Get Konvicted

You can now ‘Get Konvicted’ with Vh1 Rags to Riches – Akon, on May 9 at 10 am. Akon is a Senegalese-American hip hop, contemporary R&B singer, songwriter, occasional rapper and record producer. His songs are mostly about his time spent in prison and living life the ghetto style.

Akon he reveals his troubled past and talks about his rise to fame. His story starts from early beginnings in New Jersey to his own record label called ‘Kon Live Distribution’ and finally his majestic mansion ‘Dreamland’ in Atlanta. This hip-hop artist even has own charity for the underprivileged in Africa called Konfidence Foundation.
So don’t miss Akon’s crazy journey only on Vh1 Rags to Riches.

Live concerts

This month, MSN India will stream a series of live concerts for users in India. Jack Johnson, Madonna and Daughtry. Control Room, the leading producer and distributor of world class entertainment content, delivers nearly 40 live music shows per year to the MSN ‘Music In Concert’ series. Past performances have included international superstars such as Rihanna, Jay-Z, Lenny Kravitz, Sheryl Crow, Elton John and many more.
Madonna’s exclusive performance at New York City’s famed Roseland Ballroom was streamed live via an online broadcast by MSN and Control Room on April 30 in the US. The concert will now be available on demand to international audiences, including India on May 15 at 8 pm. 

The Control Room-produced show will include never-before-seen rehearsal footage, a pre-recorded interview with Madonna and her full performance, giving fans around the globe unprecedented access to one of the biggest music events of 2008 by logging on to MSN ‘Music In Concert’.

Fans also watched performances by Jack Johnson on MSN India. Jack Johnson’s live performance at the Kokua Festival, Hawaii was available on demand.

 Daughtry is an American Music Award-winning and Grammy-nominated rock band from North Carolina, formed by former American Idol contestant Christ Daughtry in 2006.

Their stripped down versions of their album ‘It’s Not Over’, performed at the Majestic Ventura Theater, California will be streamed on May 22.