Deal Brings Redeye Artists into the Pump Audio System; Opens Vast Licensing Opportunities Across All Media Platforms

HUDSON VALLEY, N.Y. and HAW RIVER, N.C., April 30 /PRNewswire/ — Pump Audio, the leading provider of quality independent music to content creators globally, and independent music distributor Redeye Distribution announced a strategic partnership today to make music from Redeye Distribution’s independent labels and artists available for licensing through Pump Audio. The deal makes Redeye Distribution’s leading roster of independent music accessible to Pump Audio’s professional customers in TV, advertising and interactive media, while giving the premier independent labels and musicians from Redeye Distribution the potential for new revenue channels.

"Redeye Distribution has done an excellent job of getting a unique collection of great independent music into the hands of consumers wherever they want to buy music, whether in a retail store or digitally," said Steve Ellis, founder and CEO of Pump Audio. "Through this relationship, Redeye Distribution labels and artists will gain critical visibility with the creative directors and producers around the world who are choosing the best music to license for TV shows, ads and interactive productions."

Redeye Distribution distributes independent music from more than 200 labels for sale in both physical and digital outlets, and now its relationship with Pump Audio will enable it to offer music for licensing in the rapidly expanding production market in both traditional and online media. Pump Audio’s production customers include MTV Networks, NBC Studios, HBO, New Line Cinema, online service Photobucket and advertising agency Saatchi & Saatchi.

"We’re pleased to be partnering with another organization within the music industry that promotes the talents and creativity of independent musicians," said Jim Logrando, Head of Digital Sales and Marketing of Redeye Distribution. "By working with Pump Audio, we are expanding the opportunities for our independent labels and artists to gain exposure and new fans for their music through the thriving music licensing market in which Pump Audio is so active."

Pump Audio helps independent musicians license their music to traditional producers in TV, advertising and interactive media through the PumpBox, its advanced search software and delivery system, as well as to online content creators of all types through the MyPump service on the Web. Under Pump Audio’s artist-friendly system, licensing revenues are split equally with musicians, and the artists retain complete ownership over their music.

About Redeye Distribution

Redeye Distribution is the country’s leading independent distributor for both physical and digital music. Winner of the Distributor of the Year Award presented by the National Association of Record Merchandisers for six of the last seven years, Redeye has established relationships with national and international retailers — large and small, physical and online — as well as distributors, sub-distributors, one-stops, digital service providers and mobile content providers. Headquartered in Haw River, NC, with branch offices in New York, Philadelphia, Chicago, Los Angeles, San Francisco and London, Redeye is staffed by more than 50 dedicated music lovers and growing every month. The current distribution roster includes more than 200 labels spanning a diverse catalog of the best independent music available today.

About Pump Audio

Pump Audio licenses the world’s best independent music to content creators worldwide. Founded in 2001, Pump Audio has established itself as a leading provider of digital music for TV and advertising producers. Now Pump Audio is becoming the soundtrack of the Internet, opening Web access to its catalog of tens of thousands of songs so creators of all types can build music into their video and interactive productions. With Pump Audio, artists can license their music into productions without giving up any ownership, while content creators can discover new music ready for use. Based in the Hudson Valley, Pump Audio can be found at http://www.pumpaudio.com/ .

Source: Pump Audio

CONTACT: Tomica Divic of SutherlandGold Group, +1-415-848-7166,
Tomica@sutherlandgold.com, for Pump Audio; or James Bailey of Redeye
Distribution, 877-733-3931, ext. 244, james@yeproc.com

Web site: http://www.pumpaudio.com/

Hip-Hop Icons Back Together Again for "Last Night" Remix; Track Marks Lil’ Kim’s Return to Music After Prison Stint

NEW YORK, NY — (MARKET WIRE) — April 27, 2007 — Diddy’s critically acclaimed Bad Boy CD, "PRESS PLAY," has spawned its third hit single, "Last Night," featuring R&B songstress Keyshia Cole. "The success of ‘Last Night’ has truly been a blessing," says Diddy. "And you know I had to do a remix."

With that said, Diddy reached out to someone who could turn up the heat, none other than multi-platinum rapper and style icon, Lil’ Kim. After several years of putting their artist/producer relationship on ice, Diddy and the sexy queen of rap have reunited to make music history once again.

"We’ve always had amazing chemistry together," says Lil’ Kim. "It was a great feeling to pick back up where we left off years ago and do it again." The release of "Last Night" (remix) marks Lil’ Kim’s return to music following her stint in a Philadelphia prison, from which she was released in July 2006.

"It feels great to be working with Lil’ Kim again after all these years," muses Diddy.

Never one to stop a good thing, Diddy reached out to several other big names in music to create additional remixes. Game, Busta, Rich Boy, Noreaga, and Bad Boy South/Block Enterprises Yung Joc all lent their personal flair to the record.

"I appreciate all of the people who have constantly supported the album and also appeared on the remixes," says the rap mogul. "And a special ‘thank you’ to Keyshia Cole for blessing this track with her beautiful vocals."

"PRESS PLAY" is the hip-hop impresario’s first solo collection in five years. The CD made a stunning debut atop the Billboard 200, marking Diddy’s return to the #1 spot after nine years. The CD has already spawned two huge hit singles — "Come To Me," featuring Nicole Scherzinger from The Pussycat Dolls, and "Tell Me," featuring Christina Aguilera. Diddy recently completed a sold-out European tour with Snoop Dogg.

Lil’ Kim has been spending the past year working on a book, titled "Price of Loyalty," which is expected to be released later this year; preparing for the launch of her clothing line, 24-7-Star; as well as helping those in need through ongoing programs via her non-profit organization, Lil’ Kim Cares.

Contacts:

For Diddy -
Cara Donatto
Atlantic Records
212-707-3060

For Lil’ Kim -
Tracy Nguyen
5W Public Relations
212-584-4312

SOURCE:  Atlantic Records

METAPHOR focuses on the people, personal stories and social issues fueling performance poetry

Minneapolis, Minnesota — (ArriveNet – Apr 24, 2007) — New Poetry Magazine is set to Launch on April 30

www.metaphormag.com

METAPHOR styles itself as "the Rolling Stone of performance poetry," bringing performance poets and their art to a mainstream audience. The magazine mixes traditional print journalism with video and audio, focusing on artists who write/compose poetry primarily or exclusively for performance rather than for the printed page. As a lifestyle and culture magazine, METAPHOR is as fun and entertaining as it is thought-provoking, engaging people throughout North America not only in the poetry, but in the people, personal stories and social issues fueling this contemporary art form.

INTERVIEW OPPORTUNITY: Speak with founding editor/publisher Matt Peiken about the roots, rationale and reach of METAPHOR. We can also put you in touch with slam/performance poets about the uniqueness and need for this magazine.

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METAPHOR focuses on the people, personal stories and social issues fueling performance poetry

Today’s performance poetry is anything but raw poetry – it’s song, scat, soapbox, silence, scream, whisper, wail, humor, hysteria, hip-hop, jazz, freestyle lines and ricochet rhymes – a far cry from Kerouac’s coffeehouse poetry. So if performance poetry lacks the public profile of, say, hip-hop, place much of that responsibility on the poets. There’s little consensus among them about what defines their art form and, more acutely, what doesn’t. Despite tremors of potential over the past two decades, most notably through Russell Simmons’ Def Poetry Jam and the annual National Poetry Slam, the public and press are left scrambling for entry points, if they bother at all.

METAPHOR magazine bridges the gap, digging into the lives of established and emerging performance poets and helping readers connect to them both as artists and as real people, whose vibrant personalities lend color and energy to their communities. At the same time, METAPHOR is the only magazine keeping its ear fastened to the larger social and political issues — from war, poverty and racism to reproductive rights and domestic abuse — dancing on the tongues of the nation’s performance poets. Our trend stories make thematic connections for readers and place poets’ views and values at the center of dialogue. Other stories examine where performance poets sit in a larger arts context and other arts/culture happenings impacting or involving performance poets. Their poetry comes through in the video and audio clips accompanying each feature.
Founding editor/publisher Matt Peiken has spent 20 years as an arts and features writer with daily newspapers in California and Minnesota. For the launch, Peiken profiles Ed Mabrey, winner of the recent Individual World Poetry Slam in Vancouver, B.C., and writes about the quest of America’s Hispanic and Latino poets to break stereotypes and reach wide audiences.

METAPHOR’s most fun and unique feature comes from Los Angeles slam queen Sonya Renee, a National Poetry Slam champion who, in this magazine, becomes the nation’s first advice columnist delivering wisdom in audio verse. Sonya’s "Ask a Poet" column carries no nonsense or nuance, dropping verbal bombs on readers’ questions about life, love and beyond. Minneapolis poet Thadra Sheridan is the first contributor of our "Mouth to Mouth" column, where top performance poets speak to their poetic peers on a range of topics, from how-to pieces to first-person accounts of funny, dramatic and meaningful moments related to their craft. Other areas of METAPHOR, still in development, are dedicated to teen and college-aged performance poets, and "Off/Stage," a department spotlighting poets’ lives and talents — from cooking to canoeing — away from the stage.

WHY THE FOCUS ON PERFORMANCE POETS?
Performance poetry has the ingredients for wide, mainstream appeal. Insiders estimate several thousand poets, spread across every state, compete in poetry slams, participate in hip-hop shows and lend their voices to gallery openings, jazz concerts, fashion shows and more. These people draw on drama, humor, history and the human condition to dive into topics spanning the social to civic, the personal to political. Some artists make their livings by creating and teaching performance poetry, and handfuls of standouts have won cultish followings through TV, touring and CD sales. Scores of newcomers, many of them teenagers, enter the field every year through open-microphone events. More than ever, in a country where millions of youth and adults craft poetry that never leaves their own notebooks, Americans are eager to know and hear their insights – if only they were aware of them.

ABOUT MATT PEIKEN
Currently on staff at St. Paul (Minn.) Pioneer Press, Peiken has won feature writing awards from the Associated Press, Society of Professional Journalists and the California Newspaper Publishers Association, been a fellow with the Poynter Institute, in St. Petersburg, Fla., and the National Arts Journalism Program at Columbia University, in New York City. He has written extensively across a span of the arts and was a longtime contributing writer for Modern Drummer Magazine. In 2006, Peiken published his first book, the self-help parody Positive MEinforcement: Shout ‘Me First!’ and Make Every Day All About YOU!

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CONTACT: Felecia Flair, marketing director
flair@feleciaflairpr.com • (800) 660-6928

Bronx, NY (PRWEB) April 28, 2007 — Rap Fest, Inc., now in its 13th year, has joined forces with the Kips Bay Boys and Girls Club, an organization serving over 12,000 youth. Rap Fest 2007 will proudly hold its event on Randall Avenue and White Plains Road in the Bronx – The Site of the Kips Bay Boys & Girls Club."

This will be the third location for Rap Fest, Inc. as they continue impacting as many Bronx communities as possible. Rap Fest 2007 will feature 26 Rap Ministries (groups) from various cities, states and countries. This year’s confirmed special guests are Cross Movement Records’ recording artists: The Cross Movement, J.R. and Flame.

All participants will be displaying, not only their talents and passion for the history of hip hop, but their love for God and desire to worship Him with their gifts and abilities.

Confirmed rap ministries for this year’s event are: 3D Remedy / New York, Beyond Skillz / Florida, Brothers Inc. / New York, Carriers of the Cross / Florida, Christ Affiliates / Florida, Crossed Out / New York, D M.A.U.B. / Ohio, Dillon Chase / Texas, Disciple aka DI / Massachusetts, DJ P.D.o.g.g. and Humble T.i.p. / Virginia, Double Portion / South Carolina, J.A.Z. / New York, Jus Boogie / Virginia,
KJ Raps/ Minneapolis, Lady E / North Carolina, Miz Rock / New York, Oppose / Virginia, Prayz1 / Pennsylvania, RedCloud / California, Reza-rec / Massachusetts, Richard Dauphin / New York, Sean Slaughter / Virginia, Slave / New York, TRUCE / New York, Young Witness / Massachusetts, and Von Vargas / Maryland.

The confirmed DJs for Rap Fest 2007 are DJ Nu Man / New York, DJ Tony Tone / New York, DJ Lady Grace / Massachusetts, and DJ Vaungh / Pennsylvania.

T.R.U.C.E., a Nicky Cruz Outreach ministry, will be conducting mobile concerts in the Kips Bay area the week of Rap Fest to promote the upcoming evangelistic event. In partnership with the American Bible Society, Rap Fest will be giving out free CDs and magazines to neighborhood residents.

Throughout the course of the day several thousand people visited Rap Fest 2006. Due to continuous promotion on the Internet through our website that receives 1,500,000 hits a year. Through our live video stream, courtesy of UnoRed.com, radio stations like WFDU and television shows (BET, WNJU, NY1 and others), we anticipate an even greater turnout this year.

Rap Fest 2007 will take place on August 11, 2007, from 1:00 PM – 9:00 PM at Randall Avenue between White Plains Road and Pugsley Avenue. This is a free outdoor event. Press passes are available on-site for all media personnel attending.

For general questions or historical information regarding Rap Fest, Inc. events, contact: Rap Fest, Inc., 2555 Mickle Avenue, Bronx, NY 10469 Tel: (917) 687 – 2580; e-mail: info @ rapfest2000.com; Web Site: http://www.rapfest2000.com

Rap Fest 2007 features 30,000 watts of sound, 26 rap ministries, and 8 Hours of non-stop Gospel hip hop music, all for 1 God, Jesus Christ. The goal of Rap Fest is to evangelize communities through hip hop music and offer them an opportunity to trust in God as a solution to problems.

Interpol, Modest Mouse, TV On The Radio And More Join The Police, The Smashing Pumpkins And Beastie Boys

Tickets on Sale May 5

NEW YORK, April 27 /PRNewswire/ — The second Virgin Festival By Virgin Mobile in the United States returns August 4-5, 2007 to Pimlico Race Course(R) in Baltimore, Maryland with a stunning and diverse list of artists and top deejays and two days of crazy energy and excitement. Sir Richard Branson previously announced that headliners The Police and The Smashing Pumpkins will appear as well as the Beastie Boys. Now, the entire line-up has been confirmed:

  (Logo:  http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20070427/NYF011LOGO )

  Saturday, Aug 4                           Sunday, Aug 5
  [listed in alpha order]

  BEASTIE BOYS                                311
  BOOKA SHADE                                 BAD BRAINS
  CHEAP TRICK                                 CHRIS CORNELL
  FELIX DA HOUSECAT                           THE CRYSTAL METHOD [DJ set]
  FICTION PLANE                               CSS
  FOUNTAINS OF WAYNE                          DEEP DISH [Dubfire & Sharam]
  THE FRATELLIS                               DIESELBOY & ANDY C with
  BEN HARPER & THE INNOCENT CRIMINALS         MC GQ and MC Messinian
  INCUBUS                                     GIRL TALK
  LCD SOUNDSYSTEM                             INFECTED MUSHROOM
  MIGUEL MIGS [Petalpusher]                   INTERPOL
  MODEST MOUSE                                M.I.A.
  PAOLO NUTINI                                MATISYAHU
  PETER BJORN AND JOHN                        THE SMASHING PUMPKINS
  THE POLICE                                  REGINA SPEKTOR
  SASHA & JOHN DIGWEED                        SPOON
  SHOUT OUT OUT OUT OUT                       VELVET REVOLVER
  DANNY TENAGLIA                              WU TANG CLAN
  TV ON THE RADIO                             YEAH YEAH YEAHS
  SANDER VAN DOORN                            JAMES ZABIELA
  AMY WINEHOUSE

Tickets for the two-day festival go on sale May 5, 2007 and are priced at $175 for General Admission and $450 for VIP. Tickets are available through Ticketmaster (www.ticketmaster.com or 1-800-551-SEAT). Single day tickets, if still available, will go on sale May 19 and be priced at $97.50 for single day General Admission tickets and $250 for single day VIP tickets. Virgin Mobile USA customers can take advantage of a promotional pre-sale period during which a limited number of tickets will be available for purchase. Prices include 10% Maryland Admission & Amusement Tax and a $1.50 per day charity donation. More information about Virgin Festival By Virgin Mobile can be found at www.virginfestival.com.

"Our fantastic line-up will be sure to excite festival-goers of all ages," said Sir Richard Branson, whose entrepreneurial focus on the environment has caught global attention. "We’re going to redefine cool at one of the hottest and greenest destinations for live music this summer."

"Virgin Festival By Virgin Mobile is the perfect platform for us to celebrate our company’s and our customers’ connection to an eclectic range of music along with the energy and discovery that comes with live events," Dan Schulman, chief executive officer of Virgin Mobile USA, said.

"Virgin has earned a world-wide reputation for hip, innovative products and services, and the excitement of our brand extends to our music festival," said Frances Farrow, chief executive officer of Virgin USA. "Every summer, we bring together a community who gets to enjoy music as well as everything else that Virgin has to offer."

Seth Hurwitz, head of Festival producers I.M.P., said, "With two stages and a dance tent, we’re very selective about our line-up. It’s all about quality over quantity, the flow of the event and how the bands overlap. That said, the amount and diversity of top artists is amazing." I.M.P., one of the country’s leading independent concert promoters and owners of Washington, D.C.’s famed 9:30 Club.

Kyocera Wireless Corp., a leading global supplier of CDMA wireless devices and accessories, will again be the premiere handset partner for Virgin Festival By Virgin Mobile, sponsoring several elements both leading up to the festival and during the two-day event. Other Festival sponsors include Anheuser-Busch, Citibank, the MLB Authentic Collection and Virgin Megastores North America.

Virgin Festival By Virgin Mobile will also feature a broad selection of vendors and exhibitors as well as interactive art installations, performance art and lots of surprises. The event will take place less than an hour from Washington, D.C., two hours from Philadelphia, and three hours from New York City. Historic Pimlico Race Course in Baltimore, MD is the home of the world famous Preakness Stakes(R), the Middle Jewel of Thoroughbred Horse Racing’s storied Triple Crown.

About Virgin Mobile USA, LLC:

The nation’s leading wireless youth network, Virgin Mobile USA provides more than 4.6 million customers with control, flexibility and choice in wireless service, rich data content and innovative products without annual contracts. Voice pricing plans range from monthly options with unlimited nights and weekends to by-the-minute offers, allowing consumers to adjust how and what they pay according to their needs. Virgin Mobile’s full slate of smart, stylish and affordable handsets, including the popular Switch_Back and Slice, are available at top retailers in more than 35,000 locations nationwide and online at www.virginmobileusa.com, with Top-Up cards available at more than 130,000 locations.

Virgin Mobile USA’s nationwide coverage is powered by the Sprint Nationwide PCS Network, and the company, which launched in 2002, is a joint venture between Sir Richard Branson’s Virgin Group and Sprint Nextel. J.D. Power and Associates has ranked Virgin Mobile highest in customer satisfaction among wireless prepaid services, and its own customers report a 94% satisfaction rate. Virgin Mobile contributes 5% of profits from downloadable content to The RE*Generation, its pro-social initiative to help homeless teens, through donations to charitable partners or funding of programs that support and raise awareness for young people in need; and provides postage- paid return envelopes in every new package for customers to recycle old phones.

About Virgin USA:

Virgin, a leading branded venture capital organization, is one of the world’s most recognized and respected brands. Virgin USA oversees and is responsible for the expansion of the Virgin brand in North America, blasting into markets where the customer is underserved, offering value for money, good quality, innovation, exceptional customer service, fun and a sense of competitive challenge. Existing businesses like Virgin Atlantic Airways, the award-winning transatlantic airline; Virgin Mobile USA, the leading wireless youth network; Virgin Megastores, the groundbreaking music stores; and Virgin Comics, an entertainment and media company creating original stories and epic myths for worldwide audiences, have already laid a powerful footprint in North America. Building upon the success of these businesses, Virgin USA continues to look for opportunities in North America where it can offer something better, fresher and more valuable to consumers.
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AP Archive: http://photoarchive.ap.org/
PRN Photo Desk, photodesk@prnewswire.com

Source: Virgin Mobile

CONTACT: Jayne Wallace of Virgin Mobile USA, +1-908-607-4235, or
Jayne.wallace@virginmobileusa.com, or Melissa Connerton of CooperKatz,
+1-212-455-8001, or mconnerton@cooperkatz.com, for Virgin Mobile USA

Web site: http://www.virginfestival.com/
http://www.virginmobileusa.com/
http://www.ticketmaster.com/

adidas Originals announce their team drivers for the ultimate lifestyle rally Gumball 3000.

London, UK (PRWEB) April 28, 2007 — adidas Originals, http://www.adidas.com, are proud to announce their team drivers for the ultimate lifestyle rally Gumball 3000.

US hip hop artist Xzibit has recently been more used to picking up barely road worthy wrecks in need of serious repair as the star of hit MTV show Pimp My Ride. For the Gumball 3000 he will get behind the wheel of an altogether different type of car – the Lamborghini Gallardo.

X’s adidas team mate for the event is a well known for his love of fast supercars and all things three stripe. Jamiroquai superstar Jay Kay takes charge of a Maserati Quattroporte for the 8 day 3000 mile round trip.

The 2007 rally will see 120 cars depart from the starting line in London on the 29th April and before they return to take the chequered flag on Pall Mall on the 5th May the rally will have left 17 countries across Europe in its wake. The route takes in major cities, crosses old cold war borders and even ventures into Asia, stopping only to have a good time.

To celebrate their partnership with Gumball 3000, adidas have produced a footwear and apparel collection, exclusively available in Foot Locker stores.

The footwear collection comprises of six shoes including the premium Factory Range produced with luxurious leather uppers and featuring a signature repeat print combining the adidas originals Trefoil and the Gumball logo.

Accompanying apparel includes tracksuit tops inspired by retro rally overalls, Gumball 3000 print t-shirts, polo shirts and caps. A key chain wallet completes the collection.

To learn more, visit Join the Rally for more information (http://www.jointherally.com).

—-Notes to edtor—-

adias Gumball Rally 3000 dates

29 April 2007   
adidas gumball 3000 rally day #1 London

30 April 2007   
adidas gumball 3000 rally day #2 Istanbul

1 May 2007   
adidas gumball 3000 rally day #3 Athens

2 May 2007      
adidas gumball 3000 rally day #4 Tirana

3 May 2007    20:00
adidas gumball 3000 rally day #5 Bratislava

4 May 2007    20:00
adidas gumball 3000 rally day #6 Berlin

5 May 2007    20:00
adidas gumball 3000 rally day #7 London

Contact:
For all adidas press enquiries, please visit the adidas press centre (http://www.press.adidas.com).

Elemental Communications

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Free Downloadable Mixtape Offers Exclusive Music from Papoose and Other Recognized "Nu" Emcees From Across the Country

Los Angeles, CA- April 26th, 2007 – Brooklyn bred, rap artist Papoose, one of hip hop’s rising stars, has joined forces with UrbanWorld Wireless in support of the company’s digital music initiative to release a free, downloadable mixtape experience entitled UrbanWorld Order Part 4: "Nu Breed Alliance". The digitally produced mixtape, featured on MTV’s Mixtape Monday (http://www.mtv.com/bands/m/mixtape_monday/041607/) , includes ringtones by DJ Kay Slay, “The Drama King”, which can be purchased by texting 66555 and entering the appropriate code embedded in the soundtrack listing. “This is hi-tech pimpin’ at its finest!” says the mixtape’s producer, Tommy “2” Gunz. “This is the first mixtape that fully incorporates technology from production to its distribution.” UrbanWorld Order Part 4: “Nu Breed Alliance” is available for free download at www.urbanworldwireless.com/nbamixtape.

The “Nu Breed Alliance” mixtape features hot new artists, representing the “nu-age” of hip-hop, including Papoose, Stat Quo, Bump J and Jay Rock, who are rising “nu” leaders, dominating in their respective regions of the country. Following in the footsteps of Big Daddy Kane and comedian Mike Epps, Papoose hosts the fourth installment of the UrbanWorld Order mixtape series. The mixtape features Papoose’s smash hits “Nu Era” and “Hustle Hard”, along with a slew of other Papoose classics. In addition, listeners will appreciate exclusive sounds from cities across the nation including Bump J, a widely, respected rapper from Chicago; down south, ATL emcee, Stat Quo; and “nu” Jamaican dancehall DJ, Movado. “Nu Breed Alliance” offers the best of both coasts, as Papoose reps for the East and West Coast rapper, Jay Rock, secures his spot in the N.B.A. with L.A. street bangers “Lift Me Up” and “I’m Fresh”, featuring Yung Joc and E-40. Other “nu” emcees include Bay area’s Keak Da Sneak, producer Choir Boy from New Jersey and The Tykunz from Los Angeles.

Preview and download the 35-track mixtape, featuring original music, for free at www.urbanworldwireless.com/nbamixtape. The mixtape will be distributed on all major Internet outlets in the U.S and internationally. Ringtones are available on all major networks. Please see terms and conditions listed at www.myspace.com/nubreedalliance.

1. Bugle Boy Jeans” DJ Kay Slay Ringtone (text KS3 to 66555)
2. Stop Acting Hollywood”- DJ Kay Slay Ringtone (text KS4 to 66555)
3. Act Like You Know” – DJ Kay Slay Ringtone (text KS5 to 66555)
4. Hush – Choir Boy ft. Phenom Ringtone (text CB1 to 66555)
5. G500 – Tha Tykunz (Produced By Tommy) (text TG8 to 66555)
6. That Go – Keak Da Sneak –(KS2 to 66555)

For more information or hard copies of the mixtape, please contact Keisha Pickett at (619)339-5061 or email keishap@urbanworldwireless.com.

About UrbanWorld Music:
Headquartered in Los Angeles, CA, UrbanWorld Wireless is the first wireless company dedicated to serving the urban, youth market. Anchored on the web, the company develops, promotes and distributes mobile content to major wireless carriers in the US. In addition, the company’s mobile storefront at www.urbanworldwireless.com features exclusive new content and is the only site of its kind. UrbanWorld’s roster includes David Banner, Remy Ma, Obie Trice, Meagan Good and Oscar winning rap group, Three-6 Mafia, among others. UWW is a leader in mobile marketing solutions with clients including New Line Cinemas, Adidas, Capitol Records, Jay-Z, Snoop Dogg, and Chingy. UWW is at the forefront of integrating wireless technology and the hip-hop lifestyle; and is continually recognized and acknowledged in both the technology and hip-hop arenas. More information is available at www.urbanworldwireless.com

Contact:
Keisha Pickett
(619)339-5061 mobile
Keishap@urbanworldwireless.com

New "Drunk Dialin" video, major mix-tapes, heating up the Bay Area

San Francisco, CA   April 25th, 2007

Bay Area rapper/producer Starski returns with a barrage of new releases. First is the new single and video, "Drunk Dialin," an infectious party jam that almost everyone can relate to (whether they care to admit it or not!). The video was shot in Los Angeles, and directed by Adam Grabarnick. (To view the new video, please visit us at: http://www.myspace.com/pimphoprecords)

"Drunk Dialin," can be heard on the new "Sin City" mix-tape, hosted by Starski, and mixed by DJ Maniakal and DJ Quantum. The streets have truly embraced this mix-tape, with Pimp Hop Records already having distributed more copies of "Sin City," than all of its previous seven mix-tapes combined. Standout guest appearances include collaborations with Clyde Carson and Kaz Kyzah of The Team, Buccweet, Eighteen, and Rell Dert.

Starski is also featured on several new major industry mix-tapes, including Rick "The Dragon" Lee’s "Recognize The Bay Vol 2;" DJ E Rock, DJ Whoo Kid, and J-Espinosa’s "Bay Bidness 3.5;" DJ Classic’s "Reno 911;" Escape Entertainment’s "Hustle and Grind Vol V;" and DJ West C of the Future Star DJ’s, "High Volume." Starski also appears on the new Cali Untouchable Radio Podcast by DJ Warrior and DJ Strong, with the street slap "So Turf," featuring Clyde Carson.

Currently, Starski is producing tracks for his debut album, which will include collaborations with an all-star Bay line-up, including Keak da Sneak, Mistah FAB, Casual of The Hieroglyphics, Clyde Carson and Kaz Kyzah of The Team, Turf Talk, A Plus of Souls of Mischief/The Hieroglyphics, Dem Hoodstarz, Big Rich, Furious, Eighteen, Les Gimix, and more. Starski can also be seen performing almost weekly at the top nightclubs throughout Northern California.

To view the new "Drunk Dialin," video, please visit:
http://www.myspace.com/pimphoprecords

To download a mp3 of Starski’s "Drunk Dialin," please visit:
http://savefile.com/projects/808482982

To download a mp3 copy of Starski’s "So Turf," featuring Clyde Carson and Kaz Kyzah of The Team, please visit:
http://savefile.com/projects/1078807

For more information, including interview requests, bookings, and exclusive tracks, please contact:

Petey Pistolero
Pimp Hop Records
415 504-4696
http://www.myspace.com/pimphoprecords

Los Angeles, CA –April 24, 2007 – This week Latino 96.3 FM’s celebrated afternoon drive DJ, Nio Encendio was named to receive the ‘Passion of the Art’ Award from The National Institute of Latin American Journalism on Sunday April 29, 2007. Nio Encendio hosts the afternoon drive time on Latino 96.3. You can listen to Nio Encendio Mon.-Fri. from 3pm-7pm on L.A.’s Latino 96.3 FM, his new home away from home. Nio has also proven to be one of the premiere Latin Mixologists (DJs), in the industry.

Awards will be presented Sunday, April 29, 2007 between 12 Noon and 5:00 PM at The National Institute of Latin American Journalism, 12547 Sherman Way, Unit F, North Hollywood, CA, 91605.

Born and raised in Miami, Nio began his career in radio in 1997 when he was a "wanna-be" rapper and made some rap jingles for Radio Mundo 680AM in Tampa. Oddly enough, the Program Director there liked Nio’s jingles and began playing them on a weekend show.

"I am honored to be recognized in this remarkable capacity. I believe I am the product of a great team at Latino 96.3 and this award reflects the efforts we all put forth in creating the best possible listening experience," states Nio.

"We are very proud of Nio- we brought him from Miami over a year ago because I also felt he had a great passion for the art, as a dear friend of mine, I couldn’t be happier on a personal as well as professional level," says Pio Ferro, VP Programming, Spanish Broadcasting System, Inc.

The National Institute of Latin American Periodista (INPL) is dedicated to the recognition and the professional development of the Hispanics in the press. Founded on April of the 2006, the INPL constitutes a voice at national level and a vision united for all the Hispanic journalists, or are empirical, independent, or assets.

WHAT: journalism AWARDS recipients
WHAT: national institute of Latin American journalism AWARDS
WHen: Sunday, April 29, 2007 – 12 N – 5:00 PM
WHere: INPL, 12547 Sherman Way, #F, North Hollywood, CA 91605
CONTACT: Cherry Hepburn, 818.505.1104

Promising Directors From YouTube Invited to Compete in Directing Music Video

PHILADELPHIA, PA — (MARKET WIRE) — April 26, 2007 — RMD Entertainment Group (PINKSHEETS: RMDN) in conjunction with JV partners Massive G Media (PINKSHEETS: MSGM) & Mecanismo (USA) Corp (Nevada) announced today that the MOTV1 will conduct a contest on YouTube.com for the best original music video interpretation of RMD Artist Roc Monee’s song entitled "OOOOP." Contestants will compete for the following prizes.

First Place

–  Video Editing Suite by Apple for Macintosh
–  $1000 cash prize
–  Full debut directorial credit as the winning video will be serviced to
    all major music video broadcast outlets including MTV,MTV2, BET, FUSE,
    MOTV, AOL, and ITUNES.

10 Second Place Prizes

–  $500 cash prize
–  Apple IPod Nano
–  Broadcast debut of their video on MOTV1

20 Third Place Prizes

–  $100 cash prize
–  2 complimentary tickets to see Roc on his next tour this summer.
–  Autographed copy of Roc Monee Album.
–  Broadcast debut of their video on MOTV1

All of the entries will be unanimously judged by viewers on YouTube and subscribers of MOTV1 via text message.

In addition, MOTV1 will produce content segments that include the best and the worst video entries in the contest. Jaimee Servier, the host of "HIP HOP 2NIGHT WITH JAY MILLA" is scheduled to host the on line viewing of the entries.

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"’OOOOP’ took on a life of it’s own on the Ying Yang Twins for us. It’s a new song that Roc actually recorded while he was on the road and we decided to try it one night live and the response was crazy." Says Parris Ellis Director of Music Promotion for RMDN. "It’s a call and response record that involves the listeners on the highest level of participation. I know three major cities now where they are doing regional versions the ‘OOOOP’ dance right now. We definitely see the potential for a cross over hit record here. Early indications are overwhelming and now with these clever viral video marketing contests on YouTube we are confident in the success of ‘OOOOP.’ I have been involved in radio promotions for over 15 years now and this one (‘OOOOP’) definitely has legs."

About RMD Entertainment Group

RMD Entertainment (RMD) is a cutting-edge entertainment company that is primarily focused on the development and international marketing of hip-hop music, including compact discs, digital downloads, and personal ring tones for mobile phone customers, as well as other hip-hop lifestyle products. The Company has also created MOTV, the ability to stream video content to mobile devices, including cell phones and PDAs. The Company currently possesses an impressive hip-hop catalogue, which it distributes exclusively through Bungalo Records and Universal Music Group (a subsidiary of Vivendi Universal in North America and in Europe through the Pickwick Group Ltd. of London).

About Massive G Media

MASSIVE G MEDIA (a Nevada Corp) is the publicly traded investment Company that represents, reflects and acquires Hip Hop/Rap culture operational media assets.

www.massivegmedia.com

Forward-looking statements in this news release relating to the Companies expectations regarding demand and pricing are made pursuant to the "safe harbor" provisions of the United States Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. When used herein, words such as "expect" and similar expressions are intended to identify forward-looking statements. Forward-looking statements are based on assumptions made by and information available to the Companies. Investors are cautioned that such forward-looking statements involve risks and uncertainties. Important factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from those expressed or implied by such forward looking statements include, without limitation, the future demand for, and sales volumes of, the Company’s products, future production volumes, efficiencies and operating cots, increases or decreases in the prices of the Company’s products, the Company’s future stability and growth prospects, the Company’s future profitability and capital needs, including capital expenditures, and the outlook for and other future developments in the Company’s affairs or in the industries in which the Company participates and factors detailed from time to time in the Company’s periodic reports filed with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission, and other regulatory authorities. The Company has no intention or obligation to update or revise any forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise.

Company Contact
Mena Saros
mena@rmd-entertainment.com

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SOURCE:  RMD Entertainment Group