Exhibition Dates: May 31–July 15, 2007

Artist’s Reception: Friday, June 22, 2007, 6:00-9:00 pm
The BoConcept Skylounge at The powerHouse Arena
37 Main Street, Brooklyn, NY 11201
For more information, please call 212-604-9074 x105

Music by the legendary DJ Disco Wiz

In 1982, Charlie Ahearn wrote, directed, and produced a small, independent movie that released a year later, taking the world by storm as it screening in Cannes, Tokyo, and Times Square. Wild Style, the first film to unite the underground urban art forms of nascent hip-hop culture—DJing, MCing, b-boying, and graff writing—was filmed on location in the South Bronx without permits or pretensions. Some twenty-five years after it’s release, Wild Style is truly a classic, having inspired countless artists, musicians, and writers with unforgettable scenes starring the era’s most memorable personalities.

To celebrate the film’s silver anniversary, Wild Style The Sampler provides an inside look at the making of the film, it’s release, and the reverberations it caused around the world. Curated by Ahearn, this exhibition and accompanying book of the same name introduces us to a cast of characters and outrageous adventures through a collection of photographs, original artwork, production stills, and archival materials and includes the work of Ahearn, Martha Cooper, and Cathy Campbell, as well as animators Zephyr and Dr. Revolt. Featuring iconic images of legends and pioneers including the Chief Rocker Busy Bee, Lee Quinones, Fab 5 Freddy, Dondi White, Zephyr, Smiley 149, DJ AJ, Grandmaster Caz, GrandMaster Flash and the Furious Five, Melle Mel, the Fantastic Five, The Funky Four, Sha Rock, Double Trouble, Rammellzee, Debbie Harry, Patti Astor, and Frosty Freeze, among others.

Recounting the film’s influence over the past quarter century, Wild Style The Sampler offers incomparable insight into hip hop’s most indelible film.

WILD STYLE THE SAMPLER
BY CHARLIE AHEARN
MISS ROSEN EDITIONS/POWERHOUSE BOOKS
BOOK TO BE RELEASED JULY 2007

FILM / HIP HOP / PHOTOGRAPHY
HC, 10.5 x 10.5 inches, 212 pages,
over 200 photographs, artworks, and archival documents
ISBN: 978-1-578687-364-9 $35.00
To preview the book please visit
PowerHouseBooks.com

For more information, please contact Sara Rosen, Publicity Director
powerHouse Books, 37 Main Street, Brooklyn, NY 11201
Tel: 212-604-9074 x105, Fax: 212-366-5247, email: sara@powerHouseBooks.com

Hip Hop Official debuts on Alltel with Rick Ross, Mike Jones and Ne-Yo; Altitude kicks off with interviews from Hoobastank, Korn and 30 Seconds to Mars

SHERMAN OAKS, Calif. and LITTLE ROCK, Ark., May 31 /PRNewswire/ — GoTV Networks, the first and largest original mobile television provider, and Alltel Wireless, America’s largest network, today launched two signature music television channels — Hip Hop Official and Altitude.

Alltel Wireless customers on their mobile phones now have access to their favorite artists via Hip Hop Official and Altitude. From in-depth features and exclusive interviews to music videos, special artist series, breaking news and more — both channels redefine how music fans discover new music and stay up-to-date.

"Hip Hop Official will bring Alltel customers what’s hot in the world of hip-hop, from the latest news to exclusive interviews with some of today’s most influential artists," said Daylan Williams, executive producer and host of Hip Hop Official for GoTV Networks. "Our launch on Alltel features interviews with some of hip-hop’s most talked about artists, including Mike Jones, Ne-Yo, The Fixxers, Planet Asia, B-Real of Cypress Hill, and Kidz In The Hall. From major artists to ones on the rise, Hip Hop Official is a great mobile source for everything hip-hop."

"With our Altitude channel, we’re excited to bring Alltel customers the best in rock, indie, and new music," said Melissa Teper, executive producer and host of Altitude for GoTV Networks. "We’re kicking off with exclusive interviews from some of the biggest names in rock, including Hoobastank, Korn and 30 Seconds to Mars. Customers won’t have to search for the next big thing in music – Altitude, the one stop for all things rock, will deliver it to them via their phone."

"Alltel customers are always on the go and look to their wireless phones for entertainment choices," said Wade McGill, senior vice president, wireless products for Alltel. "The addition of GoTV’s music channels provide an even broader resource for our customers who love music and want to enjoy what they want, when they want it."

Alltel customers with video capable phones can purchase Hip Hop Official and Altitude for $4.99 per month from any 3G handset by following these steps:

  — Launch "Axcess Apps" from Main Menu
  — Select "Axcess Shop"
  — Select "Catalog"
  — Both channels are listed under "TV, Radio & Podcasts"
        — Hip Hop Official
        — Rock: on ALTITUDE
  — Subscribe and download to view

Product availability depends on individual phone model. For more information, visit http://www.4gotv.com/ or http://www.alltel.com/.

About GoTV Networks

GoTV Networks (http://www.4gotv.com/) is the first and largest made-for- mobile television network. GoTV’s team of Emmy(R) award-winning producers and mobile technology experts produce a wide array of digital and licensed on- demand programming that connects consumers to what interests them the most. GoTV’s channel offerings include music: Hip Hop Official and Altitude; sports: Fantasy Sports Edge and College All Access; and GoTV Superchannel, which combines a variety of news, entertainment and comedy. GoTV programming is accessible on a broad range of wireless devices via monthly subscription through Alltel, Cingular, the new AT&T, Verizon Wireless, Sprint Nextel, Helio, and Boost Mobile.

About Alltel

Alltel (NYSE:AT) is owner and operator of the nation’s largest wireless network and has 12 million wireless customers. For more information, please visit http://www.alltel.com/.

Source: GoTV Networks

CONTACT: Laurie Heller of GoTV Networks, +1-818-933-2143,
pr@gotvnetworks.com; or Dale Ingram, Vice President Public Relations,
+1-501-905-6078, dale.ingram@alltel.com, or Scott Morris, Manager Corporate
Communications, +1-501-905-4094, scott.l.morris@alltel.com, both of Alltel

Web site: http://www.4gotv.com/
http://www.alltel.com/

- "Mobile Beat" Winners Will Receive the enV by LG, VIP Concert Ticket And a Chance to Attend a Billboard Award Show -

New York, NY (May 31, 2007)—Want to cover the summer’s best concerts with a new enV LG phone? Billboard—the world’s most trusted source of music, video, digital and entertainment news, charts, reviews and analysis—and LG Electronics MobileComm U.S.A., Inc. (LG Mobile Phones) are searching for the next breed of bloggers nationwide. As many as 30 contestants will receive a free LG camera phone, and the opportunity to cover the summer’s best concerts, posting photos and reviews to a personalized blog featured on billboard.com.

By logging onto billboard.com, entrants can submit a photo and a 100-word written statement explaining why they should be chosen to win. Contest rules and regulations are posted on this site. The deadline for submission is June 15, 2007.

The chosen “Mobile Beat” bloggers will be able to document:

    * Up-close photos of the hottest artists on stage
    * Exclusive accounts and reviews of concerts nationwide
    * Links to related music news and events
    * Up-to-date musical coverage, narrated by top Billboard editors

In October 2007, two runners-up and one grand prize winner will be chosen based on the contestant with the most popular blog.  The grand prize winner will receive the ultimate prize of an all-expense paid trip for two to a Billboard Music Award show. The trip caps off the contest with this premier event and offers the winner exclusive red carpet coverage from an insider’s perspective.  The runners-up will each receive the latest model phone from LG.

Contact: Catherine Lewis
o: 212.255.8455
c: 610-428-4468

Catherine@rosengrouppr.com

Delray Beach, FL (PRWEB) May 31, 2007 — In a continued effort to fully automate the administration of live music booking and promotion, Onlinegigs is proud to announce the launch of a new syndication services department. The new service will be included in the regular monthly subscription fee and further automates the distribution of tour dates to music industry portals and media outlets. Onlinegigs is already a powerful Contact Resource Manager for the music industry, with integrated technology for simplifying and automating administrative tasks. Members are easily able to automate things like press releases, fan reminders, updating web sites & social networks, issuing performance contracts, generating itineraries and more.

With the launch of the new syndication department, Onlinegigs members no longer have to manually input tour dates into many of the popular music information portals like Jambase, Mojam, TIBConcerts, Epitunes, Eventful, Myspace, Sonicbids and Pollstar. Onlinegigs can now automatically update each of these sites using various web syndication services and more outlets are being developed everyday. Most independent artists have a difficult time covering all of the bases and making sure that their show information is both up to date and posted to all of the important music industry websites. Onlinegigs members however, now only need to enter tour dates once into their account and that information is then distributed automatically to their website, all over the internet and into print publications.

"The booking and promotional process is incredibly labor intensive, especially when developing new artists," says founder and CEO, Jay Flanzbaum. "So the next logical step was to automatically extend the promotional reach of our members even further by spreading their tour dates as far and as wide as possible through syndication. Each new partnership will also greatly enhance each members’ reach as companies like Jambase develop their own promotional relationships."

Live performances and effective publicity are critical to the development of every new artist’s career. Onlinegigs values developing artists as well as the empowerment of musicians, agents, record companies and managers to make a living through independently controlled touring and promotion. Onlinegigs simplifies the booking and promotional process by combining highly detailed and relevant contact information with easy to use, automated functionality. The member community has booked just under 10,000 performances to date and is actively involved in the ongoing development of the program. Onlinegigs constantly seeks out new technologies to further automate the administration of event booking and promotion.

For an abbreviated list of upcoming gigs:
http://www.myspace.com/onlinegigs

For a full List of upcoming gigs:
http://www.onlinegigs.com/docs/tour_dates/admintourgrid.asp

Logo for download:
http://www.onlinegigs.com/banners.asp#logo

For more information contact:
support @ onlinegigs.com
(888) 595-3122

Fresh results released from Label Networks’ 2nd Annual China Youth Culture Study clearly indicate that the youth culture marketplace of 15-25-year-olds is the largest new market that’s adopting trends the fastest, mainly because of the Internet. Results in this Study quantify how vital it is for even the most localized trendsetting brands in America to know what’s taking shape in China. Based on the sheer heft of its size and burgeoning economy, this marketplace is having a major ripple effect that continues to shape global business strategies–making Chinese youth culture one of the most sought after new markets in the world.

“The Chinese youth market is comprised of an entirely new generation among their 1.3 billion people who have grown up among massive economic reforms resulting in influencing a great deal of the overall spending power of China of more than $3.3 trillion,” says Tom Wallace, President of Label Networks. “There’s a huge youth demographic that’s adopting new trends and demanding Western brands in mass volume. Cool logos are like badges; young people want exciting advertising; and they are without the cynicism seen in other youth markets,” explains Wallace.

However virgin the marketplace seems in China, it is a complicated place which takes insider knowledge and research to understand, as detailed in the China Youth Culture Study. As Label Networks’ field research manager, Sofie Ling Fei from Shanghai, explains, “Young people have become a very strong group of consumers daring to spend on branded goods. But there’s another market that purchase fake brands and goods. It’s very unique here with so many different things conflicting with each other, yet they can all exist in the same place.”

As the first generation of the one-child rule to have experienced economic reforms, open markets, and capitalism with a Communist twist, the youth market’s developing culture is greatly influenced by Japan, Korea, and Western influences, but is starting to create a lifestyle wholly its own. These traits in fashion, spending patterns, technology and communication, music, and especially sports with the ramp-up to the ’08 Beijing Olympics, are important trends to understand regarding the dynamics of the future of global youth culture.

Highlights from the China Youth Culture Study include:

    * Sneaker Culture remains a competitive marketplace in China, but with new stand-outs including New Balance in Shanghai and Li Ning among 15-17-year-olds indicates that while the race it tight for top brands, there’s movement and space for entry of others.
    * Internet Cafes as Cultural Hotspots mean young people are online in massive numbers with high percentages shopping online and searching for new ideas, styles, + trends online—this is in higher percentages than 15-25-year-olds in Europe based on Label Networks’ Pan-European Study
    * Video Gaming in China indicates the importance of portable devices vs. consoles in the future, as well as online gaming with multi-player games steadily increasing since 02005
    * Basketball + hero Yao Ming continue to set new trends in sports with males and females taking up basketball and greatly influenced by the American NBA
    * Music Videos + Music Talent Shows are among the top influences in pop culture, giving rise to the popularity of TV show competitions, dance, + martial arts participation
    * Mobile Numbers for Sale = big business as the usual numbers for mobile phones in China starts with 13 (bad luck).　Recently users are willing to pay high prices to purchase unique number such as numbers with 4 eights which can sell as high as 2400 to 2800 RMB and those which have no lucky or fortunate numbers can be purchased at 50 to 60 RMB. (Lucky numbers are 6, 8, and 9.)
    * Shanghai + Rap/Hip-Hop: Here, young people clearly have the most diverse tastes in music preferences and the strongest market that prefers Rap/Hip-Hop at 37.1% among 15-25-year-olds.
    * Ridiculous Sister + Brother Poppy: Two “icons” that are currently the odd stars in China put their pictures in their blog posing in all kinds of styles and positions and allowing anyone to be critics. They’re not just two people, but a group who love to put their ugly looking pictures on websites to publicize themselves and draw people’s attention (think YouTube and the famous China boy-band singers) although they obviously are not beautiful. They wish to be famous but choose the most ridiculous ways to present themselves.
    * Music + Importance of Ringtones: More than 80% of mobile users have downloaded songs or comic dialogue to be used as their ring tones. Downloading ring tones has become a representative for your individuality and image with hundreds of websites to download ring tones. There are two types of ring tone categories: Songs and Character Ring Tones. The first includes English and Chinese pop songs, classical music, and even the national anthem. Character ring tones can be sounds of animals, nature, and funny things or dialogue from a movie or play and amusing phrase or short talk. In Guangzhou, Cantonese pop songs are one of the favorite choices. 41% would change their ring tones within a week and 42% would change within 2 weeks.
    * The Rise of the Green Collar Generation—A new future working class, the Green Collar is a younger generation that goes to university or has an education and are influenced by new thoughts about the environment, health, global well-being. Green Collar people will have a career but will try to maintain a life of quality: They try to find time to exercise or live healthy. Unlike the other Collar groups (Gold, Grey), they don’t prefer high class places but rather like to have gatherings at simple places with themes to organize their own events. They also do charity work.
    * Flash Competition/Movie “Re-making”–After the so-called mega movie “The Promise,” directed by Chen Kaige, a college student, Hu Ge, re-made the movie by abstracting parts and inserting new voices and music. The result of the re-make caught more attention than the movie and suddenly re-making movies into short movies or flash movies are popular, which some brands also tend to used now to advertise their products, i.e., car ads.

Overall, the China Youth Culture Study includes actionable results and macro trend summaries and forecasting regarding specifics about fashion, brands, shopping, preferences, (with special reports on denim, T-shirts, and footwear), spending patterns, technology + electronics, video gaming, music, action sports, individual + team sports, entertainment patterns, marketing + advertising effectiveness, lifestyle traits, Internet patterns + social networks, cell phones, new media, future concerns, attitudes, changing styles, and influences. The China Youth Culture Study Subscription Package also includes:

    * Quantitative Charts, Graphs, Frequencies, plus Cross-tabulations by Gender, Age Groups, + City
    * Macro Trend Summaries detailing high-level trends written in an easy-to-understand format about the changing landscape of the marketplace within each topic
    * Historic Trending comparisons to show changes in the marketplace + future forecasting
    * Street Photography depicting leading-edge street fashion, footwear, accessories, attitudes, tattoos, + individual style
    * Weekly Updates with fresh news, reviews of street fashion trends, music, sports, festivals, underground magazines, events, retail hotspots, + emerging subcultures

For thought-leaders looking to maximize their strategies as they pertain to the youth marketplace, the 2nd Annual China Youth Culture Study provides authentic street-level information about the demographic profile, economic, and cultural threads of influence across one of the largest burgeoning new youth markets in the world. For subscription information, or information about a Global Subscription Package, including North America, Europe, Japan, + China, call (323) 630-4000; info@labelnetworks.com.

Data for the China Youth Culture Study is based on a representative sampling from Shanghai, Beijing, + Guangzhou of 15-25-year-olds during the months of October, November, and early December, 02006.

The Confidence Level for this Study is 95% with a Confidence Interval of +/- 2.5%.

About Label Networks:

Label Networks, Inc. is a leading global youth culture marketing intelligence + media company authentically measuring the most trendsetting and mainstream subcultures in the world. Label was launched in 2000 to bridge the gap between companies trying to access the youth marketplace and the lack of useful, fast research about the fast-changing landscape. Label created new methods to gain constantly fresh quantitative and qualitative data about the marketplace accurately and quickly with a combination of remote data-acquisition and analysis systems, and a credible network of global Youth Culture Experts. Together, Label measures, reports, and consults with brands, agencies, and industry leaders about pinpoint consumer preferences gathered from face-to-face interviews from the heart of opinionated youth environments. Global Youth Culture Studies include North America, Europe, Japan, + China, plus Profiles on Snowboarding, Skateboarding, Urban Female, Hispanic/Latino Market Report; Euro Mobile Technology Report, Digital Lifestyle Report; Sponsorship Report; + Humanitarian Study; Clients: Apple Computer, Verizon Wireless, Burton, Vans, Braun, Motorola, Nokia, Footlocker, Oakley, Spy Optics, Salomon, Levi Strauss, American Eagle, O’Neill Europe, Playstation, Hasbro, Ford, Dodge, Columbia Sportswear, Warped Tour, Creative Artists Agency, Faith Popcorn, ESPN International, Kraft Easy-Mac. Contact: Label Networks, Inc., 13101 Washington Blvd., Suite 100, Los Angeles, CA 90066; (323) 630-4000; info@labelnetworks.com; www.labelnetworks.com.

Wide World Entertainment artist, Rosco, drops the first single, "You Feel Me," off the forthcoming album, "Check Dig."

ATLANTA, June 1, 2007 — The Summer’s newest anthem, "You Feel Me," by Rosco ft/ Akon and Jadakiss is officially one of the hottest singles surfacing around and will begin impacting airplay this week. The much talked about release has already circulated throughout the industry with a humongous buzz, making its way through the hands of DJs and industry tastemakers worldwide. There’s been an overwhelming response to the single, and this week’s announcement will certainly set the wheels in motion for the single.

Signed to Wide World Entertainment, Rosco’s debut album, "Check Dig," features super productions, collaborations, and lyrics. The first single, "You Feel Me," combines the lyrics of two of the game’s platinum-selling artists – chart-topping Akon and heavyweight lyricist, Jadakiss. To add to this, Rosco undoubtedly does his thing and delivers on the single.

Additionally, several tracks on the album were produced by Telly, who’s worked on projects with the likes of Akon, Freeway, Q of 112, and Jadakiss, to name a few. Not to mention that the record label is well respected, working with some of the industry’s biggest artists including 50 Cent, Usher, Lil Kim, Jermaine Dupree, Young Jeezy, Nas, Jadakiss, Ashanti, Neyo, and the list continues. Such a blazing song is not typically expected from a new artist, so for Rosco, the pressure is on, but he’s undeniably up for the challenge.

"Life is too short to short yourself on life! And that is what I will not do! But what I will do is deliver hit songs and hot music for the people and it will speak for itself. Enough talking!" says Rosco.

To view the full Internet Audio Presentation (IAP):
www.wideworldent.com/rosco/3-26-07/ROSCO-MAP-4-15-07-PUBLIC-press.html

For inquiries, interviews, and appearances, please contact (404) 437-0078 or Fabiola@NYLAEntertainmentGroup.com. Please visit myspace.com/Rosco419 for music and updates.

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About N.Y.L.A. Entertainment Group:
N.Y.L.A. Entertainment Group is a boutique-style marketing and public relations firm that promotes and publicizes projects for the music, fashion, and entertainment industries. For additional info, please visit NYLAEntertainmentGroup.com

Contact:

Fabiola Fleuranvil, Director of Marketing & Publicity
Direct: (404) 437-0078
Fabiola@NYLAEntertainmentGroup.com

Sponsored by SOHH/FreshFlixx.com, Third World Newsreel, Malcolm X Grassroots Movement (MXGM), Breakthrough TV, The Ave Magazine and The Temple of Hiphop.

May 30, 2007 – New York, NY – Celebrating five years of Hip-Hop Cinema, Education, Art and Culture, the H2O [Hip-Hop Odyssey] International Film Festival (H2OIFF) will officially launch this Thursday, May 31st at the ImaginAsian Theatre.

From May 31 – June 17, 2007 New York City will be the home of the largest Hip-Hop film festival in the world, screening over 100 media pieces, including 9 premier panels. During the first weekend of the festival, three opening panels include; In Living Color: The Hip-Hop Actor’s Studio; Bigger than Hip-Hop: Addressing Exploitation, Violence and the Need for Humanity; & Hip-Hop’s Monopoly: Hip-Hop’s Stake in Art, Media, Education, Activism, Business, Sports, Politics and Spirituality.

The opening panel sponsors include SOHH/FreshFlixx.com, Third World Newsreel, Malcolm X Grassroots Movement (MXGM) and Breakthrough TV, The Ave Magazine and The Temple of Hiphop.

All panels are FREE, appropriate for all ages, and open to the community.

Friday, June 1, 6:00pm – 7:30 pm
In Living Color: The Hip-Hop Actor’s Studio
Sponsored by SOHH/FreshFlixx.com

Hip-Hop has transcended the world of music, making a big splash onto the theater stage, television and movie screens. Hip-Hop culture has influenced this art form through its own stories and characters, and in turn, the culture has also been influenced by this art form and industry.  Hear from artists within the Hip-Hop community who are shaking up the acting world.

Kamilah Forbes (Artistic Director, Hip-Hop Theater Festival/ Actor, Director, Playwright, Producer) (Moderator)
Anwan Glover (Slim Charles from HBO’s The Wire/Lead MC for go-go band Backyard Band)
La Bruja (Poet, Actress, Singer, Writer, Activist)
Mums (Arnold ‘Poet’ Jackson from Oz/Poet, Playwright, Producer)
Tristan Wilds (Michael Lee from HBO’s The Wire)

Saturday, June 2, 3:00pm – 4:30 pm
Bigger than Hip-Hop: Addressing Exploitation, Violence and the Need for Humanity
Sponsored by Third World Newsreel, Malcolm X Grassroots Movement (MXGM) and Breakthrough TV

Panelists will discuss ways to alleviate exploitation and violence within our communities and discuss important work being done in local and global communities to ensure social justice on all levels, including media and web projects being created to address these issues.

Monifa Bandele (Executive Director, Change the Game/Malcolm X Grassroots Movement Coordinating Committee) (Moderator)
Raquel Cepeda (Journalist/Director, Bling: A Planet Rock)
Chosan (MC/Activist from Sierra Leone)
Rosa Clemente (Community Organizer, Journalist, Hip-Hop Activist)
Pharoahe Monch (Legendary MC/Producer)
Samson (Host, BET’s The Chop Up)

Sunday, June 3, 6:00pm -7:30 pm
Hip-Hop’s Monopoly: Hip-Hop’s Stake in Art, Media, Education, Activism, Business, Sports, Politics and Spirituality
Sponsored by The Ave Magazine and The Temple of Hiphop

This panel will highlight and scrutinize Hip-Hop’s profound influence in different sectors of society, and its connection to a New World Order. Is the Hip-Hop community ready to focus on its values and soul? Or are we asleep in the Matrix? Are we willing to fight for our freedom and dignity? Or do we continue to fight one another? Do we have the money and resources to make it happen? Can we really unite? What are the challenges? What are the solutions?

Minister Server (HIPHOP Ministries Inc., Founder/Temple of Hip-Hop, National Organizer) (Moderator)
Lisa Cortes (Producer, Lee Daniels Entertainment)
Davey D (Hip-Hop Historian/Journalist/Program Director, Breakdown FM and Hard Knock Radio)
Bobbito Garcia (DJ, Writer, Sports Commentator, Basketball Player/Performer, Entrepreneur)
April Silver (Social Entrepreneur, Activist, Writer)
Glenn Toby (Sports & Entertainment Agent/Philanthropist)

For more info on the 5th Annual H2O International Film Festival, including information films, additional panels, events and tickets sales, please visit us online at http://www.h2oiff.org/.

About the 5th Annual H2O [Hip-Hop Odyssey] International Film Festival
As the largest Hip-Hop film festival in the world, the H2O [Hip-Hop Odyssey] International Film Festival provides a platform for filmmakers to showcase and define the variety of images that depict Hip-Hop culture and its communities. This year’s theme ‘THE WORLD IS YOURS!’ highlights the Hip-Hop community of the early/mid 90′s; a time when youth in the community began demanding money, power, and respect.

About the H2O [Hip-Hop Odyssey] Media Initiative
Social Awareness Through Media! H2O [Hip-Hop Odyssey] is the media initiative of the Hip-Hop Association. With programming like the H2O [Hip-Hop Odyssey] International Film Festival, the Freshest Youth Program, the ODYSSEY Awards, and Defuse News, its mission is to support the use of Hip-Hop culture as a tool for social awareness and youth empowerment. For more information on films, please visit http://www.h2oiff.org.

Empowering Hip-Hop Hopefuls Toward Positive Change

NO LIMIT RECORDS CEO MASTER P is leading by example to meet the challenges of the often negative state of today’s Hip-Hop. He’s started TAKE A STAND RECORDS, an innovative label that encourages artists to change the paradigms of contemporary Hip-Hop music. According to Master P, the label’s objective "is to take Hip-Hop to another level, teaching our kids how to mature, make changes, and never sell out…  it’s time for more of us to take a stand. Unity is key and knowledge is power. Come to spread the knowledge to our community. Don’t let the dream die…"

The Take a Stand Records website offers an online community, scholarship opportunities, various articles and resources, and a featured link for Master P’s Katrina-relief foundation TEAM RESCUE ONE. Also important are the company’s messages of community building and musical output free of exploitative images and coarse language; all while preserving quality, commercially-viable Hip-Hop.

As a natural outgrowth of his extensive efforts to elevate enriching content through Hip-Hop, Master P, in conjunction with OMEN ENTERTAINMENT, RAP SNACKS and non-profit music industry youth program MUSIC FUTURES, will host the

WE GOT NEXT SUMMIT
Howard University
Cramton Auditorium
2455 Sixth Street NW Washington, DC
Saturday June 30, 2007
Registration begins at 9:00a.m.

We Got Next has planned a top-caliber music industry conference as a means to enhance attention on WASHINGTON, D.C.’s array of talent and to promote music business knowledge among participants. Expected in attendance are a plethora of artists, DJs, concert promoters, industry figures, lawyers, managers, as an example.

Invited speakers include some of the most prominent figures in Urban music such as CHAKA ZULU (DefJam South), ROB LEWIS (Christina Aguilera, Babyface, Brian McKnight), J. PRINCE (Rap-A-Lot Records), MAD LINX (BET’s Rap City), CHUCKY THOMPSON (Bad Boy Records), RAMPAGE (Flipmode Squad), CHRIS STYLES (99.5), JAY STEVENSON (95.5), RAHEEM DeVAUGHAN, RICH HARRISON (producer for Beyonce and Amerie,) JILIAN WRIGHT (manager for Jagged Edge,) JUSTICE (Rooftop Entertainment), Washington, DC’s own breakout artist WALI, and many more. Panelists from XM SATELLITE RADIO, KOCH RECORDS, LIAISON RECORDS, ORGANIZED RHYME, and others are also expected.

The opening session will impress upon artists to take responsibility for the music they agree to perform and the social impacts of their choices. The theme of personal responsibility for one’s career carries throughout the conference by teaching guests about music industry practices and how to create a market-ready presence. Additional panel topics range from sampling and other legal issues, producing hit records, and designing cohesive airplay strategies to building a buzz and reaching major labels. Other activities include an artist showcase, a fashion show, and an arena of vendors and exhibitors, as well as networking opportunities.

Registration for We Got Next bears an artist-friendly entrance fee of just $25, which includes lunch plus full access to the day’s activities, and affords the opportunity to apply for a slot in the ARTIST SHOWCASE.

PLEASE NOTE: The $25 admission price is offered only to those who preregister on the site by June 25th. Late/Door registrants will be subject to an increased entry fee.

The We Got Next Summit follows the premier of Master P’s televised AMERICA’S NEXT HIP-HOP STARS competition, airing on the STARZ! Network on FRIDAY JUNE 29th, 2007. Conducive to the mission of Take a Stand Records, all contestants on America’s Next Hip-Hop Stars are expected to deliver clean musical content and image. Judges for the competition include ROMEO MILLER, SNOOP DOGG, PAUL WALL, and BET star FREE. Please check local listings for air times.

Artist showcase rules for the We Got Next Summit and more detailed information about the conference schedule, contests, and sponsors may be seen at http://www.wegotnextsummit.com

For more information about America’s Next Hip-Hop Stars please visit http://www.americasnexthiphopstars.com

For information about the attractive sponsorship packages available for the conference, please contact: Damian Key, Sponsorship Director at (202) 640-1806 sponsorships@wegotnextsummit.com

Media inquiries may be directed to: media@wegotnextsummit.com or Darcie-Nicole Wicknick, ”Ask Darcie’ Music Business Consulting (857) 222-1630 askdarcie@hotmail.com

DECODE THE MESSAGE ON WWW.DEFINITIVEJUX.NET AND FOLLOW THE INSTRUCTIONS TO BE ENTERED TO WIN

Think you have what it takes to be an expert code breaker?   Definitive Jux would like to see you try.  DJX has launched a contest testing the minds of fans everywhere.  Visit the front page of www.definitivejux.net to receive a coded message for your chance to win a $150 shopping spree. Once you have decoded the first message you will receive instructions on how to proceed.  This message will self destruct in 15 seconds.

Stay tuned for an even larger coded message to appear on the home page of www.definitivejux.net celebrating the continued onslaught of El-P’s new album I’ll Sleep When You’re Dead for your chance to win a trip for two to New York City !

El-P is rolling through the Southeast on his “I’ll Sleep When You’re Dead” tour before making his way back up north:

05/30/07 – New Orleans , LA – The Parish House of Blues

06/01/07 – Orlando , FL – The Social

06/02/07 – Common Grounds – Gainsville, FL

06/03/07 – Ybor City , FL – Orpheum

06/04/07 – Atlanta , GA – Lennys Bar and Grill

06/06/07 – Ashville , NC – Stella Blue

06/07/07 – Carrboro , NC – Cats Cradle

06/08/07 – Washington , DC – The 9:30 Club

06/09/07 – New York , NY – Irving Plaza

06/12/07 – Philadelphia , PA – First Unitarian Church

06/13/07 – Pittsburgh , PA – Diesel Club Lounge

06/15/07 – Manchester , TN – Bonnaroo

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Contemporary Art Show in Scion Installation L.A. Gallery

Los Angeles – May 2007 – Scion celebrates cutting edge art with the opening of a new show,  Rendition, in its 4,500 square foot Installation L.A. Gallery.   Curated by Eyeone, (Seeking Heaven Crew and Second to None), Rendition features artists Asylm, Cab, Jorger, Kozem, Klee, Luna, Mear, Panic, Passenger, Patrick Martinez, Skypager, Vyal, and Yem.

Eyeone began painting with aerosol during a boring summer break between grades 10 and 11 in high school. He forms part of the Seeking Heaven and Second to None street art crews. His work has been featured in diverse publications, notably the books "Graffiti World," "Graffiti L.A.," "Big Time Magazine," and "Rime," among others. He has exhibited extensively in the U.S. and is currently featured in an exhibition representing Los
Angeles in France. Born in Mexico City, Eyeone was raised and is based in Los Angeles. He holds a MFA degree in Design | Media Arts from the University of California, Los Angeles.

Involved in the street art movement since 1989, Asylm began his quest to develop a recognizable street art style on the walls of the Los Angeles River.  Asylm actively transfers the value of art as a mentor in community organizations such as the Los Angeles Conservation Corps’ Clean & Green program and Artcorps L.A.  Asylm works with students to create colorful murals that can be seen throughout 20 schools within the Los Angeles Unified School District.

Cab is regarded by many as one of L.A.’s most prolific street artists.  Hailing from East Los Angeles, his work has traveled the states and the globe. He has been featured in countless publications, including "Lost," "The History of Los Angeles Graffiti Art," and "Graffiti L.A."

Cache has turned the streets of his native Los Angeles into a vibrant outdoor gallery. His walls prominently featuring his trademark chicken characters can be seen throughout the city.

Seeing the graffiti in his East L.A. neighborhood inspired Jorger to pursue art from a very young age. This pursuit has led him to develop his visual style in diverse media, from skateboard graphics and apparel to painting and 3D modeling.

Klee’s painting adventures began in 1992 in Guadalajara, Mexico and continue in L.A. to this day. Armed with spray paint, oil paint, acrylics, or sometimes a screen and a squeegee, he has worked on numerous surfaces including walls, trains, bridges, canvases, wood panels, metal plates, and other found objects. He considers his mission in life to speak and act against injustice through his art and to always find a way to exist despite all challenges. It’s in his blood.

Kozem is a highly active exponent of a new generation of urban artists. He lives in East Los Angeles.

Born in Mexico, Distrito Federal and raised in Los Angeles, Luna first became drawn to street art in junior high. "Something about it appealed to me, and I guess you can say I’ve been hooked ever since. In high school a friend of mine ‘borrowed’ Subway Art from the library for me and I loved it so much, it never went back. Since then I’ve experimented with spray-paint and other fun marking tools, but mostly I’ve spent my time documenting things- much of it graffiti – throughout L.A. (and wherever else I find myself) on good old-fashioned film. Every once in a while, I’ll pick up a can or two for mural projects and other such shenanigans. My eye is very drawn to walls, bridges, trains, buildings, and the paint found on these surfaces: hidden treasures in the midst of grotesquely large, obnoxious, and visually polluting advertisements plastered all over the city."

Educated on the streets of Los Angeles, Mear is a self-taught painter, designer and sculptor with a professional art career that spans over fifteen years. The artist’s philosophy is clear in his name, which is an acronym meaning Manifest Energy And Radiate. His art is a passionate attempt to speak a higher form of language, encouraging people to raise their social and political consciousness and become involved in their own lives through creativity. Mear has achieved legendary status among the urban street art circle and has been recognized as an international art sensation. His raw, vibrant style catches the eye with its colorful intricacy and ensnares the mind with its deep, intriguing messages.

Panic is recognized by the Los Angeles street art community as a style innovator and influence on countless practitioners of the art. Most recently, he was a consultant on the monumental "Graffiti L.A." book project. He is a member of the Seeking Heaven crew based in North East Los Angeles.

Since the vivid days of Patrick Martinez’s childhood he was drawing or scribbling on something. In his teenage years he was introduced to Hip Hop culture and exclusively to one of its elements, street art. Hip Hop has influenced his art ever since he understood what it was about. He uses subject matter such as everyday people that aren’t usually painted into the limelight and elements of the city that would be thought of as objects we take for granted. He keeps a steady career doing illustrations and design for clients such as ADIDAS, RIME, FRANK 151, NIKE, UPPER PLAYGROUND, SOUL ASSASINS, and STONES THROW. Patrick holds a degree in illustration from Art Center College of Design.

A native Angeleno, Passenger currently makes Long Beach his base of operations. He is a photographer and printmaker who documents everything from daily life to the underground punk scene.

Skypager’s work is a highly developed craft merging elements of typography, punk rock, skating, street art, and all the other syndromes of a city such as Los Angeles. His clients include NIKE, STUSSY, and X-LARGE. He is a member of seminal L.A. skate crew Shred Team and all-Cali graffiti crew Lords.

YEM is an acronym for Y x ENERGY = MOTION. Once known as Krenz, he is reminded of this equation every time he inks his name. With roots back to the L.A. Bomb Squad, K2S, and the mastermind of AMseven, he has nothing to prove. Transferring himself to France in the early 90s, he wrote his way around Europe. Stamping his mark one ink stain at a time, his name is synonymous with substance. His works strive for meaning and awareness; insight is etched into each piece.  Now back in Los Angeles, he continues the development of this high-risk craft, working against the ink of night.

Vyal is currently living in Los Angeles. He is constantly booked for live street art and mural work. His technique and imaginative iconography grace the walls of many communities throughout the city. He will be speaking on street art at the Museum of Contemporary Art (MOCA) in L.A. this spring.

Sheak has been dj’ing in unique fashion throughout L.A., including stints at the Beauty Bar, Le Deux, Vermont, Barcade, and Monroe’s.

An Echo Park local, Dr. Jules is premiering his documentary on L.A. street art at the Battle of the Year Festival in Montpellier, France.

Rendition refers to an interpretation of culture in Los Angeles, translated by the artists and presented in a visual form. For some of the artists in this exhibition, rendition alludes to the fact that some of their creative work, as in the case of street art, is often rendered, made to disappear, its whereabouts unknown. For others, rendition is literal: the rendering of an image fed by the experience of living in this city.

The opening reception takes place June 9, 7:00 – 10:00 P.M. at the Scion Installation LA Gallery, 3521 Helms Ave. (at National), Culver City, CA 90232. The show will remain up through June 30.

Dedicated to fostering independent artistic expression, the Scion Installation L.A. Gallery is a space that allows artists to explore their creative visions.  The new Scion Installation Gallery hosts art shows and art-related events for cutting-edge urban artists from across the globe.  Due to success and growth, the Scion Installation L.A. Gallery recently moved from its Washington Boulevard location to Helms and National near the Hayden Tract area. Gallery hours are Wednesday through Saturday 11:00 A.M. – 6:00 P.M. and by appointment -310.815.8840.  For more information, visit www.scion.com/space

About Scion:
Scion is the newest line of vehicles from Toyota Motor Sales (TMS), U.S.A., Inc. Developed with a new generation of youthful buyers in mind, Scion’s mission is to provide distinctive products, the opportunity to personalize, and an innovative, consumer-driven process at the retail level. The Scion brand features three groundbreaking models: the all-new xD subcompact five-door; the xB, an urban utility vehicle with an iconic shape; and the tC sports coupe.  For more information, visit www.scion.com

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