(June 28, 2008, Santa Monica, Ca) This year marks the 3rd Annual Bum Squad DJ'z Family Reunion taking place in Houston, TX, September 18th - 21st. The Hyatt Regency in downtown Houston will be all abuzz, as the largest chapter of the Bum Squad DJ'z will be the host family for this year's reunion. The illustrious industry affair brings out some of the hottest names in entertainment; introducing exclusive new music to one of the most exclusive DJ collective's in the game. Last year the invitation only event brought out the likes of Common, Nicole Sherzinger (PCD) Three 6 Mafia, Glasses Malone, Ky-Mani Marley and more.
Bum Squad DJ's have broken dozen's of new artists and are receiving the support of such labels including: Universal-Motown, Universal-Republic, Billionaire Catt Ent, Jive, Sony, J Records, Bad Boy, SRC, and Atlantic. The label's will host special events including private music suites, artist showcases, a celebrity softball game, block party and a last man standing DJ battle. The reunion has already received early support from artist including: The Game, Common, Missy, Rick Ross Paul Wall, Michael "500" Watts, Scarface, Bun B, and Rob G just to name a few.
"Over the past few years, the collective has been focused on expanding the brand to include more corporate appeal," explains Bum Squad founder Latin Prince, "Our corporate participation shows that companies understand the importance of the DJ in getting to the consumer utilizing our resources in innovative ways. We have DJ's with shoe deal's, head phones, turntable's all types of exciting co-branding situations, so although we specialize in breaking artists, we also help companies take their message to the masses in style with our mass audiences." explains Latin Prince. This year sponsor's like: Rane, Vestax, Skull Candy, Bombai Liquor, and Red Bull have already come on board to show their support.
The Bum Squad DJ's are made up of DJ's, as well as industry professionals and artists including: DJ Skee, DJ Clark Kent, DJ Eque, Paul Wall, Lupe Fiasco, Trey Songz, and many more. For more info check out the complete roster at www.bumsquaddjz.com
The Bum Squad is a University of Premiere DJs, who takes pride in mentoring up and coming DJs.
The Bum Squad DJ's, founded 5 years ago by Latin Prince (UNIVERSAL/MOTOWN National Director of Urban Mix Show) is a family of DJ's that work as one unit to break new artist's and create a visual aesthetic utilizing it's formidable brand influence. Bum Squad DJ's, as a collective, are about breaking new music, and sharing that music with DJ's and consumers worldwide. As the #1 DJ Network Site on the web, www.bumsquaddjz.com garnered over 6 million visits in 2006.The New Music Studio Reloaded portion of the site was created as a vehicle to share their vision with the rest of the world.
Media: To interview Latin Prince or for more info on the BumSquad DJ's contact Octavia Bostick at thawrite1@bumsquadjz.com
