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Philly's Most Wanted

Their debut album, Get Down or Lay Down, however, was delayed for over a year, finally being released on August 7, 2001.


29 Diner

John Walsh of host of America's Most Wanted made a visit to the diner in 1999 with two bodyguards.

Alain Silver

Silver has also produced eleven independent features, including Night Visitor, Cyborg 2 and Beat, as well documentaries, music videos, and segments for the TV reality series America's Most Wanted and I, Survived.

Alan Calzatti

A few years later, he directed and shot his first music video for the group Compton's Most Wanted.

Amer el-Maati

In December 2002, the television program America's Most Wanted featured Amer, stating that he was an airline pilot who may have "snuck back into the U.S" to work with al-Qaeda sleeper cells.

Anna Lindh

TV3 merged its programming with ZTV and TV8, airing Efterlyst (a program similar to America's Most Wanted) for people to send information directly to the police to help find the murderer.

Carlos Alomar

In January 1975, Bowie and John Lennon recorded "Across the Universe" at Electric Lady Studios and from this session resulted the impromptu song "Fame"—which evolved from the guitar riff Alomar had originated for the song "Footstompin'" during the Philly Dogs shows.

Catching the Sun

Gerardo Velez: Percussion on all except "Autumn of Our Love", "Philly", "Lovin' You",

Check the Technique: Liner Notes for Hip-Hop Junkies

Brian Coleman has suggested that there will be a sequel to Check The Technique, as he wrote 50 chapters for the book and only 36 were used—he has also interviewed Ice Cube and Sir Jinx for the sequel (of the album AmeriKKKa's Most Wanted).

Derrick Todd Lee

During the manhunt, John Walsh, host of America's Most Wanted, added the Baton Rouge Serial Killer to his Top 10 Fugitives of 2002 at #3.

Detroit's Most Wanted

After watching an episode of America's Most Wanted Brandon Greene suggested the group change their name to "Detroit's Most Wanted" referencing to the both America's Most Wanted List and the California rap group Compton's Most Wanted.

Fitler Square, Philadelphia

On the television show Philly, Kim Delaney's character "Kathleen" was portrayed as living in a small apartment building overlooking the park.

George Norcross III

In April 2012, a group of influential New Jersey business executives headed by Norcross, former New Jersey Nets owner Lewis Katz and cable TV mogul H.F. "Gerry" Lenfest purchased The Philadelphia Inquirer, Philadelphia Daily News and Philly.com media properties for $55 million.

Gilmer Hernandez

According to America's Most Wanted, action on part of the Mexican government demanding that the "crime" will not be unpunished may have pressured the prosecution.

Jim Rapsas

He has also been the Executive Producer of many other series including "Roseanne's Nuts", "America's Most Wanted", "Royal Wedding of a Lifetime" and "America's Supernanny".

Joe Renzetti

In the early 60s, as a result of Dick Clark and American Bandstand, originating from Philly, Cameo-Parkway records came into existence.

John Walsh

In the story, written by Judd Winick, Walsh aided the eponymous superhero team in going public on America's Most Wanted with information regarding a child slave trader, which eventually led to a solid lead gained from the tips that poured in.

José Eber

Eber was mentioned in an episode of Psych and in a movie starring Jamie Kennedy entitled Malibu's Most Wanted.

Kenneth McDuff

On May 1, 1992, a coworker of his named Gary Smithee watched an American television program entitled America's Most Wanted.

Last Flight to Abuja

The movie grossed ₦8,000,000 in its first week of release and went ahead to ₦24,000,000 topping the chat in west African cinemas and beating Hollywood blockbusters such as: Spider-man, Think Like a Man, The Avengers and Madagascar 3.

Latrelle

She has also performed, recorded and/or written with producers and artists such as Rodney Jerkins, Soul Shock and Karlin, Tone and Poke, Allstar, Amadeus, Dutch, Whitney Houston (Just Whitney), Mary Mary, Pharrell, Ludacris, Trina, R. Kelly, Mýa, Deborah Cox, Mystikals (Family), Next, Natalie Wilson, Fredro Starr (Light it up soundtrack) Philly's most wanted, Shaggy, Tamia, and Left Eye of TLC

Mac Minister

Mac Minister was profiled on an episode of America's Most Wanted, allegedly responsible for the murder of Anthony "Fat-Tone" Watkins in Las Vegas, Nevada, in retaliation for the murder of Bay Area hip-hop legend Mac Dre.

Masta Ace

He is featured on a song off of album Protuotrov (antidote) by Bosnian rapper Frenkie, the song is called Živili (live on) featuring Masta Ace & Phat Philly and is produced by Edo Maajka.

Michael Registe

FBI director Robert Mueller announced Registe's addition to the FBI Ten Most Wanted Fugitives list on the July 26 edition of America's Most Wanted.

Nicholas Corozzo

The FBI searched intensively for Corozzo and the television program America's Most Wanted did a feature on him.

Raphael Xavier

Raphael was one of the few students to stick with it and turned the dreams of becoming a member of the famous "Scanner Boys" of Philly into a reality as he would work closely with their crew leader, Lorenzo-Prince Scarecrow-Rennie Harris, founder of Rennie Harris Puremovement.

Real Stories of the Highway Patrol

In the 1998 Leslie Nielsen comedy Wrongfully Accused, host Hannigan appears in a cameo (along with America's Most Wanted host John Walsh) in which he asks Nielsen's character Ryan Harrison, who's trying to make a getaway, if he has any "Real Stories" he'd like to tell.

Robin Russin

Russin has been a producer on both independent and TV movies, and in television, he wrote, produced and directed numerous segments and specials for America's Most Wanted and The Prosecutors.

Ruder Than You

With Moon Records defunct, the band released their long-awaited third album, Philly Stylee, on their own God’s Ghetto Records label.

Sara Jane Olson

On March 3, 1999, and again on May 15, 1999, Soliah was profiled on the America's Most Wanted television program.

Sarah Jo Pender

She came to national attention in August 2008 after she escaped from the Rockville Correctional Facility and was featured on America's Most Wanted.

On December 22, 2008, two hours after a rerun of America's Most Wanted, her neighbor identified her and called the Chicago police, which arrested her at her apartment.

Something He Can Feel

The song, a love ballad in a Chicago-/Philly-soul style, became a number-one hit on the Billboard's R&B singles chart in the United States twice with two separate recordings: a 1976 version by Aretha Franklin from the film's soundtrack (see 1976 in music), and a 1992 cover by girl group En Vogue (see 1992 in music).

Suhaib Ilyasi

Suhaib Ilyasi (born 8 September 1966) is a producer, director and the host of India’s first reality TV show, India's Most Wanted.

Terradyne Armored Vehicles Inc. GURKHA

The Gurkha appeared in the 2011 film Fast Five and the getaway car in the Monte Carlo chase in the 2012 animation film Madagascar 3: Europe's Most Wanted

Ukee Washington

He anchors Eyewitness News This Morning on CBS 3 and The CW Philly with co-anchor Erika Von Tiehl, and co-hosts Talk Philly with Pat Ciarrocchi weekdays at noon.

United States Penitentiary, Lee

He remains a fugitive and has been profiled on the television program America's Most Wanted.

WMCN-TV

On September 10 of that year, WMCN announced that it would produce three new original weekly series: A New View, an issues-oriented show hosted by former WTXF-TV (channel 29) personality Dawn Strensland, Tolly's Awesome Friends, a series centered on noteworthy locals hosted by ex-WTXF sports director Don Tollefson, and Philly Sports Spotlight, a locally-focused series hosted by former WPVI-TV (channel 6) sports anchor Phil Andrews.

Young Chris

On January 28, a song called "Philly Shit (Mega Mix)" featuring Young Chris, Eve, Black Thought, Money Malc, Fat Joe, Fred The Godson, Diggy Simmons, Jermaine Dupri & The Game was leaked.

Young Dre the Truth

Andre had small roles in the movies Malibu's Most Wanted and My Baby's Daddy and collaborated for the respective soundtracks.


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