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About Dolla

Dolla may only be 20 but his age shouldn't fool you. Unlike most MC's these days, Dolla, born Roderick Anthony Burton II, began his musical journey in his early teens. Forming a group called Da Razkals Cru with friends Scrappy and Sas, a 12 year-old Dolla rapped in showcases around his Atlanta, Georgia hometown. Eventually, the group caught the attention of both Missy Elliott and P. Diddy however those two weren't the only executives interested.

Continuing to pen lyrics, the teen shopped his ghostwriting skills to signed and unsigned artists alike. While making the rounds, Dolla ran into former Elektra acquaintance, Akon. The Senegalese singer was now a multi-platinum artist looking to expand his own Konvict Muzik roster. Meanwhile, Dolla linked with his current manager to form their own production company, The Gang Entertainment and before long signed a joint venture with Akon's production company, Konvict Muzik. Soon after, once the joint venture was official, Dolla was finally signed as a Jive artist. After a year of working on the album, Akon was instrumental in pulling together Dolla's newest hit, "Who The F**k Is That?" featuring chart champion, T-Pain and newcomer, Tay Dizm. Now as "Who The F**k Is That?" climbs the charts, Dolla can look back on his struggle with a bit of vindication.

Dolla is wrapping up his debut solo album Dolla & A Dream via The Gang/Konvict Muzik/Jive Records. The LP is a collection of both jubilant and heart-wrenching music. "Who The F**k Is That?" the lead single is a DJ Montay production that comically details Southern nightlife. On "Loudmouth," Dolla chastises cowards for gossiping over a sinister organ that's reminiscent of a ride through the trap. "I'm F**ked Up" shows Dolla's sensual drunken side while the beat's horns bop and the MC whispers his lyrics. Another song, "Be Alright," chronicles a young girl growing up in the ghetto and dating older men to her detriment. "Ghetto Prayer" describes the young MC's difficult struggle through life over pianos and a strong wailing chorus. With both sobering messages and light-hearted lyrics in his pocket, Dolla is ready to spark a little change. "My music is universal," says the 20 year-old. "I can do street music or pop music. But whatever I do, I attempt to make meaningful songs with substance."

• Dolla's MySpace

Official Contest Rules

JAMGLUE AND ZOMBA LABEL GROUP
DOLLA / "WHO THE F**K IS THAT" REMIX CONTEST OFFICIAL RULES

These Official Rules ("Rules") govern your participation in
Dolla / "Who the F**k is That" Remix Contest ("Contest"). 
Participation in the Contest constitutes your full and unconditional 
agreement to and acceptance of these Rules as well as the Jamglue Terms of
Service posted at http://www.jamglue.com/help/terms_of_service;
so, it is important that you read and understand them.

1. Sponsors: The Contest is sponsored and run by Jamglue Inc.,
headquartered at 214 Summit Ave. E #302, Seattle, WA 98102 USA, ph.
1-206-284-9430 and Zomba Label Group.

2. Entry Period: The Contest's audio elements will go online at
1:00 a.m. PT on March 31, 2008. You may enter the Contest by
creating remixes on http://www.jamglue.com from 1:00 a.m. PT on
March 31, 2008 until 11:59 p.m. PT on May 11, 2008.

3. Who is Eligible? The Contest is offered only to natural persons
older than 13 years of age as of the date of entry. Employees,
independent contractors, officers, and directors of Sponsors, their
respective shareholders, agents, representatives affiliates,
subsidiaries, advertising, promotion and fulfillment agencies, and
legal advisors ("Sponsors' parties"), and the immediate family members
and persons living in the same household of such persons, are not
eligible to participate in the Contest. Void where prohibited by law.

4. How to Enter: The Sponsors are offering you the chance to engage
in a creative dialogue with Zomba Label Group artist Dolla.  To
enter, create and publish a mix copied from Dolla's "Who the F**k is 
That" mix which has been made available at the Contest page at
http://www.jamglue.com/contests/dolla . Remixes may additionally 
include music you create yourself, and/or material in the public 
domain, and/or other material you have express permission to use and 
license in accordance with Rule 5.

For the avoidance of doubt, you acknowledge and agree that the musical
tracks available at http://www.jamglue.com/contests/dolla are licensed
for use under the Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial Share
Alike 2.5 license (and that all rights that are not expressly granted
under this license are reserved by Zomba Label Group). You further
acknowledge and agree that you must attribute Dolla as well as Zomba
Label Group whenever you use the Zomba Label Group musical tracks
(ie. "Remix using elements from Dolla/Zomba Label Group"), but not in
such a way as to imply any endorsement, approval or affiliation with
or by Dolla or Zomba Label Group.

IF YOU USE CONTENT THAT YOU ARE NOT AUTHORIZED TO USE, YOU ARE
NOT ENTITLED TO ENTER THIS COMPETITION AND YOUR ENTRY WILL
AUTOMATICALLY BE DISQUALIFIED BY THE SPONSORS AND NOT CONSIDERED
BY THE JUDGES.

Any person or group may enter as many times as desired, but each
individual or group entrant is only eligible for one prize.

To be eligible for the prizes (described below in (7)), an entrant or
group of named entrants, must be the sole author and copyright owner
of the remix(es), or must have express permission (via license or
otherwise) to use or incorporate those portions of the remix(es)
authored or owned by third parties and license the remix(es) in
accordance with these Rules. Any materials that infringe the rights
of any third party (ie. materials used without express permission of
the copyright owner) may not be used.

5. Format of Entries: Entries must be in the form of a mix created
on the Jamglue website that is licensed under a Creative Commons
Attribution Non-Commercial Share Alike 2.5 license, is published,
and is copied from the the "Who the F**k is That" official mix.  All
eligible entries must be created and licensed by 11:59 p.m. PT,
May 11, 2008. Entries that are created or licensed after 11:59 p.m.
PT, May 11, 2008 are not eligible.

6. What others may do with your remix(es): By creating a remix as
part of the Contest on http://www.jamglue.com, you agree to license
that remix to the rest of the world under a Creative Commons
Attribution Non-Commercial Share Alike 2.5 license available at
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.5/. All eligible
entries will be made available to the general public for download on
the http://www.jamglue.com website under the Creative Commons
Attribution Non-Commercial Share Alike 2.5 license. Sponsors reserve
the right to evaluate each entry's eligibility under the Rules as well
as for compliance with the US Copyright Act and any and all other
applicable laws. Entries may be removed from the
http://www.jamglue.com site and disqualified from the Contest at the
discretion of the Sponsors. By submitting an entry, you are
representing and warranting that the content in your entry is
authorized to be remixed by you and is licensed to the general public
under a Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial Share Alike 2.5
license. By submitting your mix, you also agree and acknowledge that
you will receive no royalties from Sponsors, other contestants, or
members of the general public who use your track consistent with the
Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial Share Alike 2.5 license.

7. Prizes: One (1) Grand Prize winner and Five (5) First Prize winners 
will be determined by the criteria outlined in (8).

Grand Prize (One (1) will be awarded): The Grand Prize consists of an
autographed Dolla poster, their remix featured on Dolla's MySpace
page, and a congratulatory phone call from Dolla himself!

First Prize (Five (5) will be awarded): Each First Prize 
consists of a Jamglue T-shirt.

Sponsors may modify or edit winning remixes to ensure the audio
quality or for any purpose that Sponsors deem necessary or desirable.
Sponsors reserve the right to undertake, or to instruct its
representatives to undertake, such reasonable editing or
modifications. All prize expenses and/or services not specified herein
are not included and are the sole responsibility of the winner(s). No
alternative prize, cash equivalent, or other substitution is permitted
except by Sponsors, at Sponsors' sole discretion, in the event of
prize unavailability.  Prizes are nontransferable. All federal,
provincial, state and/or local taxes are the sole responsibility of
the winners.

8. Judging: The Grand Prize winning remix will be chosen by the artist, 
Dolla.  The five (5) First Prize remixes will be determined by the 
number of Jamglue users who called the remix "A Favorite," subject to 
contest eligibility.

All grading decisions are final. Sponsors reserve the right to
disqualify any entry that is, in Sponsors' discretion, inappropriate,
offensive or demeaning to Sponsors' reputation or goodwill, or
contrary to Sponsors' mission or these Rules. Once the grading of the
entries has been completed, the Sponsors will notify the winners
via email and Jamglue private message using the information
submitted by the entrants in their Jamglue user profile. If a winner
fails to respond within 14 days of the date of the notification, that
winner will be disqualified and the next highest scoring remix will be
selected as an alternate winner and notified according to this
procedure.

9. General Terms and Conditions: By participating, entrants agree
that the Sponsors' parties are not responsible or liable for, and are
released and held harmless from: (i) telephone, electronic, hardware
or software program, network, Internet, or computer malfunctions,
failures, or difficulties of any kind; (ii) any condition caused by
events beyond the control of Sponsors that may cause the Contest to be
disrupted or corrupted; (iii) any printing or typographical errors in
any materials associated with the Contest; (iv) any and all losses,
damages, rights, claims and actions of any kind in connection with or
resulting from participation in the Contest or acceptance of any
prize, including without limitation, personal injury, death, and
property damage, and claims based on publicity rights, defamation, or
invasion of privacy. Sponsors reserve the right, in their sole
discretion, to suspend or cancel Contest at any time if a computer
virus, bug, or other technical problem corrupts the administration,
security, or proper conduct of the Contest. All issues and questions
concerning the construction, validity, interpretation, and
enforceability of these Rules, or the rights and obligations of
participant and Sponsors in connection with the Contest, shall be
governed by, and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of
Washington, without giving effect to any choice of law or conflict of
law rules or provisions (whether of the State of Washington or any
other jurisdiction), that would cause the application of the laws of
any jurisdiction other than the State of Washington.

10. Winners List/Official Rules: A copy of these Official Rules and
a winners list may be obtained by sending an email request to
info@jamglue.com. Requests for winners list must be received by
July 1, 2008.

11. Privacy: By entering into this Contest you consent to the use of
your name as set out in the Jamglue Privacy Policy available at:
http://www.jamglue.com/help/privacy_policy regarding use of all
material entered and/or submitted for this Contest or otherwise
collected by the Jamglue site.

12. DMCA Compliance: Sponsors comply with the provisions of the
Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA). In compliance with the DMCA,
a Designated Agent has been established with proper documentation sent
to the US Copyright Office. If you have a concern regarding the use of
copyrighted material on the Jamglue site, please contact the agent
designated to respond to reports alleging copyright infringement. The
designated agent for Jamglue to receive notification of claimed
infringement under Title II of the DMCA is:

       Casey Maloney Rosales Muller
       copyright@jamglue.com
       214 Summit Ave E #302
       Seattle, WA 98102
       Tel: 1-206-284-9430
       Fax: 1-801-998-3319