Chris Akinyemi Enters MtvU 'freshman' Competition

New York, NY (Top40 Charts/ I AM PR Agency) Pop/ R&B singer/ songwriter Chris Akinyemi is nominated for The New Music Seminar Artist on The Verge Project (AOV).
AOV identifies the 100 artists most ready to break each year. If chosen as a finalist, Chris Akinyemi, could be invited to attend the New Music Seminar on Feb 14-16 in Los Angeles, as a guest, will get to perform on the Tuesday night showcase at The Roxy and then be critiqued by a panel of experts at the Creative Conundrum Movement on Wednesday, February 16th, 2011. The winner will be chosen by the audience in live SMS voting and will receive over $50,000 in promotions, services and prizes including the coveted NMS Reflection Award.

Chris Akinyemi's manager, Benjamin Moyer, shares: " I'm so happy that Chris is nominated! Hopefully something great will come out of it."

Make sure to watch Chris Akinyemi's video on MTV and support him in mtvU "Freshman" Competition starting this Monday:
https://www.mtv.com/music/artist/chris_akinyemi/artist.jhtml

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About Chris Akinyemi
21 year-old New Jersey native, Chris Akinyemi fuses Contemporary Pop Music, Soul, Hip Hop and acoustic guitar. Over the past months, Chris Akinyemi performed all around the country in states such as Philadelphia, Ohio, and Massachusetts just to name a few. He joined the line-up of the FEST Africa in Baltimore, shared the stages with artists such Theophilius London; And warmed up the stage of prestigious universities such as Harvard, Columbia, and Cornell. Additional performing dates in NYC will be announced shortly.