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(L-R: Sean Kingston, Iyaz)

There are probably millions of demo songs on MySpace. Somehow, one of Keidran Jones', aka Iyaz, got into Sean Kingston's ear and the rest is history in the making.

Kingston introduced Iyaz to his his producer and label-boss, J.R. Rotem and Rotem, in turn, introduced the Virgin Islands native Iyaz to the world with the surprise summer hit Replay. A dreamy R&B jam, "Replay" blends Iyaz' Caribbean flow with na na nas reminiscent of Akon's signature call.

The winning combination may have never happened. It took Kingston sending upwards of five messages to Iyaz on MySpace before the budding singer finally responded. Iyaz' excuse for not replying? He didn't believe the real Kingston would be spamming his MySpace inbox. After meeting up in Florida to talk shop – and party – Iyaz signed with Rotem and Kingston.

Despite his overnight success, Iyaz says he's got a lot of work to do: "I still consider myself an up-and-coming artist." What's the difference? Now he's got someone in his corner: "Sean is my 'little' big brother."

See: myspace.com/iyaz

17 comments

that girls like a melody in my head...blah blah blah me gustaba but now it ust gets on my nerves!!! lol heard it way too mux

Omg Omg Replay is.
Always playing in my ipod.
Interesting listing to his music.
But not knowing nothing.

All i can say is GOOD LUCK!!

All i can say is GOOD LUCK!!

Junior1213 (not verified)

It's so much easier to make it big these days, all you need is the Internet & Auto-Tune & you're there lol

umm idk bout diz person !
da1nonlyYand3lzprinc3zz

sounds like sean kingston..

hmm interesting :)
i'll give it a listen

wow! amazing story!
Sometimes you have to be persistent for what you believe in. :)

If he has any association with Sean Kingston I'm not interested.