Papa Roach is an American band formed in 1993. Their name comes from the nickname of one of the member's grandfather who had committed suicide after being diagnosed with a terminal illness. By 1999 they had released six EP's before gaining the attention of record labels. They produced a demo for one label who hated it, but then a different label picked it up and they've been making music and touring ever since. Fun Fact: one of the music videos was born out of the ideas of a member's son who was clearly on a zombie kick. Bonus points to you guys if you figure out which song I'm talking about. Skylar Grey is the stage name for Holly Brook Hafermann who has been active since 2004, but only known under that pseudonym since 2010. She's one of those musicians who's kind of all over the place. She has her own albums, but she's also been featured a lot in other people's music, stepped into bands for touring , and has written some pretty notable songs for other artists. I honestly don't know where to even start with her career because there is just so much. I guess we start with when her name changed. The first thing she did under this moniker was co-write Love The Way You Lie which ended up being sung by Eminem and Rihanna. After that she was signed to a label and co-wrote music for a couple other rappers before being featured on a song by Dr. Dre. She released a single in 2011 and then got featured on a bunch of other people's songs and did performances of those. Her career so far is kind of like a game of wack a mole where you wait to see where she's going to pop up next. It's really cool that's she's getting around, but also confusing to write about. Look into it more if you're curious, but I think I'm going to leave it at that for now.
Peace.
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