Briefs: Faith Evans Signs With E1, Drake To Tour February 08, 2010
- RB Hip-Hop
By Mariel Concepcion and Chris M. Walsh, N.Y.
-- Faith Evans has signed on with E1 Television and E1 Music for a new studio album and reality series. E1 Television, in partnership with Faith Evans and Ten2One Entertainment, has developed a new reality series, "It's All About Faith," chronicling Evans' return to the music scene after a 5-year hiatus. The series is being shopped now to networks. Simultaneously, Evans has been at work on her sixth studio album on her imprint, Prolific Music Group, to be distributed by E1 Music in June.
-- Drake will headline "The Away From Home Tour," his first North American solo trek. The 25-city jaunt follows his participation in the "Young Money Presents: America's Most Wanted Music Festival," headlined by Lil Wayne, and runs from April 6 to May 8. It will make stops in Orlando, New Orleans and Boston as well as over 15 colleges and universities as part of the "Campus Conscious Tour" before its final stop in Plymouth, NH.
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