News : Flo Rida : Flo Rida Best-Selling Rapper Of The Digital Age?

Argue all you want about Flo Rida's skills as an MC compared to such lyrical masters as Nas, Jay-Z and Eminem. But there is one thing you cannot take away from the Carol City, Florida, rapper born Tramar Dillard.

He moves units.

Lots and lots of them. Including his latest ear candy hit, "Whistle," which currently sits atop the iTunes and Billboard Hot 100 singles charts, with global digital sales north of 4 million.

Since his first Number 1, 2007's debut smash "Low," through the #1 "Right Round" (which broke the "Low" record for most digital sales in one week with 636,000) and the Wild Ones hit "Good Feeling" #3) and his latest chart-topper, Flo has achieved the kind of chart domination that most rappers can only dream of.

In addition to his top 10 hits on the Hot 100, which also include "Sugar" and "Wild Ones" #5) and "Club Can't Handle Me" and "In The Ayer" #9), Rida has appeared on huge songs by other artists, including David Guetta's "Where Them Girls At" and Jennifer Lopez's "Goin' In."

But is he the best-selling rapper of the download era? (Read More)

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News : Music Royalty Ready To Rock Sandy Benefit Concert

Music royalty from the Rolling Stones to Kanye West, including several artists with direct ties to the New York metropolitan area hit by Superstorm Sandy, is gathering at Madison Square Garden Wednesday for a benefit concert to help storm victims.

The sold-out "12-12-12" concert is being shown on 37 television stations in the United States and more than 200 others worldwide. It will be streamed on 30 websites, including on YouTube and Yahoo, and played on radio stations. Theaters, including 27 in the New York region and dozens more elsewhere, will also show it live. More than two billion people are expected to have access to the performance.

Proceeds from the show will be distributed through the Robin Hood Foundation.

The late October storm left parts of New York City underwater and millions of people in several states without heat or electricity for weeks. Sandy is blamed for at least 125 deaths, including 104 in New York and New Jersey, and destroyed or damaged 305,000 housing units in New York alone. (Read More)

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