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Akon announcing Grammy nominees
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
The nominees for the 50th annual Grammy Awards will be announced Dec. 6, and Atlanta rapper-singer Akon - who just won his first American Music Awards days ago - will be among the presenters.
That pretty much means Akon will also be among the nominees. (After all, it’s pretty impolite to invite someone to tell the world about the music industry’s biggest night, and then turn around and tell that person, “Oh, but you can’t come.”)
Akon will join legendary producer Quincy Jones, rockers Chester Bennington and Mike Shinoda of Linkin Park and million-selling country newcomer Taylor Swift at the podium at the Music Box @ Fonda in Hollywood, Calif., at a bright, early, and very un-superstar-like hour of 8:30 a.m. .
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By Doug
November 20, 2007 12:20 PM | Link to this
Every song that Akon sings has his voice processed through a vocoder, which tells me he can barely carry a tune.
This shows how low the Grammys and the music industry as a whole have fallen.
By Natalia
November 20, 2007 12:42 PM | Link to this
No, it’s T-Pain that actually sings through a vocoder. Saw Akon live last summer, he’s no Usher, but he can actually sing.
By DJ THUNDERMIXX
November 20, 2007 1:05 PM | Link to this
I think that you may have Akon confused with T-Pain. Thanks Natalia. You should know that most so-called entertainers can’t carry a tune. Look at all the parents and tweens crying to pay a $fortune$ to see Hannah Montana and Britney habitually lip-synch for 2 hours. For pulling that off they both deserve 100 Grammys.
Peace!