10/11/2008 -
This year's MOBO Awards Show in association with Western Union from the iconic Wembley Arena in London on Wednesday 15 ...
Asa - who's opened for John Legend, Beyonc, Akon and Snoop Dogg amongst others. D'Banj & Mo Hits Allstars Performing in Yoruba and English along with self taught harmonica, multi award winner D'banj?s skills bring Afrobeat to life.
Source:
All About Jazz
http://www.allaboutjazz.com/php/news.php?id=24135
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10/09/2008 -
Chris Cornell, 'Scream' (Interscope/Mosley)
Produced with a heavy hand by Timbaland, the third solo album from ex-Soundgarden and Audioslave singer Chris Cornell is strangely appealing in its elaborately empty efficiency. Gleaming ballads like "Long Gone" and the title track wring mild drama from a combination of Cornell's husky crooning and stacks of portentous Phil Collins?derived synths. As Akon knockoffs go, some of this stuff isn't ...
Source:
Spin
http://www.spin.com/reviews/chris-cornell-scream-interscopemosley
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10/09/2008 -
Lil' Kim Sued
Lil' Kim has been slapped with a US$2.5 million dollar lawsuit. The rapper has been accused of breaking a recording contract by refusing to make songs until new demands are met. Reportedly one of Kim's requests was to work with Wyclef and Akon.
Source:
MuchMusic.com
http://www.muchmusic.com/news/story.asp?id=21549
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10/11/2008 -
Nigeria: P-Square Tops MTV Africa Music Awards With Five Nominations
MTV Networks Africa announced the contenders for the first ever MTV Africa Music Awards with Zain (MAMA).
Source:
AllAfrica.com
http://allafrica.com/stories/200810110078.html
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10/09/2008 -
High Fives
1. "Right Now (Na Na Na)," by Akon. A catchy, "poppy" song from Akon. 2. "Womanizer," by Britney Spears. Brit's back from crazy with this potential hit.
Source:
Las Cruces Sun-News
http://www.lcsun-news.com/pulse/ci_10668815
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10/11/2008 -
All News... Yummy mummy's TV career takes off
A yummy mummy who landed a major modelling contract after appearing on a television programme is hoping to inspire other mums with her very own show.
Source:
The Kent Messenger
http://www.kent-online.co.uk/kol08/article/default.asp?article_id=49582
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10/06/2008 -
Akon Is Dizzee With Admiration (Soundbuzz)
Akon Is Dizzee With Admiration
Source:
Yahoo!7 Music News
http://au.rd.yahoo.com/rss/default/*http://au.launch.yahoo.com/081003/10/1z9dt.h
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10/10/2008 -
Lil Wayne's Birthday Million!
Yeah Baby, it's all about A-Milli(on) more...
Source:
MTV UK
http://www.mtv.co.uk/channel/mtvuk/news/452186-lil-wayne-gets-a-birthday-million
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10/09/2008 -
Rapper stunned by birthday gift
Birthday boy Lil Wayne was left stunned when mentor and pal Birdman handed him $1 million at his 26th birthday party in Miami, Florida on Tuesday night. Stars DJ Khaled and Akon looked on in amazement as the Got Money hitmaker opened a briefcase Birdman handed him and discovered it was full of crisp new bills. A stunned party guest says, "Lil Wayne was left speechless. He was almost in ...
Source:
WSYR 9 Syracuse
http://www.9wsyr.com/entertainment/story.aspx?content_id=022c0ab9-6f6e-4dba-b3f4
-487ae817ea28&rss=118
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10/10/2008 -
Circling the Block
A year ago, he was flipping houses. He had been a comic book character, a Saturday morning cartoon and a fixture on your kid sister's lunchbox. Real estate was his refuge.
Source:
Las Vegas Review-Journal
http://www.lvrj.com/r?19=961&43=192632&44=30737154&32=4051&7=206
646&40=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.lvrj.com%2Fneon%2F30737154.html
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10/10/2008 -
Uganda: World Music Getting Stronghold in Country
Patience pays, an adage says, and with a growing interest in world music, contemporary musicians are at last getting their share of limelight.
Source:
AllAfrica.com
http://allafrica.com/stories/200810100331.html
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10/10/2008 -
Get Smart: Deep 'SHONTELLIGENCE' Reveals an Irresistible New Talent
Rarely does a young artist make an entrance as confident, well-rounded and flawless as SRP/SRC/Universal Motown singer-songwriter SHONTELLE. Her debut single "T-Shirt" has zoomed into the top 30 of iTunes most-downloaded Top Songs chart, and within a month of release to radio, has rammed the national Top 20 in pop-formatted airplay, spinning at over 150 mainstream Top 40 and rhythmic-crossover ...
Source:
Centre Daily Times
http://www.centredaily.com/business/technology/story/895204.html
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10/10/2008 -
Lil' Kim Sued For $2.5 Million By New Record Label Over Undelivered Album
Rapper Lil' Kim has been sued by the owners of upstart record label Brookland Media, which maintains in court papers that it entered into a $2.5 million contract earlier this year with the raunchy rap diva, who failed to deliver all the recordings required under her contract.
Source:
MTV Asia
http://www.mtvasia.com/News/200810/10016766.html
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10/10/2008 -
Get Smart: Deep 'SHONTELLIGENCE' Reveals an Irresistible New Talent
NEW YORK----Rarely does a young artist make an entrance as confident, well-rounded and flawless as SRP/SRC/Universal Motown singer-songwriter SHONTELLE. Her debut single "T-Shirt" has zoomed into the top 30 of iTunes most-downloaded Top Songs chart, and within a month of release to radio, has rammed the national Top 20 in pop-formatted airplay, spinning at over 150 mainstream Top 40 and ...
Source:
Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance
http://biz.yahoo.com/bw/081010/20081010005064.html?.v=1
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10/09/2008 -
Music to Lose Your Freakin? Life Savings By
The entire world is in the grips of an economic meltdown so horrific that, in the unlikely event any of us can afford enough gin to want to procreate, our children will be lucky to wear burlap sacks and eat wood chips. More Editors' Blogs: End the Trend: The Lumberjack Look! Welcome Back: Echo and the Bunnymen & Good Rats! What's Up With Guy Bands Who Call Themselves 'Girls'? ...
Source:
Spin
http://www.spin.com/blog/music-lose-your-freakin%E2%80%99-life-savings
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