Taio Cruz

By Mandy Rogers He’s toned, honed and cloned!  From what we have just listened too, we might well be expecting Zack Knight to be impacting our airwaves, TV channels and Record Store shelves (if you can find one in your High Street that is!) like a whirlwind. In a previous music life he was known as Zee Kay, but now as he turns full time singer / producer he’s strutting out as Zack Knight . So from the snap shot above you’ve got the measure of the toned and honed descriptive entrance...Read Full Story

‘He always wants there to be the soul in there,’ Cruz tells MTV News about his ‘Without You’ collaborator. By Jocelyn Vena, with reporting by Matt Elias Usher Photo: Todd Williamson/ WireImage <P><a href="http://www.mtv.com/music/artist/usher/artist.jhtml">Usher</a> is hard at work on his next album. Set to work with fellow hitmaker <a href="http://www.mtv.com/music/artist/cruz__taio/artist.jhtml">Taio...Read Full Story

‘He always wants there to be the soul in there,’ Cruz tells MTV News about his ‘Without You’ collaborator. By Jocelyn Vena, with reporting by Matt Elias Usher Photo: Todd Williamson/ WireImage <P><a href="http://www.mtv.com/music/artist/usher/artist.jhtml">Usher</a> is hard at work on his next album. Set to work with fellow hitmaker <a href="http://www.mtv.com/music/artist/cruz__taio/artist.jhtml">Taio...Read Full Story

‘He always wants there to be the soul in there,’ Cruz tells MTV News about his ‘Without You’ collaborator. By Jocelyn Vena, with reporting by Matt Elias Usher Photo: Todd Williamson/ WireImage <P><a href="http://www.mtv.com/music/artist/usher/artist.jhtml">Usher</a> is hard at work on his next album. Set to work with fellow hitmaker <a href="http://www.mtv.com/music/artist/cruz__taio/artist.jhtml">Taio...Read Full Story

Mike Tompkins doesn’t need a band or backing track. In this video we see him take on the vocals and instruments of Taio Cruz’s “Dynamite.” Through the power of some slick editing it all comes together beautifully. Tompkins’ voice isn’t quite as smooth as Taio’s, but his impressive beat boxing skills definitely make up for those shortcomings. While the song’s great, make sure you stick around for the end when Tompkins explains how he does what he does. It might take away a bit of the...Read Full Story