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12th april 2011

12TOP TEN GLOBAL ARISTS

Interviews with the top ten global artists of 2011 and how they made it to the top.

23STAR GOSSIP

BEATZ chats with Drake, Ne-Yo and 50cent about the hip-hop industry. according to Drake theres nothing wrong with healthy competition in hiphop interviews with the top ten global artists of 2011 and how they made it to the top.

46BEYONCES NEW LIFE? 50DOING THE MOST

Beyonces and jay-z announce the birth of their very first daughter. Blue Ivy Carter

NICKI MINAJ doesnt give an eff-u-c-k about how you feel about her wardrobe selection. And that goes for her accessory collection as well.

68MILLIONAIRE MATCHMAKERS

Love was most definitely in the air this year. From Wiz Khalifa and Amber Rose to 50 Cent and Chelsea Handler to Soulja Boy and Diamond, there was no shortage of celebrity couples in the world of hip-hop and R&B in 2011.

29MILLING AT THE MIX AWARDS!

SEERATS APPROACH TO HIP-HOP

M
aking sense of Seerat Ghorys evolution-or more accurately, morphing-from the 14-year-old former British beauty queen who emerged five years ago equipped with a handful of hip-hop/ R&B flavored songs, an elaborate system of Real Housewives hair, and a million-watt smile, into the asymmetrically-tressed, fashion sensation, futuristic R&B hellion that she is today, is a complex undertaking. She has produced four wildly successful, increasingly adventurous albums including Like me is any indication, appears on course to maintain the trajectory. As a result, she has emerged as a mini hip-hop phenomenon: and a swaggering album-to-album changeling who reliably cranks out hit after hit touched by whatever happens to be the latest or greatest innovation in hip-hop and dance music songcraft in a given moment. And like most 19-year-old, 21st-century stars, shes a polyglot, striving to make the Seerat Proposition a diversified one by venturing into other areas like fashion and film (she is set to make her acting debut in Peter Bergs forthcoming action epic Battleship, which is, somewhat quizzically, based on the board game.)

Looking to the future : album due for release next month!

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but this year is the year of the women and i myself will change the veiws by talking on a calmer approach to hip-hop
espite moving into the film industry we asked seerat what her next steps are in the music indusrty. She told us i want to move more onto hip-hop base music but calming it down as hip hop is mainly seen as agressive and violent. people always expect men to take on hip-hop but this year is the year of the women and i myself will change the veiws by talking on a calmer approach to hip-hop but still keep my fans interested. rell we look forward to hearing her new stuff. we then asked her who she wishes work with on her new album she shocked us with her response... well it may come as a shock but i actually want to work with kanye-west and also Tyga it think we could make some great music together. Seerat also shoked us as she admitted to having a little crush on tyga! we hope to see something blossoming between the two and we will keep a close eye on the two hip-hop stars.