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26 The College of New Jersey Magazine Artist Albums & Billboard Charts Pile on the Kudos Icing on Top Tell Me More Ludacris Spring 2009 • Recreation Center "The electrifying combination of Lupe Fiasco and Ludacris injected the crowd with a nearly lethal dose of rap and hip hop deep into the cool February night." — Bobby Olivier '11, The Signal, 3/4/09 review 1999 Debut album Incognegro 2003–2010 Five #1 hits, including collaboration on Usher's 2004 crunk&b single "Yeah!" 3 Grammys 2000s The albums Word of Mouf (2001), Chicken-n-Beer (2003), and The Red Light District (2004) all go multi-platinum. 2013 Justin Bieber- Ludacris collaboration "Baby" (2010) is the highest certified single (12x platinum) for both artists. Twenty One Pilots Fall 2012 • Rathskeller Spring 2014 • Kendall Hall The duo's name is a reference to All My Sons by Arthur Miller. The play, which frontman Tyler Joseph studied, is based on a true story of a profit-hungry industrialist who sold defective plane parts to the U.S. Army for WWII planes. Twenty-one pilots died as a result. 2009 Debut album Twenty One Pilots, released independently, charted on Billboard 200 in 2016. 2015–2016 Three Top 5 Singles: "Stressed Out," "Ride," and "Heathens" 1 Grammy 2019 Every track on two albums goes at least gold (Blurryface, 2015, and Vessel, 2013). 2022 They join a rarified club by becoming one of just 18 bands with multiple songs ("Stressed Out," "Heathens") that go diamond. 2017 Bandmembers Tyler Joseph and Josh Dun dropped trou to accept their Grammy because of a promise they made to each other: If they were ever to win a Grammy, they'd accept in their underwear. Megan Thee Stallion Fall 2019 • Recreation Center "In her leather shorts and cropped sweatshirt, Megan stressed the significance of sexual liberation through her lyrics and dance moves," … but "also [reminded women] they do not need to depend on a man." — James Mercadante '20, The Signal, 12/2/19 review August 2020 In less than a month, Cardi B's "WAP" with Megan charts at #1 and goes platinum. November 2020 Debut album Good News released, goes platinum in 2021. 3 Grammys 2021 She becomes the second female rapper to win Best New Artist, after Lauryn Hill in 1999. 2022 Coachella Stage March 30, 2023 Houston native Megan throws out the first pitch at the Astros' opening day. She has no problem beating the pitch clock.