American singer and record producer

Thundercat

Stephen Lee Bruner, better known by his stage name Thundercat, is an American musician, singer, record producer, songwriter, and bassist from Los Angeles, California. First coming to prominence as a member of crossover thrash band Suicidal Tendencies, he returned to his musical roots, placing a strong focus on funk, soul, progressive R&B, psychedelia and jazz-fusion. He has since released five solo studio albums and is noted for his work with producer Flying Lotus and his appearances on Kendrick Lamar's 2015 album To Pimp a Butterfly. In 2016, Thundercat won a Grammy for Best Rap/Sung Performance for his work on the track "These Walls" from To Pimp a Butterfly.

Born

1984

October 19

Died

Living

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1980s

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-202 Second Punic War: At the Battle of Zama, Roman legions under Scipio Africanus defeat Hannibal Barca, leader of the army defending Carthage.[citation needed]
439 The Vandals, led by King Gaiseric, take Carthage in North Africa.
1386 The Universität Heidelberg holds its first lecture, making it the oldest German university.
1453 Hundred Years' War: Three months after the Battle of Castillon, England loses its last possessions in southern France.

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The world in 1984

When Thundercat arrived

april 1 Singer Marvin Gaye is shot to death by his father in his home in Arlington Heights, Los Angeles, California.
april 4 President Ronald Reagan calls for an international ban on chemical weapons.
april 6 Members of Cameroon's Republican Guard unsuccessfully attempt to overthrow the government headed by Paul Biya.
august 1 Commercial peat-cutters discover the preserved bog body of a man, called Lindow Man, at Lindow Moss, Cheshire, England.

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Ayuo Takahashi 1960– Japanese-American singer-songwriter Bill Ponsford 1900– Australian cricketer and baseball player (died 1991) Evander Holyfield 1962– American boxer and actor Grover Norquist 1956– American activist, founded Americans for Tax Reform Jack Anderson 1922–2005 American journalist and author (born 1922) James Bevel 1936–2008 American minister and activist (born 1936) James Howard Kunstler 1948– American author and critic Jean Dausset 1916–2009 French-Spanish immunologist and academic; awarded the 1980 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for his studies of the genetic basis of immunological reaction (born 1916) John Woolman 1720–1772 American-English preacher, journalist, and activist (died 1772)

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Mark Zuckerberg 1984– American computer programmer and businessman, co-founded Facebook Alastair Cook 1984– English cricketer Aleks Marić 1984– Australian basketball player Alexandra Kosteniuk 1984– Russian chess player Antoine Wright 1984– American basketball player Ashlee Simpson 1984– American singer-songwriter and actress Baruto Kaito 1984– Estonian sumo wrestler Bernard Pollard 1984– American football player Calvin Harris 1984– Scottish singer-songwriter, DJ, and producer

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