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Happenings
Lina Performs At Hip-Hop Tour
By Lisa Augusrine
Staff'Writer
We have Heard her single
‘It’s Alright,’on 99.1 or 104.5.
Maybe you have seen her
video on BET, MTV, or CTN
while in the cafeteria
satisfying your hunger.
Atlantic recording artist Lina
visited Fayetteville State
University, one of the sites on
her nationwide promotional
tour for her new album,
"Stranger on Earth, ” in
stores now.
The interview took place in
the student radio station,
WFSB Hot 98.5FM.
Afterwards, Lina performed
her hit single, 'It’s Alright,’
for the crowd at the CIAA
Hip-Hop Tour event. The
single is collaboration with
Philly’s Most Wanted
Boobonic. When asked about
how the collaboration came
about she replied, “Its crazy...I
needed a rapper on ‘It’s
Alright’, we had big names
that did rap on it, but I liked
Boo’s rap. His rap was the
one that appealed most to me.
I told him, ‘you sound like a
cross between Tupac and Jay
Z’, those are my two favorite
artists.” Lina added, “I didn’t
really trip off the big names, I
chose whoever felt good to
me.”
She wants to “slow it down”
with her next single “Waiting.”
Lina began singing, like
many other artists, at a young
age in her church. She then
graduated to signing at special
occasions, for example
weddings. After graduating
from high school, Lina began
a career in writing; she made
demo’s in her spare time. Her
Carolina^^S'Uc;
Lina sings for FSU crowd
manager convinced her to
distribute her demos, not
seriously, just to see what
offers she would get. She got
one she could not refuse, an
offer to sign with Atlantic
records.
Lina’s song-writing
achievements include writing
for singer Tyrese’s recent
platinum album. In addition to
that, Lina has been touring
Europe with Gangstar (Guru)
and DJ Premier, and appearing
in many magazines such as
Ebony and Essence.
Lina describes her unique
style as “the past, and the
present and I guess the future
of music, because hopefully
with this music, I will inspire
people to be more creative
Lauren Christian, a junior from
Fayetteville, was crowned FSU’s Classiest
Lady. The event was sponsered by the
Epsilon Zeta Chapter of Alpha Phi Alpha
Fraternity, Incorporated.
and more original and not try
to fit the mold of what people
think it [music] should be.”
Some of her major
influences are Duke Ellington,
Louie Armstrong, Billy
Holiday, Jay Z, Whitney
Houston and the late Aaliyah,
just to name a few. Lina
added, “1 am a huge Aaliyah
fan.”
In the future she would like
to work with Bilal, Tank, The
Roots, Musiq Soul Child and
Moby.
Soon her writing and singing
career may lead to acting. She
has been offered acting roles
because of the fame
accompanying her CD, and
she is currently auditioning for
parts. She wants to play
“strong black woman roles...a
role that will make you leave
the theater with something
meaningful.”
Lina’s advice for artists
trying to crack into the
business is, “definitely believe
in yourself because everyone
is going to have an opinion and
everyone is going to jump on
the bandwagon of what is
selling and say it is the hottest
thing but it may not
necessarily be. Try not to be
cheap or a follower, be
yourself and be original. Don’t
try to fit the blueprint, go
against the grain. It makes
you stand out and it makes you
true to yourself. We don’t
always want another clone of
somebody else.”
For more about Lina, visit
her website at:
Lina-Online.com
Glass Mix-up
Irks Diner
Dear Advice Diva:
The other night at dinner
with my girlfriend and two of
her friends, I noticed that my
water glass seemed a bit
empty but I drank from it
anyhow. It was soon
apparent why it looked
empty: One of her friends had
mistaken it for his, and was
drinking from my glass. This
friend happened to have a
slight cold, and I immediately
felt like I was being put on
the spot. I wanted to ask for
another glass, but was too
self-conscious, as I had
pointed out in a joking way
that he had been using my
water glass.
After I mentioned it, he
apologized and moved the
glass closer to my part of the
table, then started using his
glass, which he had not yet
used. Shouldn’t he have given
me his untouched water
glass, and continued using my
“adopted” glass?
My girlfriend says that I
should have just asked the
waiter for another water
glass and not cared if it
offended her friend. I think
that he should have given me
his glass. S.R.
Dear S.R.:
The Advice Diva thinks you
and your girlfriend are both
right — it would have been
polite for the friend to offer
you his untouched glass but,
in the absence of this
gesture, you had every right
to ask the food server for a
fresh glass of water.
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