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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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Arcade Fire Win Big At Canada's Juno Awards

March 28, 2011
Arcade Fire Win Big At Canada's Juno AwardsArcade Fire won big at this year's Juno Awards in Canada.

The Montreal-based band picked up four awards including album of the year for 'The Suburbs'.

"We're truly overwhelmed. Thank you everybody. Thank you to Montreal, our home where we all live, and thanks to Toronto," band member Richard Reed Parry said,

He added: "Toronto is one of the first places we had, like, really exciting shows and felt like something crazy might be about to happen. And something did. So thanks for being there with us."

Other winners at the awards included Neil Young who picked up the award for artist of the year, reports ABC News.

Meanwhile, Arcade Fire, The Chemical Brothers and Pulp will play this year's Electric Picnic festival in Ireland, it's been announced.

(by Holly Frith)





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