Mark Bingham in United 93 which won the Boston Society of Film Critics 2006 award for Best Ensemble Cast. He has also appeared in several other films including: Curiosity (2005), Hysteria (2010), Smile (2011), the critically lauded The Green (opposite Julia Ormond and Illeana Douglas), and 2012 Sundance Film Festival selection Price Check (with Parker Posey). He portrayed Greta Gerwig's boyfriend Roger in the 2012 Fox Searchlight Pictures film Lola Versus. In 2013, he starred in the HBO biopic of Liberace, Behind the Candelabra, with Michael Douglas and Matt Damon. He also appeared in the independent films Mutual Friends (2013), Lucky Stiff (2014), and A Beautiful Now (2015). More recently, he played Hades in the Disney Channel original movie Descendants 3 (2019).

Jackson had a lead role in the film version of Six Dance Lessons in Six Weeks in 2014. He played Michael Minetti, who is hired by retiree Lily Harrison (Gena Rowlands) to give her private dance lessons at her home for six weeks. The film is based on Richard Alfieri's Broadway play of the same name and is directed by Arthur Allan Seidelman.

Television career
From 2009 through 2013, Jackson had a recurring role on the award-winning series 30 Rock playing Danny Baker. Jackson also portrayed Dustin Goolsby, the coach of "Vocal Adrenaline", the main rival of "New Directions", on the second season of FOX's show Glee.

He has guest starred on several television series, including Lipstick Jungle, Life on Mars, and Ugly Betty, and was featured in a prominent guest role during Season 8 of Curb Your Enthusiasm. His character "Terry" was the personal trainer to Larry David and Wanda Sykes. On March 15, 2010, Jackson made his guest-starring debut on the NBC series Law & Order in an episode entitled "Innocence".

In 2008, Jackson played series lead Sebastian Kinglare for the Lifetime Television pilot Family Practice opposite Anne Archer and Beau Bridges. The series was not picked up for distribution.

In 2010, Jackson filmed a sitcom pilot for ABC-TV called It Takes a Village, co-starring Leah Remini, which was not picked up for the fall 2010 season.

In 2012, Jackson and Nathan Lane were cast as series leads in the USA Network comedy pilot Local Talent. The series was not picked up for distribution.

Additionally, Jackson guest starred on the pilot episode of NBC's revamp of The Munsters, Mockingbird Lane, written by Bryan Fuller and directed by Bryan Singer. Jackson portrayed Scout Master Steve, a competing love interest for Portia de Rossi's character Lily Munster; the show also stars Eddie Izzard and Jerry O'Connell. NBC aired the pilot as a Halloween special on October 26, 2012.

Jackson also appeared in the fifth season of American Horror Story as one of the leads alongside Lady Gaga and Matt Bomer. Jackson returned to the show's sixth season to play Network Executive Sidney Aaron James as well as the seventh season to play psychiatrist Dr. Rudy Vincent Anderson and the eighth season of the show to play warlock John Henry Moore.

Jackson made several appearances on RuPaul's Drag Race. He also appeared in the tenth episode of Season 2 of Sense8 as Blake Huntington, an award-winning actor who is cast opposite Miguel Ángel Silvestre's Lito Rodríguez in a Hollywood film. In 2019, he played the role of Hades, Mal's father in the Disney Channel Original Movie Descendants 3.

Jackson has starred in several notable webisode series including Cubby Bernstein opposite Nathan Lane, Legally Brown with Allison Janney, and The [title of show] Show from the meta-fictional Broadway musical [Title of Show].

Since 2020, Jackson costars as Max in the Fox comedy series Call Me Kat opposite Mayim Bialik and Kyla Pratt.

In 2022, Jackson competed in season seven of The Masked Singer as "Prince" of Team Good who resembles a frog dressed as a prince. He finished in third place.

Musical career
Early in his career, Jackson worked as a back-up singer for Vanessa Williams and Heather Headley.

In March 2009, Jackson made his nightclub debut at Feinstein's at Loews Regency with a sold-out one-man show titled Back to the Start. He later teamed up with Michael Feinstein to create a nightclub act titled "The Power of Two". A CD of the show was released on November 3, 2009.

The Power of Two, a concert reuniting Jackson and Feinstein, was presented at Carnegie Hall on October 29, 2010. Jackson was the guest artist performing with the New York Pops in concert, Cheyenne Jackson's Cocktail Hour: Music of the Mad Men Era, at Carnegie Hall on November 18, 2011. Joe Dziemianowicz of The New York Daily News wrote, "There, in Judy (Garland)'s spot singing Joni (Mitchell)'s song, (Cheyenne) Jackson turned the bittersweet ballad into a beautiful highlight in an evening filled with luscious moments with the New York Pops."

On December 31, 2012, Jackson reprised Music of the Mad Men Era at The Kennedy Center Concert Hall with 96 members of the National Symphony Orchestra and Nina Arianda.

In March 2012, Jackson was signed to Sony/ATV publishing as a songwriter and given a developmental artist deal through Sony/ATV's Hickory Records and Red Distribution.

On May 10, 2012, Jackson released his single "Drive", his first non-theatrical single and his first music video release. The video was directed by Austrian music video director Christian Hörlesberger and the track produced by Thomas "Tawgs" Salter. It was the first single released from I'm Blue, Skies, which was eventually released in June 2013. The album was co-written by Jackson with Sia, Stephen "Stevie" Aiello, and Charlotte Sometimes.

On July 10, 2012, Jackson released his second single from I'm Blue, Skies, "Before You", also produced by Salter. In August 2012, "Before You" reached a peak of No. 31 on the Hot 100 AC chart.

In 2013, he released three singles, "She's Pretty, She Lies", "Look at Me", and "I'm Blue, Skies", followed in 2015 with the single "Don't Wanna Know", all accompanied by music videos. On June 3, 2016, Jackson released Renaissance, an album on the PS Classics record label, adapted and expanded from his solo concert Music of the Mad Men Era.

In the media
Jackson appeared on the March 26, 2008, cover of The Advocate. In 2008, he was named "Entertainer of the Year" by Out and appeared alongside Gus Van Sant, Katy Perry, and Sam Sparro on the cover of the magazine's commemorative 100th issue in December. In April 2010, he appeared on the cover of Canadian fab magazine under the title "Cheyenne Jackson: I Love New York" with photographs by Mike Ruiz. He also appeared on the cover of Out's November 2010 issue. In July 2012, he appeared on the cover of attitude.

Charity work
Jackson is an LGBT rights advocate. He is an international ambassador for amfAR (The Foundation for AIDS Research).

Jackson is also a national ambassador and spokesperson for the Hetrick-Martin Institute, a non-profit organization devoted to serving the needs of LGBT youth.

Personal life
Jackson is gay. He began dating Monte Lapka, a physicist, in 2000. The two married on September 3, 2011, in New York City. In July 2013, they announced plans to divorce. They filed for divorce in September 2013.

In October 2013, Jackson announced he was dating actor Jason Landau on his official Instagram account. They announced their engagement in February 2014 and married in Encino, California, in September 2014. Jackson and Landau became the parents of twins, a girl named Willow and boy named Ethan, in October 2016.

Jackson has discussed his struggles with alcoholism, and in 2023 said that he had relapsed after 10 years of sobriety.

Studio albums

 * Original Broadway cast albums
 * All Shook Up (2005)
 * Xanadu (2007)
 * Finian's Rainbow (2009)

 * Soundtrack appearances
 * Julie and the Phantoms: Music from the Netflix Original Series (2020)

Singles

 * 2012: "Drive"
 * 2012: "Before You"
 * 2013: "Don't Wanna Know"
 * 2015: "Find the Best of Me"

Music videos

 * 2012: "Drive"
 * 2012: "Before You"
 * 2013: "Don't Wanna Know"
 * 2013: "Don't Look at Me"
 * 2013: "She's Pretty, She Lies"
 * 2013: "I'm Blue, Skies"

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I've changed this page to a dab page from a redirect to Oyama, Tochigi. If there are any objections, please let me know. We can optionally move the dab to Oyama (disambiguation) and continue to use this as a redirect to the Japanese city, though I don't think that would be a good solution. Mindmatrix 01:03, 10 October 2005 (UTC)

Isn't Lady Deathstrike's real name Yuriko Oyama, and her father is a Doctor Oyama? I seem to remember..

What of Tochiro Oyama of the various Harlock based anime?

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