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Akon, LL Cool J, John Legend and Nas are among the acts who have signed up to become 'celebrity bloggers' on Global Grind, a site that aims to become the 'Huffington Post of Hip Hop'.
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Akon: Says Bill Cosby May Be Innocent
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Bill Cosby's conviction brought relief to those tired of seeing the comedian get away with years of criminal behavior, but apparently not everyone saw it as a just ending. TMZ talked to Akon at LAX on Monday and asked him what he thought the proper prison sentence would be for comedian Bill Cosby, who was…
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Akon: buys African president a bulletproof van
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Singer plans to release five albums in five different genres this year
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Akon: Q&A: Colleen Green Talks TV, Akon, And Her Intensely Personal I Want To Grow Up
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Up until now, Colleen Green has been painted as a slightly stoned hero of the DIY underground. She boasts one of the funnier Twitter handles in popular music (@colleengreen420), and has crafted the kind of too-chill-to-stand-up-straight persona that might make her songs seem almost perplexingly simple if you’re unfamiliar with her lone...
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Rihanna: iLoveMakonnen Lines Up Drake, Rihanna, Diplo, Skrillex For Debut LP
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iLoveMakonnen is one of the most compelling artists coming out of Atlanta’s newest wave of culture-defying hip-hop, and ever since Drake hopped on a remix of his weekday ode “Tuesday” and signed him to OVO, Makonnen’s star continues to rise. Proof? “Tuesday” was nominated for a Grammy f...
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Akon: to release five albums in 2015
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Each 'Stadium' release will represent a different genre from Euro, pop, island, urban and world
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