The Individuals (Chicago band)
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The Individuals are a Chicago
based Rap/Hip hop
/Reggae
band. Ando Tha Don, Big Lou, Raw Bizness, and T.C.O. are the current members of what started as a six member act. Their record label is Rule the World Records.
The band's music was used in the second and third seasons of the Showtime series Weeds
, leading to the band performing the show's theme song "Little Boxes
" for a third season episode.
The Individuals are part of the 420 sub culture
, and they have won eleven Marijuana Music Awards.
Chicago
Chicago is the largest city in the US state of Illinois. With nearly 2.7 million residents, it is the most populous city in the Midwestern United States and the third most populous in the US, after New York City and Los Angeles...
based Rap/Hip hop
Hip hop
Hip hop is a form of musical expression and artistic culture that originated in African-American and Latino communities during the 1970s in New York City, specifically the Bronx. DJ Afrika Bambaataa outlined the four pillars of hip hop culture: MCing, DJing, breaking and graffiti writing...
/Reggae
Reggae
Reggae is a music genre first developed in Jamaica in the late 1960s. While sometimes used in a broader sense to refer to most types of Jamaican music, the term reggae more properly denotes a particular music style that originated following on the development of ska and rocksteady.Reggae is based...
band. Ando Tha Don, Big Lou, Raw Bizness, and T.C.O. are the current members of what started as a six member act. Their record label is Rule the World Records.
The band's music was used in the second and third seasons of the Showtime series Weeds
Weeds (TV series)
Weeds is an American television comedy created by Jenji Kohan and produced by Tilted Productions in association with Lionsgate Television. The central character is Nancy Botwin , a widowed mother of two boys who begins selling marijuana to support her family after her husband dies suddenly of a...
, leading to the band performing the show's theme song "Little Boxes
Little Boxes
"Little Boxes" is a song written by Malvina Reynolds in 1962, which became a hit for her friend Pete Seeger in 1963.The song is a political satire about the development of suburbia and associated conformist middle-class attitudes...
" for a third season episode.
The Individuals are part of the 420 sub culture
420 (cannabis culture)
420, 4:20 or 4/20 refers to consumption of cannabis and, by extension, a way to identify oneself with cannabis subculture. The notable day for these is April 20.- Origins of terms :...
, and they have won eleven Marijuana Music Awards.
External links
- The Individuals official site at Rule the World Records.