From rant to riches for US student

&Tab;&Tab;<div class&equals;"wpcnt">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<div class&equals;"wpa">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<span class&equals;"wpa-about">Advertisements<&sol;span>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<div class&equals;"u top&lowbar;amp">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<amp-ad width&equals;"300" height&equals;"265"&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab; type&equals;"pubmine"&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab; data-siteid&equals;"111265417"&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab; data-section&equals;"2">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;amp-ad>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;div>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;div>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;div><p><a href&equals;"http&colon;&sol;&sol;londonglossy&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2010&sol;12&sol;from-rant-to-riches-for-us-student&period;jpg"><img class&equals;"alignnone size-full" title&equals;"A student's video rant over an alleged attack on his sister has become YouTube's most-watched video" src&equals;"http&colon;&sol;&sol;londonglossy&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2010&sol;12&sol;min-from-rant-to-riches-for-us-student&period;jpg" alt&equals;"A student's video rant over an alleged attack on his sister has become YouTube's most-watched video"&sol;><&sol;a><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>A US student&&num;8217&semi;s video rant over an attack on his sister has become YouTube&&num;8217&semi;s most-watched video of the year&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Antoine Dodson gave an angry TV interview about an alleged attack on his younger sister&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>When a video turned his words into an auto-tuned song&comma; &&num;8220&semi;Bed Intruder Song&&num;8221&semi;&comma; Mr Dodson&comma; 24&comma; from Alabama&comma; became an internet sensation&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>YouTube added the view counts for two versions of the video&comma; which put its total at over 61 million&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>YouTube separated commercial music videos from their top-10 list&period; Otherwise&comma; all the top 10 videos would have been by either Justin Bieber&comma; Shakira&comma; Eminem&comma; Rihanna or Lady Gaga&period; With more than 406 million views&comma; Bieber&&num;8217&semi;s video for &&num;8220&semi;Baby&&num;8221&semi; trumped all others&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The &&num;8220&semi;Bed Intruder&&num;8221&semi; video was remixed by New York musicians Evan and Michael Gregory who are also known for their web series &&num;8220&semi;Auto-Tune the News&&num;8221&semi;&period; The song charted on iTunes&comma; with profits being split between Mr Dodson and the Gregorys&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&&num;8220&semi;Blessings come in disguise&comma;&&num;8221&semi; 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