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LMFAO are an American electro hop duo that formed in 2006 in Los Angeles, California, consisting of rappers and DJs Redfoo, (Stefan Kendal Gordy, born September 3, 1975) and SkyBlu (Skyler Gordy, born August 23, 1986). They are the son and grandson, respectively, of Motown record label founder Berry Gordy, making them uncle and nephew. Their first single entitled "I'm in Miami Bitch" was released in December 2008 and peaked at #51 on the Billboard Hot 100. Much of their music incorporates a theme of partying and drinking, and the group commonly refers to their music style as "party rock."
Redfoo and SkyBlu
LMFAO are an American electro hop duo that formed in 2006 in Los Angeles, California, consisting of rappers and DJs Redfoo, (Stefan Kendal Gordy, born September 3, 1975) and SkyBlu (Skyler Gordy, born August 23, 1986). They are the son and grandson, respectively, of Motown record label founder Berry Gordy, making them uncle and nephew. Their first single entitled "I'm in Miami Bitch" was released in December 2008 and peaked at #51 on the Billboard Hot 100. Much of their music incorporates a theme of partying and drinking, and the group commonly refers to their music style as "party rock."
Redfoo and SkyBlu both grew up in the Los Angeles neighborhood of Pacific Palisades, where they formed the group LMFAO in 2006. Redfoo is the eighth and youngest son of Berry Gordy, Jr., the founder of Motown, which is best known to be the record label The Jackson 5 were signed to, and the first record label to be owned by an African American. Redfoo's mother is Nancy Leiviska, a music video director and writer. SkyBlu is Berry Gordy's grandson, and Redfoo and SkyBlu are both uncle and nephew respectively. The duo's name comes from an Internet conversation that SkyBlu had with his grandmother on AOL Instant Messenger, where he told her he wanted to initially name the duo Sexy Dudes, with his grandmother responding with "LMFAO." LMFAO is typically used as an initialism for Laughing My Fucking Ass Off.
LMFAO released Party Rock EP on the iTunes music store. Their first single was "I'm in Miami Bitch, which was released in December 2008, and peaked at #51 on the Billboard Hot 100 and 37 in Canada. The DJ Chuckie remix was used for outside the U.S. and Canada which proved to be successful. The song peaked number 9 on the UK Singles Chart and Number one on the UK Dance Chart. The song also managed to peak 27 in Australia and was certified Gold. It also reached top twenty in Belgium and Denmark.
The second single from the album, "La La La", was released in September 2009, It debuted at number 62 on the Billboard Hot 100 and later peaked 55. They later released the third single, "Shots", featuring Atlanta-based rapper Lil Jon, which peaked number 68 on the Hot 100. The fourth and final single to be taken from the album was "Yes", which didn't chart in the US Hot 100, but did however peak 68 in Canada. "I'm in Miami Bitch" was used for the opening themes to the reality television shows Kourtney and Khloรฉ Take Miami and Jersey Shore in 2009. Their debut album was then relesed on July 7, 2009 where it chart at number 33 on the Billboard 200 and number 2 on the U.S Dance Chart.
In mid 2010, they were featured in David Guetta's song Gettin' Over You, which was an international hit, peaking Top Ten in eleven countries and three of them at number one, including in the United Kingdom. It also peaked 31 on the U.S. Hot 100 and 12 in Canada. The duo then recorded their second album, Sorry for Party Rocking in for the remainder of 2010 and is set for release on June 14, 2011 in the U.S. The first single taken from the album, "Party Rock Anthem", which features singer Lauren Bennett and producer GoonRock. The song is so far the most successful of their careers, so far peaking Number One in the United Kingdom, Ireland, Scotland, New Zealand, Australia, Denmark,France and top ten in many others. The song also marked their first top ten hit in Canada, peaking at number 7, their fourth appearance on the U.S. Hot 100 and their second number one on the UK Dance Chart. The second single from Sorry For Party Rocking was released on May 22 and is called Champagne Showers. It features British artist Natalia Kills.
In January 2011, LMFAO embarked on their first Asian tour. They performed in Singapore; Manila, Philippines, and Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, among other cities.
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