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Gospel star Adia spreads spirituality with a personal perspective

Adia has a personality and a sound that stand out. Having grown in Illinois and now living in Alabama, she’s one of the new faces of gospel music and she’s carving out a place for herself in the genre by recording music that’s as personal as it is uplifting.

August Alsina: ‘We don’t need two Chris Browns’

August Alsina isn’t the stereotypical contemporary R&B star. The New Orleans native doesn’t just sing about romantic love and loss, he sings story songs about his hardscrabble upbringing and the street lifestyle he’s seen in his city. And for the 21-year old Def Jam artist, he’s happy to do something that sets him apart from the pack of current R&B mainstays.