In the MTV Iggy Hall of Fame, we honor the megastars we discovered back when they were just starting out. When no one knew what to make of that British Punjabi R&B singer, or those pan-Asian rappers, or that group fusing traditional Colombian cumbia to an electrifying new sound — we fell in love and covered these artists nonstop.
Now that they’re industry giants, we’d like to pay tribute, and pat ourselves on the back for a discovery well done.
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GyptianDouble entendres are common in song lyrics, but Gyptian’s summer 2010 megahit, “Hold Yuh” pulled off the neat trick of being both sweetly innocent...
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La Vida BohèmeWho else but this quartet of recent teenagers from Venezuela could take one of the oldest catch-phrases in punk rock history and infuse it...
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YunaYuna is conquering Malaysia with her acoustic guitar and winning folk pop tunes – enchanting listeners with the gentle warble in her voice, a...
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2NE1Meet the fiercest ladies of K-pop. Korean girl group 2NE1 (pronounced “to anyone” or “twenty-one”) is something much more substantial than just pretty faces...
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Jay SeanOf Indian and Punjabi heritage, London's Jay Sean might be the first Asian singer from the UK to dominate not only Britain's pop charts,...
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Das RacistSometime late 2008, rap duo Das Racist released "Combination Pizza Hut and Taco Bell" onto Youtube. The song consisted of two guys repeating "I'm...
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Bomba EstéreoThey call their sound “psychedelic cumbia,” and we called them a “freight train at full speed” at SXSW...and it’s all true. Whatever you’ve heard...
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Far East Movement"Breaking into the hip hop world isn't easy for anyone. So when a few East Asian homeboys started posting up flyers and hustling to...
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