Young MC shows up in the George Clooney movie Up In The Air performing his hit "Bust A Move."
Eric Clapton wrote "Wonderful Tonight" while waiting for his girlfriend, Pattie Boyd, to get ready for a night out. By the time she was ready, he had written the song.
Debbie Gibson was 17 years old when "Foolish Beat" topped the Hot 100. This gave her the honor of becoming the youngest artist ever to write, perform, and produce a #1 single.
Mary J. Blige introduced three new words with her 2001 hit "Family Affair": "hateration," "holleration" and "dancerie." We define "holleration" as "The act of hollering in a belligerent fashion."
Ariana Grande's collaboration with Zedd, "Break Free" came about after the Russian-German producer overheard Grande performing at a label showcase while he was backstage, and he mentioned to his team that he wanted to work with her.
Katherine Heigl played Josh Kelley's love interest in the video for his 2005 song "Only You." They met on the shoot, became a real-life couple, and got married two years later. That's good casting!
How well do you know this shock-rock harbinger who's been publicly executed hundreds of times?
The powerhouse producer behind Janet Jackson's hits talks about his Boyz II Men ballads and regrouping The Time.
For songwriters, Johnny represents the American man. He has been angry, cool, magic, a rebel and, of course, marching home.
In this quiz, spot the artist who put Romeo into a song lyric.
Does he have beef with Gaga? Is he Sean Lennon's godfather? See if you can tell fact from fiction in the Elton John edition.
Who writes a song about a name they found in a phone book? That's just one of the everyday things these guys find to sing about. Anything in their field of vision or general scope of knowledge is fair game. If you cross paths with them, so are you.