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Shakira

July 01, 2008 , 5:30 PM ET

Yinka Adegoke, Reuters
Latin superstar Shakira is in talks with concert promoter Live Nation for a contract that will include touring, merchandising and recording, according to people familiar with the talks.
The Colombian-born songstress is expected to complete a multimillion-dollar deal with Live Nation before the end of the year, after [...]

The organizers of Festa 2H, a Senegalese hip hop festival running in Dakar this week, want to make the West African capital city the capital of the hip hop empire.
“We want to host a festival in Senegal that creates a meeting point for all the hip hoppers of the world,” said Matador, a prominent Senegalese [...]

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