H.E.R. Hip Hop Showcase
New Earth Music Hall, Athens, Georgia
April 9th, 7 p.m.-2 a.m.    

          The first-ever H.E.R. Hip-Hop Showcase will take place on April 9th from 7 p.m. to 2 a.m. at New Earth Music Hall in Athens, Georgia (227 W. Dougherty Street, Athens, Georgia). The event is a production of H.E.R. Hip Hop, LLC, New Earth Music Hall, and Boom Foundry, LLC.

          H.E.R. Hip-Hop, LLC is a full-service hip-hop entertainment company formed by three UGA Music Business students, Elizabeth Schenck, Stephen Prevost and Rebekah Baldwin, offering artist promotion, publicity, booking, and music publishing and licensing. Our goal is to promote and develop quality hip-hop within Athens by rendering our services to up-and-coming local artists, as well as established national acts. While Athens is a well-known powerhouse in the music industry, the hip-hop genre has no real presence in the community. H.E.R. Hip-Hop, LLC is the first company that will bring the genre to the forefront of the Athens music scene.

          The H.E.R. Hip-Hop Showcase will take place annually in Athens, Georgia in the spring. Each year's showcase artists will embody, both through their music and image, the ideals that H.E.R. Hip-Hop identifies as being characteristic of genuine hip-hop. This year's showcase will consist of an industry panel, networking mixer, and artist performances. Though this year's showcase will only be one night, subsequent showcases will take place over the course of two nights.

          The panel and mixer are two one-of-a-kind events that precede the artist performances. The panel will begin promptly at 7:30 p.m. Artists will discuss the past, present, and future state of hip-hop as they see it, as well as share in their personal experiences as artists; also speaking on the panel will be various professionals from within the music business industry. The mixer will immediately follow the panel, running from approximately 8:15 to 9 p.m.; during this time, showcase attendees will have the opportunity to meet and mingle with the artists, as well as network with music business professionals. A list of attending music business professionals will be posted on our company website soon.

          The 2010 artist line-up includes national acts Dead Prez, Kidz in the Hall, and WrittenHouse; Atlanta-based artists Donnis and Stanza; and local Athens natives Fresh and WildKard. We believe that this is an exceptional line-up, especially for the first-run of our annual showcase. Excluding Dead Prez, who has graced the stage of the Athens music scene ONCE, and Stanza, who has performed in the small college town twice, this will be the first time the non- Athens-based artists have ever performed in Athens, GA. Furthermore, the 2010 H.E.R Showcase artists are all well-established acts within the hip-hop community who have been included in major music events throughout the year, such as the 2009 Roots Picnic and Brooklyn Hip-Hop Festival, Big Day Out 2010, and the upcoming 2010 SXSW Music Festival.

          This year's showcase sponsors include The Recording Academy, Guerilla Minds Social Media Marketing, Whynatte, WhichWich, and Strong Arm Management. Sponsorship packages are still available and can be inquired about the "Become A Sponsor" page on our website listed below.  

     The managing partners of H.E.R. Hip-Hop, LLC will be available for interviews. Interested parties should contact Rebekah Baldwin (rebekah@herhiphop.com) to set up a time.

For additional information on this event visit our website at:
www.herhiphop.com
Follow us on Twitter: @HERhiphopfest
Find us on Facebook: H.E.R. Hip Hop

Contact:
Rebekah Baldwin
COO, H.E.R. Hip Hop, LLC
404.775.8033
rebekah@herhiphop.com