Skinny (stylized as $kinny) (born March 16, 1988) is an American hip hop artist born in Saudi Arabia. He is the Founder and CEO of Feed Me Entertainment and Floos Gang. Skinny not only made a name for himself as a hip hop artist but he also is known for his unique production sound and melodic song writing. He later landed a writer/producer deal with Warner/Chappell Music and released his debut mixtape ”Ghetto Disneyland” on April 7, 2014
Skinny was born in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. His parents met in Santa Barbara where his father attended college. After they separated, Skinny spent summers with his mother in Westlake Village. While his Californian cousins exposed him to rock groups like Nirvana, he discovered rap in Jeddah, inadvertently buying a cassette that featured music from Tupac Shakur, who became one of his biggest influences. He first moved to the United States to attend school in 2000, yet the attacks of 9/11 convinced him and his family to move back to Saudi Arabia.
SKINNY is a directing team based in Los Angeles that specializes in commercials and music videos. It is composed of David Hache and Marc-Edouard Leon. In 2008, SKINNY signed to the acclaimed music video and commercial production company Partizan.
SKINNY's music video for Devendra Banhart's song "Carmensita" garnered a lot of public attention thanks to the presence of actors Natalie Portman, Kat Dennings and Lukas Haas. In particular, news that Devendra Banhart and Natalie Portman began dating after meeting on the set of the video was reported in the tabloids. The music video, which pays homage to Bollywood films and TV shows of the 1960s and 1970s based on ancient Indian epics of Mahabharata and Ramayana, has since become one of the most celebrated videos of 2008. It was featured in The Guardian,MTV,Subterranean,Time Magazine,NME,Rolling Stone,People Magazine,Perez Hilton and E! Moreover, Spin Magazine voted the video the 10th Best Video of 2008 and MTV's indie rock music video show Subterranean included it in its Top 15 of 2008.
Molly, Mollie or mollies may refer to:
Molly is a two-part Australian miniseries about music legend Molly Meldrum. Aired on the Seven Network, the first part premiered on 7 February 2016, with the second and final half screening on 14 February. It is based on Meldrum's biography, The Never, Um ... Ever Ending Story, which was written with journalist Jeff Jenkins.
Molly is based on the life of Ian "Molly" Meldrum, who became one of the most influential and powerful names in Australian music. The series follows the rise of Meldrum from small beginnings in Quambatook to becoming one of the biggest names in Australian music. Along with hosting the high-rating TV series Countdown, Meldrum's accessible personality and passion for music saw him become an essential figure of the Australian music scene in the 1970s, '80s and beyond.
"Molly (16 Candles Down the Drain)" is a song by American rock band Sponge, released in 1995 as the second single from their debut album Rotting Piñata. It also serves as the name of the band's greatest hits album, which was released in 2000. It was originally titled "Molly" on Rotting Piñata, but was elongated for its release as a single. It was ostensibly named after actress Molly Ringwald, who starred in Sixteen Candles. However, it was actually inspired by a story one of the band members heard about a girl who fell in love with one of her teachers shortly before her 16th birthday, who then attempted to commit suicide via an overdose of ecstasy after he rejected her, hence "16 candles down the drain." "Molly" is a more pure form of MDMA than street ecstasy.
To date, it is the band's only song to appear on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 singles chart, having peaked at number 55 in August 1995. It is the band's highest-charting song on the Modern Rock Tracks chart, where it was a top three hit. The song also reached number 11 on the Mainstream Rock Tracks chart.
Dear Sir, I'm concerned about our nation
Take a look around - it ain't just me
I'm sure that your job ain't no vacation
but I 've been out of work for 18 weeks
I was born here, I was raised here
A red-blood American boy
You're messin' with the way we live
This country ain't no toy
Stop, that's enough
Who's gonna pay for all this stuff?
I'm scratchin' by so I can pay the rent
I think it's true you're out of touch, sir, with all
due respect
It's you who works for us, Mr. President
Can we count on you to be accountable?
And if the face of danger, fierce and brave?
I can dream, although it's highly doubtable
You'll try hard to balance, cut and save
Yeah, I was born here, I was raised here
An all-american son
Got the right to cling to my religion and my guns
Stop, that's enough
Who's gonna pay for all this stuff?
I'm scratchin' by so I can pay the rent
I think it's true you're out of touch, sir, with all
due respect
It's you who works for us, Mr. President
Yeah, I was born here, I was raised here
A proud american man
I've had all the hope and change that I could ever
stand
Stop, that's enough
Who's gonna pay for all this stuff?
I'm scratchin' by so I can pay the rent
I think it's true you're out of touch, sir, with all
due respect
It's you who works for us, Mr. President
And to the house and Senate, this includes you too
Every elected official
I think you've forgotten that you work for the people
here
But don't think for a minute we have