Modell Performing Arts Center at the Lyric

LL Cool J
Stage name was shortened from the original "Ladies Love Cool James." 1985 debut single "I Need a Beat" was also the first song released on the Def Jam recording label. Appeared in the 1985 hip-hop movie Krush Groove ; first lead role was in the 2003 comedy Deliver Us From Eva ....

Public Enemy
Public Enemy rewrote the rules of hip-hop, becoming the most influential and controversial rap group of the late '80s and, for many, the definitive rap group of all time. Building from Run-D.M.C.'s street-oriented beats and Boogie Down Productions' proto-gangsta rhyming, Public Enemy pioneered a variation of hardcore rap that was musically and politically revolutionary....

De La Soul
At the time of its 1989 release, De La Soul's debut album, 3 Feet High and Rising, was hailed as the future of hip-hop. With its colorful, neo-psychedelic collage of samples and styles, plus the Long Island trio's low-key, clever rhymes and goofy humor, the album sounded like nothing else in hip-hop....

Daniel Tosh
His father is a Presbyterian pastor. Is an avid snowboarder and surfer. Chose accounting as his major because he likes "to sleep in late and not have to physically do any work." Has claimed that the countdown found on his website will expire on his 38th birthday, at which time he will end his career by committing suicide....

The Rascals
Influenced by the moody, mercurial, and mysterious Scott Walker and their hometown's own exciting musical pedigree, Liverpool/Wirral's Rascals formed in September 2006. Members Miles Kane (guitars), Joe Edwards (bass), and Greg Mighall (drums) had paid their dues as members of the band Little Flames, but were finding themselves at odds with the band's direction and decided to make a go of it on their own....