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Catch Jay Sean in India
for New Years Eve and Puerto Rico in the New Year
16th December 2005
2point9.com The end of the year is coming fast. And the crew have a load of gigs lined up in various places from the UK to India to Puerto
Rico. Check the gig section for further updates. One of the biggest do's we will be doing is the infamous Project Puerto Rico weekend in January. Held
on the sunny shores of Puerto Rico in January, Project Puerto Rico is the biggest South Asian party ever. 4000 party goers
fly to the island of Puerto Rico to dance to top DJs and catch performances from top South Asian artists. It's the first time
a South Asian event is held in such an exotic location and it is your chance to be a part of history in the making. You can
join thousands on the beautiful shores of Puerto Rico from Jan 12-16 2006 to witness this marvelous extravaganza for yourself.
Log on to www.projectpuertorico.com before it's too late.
JAY'S NEW ALBUM 'DEAL WITH IT'
27th Sept 2005
jayloverz.tripod.com
Sorry people i know i havn't been updating lately just been busy but anyways
now I'll be updating frequently, so please check back often. Jay Sean's new album is coming out next year and it's
called 'Deal With It' It's going to be wicked and the track which you can listen to when you are on the home page
'Come Here Come on' produced by Rishi Rich. His voice really sounds amazing and mature!!.
9th May 2005
2point9.com
 Over 3,000 people turned up to see Jay Sean, alongside Cash Money & Dizzie Rascal.DJ's also spinning on the night were
MJ Cole, Stanton Warriors, 1Xtra's Semtex & Hollands infamous DJ Chucky. Jay then performed on the  Saturday night at Urban Town Nightclub in the Hague where a further 1500 dutch kids came & packed out the joint to witness
high octane performance. Throughout the weekend Interviews on Holland's primary Urban Station FunX (networked 300,000
audience) took place alongside the usual deluge of asian media interest.
8th April 2005
2point9.com
 Rishi Rich has been nominated for a prestigious Sony radio award, announced on Tuesday 5th April. The ‘Rishi Rich Project
Show’ features in the Kiss 100 line-up every Sunday night from 9pm till 11pm. The crew, which also features Juggy D
and  Jay Sean, are nominated in the Specialist music award. They are competing against Radio 1’s Zane Lowe and Tim Westwood,
BBC Radio 3’s Andy Kershaw and BBC London’s Charlie Gillett. The award is seen as the ‘oscars’ for
radio programming and the nominations, which are chosen by a select industry panel, are selected from wide selection of radio
shows broadcasting on stations all around the country.  Bobby Friction, co-presenter for Radio 1’s ‘Asian Urban Nation’ now with Nihal, is also up for an award
in the ‘News programme show of the year’ category. ‘Vote Friction’, a documentary he fronted
for Radio 1, involved him following the BNP last year during their campaign for the local elections in Burnley. This is Bobby’s
second Sony nomination. Bobby and Nihal won a Sony award in 2003 in the Specialist music category, the same category as Rishi
Rich’s current nomination. The winners will be announced at a ceremony in London on the 9th May, for more info
and the full list of nominees, click here
Rishi Rich Project perform at Bollywood Awards in Atlantic City, USA
21 March 2005 The whole crew will be flying out to Atlantic City, USA to perform at the Bollywood Awards in April. Attended by superstars
from Hollywood and Bollywood alike, the Bollywood awards is one of the most prestigious events in the US calendar and is broadcast
to over 600 million homes worldwide. Look out for photos and video footage from the awards after the event.
Inka band bajaya!
28th Jan 2005
Backstage, before The Rishi Rich Project concert began at the Turf Club on Wednesday, Rishi Rich, Juggy D,
Veronica and Jay Sean were busy giving interviews to the media when the cops arrived.
With just minutes
to spare before the show, all the young musicians were hauled out and Jay Sean found himself at the receiving end of a sound
shouting in a mix of Hindi and Marathi, with a smattering of English thrown in.
Needless to say, Jay understood very
little of what the police had to say, but he did fathom the shocking gist of it. Apparently, a woman had accused Jay of having
molested her and the cops had come to make enquires.
At first puzzled, then outraged, Jay would have done some yelling
himself if the cops hadn’t told him the rest of the story in time.
Teen music icons in Balaji film
19th Jan 2005
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Making music: (From left) Jay
Sean, Tusshar Kapoor, Juggy D, Rishi Rich and Veronica
Pic: Vijayanand Gupta | International pop stars Jay Sean, Rishi Rich, Juggy D and Veronica are all
set to play Ekta Kapoor’s tune. The musicians have recorded the Indo-Brit bhangra number One Night (Dil Mera) for Balaji
Telefilms’ next venture, Kyaa Kool Hai Hum.
The
film stars Tusshar Kapoor, Riteish Deshmukh, Ishaa Koppikar and Neha Dhupia.
The musicians will be shooting the video
for the song on Thursday. In this interview they talk about what prompted them to record for Hindi films and more:
So,
how did this song happen?
Rishi Rich: Well, Balaji, the production house, was looking for us and they got
in touch with EMI who in turn contacted us.
Jay Sean: We decided to sing as the film Kyaa Kool Hai
Hum represents the youth culture and we represent that as well. It was also one of the reasons why I featured Bipasha Basu
in our song, Stolen, instead of Aishwarya Rai or Rani Mukherji. She’s up and coming and so are we.
What’s
the song going to be like?
Rishi Rich: It’s been taken from the album, Me Against Myself. Balaji liked
this particular song. The song is called One Night but we have adapted the song completely for the film.
Composed
by Rishi the song is called One Night (Di Mera). It’s a mixture of rhythm and blues, fused with bhangra and Hindi tunes.
It’s very hip-hop kind of music and will be sung by Veronica.
Rishi
and Jay, when did you guys come together?
Jay Sean: About two years ago. We both had this dream of making
an album.
Rishi Rich: Jay sings and writes the music while I compose it and oversee the production aspect.
So
what’s your favourite song in the album?
Rishi Rich: Holding On. The way Jay has sung it is very emotional.
Jay Sean: Holding On. It’s a very personal song for both of us because we were going through certain
experiences while doing the song and thus could relate to it.
More
Hindi films in the offing?
Rishi Rich: If we get the right kind of offers.
Jay Sean: Yes,
we have a massive interest in Hindi films. But it will also depend on what kind of film it is, everything has got to be right
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Jay Sean wins Channel U award22nd October 2005
2point9.com Jay Sean picked up an award at the recent Channel U award show. He was one of 15 artists to win an award, voted for by the
Channel U users. Loads of faces from the Urban world were in the house and Jay and Juggy perform a mini set. Other winners
on the night included Kano, Dizzee Rascal, Choong Family and Lethal B.
EXCLUSIVE! JAY IS BACK IN THE STUDIO
27th June 2005
Jay is currently recording his second album. He has been working in America and is set to create
his best album yet.
9th June 2005
2point9.com
An arduous schedule saw Jay perform in Philadelphia, Atlanta, San Francisco, Los Angeles, Chicago, Washington DC,
New Jersey culminating at the prestigious “Roxy” venue in New York which was the stand out show of the tour (see
pictures), in just 10 days from May 19th–29th 2005.  Over 3000 South Asian American Students showed up to the New York event on 27th May to see the British Asian star, who has
made an impressive impact on the underground, on the ever fast growing desi scene in the United States. New York’s “Hot
97” (biggest hi  p hop station in U.S.) tagged Jay’s show at the Roxy in their early evening show & MTV were at the Roxy to film
the event after a LIVE interview & performance with Jay in Times Square studios whetted their appetite. MTV Americalaunch
“MTV DESI” on July 4th & have chosen Jay Sean as one of their flag-ship artists, which they are looking to
intergrate within their other channels, & with a huge launch of the station assisted by MTV USA itself, exposure for Jay
could potentially explode in the U.S. over the next few months.
Jay Sean charts in Holland
06 March 2005
 Jay's album & single (Eyes on You) is really starting to take off in Europe, in-particular Holland. Eyes On You
is now up to no.18 in their chart & rising week on week with media awareness growing all the time to Jay as a phenomenal
live performer. Coca Cola are trying to pin Jay down to a Live event happening in next month, which will see reaching
a huge national audience as the event is broadcast live on TV.
"KYAA KOOL HAI HUM" features British Asian Superstar Jay Sean!
Jay Sean along with Rishi Rich, Juggy D & Veronica to sing and feature in the forthcoming Balaji film 'Kyaa Kool Hai
Hum'
Following Balaji Telefilms' unprecedented success in the TV serial market in India and their presence in the feature films,
the prolific production house now gears up for the release of their next film, "Kyaa Kool Hai Hum", Starring Tusshar Kapoor,
Ritesh Deshmukh, Ishaa Koppikar and Neha Dhupia. A major highlight of the film is the British Asian superstar Jay Sean lending
his talents to the movie with the song 'Dil Mera (One night)'. The artist will be playing himself and will feature in the
track along with Tusshar Kapoor and Ritesh Deshmukh.
Ekta Kapoor & the entire cast and crew of "Kyaa Kool Hai Hum" are equally excited and are looking forward to the song.
Says Ekta Kapoor, "Kyaa Kool Hai Hum", is a youthful, snazzy and a totally mad film, making it perfect to have a Jay Sean
single in the movie. If 'Masti' was a Glass of wine, "Kyaa Kool Hai Hum" is a whole bottle of vodka. I'm sure this song is
going to Rock and go on to become an all time HIT. The Panache of Raju Khan's choreography is going be the final Icing on
the Cake."
Mumbai, Jan 23 (IANS): After Rishi Rich's chartbusting success in Yash Chopra's "Hum Tum", British Asian musicians - such
as Jay Sean and the London based Shahin Badar - are finally breaking into the Bollywood music industry.
British Asians
Jay Sean, Rishi Rich, Juggy D and Veronica have been signed for the forthcoming Balaji Telefilms' movie "Kyaa Kool Hai Hum",
which stars Tusshar Kapoor, Ritesh Deshmukh, Ishaa Koppikar and Neha Dhupia.
Jay Sean, who sings "Dil Mera" in the
film told IANS: "I think it's fantastic to be featured in Bollywood movies. It's like getting global recognition.
"I
think it is a great idea that channels like MTV are tapping potential talent from the Indian community and giving them a chance."
Producer
Ekta Kapoor is equally excited. "'Kyaa Kool Hai Hum' is a youthful, snazzy and a totally mad film. Having a Jay Sean single
is perfect for the movie.
"If 'Masti' was a glass of wine, 'Kyaa Kool Hai Hum' is a whole bottle of vodka. I am sure
this song is going to rock," said Ekta.
Rishi Rich said: "We were first introduced to Bollywood by MTV and now there
is so much interest in Bollywood for artists like us."
Apache Indian, the only British Asian to have seven Top 40
chart entries in Britain, pointed out: "There was a time when British Asian artists thought it was better to go mainstream
rather than to concentrate on Bollywood.
"But that's changing because Bollywood music is hitting the mainstream US
and British charts. Today everyone wants to record for Bollywood."
A decade ago, Apache had a Bollywood track with
Prabhu Deva and another one with Asha Bhosle.
"I lost interest later as things were disorganised here. I worked for
Bappi Lahiri and I still have no clue what happened to my tracks or the payments," said the artist.
British Asian
music has grown over the years and has a lot to offer other than Panjabi Bhangra music.
Listening to BBC's Radio 1
show of DJ Bobby Friction and Nihal, one is amazed by the diverse range of music coming from the underground Asian scene.
But most of these tracks never reach Indian music channels like MTV and Channel V.
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