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Big Tings A Gwan
--------------------------------- Sunday, Dec 20, 2009
Iyaz represents for the V.I. with his Hit Single Replay
Keidran Jones better known by his stage name Iyaz is a singer and rapper from the Virgin Islands. Iyaz was born into a musical family on St. Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands and grew up on Tortola, British Virgin Islands. His song "Replay" reached number four on the Billboard Hot 100 in 2009. On December 13, 2009 "Replay" peaked at #1 on the Billboard Top 40 chart.
Iyaz studied digital recording in college and recorded "Island Girls", which found radio success on the islands of Anguilla, St. Kitts, Nevis, St. Thomas, St. Croix, St. Martin and Tortola. Iyaz was contacted by Sean Kingston over his MySpace and later signed a recording contract with Time Is Money/Beluga Heights, a record label owned by Warner Bros. Records. "Replay" was released as his first single. Iyaz stated plans to release a second single and an album in 2010.
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