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09.11.2009 8:43 PM EDT
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Kid Cudi, All-American Rejects Rave About VMA House-Band MC Wale
Solange also had nothing but praise for the 'phenomenal artist' she's collaborating with at Sunday's show.
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Jocelyn Vena, with additional reporting by MTV News staff
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Kid Cudi inside Radio City Music Hall in New York City
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Along with UCB, Wale is brining along a whole bunch of artists along for his VMA house-band ride. The Washington, D.C., rapper and his crew will be performing a series of originals and covers that will definitely keep the
Video Music Awards crowd rocking all night.
One of his collaborators, Solange Knowles, gushed to MTV News, "Wale is a good friend of mine. And he's a phenomenal artist."
Meanwhile, Kid Cudi — who revealed that he'll use his VMA performance to "celebrate" last year's house turntablist, the late DJ AM — said he looks forward to working with his "homie" Wale. "Wale is one of those innovative artists," he said. "This is like a big deal, so you know I'm glad to be a part of it, man. That's the homie."
Two members of the All-American Rejects are looking at this as an opportunity to mix their pop/punk with Wale's hip-hop sensibilities.
"They are incredible musicians, and it's actually really cool to get to do this," guitarist Nick Wheeler said.
The band's frontman, Tyson Ritter, added: "Every time you sort of get to cross the streams of rock and anything else, I think some cool fusion happens."
Like all the hot performances set to go down on Sunday, when the show goes live from New York's Radio City Music Hall, Wale's house-band set is all very top-secret. Butt, if Wale's VMA rehearsal Thursday was any indication, those covers could include songs by Britney Spears, Coldplay and Kings of Leon.
This report is provided by MTV News
 
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