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The Navy salutes its home base of Annapolis, Md., in a new parody of 'Uptown Funk' called 'Naptown Funk.'
[178] Nerisha Penrose from Elle dubbed the track as one of the 52 Best Songs That Defined the 2010s, ranking at number 25, saying it "had the whole world smiling and dancing for weeks." [ 179 ] Stereogum compiled a list of The 200 Best Songs Of The 2010s, ranking "Uptown Funk" at number 19, Margaret Farrell affirmed the record "was a ...
According to reporting from Indianapolis Monthly, the earliest reference to "Naptown" is from a 1927 Indianapolis Recorder article about jazz musicians. The term was coined as early as the 1920s by African American Jazz performers, stressing the fourth syllable in IN -dee-ə- NAP -ə-lis .
Mike Epps was also known in his hometown of Indianapolis as the CEO of Naptown Records. [citation needed] In 2006 he signed local artist Philthyphil. [citation needed] This artist had just been released from prison after serving three years for a drug indictment in which he was the suspected distributor of large amounts of narcotics.
Alok is one of the biggest DJs on the planet, but at just 32 years old, he’s learned that fortune and fame don’t equal happiness. ... Celebrated as the world’s No. 4 DJ according to DJ Mag ...
"Naptown U.S.A." [1] J J Johnson "Back Home Again in Indiana" 1917 James F. Hanley "Never Felt That Way Before" [1] Sonny Stitt "All God's Chillun Got Rhythm" 1937: Bronislaw Kaper, Walter Jurmann, Gus Kahn "New Wheels" [16] Mulgrew Miller "I Got Rhythm" 1930 George Gershwin "Newk's Fadeaway" [5] Sonny Rollins "I Got Rhythm" 1930 George Gershwin
In May 2016, Petulla starred in Dillon Francis' seven-episode reality TV-esque web series titled DJ World about the worst DJ stereotypes. [27] The first episode was shared on May 24, 2016, which stars Francis, Nick Colletti and Petulla as obnoxious characters who epitomize the dance music stereotypes and every terrible festival fashion. [28]
Kalib Strickland from New Zealand, under the name DJ K-Swizz, won both the 2022 and the 2023 world events. Strickland, who had previously at age 14 won both the DMC Battle for World Supremacy and the 2017 IDA Technical to become the youngest person to win a world championship, was the first winner from the Southern hemisphere.