The-Dream vs. Keri Hilson

versus

tue 5/26/2009

A collage of R&B singer-songwriters The-Dream and Keri Hilson.

name	Terius Youngdell Nash.	Keri Lynn Hilson
aka	Radio killa.	Keri-oke.
birthdate	September 21, 1978.	October 27, 1982.
hometown	Atlanta, Georgia.	Decatur, Georgia.
style	R&B and pop.	R&B and pop.
wrote songs for	Britney Spears, Madonna, Mariah Carey, Rihanna and J. Holiday.	Britney Spears, Omarion, Ludacris, Usher, Danity Kane and Ciara.
biggest hit	Rihanna's Umbrella.	Britney Spears' Gimme More.
went solo on	His debut, Love/Hate.	Timbaland's Shock Value.
latest release	His second album, Love vs Money.	Her debut, In A Perfect World....
breakthrough tracks	Falsetto and Shawty is a 10.	The Way I Are with Timbaland.
current hit	Rockin That Thang.	Knock Me Down with Kanye West and Ne-Yo.
killer collab	Walkin' on the Moon with Kanye West.	Turnin' Me On with Lil Wayne.
signed to	Def Jam.	Mosley Music Group.
the critics	Slant Magazine: "[The-Dream] may not yet have the cache or price tag of super-producers like Pharrell and Timbaland, [but] he's already finding success at something those guys have been trying and failing at for years: gaining credibility as a solo act."	Vibe: "With an industry resumé lengthier than a bridal registry, it’s easy to wonder how Hilson got stuck in the quicksand… but perhaps Hilson sold some of the best of her goodies, when she really should have saved the best for last."
pals around with	Tricky Stewart, Christina Millan, Mary J. Blige, Rihanna and Beyoncé.	Timbaland, Polow Da Don, Danja, DJ Mormile and Ms Lago.
bet you didn't know	Once worked at fast food chain Checkers.	Beefed with Beyonce and Ciara.
in their own words	"Everybody started out, in this business, wanting to be in front of a mirror, or doin’ something – like, I was in a singing group before, like back in ‘98. Think I was sixteen, seventeen then. And to me, that’s what I was tryin’ to do. I was tryin’ to get in the business as an artist. I wasn’t trying to get in as a writer." - The-Dream	"I have to [separate myself as writer and singer] for business purposes and just everyday things. The only time it collides is when I’m in the studio, but even then, for the first couple of hours it’s the writer Keri, and then the next couple of hours I hop in the booth and I’m Keri the artist." - Keri Hilson.
web props	88,849 friends on MySpace.	265,490 friends on MySpace.
best video moment	Glowing and dancing in Rockin' That Thing.	Glowing and dancing in Turnin' Me On.