Metro Station

Tyga
With a rangy set of friends from Fall Out Boy to Lil Wayne, it was obvious from the start that Tyga was not your everyday rapper from Compton. After recording a mixtape and promoting it around the city, Tyga ran into his cousin, Gym Class Heroes member Travis McCoy, in the Flight Club L.

Metro Station
The electro-rock outfit Metro Station is comprised of Trace Cyrus (vocals, guitar), Blake Healy (keyboards, synthesizer), Mason Musso (vocals, guitar), and Anthony Improgo (percussion).

Shwayze
"A melting-pot of laid-back melodies, hip-hop rhythms and acoustic guitars, Shwayze’s self-titled debut [Suretone/Geffen Records] pays homage to an all-day-and-into-the-night party lifestyle colored by the rolling tides of Malibu's [his hometown] beaches, and the rolling papers...

Cash Cash
Mixing the Day-Glo new wave sound of the '80s with a punk-pop attitude, the Roseland, NJ-based band Cash Cash got their start in 2002 under the name the Consequence. Featuring longtime friends Jean Paul Makhlouf (vocals, guitar) and Samuel Frisch (vocals, bass), the Consequence squandered...