BET’s Rip The Runway 2009 Backstage

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Keri @ Lexus Lounge

BET’s Rip The Runway 2009

The worlds of fashion and music collided at the annual taping of BET’s “Rip the Runway” at the Hammerstein Ballroom in New York City on Saturday.

Keri Hilson, T.I., The-Dream, Busta Rhymes, Fabolous, and Bobby Valentino performed alongside models wearing designs from AKOO, Protege, “Project Runway’s” Korto Momolu, and Johnny Vincent Swimwear.

Backstage

Performance

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New “I Am Music” Tour Dates

More dates aviable now
3/17 – Providence @ Dunkin Donuts Center
3/18 – Wallingford @ Chevrolet Theatre
3/19 – Newark, NJ @ Prudential Center
3/20 – Baltimore, MD @ 1st Mariner Arena
3/21 – Indianapolis, IN @ Concesco Fieldhouse
3/23 – San Antonio, TX @ ATT Center
3/25 – Oklahoma City, OK @ Ford Center
3/29 – Los Angeles, CA @ Gibson Amphitheatre
3/31 – Salt Lake City, UT @ Energy Solution Arena
4/2 – Portland, OR, United States – Rose Garden Arena
4/4 – Honolulu, HI – Blaisedell Arena
4/6 – Omaha, NE – Qwest Center
4/8 – Albuquerque, NM, United States – Tingley Coliseum
4/10 – Milwaukee, WI – US Cellular Arena
4/12 – Tampa, FL – Ford Ampitheater

KERI HILSON’S “TURNIN ME ON” LANDS AT #1 SPOT AT URBAN RADIO

HIGHLY ANTICIPATED DEBUT ALBUM IN A PERFECT WORLD…. IN STORES MARCH 24, 2009

SUPER PRODUCER TIMBALAND, POLOW DA DON AND DANJA PROVIDE PRODUCTION

(February 18, 2009 – Santa Monica, CA) Keri Hilson’s second single, “Turnin Me On,” lands at the number one spot at Urban Radio this week. The video peaked at number one on BET last week and has been one of the top ten videos for four consecutive weeks. Produced by Polow Da Don and featuring Lil Wayne, the song is also climbing up the pop chart. Hilson and Lil Wayne performed the song nightly as they toured the country together on the “I Am Music Tour”.

Nurtured between Timbaland’s Mosley Music Group and Polow’s Zone 4 Inc., In A Perfect World…boasts amazing sounds from a slew of hitmakers like Timbaland, Polow, and Danja. The album, which features guest appearances by Timbaland, Lil Wayne, Akon, Keyshia Cole, and Ne-Yo, will be released on MMG/Zone4/Interscope and is set to arrive in stores on March 24, 2009. It’s a watershed moment that meets both goals-it sounds and feels great. Speaking up for all the ladies, In A Perfect World…also looks to empower women to be strong, independent and determined. “No human is exempt from the realities of life- heartbreak, failure, success…” Keri comments. This takes all forms throughout the album which reveals Keri’s ability to translate every day trials and
tribulations into engaging music.

Hilson has received many accolades in the media, having graced the covers of Fader and Trace Magazine and has been championed in the pages of Rolling Stone, Blender, Vibe, Entertainment Weekly and Interview to name a few.

New dates have been added to the I Am Music Tour which will pick up again
in March and Hilson will also open for T.I. on the below dates:

Saturday, February 28 – Times Forum – Tampa/St. Pete, FL
Sunday, March 8 – Univ. of Illinois Assembly Hall – Champagne, IL
Thursday, March 12 – Don Haskins Center – El Paso, TX
Friday, March 13 – Alamo dome – San Antonio, TX
Saturday, March 14 – Arena Theater – Houston, TX

Seventeen Magazine Party

Keri performed at Sevanteen magazine party at february 16. It looks like Keri cut her hair again

BMI 2009 Panel

Beautiful pictures of Keri below. Videos and caps to follow

Keri Hilson Plans to Keep Family Promise

Keri Hilson’s debut album, ‘In a Perfect World,’ may be about to drop March 24, setting up the breakout songwriter to be a recording star in her own right. But despite having Lil Wayne on the single and a track she co-wrote with Justin Timberlake her family still isn’t impressed yet.

“I’m the black sheep of my family,” she told a crowd of students at Grammy Career Day. “I’m the only one who didn’t graduate.”

But talking to the Boombox at the Clive Davis pre-Grammy party, a few days after Grammy Career Day, Hilson made a public plea to Emory University.

“My degree was a theater degree, performance based, so I’m gonna go for the honorary if I can,” she said. “I’ve been talking to the dean of the art school and Emory University, if you’re reading this, I would love to get the honorary degree. I gotta get that piece of paper.”

And she’s serious. “But if not, I’ll go back and do plays. I’ll do plays at school and participate in the theater program as much as possible to get that degree.”

Given her family’s emphasis on schooling, will the honorary degree satisfy them? “Oh yeah, they’ll go for it. That means it was worth their money,” she says. “We got the piece of paper, that’s what it’s all about.”

The Farewell Tour

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Start Date: 2/28/2009
End Date: 2/28/2009

Description:

Event: The Farewell Tour featuring T.I., Busta
Rhymes, and Keri Hilson
Date of Event: Saturday, February 28, 2009
Doors: 6:30pm
Start Time: 8:00pm
Approx End Time: 11:00pm
Promoter: Elite World Media Holdings, LLC
Address: 201 N. 8th Street, Unit 906,
Philadelphia PA 19106.
Phone: 609-707-5000
Approx. Attendance: 10,000
House Layout: Endstage
Ticket Prices: $47.75 all seats; VIP $127.75
On Sale Date: Tuesday, February 10, 2009 at 10:00am