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After enthralling Shah Rukh Khan and Kareena Kapoor with his performance, R&B singing sensation Akon has now decided dish out a chartbuster for charity. Akon will team up with music composer Aadesh Shrivastava to record a song - Let's Come Together - to be released worldwide; proceeds of which will go the Mumbai Police Relief Fund.

Akon, who met Aadesh to finalise plans for the song, is currently in Mumbai to record for the SRK, Kareena starrer Ra 1. ''It will be a single for which we have teamed up. We are planning to work on many things in the future. The possibility of a future project with Akon can't be rules out,'' Aadesh told DNA. ''I have known Akon for a long time. Our song - Let's Come Together - has a beautiful message as it calls for world peace at a time when everything has been ripped apart by terrorism and politics of hate.''

Aadesh, who has been a composer to several successful Bollywood films, has also previously collaborated for projects with the London Symphony Orchestra. He met the R&B icon at his recording studio late on Wednesday.

''Akon has already recorded the track and it has come out fabulous. We are going to hold discussions about how to plan the release of the song. The song talks about terrorism and how it is destroying human values. It also calls for universal brotherhood. Portion of the proceeds from the song will go for charity,'' said Aadesh.

''The proceeds will go to the Mumbai Police Relief Fund. We feel strongly for Mumbai as the city has been the target for terror attacks and has also seen violence in the form of riots. We had to do this for the city and now since Akon is here, we will firm up our plans,'' he added.

Akon has signed another artist to his Kon Live label, with the addition of Los Angeles rapper Ya Boy to his Kon Live record label. Ya Boy has been gaining steady buzz for the past seven years, resulting in 45 million page views for his myspace page, with 37 million plays.

His single ''We Run L.A.'' featuring Dr. Hollywood, has received over 3,000 spins on California radio stations like Power 106 and KIIS FM. Ya Boy joins artists like Lady Gaga, T-Pain, Colby O'Donis, Kardinal Offishall and duo Rock City.

'Ya Boy is one of the hardest workers today... He's an amazing artist that never got a chance to shine. He never gave up and now he has a chance to shine not only on the West Coast but internationally,'' Akon told AllHipHop.com in a statement today (March 1st).

The rapper has already collaborated with a number of top Hip-Hop artists and producers.

Ya Boy's 2006 debut Rookie of the Year featured collaborations with E40, Clyde Carson, San Quinn and Turf Talk, while producers like Cool & Dre and Rick Rock contributed to the release.

''Ya Boy truly deserves this moment... We felt there's no one on an international level bigger than Akon. We're excited and happy to join the Kon-Live family,'' added Ya Boy's manager Mike G of Nitevision Management.

Ya Boy is currently preparing his debut release for Akon's Kon Live imprint.

No release date for the project was available at press time.

Courtesy of AllHipHop News

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