new artist alert: miri ben-ari

ladies and gentleman, may i present 2005's first breakthrough music artist miri ben-ari. hailing from isreal as a classically trained musician, miri found herself on the hotlist of many hip hop acts when kanye west featured her heavily on his massive grammy winning debut 'college dropout' and also gave her a amazing hook in last year's smash single 'celebrity overnight' by twista.

currently putting finishing touches on her debut release, the highly buzzed album features a who's who of collaborators in which everyone from fabolous to mya to scarface to anthony hamilton and of course twista show their love for miri.

to find out more about this hot act, check out her website here and while you're at it, click on the media section to watch her EPK cause the last 5 minutes is absolutely smokin!

you have been warned!