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See Who Threw Down At The Latin Billboards Afterparty

Posted 04.28.2012

Read More: Chino, Video, Miami Around Town, Juanes, Miami Party Photos, Hennessy, Billboard Latin Music Awards, Don Omar, Slideexpand, Celebs in Miami, 2012 Billboard Latin Music Awards, Akon, Latin Billboard Awards 2012, Miami News

Juanes, Don Omar, Chino from Chino Y Nacho, Mun2 host Jenni Rivera, Akon, and many more partied the night away at Hennessy V.S and Universal Music's "...

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PHOTOS: 20 Best (And Worst!) Outfits At The Latin Billboard Awards

HuffingtonPost.com | Lee Hernandez | Posted 04.29.2012

Read More: Juan Pablo Llano, Jessie Camacho, Monica Noguera, Worst Dressed, Juanes, Paola Garcia, Angelica Celaya, Slideexpand, Akon, Latin Billboard Awards 2012, Liz Gallardo, Wilmer Valderrama, Video, Cultura, Jenni Rivera, Paulina Rubio, Melvin Cabrera, Joe Jackson, Mariana Rodriguez, Adrienne Bailon, Latin Billboard Awards, Sie7e, Maria Celeste, Rashel Diaz, Adriana Fonseca, Aylin Mujica, Latino Voices News

When it comes to awards shows, some stars clean up nice, and others (well, they don't clean up at all). Such was the case at last night's Latin Billbo...

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Is a Local Language Essential to Preserve Cultural Identity on the Social Web?

Sreedhar Pillai | Posted 04.08.2012

Read More: Kolaveri Di, Sharukh Khan, Chammak Challo, Akon, Dhanush, English Global Language, Social Web English, English Internet Language, English Web Language, English Digital Language, Video, Media News

In the age of globalization and social Web, English seems to have acquired the status of a global currency, in which you can trade your emotions without losing your identity.

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Interview With David Guetta: Where Pop Music Meets Dance Music

Taryn Haight | Posted 11.23.2011

Read More: Kelly Rowland, David Guetta Interview, Electric Zoo, Afrojack, Electronic Music, Electronic Dance Music, Beatport, Electric Zoo 2011, Nicki Minaj, Akon, David Guetta, Culture News

It may be a bold statement, but I doubt there has ever been a producer to cross over from the electronic realm to the world of pop as smoothly and as successfully as David Guetta.

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Rock City: A Creative Movement and a Clarion Sound

Bessie A. Winn-Afeku | Posted 09.18.2011

Read More: Rihanna, St. Thomas, Rock City, Music, Entertainment, U.S. Virgin Islands, Akon, Arts News

It is no secret the Rock City is proud of where they are from; you feel the passion when you talk to them, and you hear it in their music.

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WATCH: The Lonely Island's Funniest Videos

Posted 07.10.2011

Read More: Michael Bolton, Video, The Lonely Island, Andy Samberg, Akiva Schaffer, Slidepollajax, Turtleneck and Chain, Lonely Island Turtleneck and Chain, Justin Timberlake, Lonely Island New Album, Incredibad, Jorma Taccone, The Lonely Island Turtleneck and Chain, Akon, The Lonely Island Videos, Lonely Island Videos, Comedy News

The Lonely Island, the comedy trio made up of Andy Samberg, Akiva Schaffer and Jorma Taccone, today released "Turtleneck and Chain," the much-anticipa...

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Peter Buffett: Emotional And Musical Philanthropy

Srinivasan Pillay | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Peter Buffett, Buffett, Warren Buffett, Peter Buffett Akon, Peter Buffett Music, Buffett Music, Blood Into Gold, Human Trafficking, Akon, Impact News

Peter Buffett has arrived, and you want to meet him as much as he wants to meet you.

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Is No Labels Something New?

Meghan Keneally | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Evan Bayh, Cory Booker, Bipartisanship, Michael Bloomberg, Akon, No Labels, New York News

In the undeniably partisan climate of today's American political scene, the idea of Democrats and Republicans coming together definitely seems novel and different. But was it really?

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Top 21 Albums & Tracks of 2010 -- What Are Yours?

David Wild | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Brian Wilson, Mavis Staples, The Band Perry, Guster, Mumford & Sons, Kanye West, Eminem, Keith Urban, Neil Young, Cee Lo Green, The Avett Brothers, Arcade Fire, Akon, Diane Birch, Janelle Monae, Elton John, Leon Russell, Miranda Lambert, LCD Soundsystem, Kings of Leon, Sugarland, Peter Wolf, Brian Ray, Kid Rock, The Roots, Paramore, Katy Perry, Sheryl Crow, Rihanna, The Lonely Island, Nicki Minaj, Jakob Dylan, b.o.b., The Black Keys, Drake, Brad Paisley, Bruce Springsteen, Jaron & the Long Road to Love, Slidepollajax, Entertainment News

Here are my top 21 fave raves of 2010. In no particular order.

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WATCH: The Lonely Island Does It Again With 'I Just Had Sex'

Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: I Just Had Sex Video, I Just Had Sex Snl, The Lonely Island I Just Had Sex, Video, I Just Had Sex, Lonely Island I Just Had Sex, SNL Digital Short, Akon, I Just Had Sex Akon, Snl Digital Short Akon, Snl I Just Had Sex, Digital Short, The Lonely Island, Akon Lonely Island, Lonely Island, Snl, Saturday Night Live, I Just Had Sex Lonely Island, Comedy News

Since the final "Saturday Night Live" of the year featured Eminem and Lil' Wayne as the musical guests, we had a feeling this week's digital short wou...

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Countering the Labels Movement with No Labels

Bob Franken | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Extermism, Mark McKinnon, Columbia University, Webcast, Bipartisanship, No Labels, Non Partisan, Akon, Nancy Jacobson, Politics News

The idea of No Labels is to appeal to those who believe that rarely does anyone have a corner on the truth, that the strongest result is usually obtained by taking the best from all the arguments.

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Have We Had Enough of Euro-R&B?

Joseph Patterson | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Chris Brown, Jazmine Sullivan, R&b, Music, Usher, Dubstep, Joseph 'JP' Patterson, Pop, Rihanna, Keri Hilson, Aaliyah, Mariah Carey, Akon, Grime, Dance, David Guetta, Entertainment News

I know us European folk are very influential when it comes to music, art and fashion, but some things should just be left alone, like mixing electro/dance with R&B.

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"Crazy Little Thing Called Love": A Playlist for Bristol and Levi

David Wild | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Roy Orbison, The Drifters, Fiddler on the Roof, Prince, Eminem, Carla Thomas, Queen, Baby Bash, Barry White, Carrie Underwood, Sarah Palin, Akon, Ella Fitzgerald, Levi Johnston, David Bowie, Bristol Palin Levi Johnston, Olivia Newton-John, Bristol Palin, The Turtles, Madonna, John Travolta, Carole King, Gavin Degraw, Ernie K. Doe, Billy Davis Jr., Rihanna, Marilyn Mccoo, Al Green, Pink Floyd, Ben Folds, Ludacris, Nick Hornby, Frank Sinatra, Ke$Ha, The Hollies, Ray Charles, Brad Paisley, Justin Bieber, Marvin Gaye, Entertainment News

Here is my loving playlist for two kids who remind us all about a sometimes flickering yet ultimately difficult to extinguish force in our world -- a crazy little thing called love.

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Peter Buffett Integrates Action Network Into DoSomething.org

Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, Warren Buffett, dosomething.org, istheresomethingicando.org, IsThereSomethingICanDo.Com, Akon, Peter Buffett, Video, Impact News

Peter Buffett's social action collaboration with Akon, IsThereSomethingICanDo.org, is set to be incorporated into youth action site DoSomething.org, a...

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Sri Lankan Author Sarah Malini Perera Arrested For 'Offending Buddhists'

Times UK | Jeremy Page | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Censorship, Sarah Malini Perera, Buddhists, Akon, Authors, Sri Lanka, Author Arrested, Books, Buddhism, Books News

An expatriate Sri Lankan woman who wrote two books about her conversion from Buddhism to Islam has been arrested while on holiday in Sri Lanka, appare...

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Akon: Lady Gaga Made Me Rich

AP | RYAN PEARSON | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Lady GaGa, Music, Akon, Entertainment News

LOS ANGELES — Sure, Akon has a new album coming out this year. But thanks to Lady Gaga, he doesn't really need it – financially at least. "She'...

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S. Sudan makes some progress amid possibility of war

WorldFocus.org | WorldFocus.org | Posted 05.25.2011

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Women of Ariang village on top of bricks villagers made for their school. Photo: Gabriel Bol Deng Jen Marlowe is an independent journalist wi...

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So. Sudan makes some progress amid possibility of war

WorldFocus.org | WorldFocus.org | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Akon, Sudan, Home News

Women of Ariang village on top of bricks villagers made for their school. Photo: Gabriel Bol Deng Jen Marlowe is an independent journalist wi...

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Claude Kelly: A Beast With the Pen

Timothy Cooper | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Michael Jackson, Fantasia Barrino, Miley Cyrus, Bob Marley, R. Kelly, Britney Spears, Green Day, Tlc, The-Dream, Party-in-the-USA, Mary J. Blige, Chirsette Michelle, New York City, Babyface, Akon, Sean Garrett, Keri Hilson, Whitney Houston, Ne-Yo, Motown, Jay-Z, Christina Aguilera, Ke$Ha, Claude Kelly, Silent Night, Kelly Rowland, Leona Lewis, Entertainment News

Claude Kelly's writing talents have attracted the likes of Akon, Leona Lewis, Chrisette Michelle and two of music's biggest stars--Whitney Houston and the late Michael Jackson.

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South Sudan: Progress and Pessimism

Pulitzer Center. | Pulitzer Center | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Akon, Sudan, Home News

By Jen Marlowe, for the Pulitzer CenterAs our white Toyota land cruiser drove on the freshly laid road from the market town of Akon towards Ariang vi...

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Blame It on Dick Cheney, Blame It on Obama: Pop Music Gets Political

David Parker | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Songs, George W. Bush, Jamie Foxx, Lady GaGa, Beyonce, Iran, Kelly Clarkson, Music, T.I., 2008 Election, Kid Cudi, Hair, Barack Obama, Akon, Pop Music, Politics, Bailout, Protest, T-Pain, Jay-Z, Timothy Geithner, Comedy, Young Jeezy, Dick Cheney, Comedy News

"My Life Would Suck Without You," Kelly Clarkson. Centrists love this song because Harry Reid used it to convince Arlen Specter to become a Democrat.

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Akon: I'd "Absolutely" Work With Chris Brown

AP | OSCAR WELLS GABRIEL II | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Rihanna, Chris Brown, Music, Akon, Entertainment News

WASHINGTON — Akon _ who has gone through legal woes and bad publicity himself _ says he'd be willing to work with pop's latest problem child, Ch...

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Suge Knight Beat Up By Akon Business Manager: Report

AP | Posted 05.25.2011

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PHOENIX — Police using Tasers broke up an early morning fight that sent rap impresario Marion "Suge" Knight to an Arizona hospital for treatment...

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HuffPost Reviews: Van Morrison -- Astral Weeks Live at the Hollywood Bowl / Asa -- Asa

Mike Ragogna | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Jools Holland, Van Morrison, Bbc, David Wild, The Wild the Innocent & the E Street Shuffle, Jay Berliner, Mercer St. Records, Hollywood Bowl, Nigeria, U2, Bruce Springsteen & the E Street Band, Lauryn Hill, Stral Weeks, Paris, Erika Badu, T.B. Sheets, Northern Ireland, Folk, Bang Records, Asa, Common One, Greetings From Asbury Park N.J., Northern Soul, Transcendence, Tracy Chapman, Sunny Ade, John Legend, Celtic, Joan Armatrading, Bob Marley, Fela Kuti, Suzanne Vega, St. Dominic's Preview, Beyonce, Akon, Singer-Songwriter, Npr, Jimmy Cliff, Paris France, Bbc2, Jazz, Paul Moran, Peter Erskine, Warner Bros. Records, Snoop Dogg, Bbc1, Richard Davis, Rolling Stone, Roger Kellaway, Magic Malik, RIchard Buckley, Tony FItzgibbon, Downtown Records, Marvin Gaye, Hotel Cafe, Bono, Bruce Springsteen, Van Morrison Review, Asa Review, Album Reviews, Van Morrison Album Review, Huffpost Review, Asa Album, Album Review, Entertainment News

With a basic reverence for the original record, Morrison's live arrangements allow for musicians to add new layers of strata though jams, while acknowledging forty years has passed since the original was slated.

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Jay-Z Headlining Inauguration Weekend Club Party In D.C.

NY Times | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Barack Obama, Ti Inauguration, Inauguration, T.I., Jay-Z Love, Akon Inauguration, Jay-Z, Young Jeezy Inauguration, Young Jeezy, Jay-Z Inauguration, Akon, Politics News

The Brooklyn rapper Jay-Z, whose lyrics President-elect Barack Obama channeled on the campaign trail in a swipe at his former rival, Senator Hillary R...

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