Artist Of The Day: PARIS

A versatile, confident lyricist who's fluent melodies and creative punch lines come together to tell real life experiences and heart-felt, emotional stories about a man from a dysfunctional family that found love in poetry and music and transformed his pain into a wide variety of captivating songs. Paris, also known as Fasheem Paige was born and raised in Passaic, New Jersey on February 11th, 1981 and relocated to NYC to attract a larger fan base and go after the dream that he chased his whole life. His debut street album my "misery" has sold over 1000 copies and i repeat street he did not have his album in stores so thats pretty good his style sound like a More mature juelz santana he is currently workin on his new album "Go Hard or Go home" which has sold 100 copies 1st week. He went hard day and night composing new beats, writing and arranging verses, hooks, bridges and melodies, recording and mixing down tracks on this project and my misery and his hard work is gonna one day make him a top 5 Caliber emcee he can be reached on myspace at www.myspace.com/datdudeparis

Luda In Atlanta

Ludacris Opening Upscale Restaurant In Atlanta

Monday, 21 January 2008
Grammy-award winning rapper Ludacris is adding the title of restaurateur to his resume. In April 2007, he will launch his latest business venture, Straits Atlanta, bringing Singaporean cuisine to the artist’s hometown.

The restaurant is the fourth of it’s kind: Ludacris’ partner in the venture, Chef Chris Yeo owns three other restaurants in the Straits brand in San Francisco, San Jose and Burlingame, California.

Named for the Straits of Malacca - the waterway between China and Singapore – Straits offers a modern twist on Singaporean cuisine, which is a combination of Thai, Indonesian, Chinese, Malay, Indian and Nonya cooking.Straits Atlanta, will further incorporate Georgian ingredients into the menu.

"I love Atlanta's charm, architecture, food and, most of all, the people," explained Yeo of his decision to expand his brand outside of California. "Chris Bridges’ commitment to his community and his family sealed the deal for me – this market is ideal for Straits and likewise Straits is perfect for the city.

"The upscale $2.7 million dollar restaurant will open in Midtown Atlanta, in a building purchased by Ludacris nearly one year ago.

Shortly after purchasing the real estate, the rapper/actor, born Chris Bridges, was introduced to Yeo by mutual friends.

After a visit by Ludacris to one of Yeo’s existing locations, the two decided to become partners.

Ludacris has also invested almost $1,000,000 dollars into renovating the building.

"During my travels, I’ve experienced some of the most diverse international culinary flavors in the world," Ludacris says.

"After experiencing Yeo’s modern spin on Singaporean cuisine combined with the sexy dining experience, I wanted to bring this restaurant home to Atlanta."Ludacris and Chris Yeo plan on opening two more restaurants in the Atlanta area.