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Background information
Birth name Dante Terrell Smith
Born December 11, 1973
Born place Bedford-Stuyvesant, Brooklyn, New York City, U.S.
Origin Bedford-Stuyvesant, Brooklyn, New York City
Genre(s) Hip-hop
Years active 1994—present
Label(s) Geffen Records
Rawkus Records
Priority Records
Downtown Records
GOOD Music
Associated acts Kanye West
The Roots
Gorillaz
Soulquarians
Blakroc
Talib Kweli
Curren$y
Jay Electronica
Black Star
Native Tongues Posse
Dave Chappelle
Immortal Technique



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Jarvis Cocker To Give Keynote Speech At In The City

September 25, 2008
Jarvis Cocker To Give Keynote Speech At In The CityJarvis Cocker has been announced as one of the keynote speakers at this year's In The City.

The former Pulp front man will give a lecture entitled 'Saying The Unsayable' on the function of lyrics in popular song.

The speech was first commissioned for this year's Brighton Festival and sees Cocker explore some of his favourite lyrics by himself and other artists.

Those artists include the likes of Pete Doherty, Amy Winehouse, David Bowie, Lou Reed, Neil Sedaka, Hot Chocolate and Arctic Monkeys.

Alongside Cocker other keynote speakers at this years ITC will include former Rolling Stones manager Andrew Loog Oldham, Sire Records founder Seymour Stein and Big Life head honcho Jazz Summers.

For more details on the keynote speakers check out the ITC website.

(by Daniel Melia)



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