#1 rockers

Mick Ness lead singer, guitarist and founder of Social Distortion. This punk rock band was home grown right here in the OC along with Sublime. This band has heavy influences of Folk Country and Rockebilly (hillbilly/rock-n-roll). Mixx a little bit of Punk, Folk music, Country, Rock-n-roll, and you get Social Distortion.

Watch this video, BALL AND CHAIN

# 2

Brad Nowell.. singer and founder of the legendary band Sublime. This Raggae Punk-rock band was considered a prodigy for its unique sound that was modeled off of Rastafarian from the Caribean and American Punk-Rock. In 96 Bradley overdosed on heroin...Rest Well BRAD.

Here is one of their greatest hits.... Bad Fish.

# 3

Billy Idol is among the coolest rockers for his for his looks and charisma. He continues to play shows all over the world including Warped Tour.

# 4

Motley Crue was one of the top grossing bands in their day (80s). This glam-rock hair-metal band has been threw enormous hard ships with sex and drug addictions. Today they have overcome there demons and continue to play at Crue Fest.

This song was dedicated to Nikky Sixx (the bassist) after he almost lost his life overdosing on heroin. Here is the link ->

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pQp1GNr-mLM

# 5

The Clash

NUMBER 1

JAY-Z

Shawn Corey Carter, better known by his stage name Jay-Z, is an American rapper and businessman. He is one of the most financially successful hip hop artists and entrepreneurs in America having had a net worth of over $150 million in 2009. He has sold 40 million albums worldwide while receiving ten Grammy Awards for his musical work. As an artist, he holds the record for the most number one albums by a solo artist on the Billboard 200.

Check out his new video - Forever Young

Number 2

Usher

Usher Raymond IV (born October 14, 1978), who performs under the mononym Usher, is an American recording artist and actor. Whats not to like about Usher. Billboard Magazine ranked Usher the #1 Hot 100 artist of the 2000s decade. He was also name the most successful singer of the 2000s decade, as well as, the second most successful artist of the 2000s decade.

Number 3

Neyo

Shaffer Chimere Smith, better known by his stage name Ne-Yo, is an American pop and R&B singer-songwriter, record producer, actor, and occasional rapper. Since his debut, Ne-Yo has had five top ten songs on the Billboard Hot 100 as a lead artist and two number-one albums on the Billboard 200. Ne-Yo has also amassed a catalog of chart-topping songs that he has written for other artists.

Here's one of my favorite songs by him.

Number 4

Trey Songz

Tremaine Aldon Neverson, better known by his stage name Trey Songz, is an American recording artist, producer and actor. Since making his recording debut in 2005, Trey Songz has patiently and artfully crafted some of the most acclaimed and compelling R&B music of the decade. His first two Songbook Entertainment/Atlantic albums, "I GOTTA MAKE IT" (2005) and "TREY DAY" (2007), yielded a trio of top ten singles, "Girl Tonight," "Last Time," and "Can't Help But Wait." And when the latter song garnered Trey a coveted Grammy nomination for Best Male R&B Vocal Performance, it marked the validation of the faith shown in Trey by the late Atlantic Records founder Ahmet Ertegun, who hailed him as one of "the most promising R&B artists we have had since we started the company 60 years ago." Now, with the 2009 release of "READY," Trey Songz is more than ready to claim his place in the pantheon of R&B greats.

Check out his song - Missing You

Number 5

Rihanna

Robyn Rihanna Fenty is a Barbadian R&B recording artist, songwriter and model.

Rihanna has received several accolades, including the 2007 World Music Awards for World's Best-Selling Pop Female Artist and Female Entertainer of the Year, as well as the 2008 American Music Awards for Favorite Soul/R&B Female Artist and Favorite Pop/Rock Female Artist. She serves as one of Barbados's honorary cultural. In January 2010, Rihanna received two Grammy Awards for Jay-Z's 2009 single "Run This Town", bringing her total number of Grammys won to three.

Below is a music video of one of her songs from her last album.