Since their boyhood days wowing classmates at school dances, Mike Kuzoian, Mike Minelli and Ron Libatique have tried to make it big as the hip-hop dance crew from Newington called E3.
Of course, his fans know that Ne-Yo is only his alias but his real name is Shaffer C. Smith, into his early 20s and born into a family of musicians from Arkansas, USA. But his parents separated when Ne-Yo was a little boy and he was raised single-handedly by his mother.
When Sean Garrett was a little kid, he'd make up his own words to songs he heard on the radio. That habit helped him develop the songwriting skills that have produced hits for Usher, Chris Brown, Mary J. Blige, Beyonc, Ciara, Nelly and the Pussycat Dolls. "I would start singing another song on top of the one that was playing, and my ears would block out the lyrics the artist would be singing,"
GRAND RAPIDS -- Floyd Mayweather the promoter is a pretty hot ticket. The boxing champion drew about 6,500 people and brought star names, including rapper 50 Cent, for his Money Mayweather Celebrity Basketball Game Saturday afternoon at Van Andel Arena.
*Jadakiss, Souljah Boy, Styles P. and Swizz Beatz are among the bevy of artists, actors and comics headed to Grand Rapids, MI next weekend as part of boxer Floyd Mayweather’s “Mayweather Experience.”