Yesterday I attended a press conference at the DefJam offices here in New York where music mogul and super producer Jermaine Dupri was introducing his newest artist, YouTube sensation 21 year-old Dondria aka Phatfffat. She's being touted as the first artist to be signed to a major label discovered on YouTube. He played some of her music and it's great! Her voice is CRAZY! I met her and interviewed her for Bleu Magazine and she's a very sweet and down to earth girl in spite of her instant stardom.
The footage of the whole event will be up on Bleu Magazine's website soon. Unfortunately though, I had no camera person with me on this one so I had to take my own footage and the JD footage came out a tad bit ghetto and dark. He had to wear that damn hat the whole time that obscured his face from the light. But because I love y'all here's a sneak peek.
And if you don't have a subscription to Bleu Magazine yet, what the hell you waiting on? It's only 10 bucks for a whole year and I write for it! What's not to love?
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Playing In The background...
"Gotta Getcha"
by Jermaine Dupri
from the album "Young, Fly & Flashy Vol. 1"
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Wow...look at you. This new artist sounds like she's going to be a great sensation. I can't view the video cuz in typing from my black berry, but yea, I will check it out when I get home.
Child...If you turn that cam on yourself one more time! LOL!
This was cool.
;-)
I have been watching Dondria on YouTube since she first started. I love her voice and im so happy for her.