Entertainment mogul Sean “Diddy” Combs has joined forces with Emmy winning producer Mark Burnett to lead the search for the next music superstar on a newly approved MTV reality series.
The show, titled StarMaker, was greenlit by the network for January 2009.
It will feature a group of aspiring solo artists handpicked by Combs, who will compete against each other for a chance to obtain stardom while living together.
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Having waited years to find that big break in dancehall music, deejay Blak Ryno has found favour with his distinctively high-pitched voice.
Born Romain Anderson, Ryno dominates as a competent singer, deejay and lyricist.
He began his musical journey in 2000 when he met deejay Vybz Kartel, who lived in the same Waterford scheme in Portmore where the young artiste resides.
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Meeting Vybz Kartel has helped to change upcoming artiste Jah Vinci’s musical path in a positive way.
The 20-year-old singer, whose real name is André Kirk Rhoden, said since meeting Vybz Kartel early this year, he has been getting more recognition in the dancehall industry.
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Save the few stellar hit singles, Busy Signal’s sophomore album isn’t ‘loaded’ with much else.
The just-released Loaded is a follow-up to the artiste’s strong 2006 debut showing Stepout, which features the breakout single of the same name.
This time, the artiste - born Reanno Gordon - seems less hungry for greatness, but proves on many levels that he’s matured enough to make an album that at times offers gainful insight into the cultural ‘phenom’ that is life in the garrison.
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50 Cent is known for talking slick about other rappers. While usually there’s a beef behind it, he’s doesn’t shy away from taking jabs at here and there if he feels the need.
Fiddy recently decided to take a lil swipe Jay-Z, in saying that the former Def Jam Prez wasn’t a big name outside the U.S. until he tied the knot with longtime girlfriend Beyonce.
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Sought after songwriter and hook specialist T-Pain has confirmed a November release date for Thr33 RINGZ, his third full length studio album.
In July, T-Pain launched the project with the Lil Wayne assisted hit single “Can’t Believe It,” which has peaked at #8 on the Billboard’s Top 10.
For the second single, the Houston influenced “Chopped and Skrewed,” T-Pain enlists Ludacris to cleverly use the title as a double entendre to reflect on courtship games played by females.
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Tuesday, September 30, 2008
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