VOTE OR DIE!
Mariah Casts Her Vote for P. Diddy's "Citizen Change" Initiative
Trendsetters, fashionistas, rappers — P. Diddy wants you. Specifically, he's looking for the "sexy people" to help him entice young people and minorities to vote in the presidential election, as part of his new nonpartisan voting initiative called Citizen Change. Citizen Change plans to link up with MTV, BET, Clear Channel and other media outlets to increase voter awareness, and P. Diddy said there will be registration drives on college campuses and education initiatives to make people more aware of the election and the issues.
The organization will hold functions tied to both the Democratic and Republication conventions. P. Diddy also said both President Bush and Democratic challenger John Kerry will be invited to participate in Citizen Change events.
P. Diddy already has enlisted stars Mariah Carey, Ben Affleck, Leonardo DiCaprio, Mary J. Blige, Queen Latifah and Ellen DeGeneres for the effort, and labels such as Ecko, Phat Farm, and his own Sean John have been tapped to create clothing featuring the initiative's motto — Vote or Die! — which Diddy himself wore at the news conference.
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Mariah's New Projects
Mariah is gearing up for the release of a new album around March 2005. The first single "Say Something" expected to hit stores in mid December, and reach radio airwaves sooner. The Album, the tenth in Mariah's 14-year long career will see Carey collaborating with artists and producers including: Kayne West, R. Kelly, Damizza, Randy Jackson, Jermaine Dupri, Mario Winans, and Swiss Beatz, to name a few.
The first fruits of Mariah's time in the studio, a duet with rapper Jadakiss, "U Make Me Wanna" is featured on his current album "Kiss of Death" and has already entered the Billboard Hot 100 chart at number 75. "U Make Me Wanna" Is Jadakiss's next single and a video including Mariah is out. However this album release will be the first real evidence of the effect that a series of changes in Mariah's staff will have upon her highly successful career.
Following the departure of Island Def Jam President Lyor Cohen, Mariah's new album is being closely watched over by her new boss, L.A. Reid, the man who guided artists such as Toni Braxton and Pink to superstardom.
Earlier this year Mariah also parted ways with her long-time US publicist, Cindi Berger, and shortly thereafter ended her professional relationship with the William Morris Agency, re-signing with Creative Artists Agency who she worked with in her earlier career.
Time will tell if Mariah continues to reorganize and restructure her team before promotion of her new album begins.
Determined not to restrict herself to music making, Mariah will be keeping herself busy with side projects including a much talked about children's clothing and books line entitled Automatic Princess. The illustrated children's book is rumored to be about a bi-racial orphan girl.
Following her critically acclaimed performance in mafia drama "Wise Girls.", Mariah has already filmed a cameo appearance in the Damon Dash-directed movie "State Property II" and is set to tread the boards in a stage play in London's West End early next year, ensuring Ms Carey's will be keeping a high profile well through 2005.
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