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Nelly Furtado
Nelly Furtado


Background information
Birth name Nelly Kim Furtado
Born December 2, 1978
Origin Victoria, British Columbia, Canada
Genre(s) Folk
Pop Rock
Latin Pop
R&B
Dance-Pop
Years active 1996—present
Label(s) Geffen Records
Universal Music Latin
Mosley Music Group
Associated acts Justin Timberlake
Juanes
Timbaland
Tiësto
K'naan
Website Website



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Outkast Star Makes Debut In Hip-Hop Ballet

April 16, 2008
Outkast Star Makes Debut In Hip-Hop BalletOutkast’s Antwan Patton has won rave reviews in a new ballet production that is inspired by hip-hop music.

The show, entitled Big, is a collaboration with Americas oldest ballet company, Atlanta Ballet.

Patton performs onstage during the production which, according to the Guardian, features a mash up of Guiseppe Verdi's ‘La Traviata’ and OutKast’s ‘Morris Brown’.

The Outkast rapper’s collaboration has been described as an obvious partnership by Atlanta Ballet's artistic director, John McFall.

"Hip-hop is a defining element of Atlanta," he said.

"It only makes sense that the two art forms would come together at some point."

After a host of American dates the ballet is expected to come Europe later this year.

(by Jason Gregory)



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