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Okayplayer.com is a prominent online hip-hop website and community. The group was co-founded by The Roots' drummer Ahmir "?uestlove" Thompson as a loose musical collective in 1987, and evolved into an online community in 1999. In 2004, ?uestlove launched Okayplayer Records as a spin-off of the community.
This community is made up of recording artists (who keep their official internet homes there), visitors to the site, and individuals who post on the site's messageboard, the most popular feature of the site. All of the artists and staff, as well as those who post to the site's message board are considered "okayplayers," or "OKPs" for short.
The Okayplayer artists are The Roots, Mos Def, Jean Grae, Jill Scott, Common, Talib Kweli, Hi-Tek, Dilated Peoples, J Dilla, Erykah Badu, Meshell Ndegeocello, D'Angelo, Sa-Ra, Jaguar Wright, Blackalicious, Jazzyfatnastees, Skillz, Aceyalone, DangerDoom, Lupe Fiasco, The Coup, Leela James, M-1 (of dead prez), Mr. Lif, Tap Genius, Scratch (formerly of the Roots), India.Arie, K-os, RJD2, Grandmaster Melle Mel, Pharoahe Monch and D.J. Jazzy Jeff.
From the Okayplayer website:
okayplayer [noun]
1. "Okayplayer" is the shorthand name for okayplayer.com. Okayplayer is not a record label. Okayplayer.com is an online community. This community is made up of like-minded recording artists (who keep their official Internet homes here) and visitors to the site.
2."Okayplayer" is also, simply, the name of a person who is associated with the site. All of the artists, message board members like jambone[1] who is a 42 year old virgin and staff are okayplayers.
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| The Roots |
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| Current members |
| Black Thought | Captain Kirk Douglas | Kamal Gray | F. Knuckles | ?uestlove | Owen Biddle | Damon "Tuba Gooding Jr." Bryson |
| Former members |
| Scott Storch | Malik B. | Ben Kenney | Rahzel | Scratch | Dice Raw | Hub |
| Discography |
| Studio Albums: Organix | Do You Want More?!!!??! | Illadelph Halflife | Things Fall Apart | Phrenology | The Tipping Point | Game Theory |
| Live Albums: Jay-Z: Unplugged | The Roots Come Alive |
| EPs: From the Ground Up | The Legendary |
| Related articles |
| Okayplayer |
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