Vinnie Brown from Newark's Own Naughty By Nature to select the best rapper from a pool of emerging talent
WHO: Council Member-At-Large Donald M. Payne, Jr, Vinnie Brown of Naughty by Nature, Dream Maker Foundation, Quest Ink-Broadcast Team, and National Museum of Hip Hop Foundation (NMOH)
WHAT: 18th Annual Rap Masters Competition
WHEN: Saturday, October 10, 11 a.m., participants; 12 p.m. audience arrival. The event is free of charge and open to all. Free refreshments will be available.
WHERE: Nat Turner Park, Boyd Street and 18th Avenue, Newark, New Jersey
WHY: Hosted by Council Member-At-Large Donald M. Payne Jr., this Rap Masters Competition recognizes rap music and the rap culture, as an important influence in the city of Newark, and its surrounding areas. This contest provides emerging talent in the Tri-State area an opportunity to showcase their creative skills.
Payne will welcome Grammy Award-Winner Vinnie Brown from the popular rap group Naughty by Nature, as a guest judge. Vinnie will offer contestants a chance to be heard by someone considered one of the "greats" in rap music.
ATTENDEES:
Congressman Donald Payne, Sr.
Essex County Municipal Dignitaries
Executives from the National Museum of Hip Hop Foundation (NMOH)
Vinnie Brown of Naughty by Nature
CONTACT: For event info, call Council Member-At-Large Donald Payne's office at (973) 733-3753.
MEDIA CONTACT: Tafia L. Allah-Pringle -TLAPR Agency, LLC
Phone: 973.902.6749; E-mail: tafia@tlapr.com.
ABOUT QUEST INK, INC
Quest Ink Inc. is a non-profit agency providing youth leadership development and family support services for the Greater Newark community. Established by Newark teens and young adults as Quest –CYO, Catholic Youth Organization, in 1970, Quest is now an independent entity, incorporated in 2003 and stewarded by its initial founders and young alumni.
ABOUT THE NATIONAL MUSEUM of HIP HOP FOUNDATION (NMoH)
The National Museum of Hip-Hop Foundation (NMoH) in NYC is a non-profit 501 (c) (3) founded in 2005 and created to commemorate the historical and cultural achievements of hip-hop and artists, throughout the World, while educating area residents and global visitors about every aspect of the culture's elements. The plans for this $300 million project are to house the museum within a 200,000+ sq., foot facility, in NYC. The NMoH will exist as a hub for community preservation, economic development, and political education, by creating cooperative programming opportunities.
ABOUT DREAM MAKER FOUNDATION (DMF)
Dream Maker Foundation is a 501 (c) (3), philanthropic organization established in 2006, founded by Michael Gray, MBA. The mission of DMF is to increase educational access, promote entrepreneurship, and to provide economic assistance by way of scholarships to students and micro-lending to small businesses in impoverished and underdeveloped regions locally and globally. Having seen first-hand the devastating effects of inadequate education and poor economic infrastructures, Michael Gray has an unwavering commitment to support and encourage the poor and marginalized within local and foreign communities.
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