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Akon

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Akon
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Short Bio - Aliaune Thiam (born April 16, 1973), better known by his stage name Akon (pronEng 'e?k?n) is a WolofSenegalese-American hip hop and R&B singer-songwriter, rapper, and record producer. Akon rose to fame in 2004 following the release of his single "Locked Up" from his debut album Trouble. His Read More...

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Rapper Lil' Kim sued by record label Brookland in contract squabble - New York Daily News
Pub. Date - Wed, 08 Oct 2008 21:29:00 GMT
Lil' Kim performing at the BET Awards in June. Her new record label is suing her, saying she's trying to slip out of her contract. An upstart record company is suing raunchy rap diva Lil' Kim for $2 million, saying she tried to weasel her way out of ...

Live: New Kids on the Block - Los Angeles Times
Pub. Date - Fri, 10 Oct 2008 00:27:00 GMT
Donnie Wahlberg, of the recently reunited boy band juggernaut New Kids on the Block, had some unexpected words of defiance toward the end of his group's sold-out show at Staples Center on Wednesday. "You know what people are saying now; it's the same ...

LIL WAYNE - LIL WAYNE STUNNED BY $1 MILLION BIRTHDAY GIFT - Contactmusic.com
Pub. Date - Tue, 07 Oct 2008 00:59:00 GMT
Birthday boy LIL WAYNE was left stunned when mentor and pal BIRDMAN handed him $1 million (GBP540,000) at his 26th birthday party in Miami, Florida on Tuesday night (07Oct08). Stars DJ Khaled and Akon looked on in amazement as the Got Money hitmaker ...

News - Digital Media - CNET News
Pub. Date - Wed, 08 Oct 2008 09:41:00 GMT
So maybe YouTube's business model won't be so dependent on advertising after all. In a post on the official Google blog entitled " I Clicked To Buy, And I Liked It " (a nod to singer Katy Perry ), the company detailed a new "E-Commerce Platform ...

Deep ‘ SHONTELLIGENCE ’ Reveals an Irresistible New Talent - Businesswire.com
Pub. Date - Fri, 10 Oct 2008 12:23:00 GMT
NEW YORK--( BUSINESS WIRE )--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 ...

Music-Video Premieres Begin The Long, Slow Migration Away From MTV - Idolator.com
Pub. Date - Tue, 07 Oct 2008 00:59:00 GMT
I remember that Michael Jackson premired a video after an episode of The Simpsons. I'm pretty sure it was the Black & White video, featuring Macaulay Culkin, in like 1991. Of those three things (Homer, MJ and the kid from Home Alone), I wonder how ...

New Kids on the Block soak up love on reunion tour - San Jose Mercury News
Pub. Date - Thu, 09 Oct 2008 12:03:00 GMT
NEW YORK — Donnie Wahlberg might look and act tough, but he's a softy underneath. The resident bad boy of New Kids on the Block says he has cried tears of joy while performing for thousands of screaming fans on the reunited band's arena tour, which ...

T-Pain Co-Signs On New Kanye West LP; Fat Joe Talks Working With 'Rock ... - MTV
Pub. Date - Mon, 13 Oct 2008 13:24:00 GMT
411 : It's been awhile since we doubled up, but your boy Green Lantern has been a workhorse. Not only has he been touring the world with Nas and holding down his Sirius Satellite Radio show, he's also been producing and obviously in the lab creating ...

The Social - CNET News
Pub. Date - Mon, 06 Oct 2008 14:44:00 GMT
MySpace says that 1 billion songs have been streamed since the News Corp. social network debuted its MySpace Music service last month. "We can confirm that we hit a milestone of one billion music streams only a few days after launching the new ...

Read all 'Audio and video' posts in Webware - CNET News
Pub. Date - Wed, 08 Oct 2008 00:58:00 GMT
In light of Tuesday's announcement of the click-to-buy option heading to YouTube videos , it's worth mentioning Nintendo and YouTube's two-week old special promotional page for the Wii game Wario Land: Shake It . What makes it so special? It ...


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