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Birth Place: Berkeley, California Years Active: 2001-present Genres: Comedy Hip Hop The Lonely Island is an American comedy troupe composed of Akiva Schaffer, Jorma Taccone, and Andy Samberg, best known for its comedic music. The group is from Berkeley, California, and is currently based in New York City, where they are currently working on “Saturday Night Live” (“SNL”).

The group began creating live comedy skits in junior high school and continued to do so, expanding its repertoire to comedic shorts, music parody (both songs and videos), and one full-length television pilot, before coming to the attention of “SNL” producer Lorne Michaels. Samberg was invited to become a cast member and Schaffer and Taccone were invited to join the writing staff based on their work in the trio.

Uncertain if Michaels would approve of a wacky pre-recorded skit on the show, the group borrowed a video camera and filmed a faux lettuce commercial starring Samberg and Chris Parnell, a fellow “SNL” cast member. They presented the finished product to Michaels in December 2005, who liked the short and agreed to air it. It was first of what would become a regular feature of the program, called “Saturday Night Live's Digital Shorts.”

“Lazy Sunday,” the second digital short, enjoyed runaway success in the virtual media, as fans responded with T-shirts and response videos. Many of these shorts have skyrocketed to internet fame, including “Dick in a Box” with Justin Timberlake, “Natalie's Rap” with Natalie Portman, “Iran So Far” with Adam Levine, “Jizz in My Pants,” “Shy Ronnie” with Rihanna and “I'm on a Boat” with T-Pain. “Dick in a Box” won the 2007 Creative Arts Emmy Award for Outstanding Original Music and Lyrics. Credited for its production are Andy Samberg, Akiva Schaffer, Jorma Taccone, and Justin Timberlake, in addition to Katreese Barnes and Asa Taccone for music. “I'm on a Boat” was nominated in 2009 for Best Rap/Sung Collaboration at the 52nd Grammy Awards.

Birth Name: Alfred Matthew Yankovic Born: 1959/10/23 Birth Place: Lynwood, California, U.S. Years Active: 1979–present Genres: Parody, Comedy, Polka Alfred Matthew “Weird Al” Yankovic (born October 23, 1959) is an American singer-songwriter, music producer, actor, comedian, writer, satirist and parodist. Yankovic is known for his humorous songs that make light of popular culture and that often parody specific songs by contemporary musical acts.

During Yankovic's sophomore year as an architecture student at Cal Poly at San Luis Obispo, he became a disc jockey at the university's radio station, KCPR. In 1978, he released his first recording (as Alfred Yankovic), “Take Me Down,” on the LP, “Slo Grown,” as a benefit for the Economic Opportunity Commission of San Luis Obispo County. The song mocked famous nearby landmarks such as the fountain toilets at the Madonna Inn.

Birth Name: Scott Ramon Seguro Mescudi Born: 1984/01/30 Birth Place: New York City, New York, United States Years Active: 2003–present Genres: Hip Hop, Alternative Rock, Neo-psychedelia Scott Ramon Seguro Mescudi (born January 30, 1984), better known by his stage name Kid Cudi, sometimes stylized as KiD CuDi, is an American rapper, singer and actor. Kid Cudi was born in Cleveland, Ohio and grew up in the suburb of Shaker Heights.

He first gained major attention after the release of his debut mixtape, "A Kid Named Cudi." The mixtape quickly caught the attention of Kanye West, which in turn spawned his signing to GOOD Music later that year.