Posted by theprofessional on March 17, 2008, 8:22 am || Total Votes: 1
Though she may now be known to the country as “Kristen,” the pricey prostitute involved in New York Gov. Eliot Spitzer’s fall this week, the 22-year-old Ashley Alexandra Dupre is also an aspiring R&B singer — with a purported connection to our Motown of the South.
Atlanta-based producer Simon Illa (above) claims to have worked with Dupre, musically, and his publicist Jurena Cantrell issued this statement to the Atlanta Journal-Constitution: “Ashley is a talented singer and songwriter. I respect her right to privacy and have no comment on her life.”
That’s it. Cantrell says Dupre’s lawyers have asked him not to discuss anything - including whether the woman known as “Kristen” came to Atlanta to record, when, for how long … nothing. (BUT the song playing on her MySpace page - before it was taken down today - is one of his productions, he says. That’s probably why Howard Stern and “Inside Edition” are on his trail, according to Illa’s reps.)
As for Illa - a relative unknown on the Atlanta scene as he just moved here six months ago - his bio says he “earned an East Coast Emmy nomination for his music for NBC’s ‘Tribute to 9/11’ in 2003 and was dubbed ‘Philadelphia’s Hottest Producer’ by Blender magazine in 2006’. It also says he has done tour production for R&B acts Vivian Green and Floetry.
Meanwhile, have you heard of Simon Illa (check out his myspace page)? Know his work? What about any other Atlanta MUSIC connection to Dupre?
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