Tributes to This Year's Honorees Domestic Violence survivor, Grammy Award Winning Female Artist and Author Queen Pen and Humanitarian, Academy Award Nominee and Artist Kimberly River Roberts.
The 2010 Female Hip Hop Honors' is being held at The Radisson Hotel in Los Angeles, California, Saturday May 22nd from 6-12PM*
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Los Angeles, February 1st — Underground Girls Of Hip Hop will bring down the house at the "2010 Female Hip Hop Honors," as the best of the best in Female hip hop past, present & future come together for one legendary night.
2010 FEMALE HIP-HOP HONORS is an award show that breaks all of the rules of conventionalism. Unlike the Grammy Awards or the Billboard Music Awards, the 2010 FEMALE HIP-HOP HONORS were created to acknowledge and honor the achievements and contributions of legendary females in hip-hop, unsigned and independent artists within the urban music scene. Every year there are incredible records released by independent labels and artists. Very rarely do the institutional accolades of the music industry reach or embrace female hip-hop artist, independent music or the community of artists and fans who now represent 25% of all global music sales. Hence, 2010 FEMALE HIP-HOP HONORS was born to fill that void.
This celebration is an opportunity for the ladies of hip-hop to come together and celebrate the beauty and spirit of the female presence in the genre. This event serves as a night to celebrate the culture and the essence of their craft. The award ceremony will consist of female emcees of the past and present that have made a difference in hip-hop. We will also present (2) honorees with the UGG Hip-hop Estrogen Award. Throughout the night we will also give awards and acknowledgment to those who are making strides in the industry today.
Taped at the Radisson Hotel on Saturday, May 22nd in Los Angeles, the music and influence of each of the honorees will be recognized through performances by classic artists in collaboration with today's hottest new talent.
More About the Honorees
Our first honoree Queen Pen is a domestic violence survivor and Grammy winning female rapper. Her music career started as a protégé of Teddy Riley, a music producer and member of the R&B group BLACKstreet in the mid-1990s. She was a featured rapper, along with Dr. Dre, on BLACKstreet's 1996 hit, "No Diggity". She signed to Riley's Lil' Man label, and released My Melody (1997), her solo debut album, produced by Riley. Her first album produced the charting singles "All My Love", "Man Behind the Music", and "Party Ain't a Party". She took a 3 year hiatus from rapping, and returned with Conversations With Queen (2001), her second album. She is now a novelist with three books under her belt. She's slated to release her 4th book Blossom 2 in mid 2010.
Our second honoree is humanitarian, rapper & Academy Award nominee Kimberly Rivers Roberts The lady behind the camera of the Academy Award nominated documentary film, Trouble the Water, winner of the 2008 Sundance Film Festival Grand Jury Prize, Full Frame Documentary Grand Jury Award, and the Gotham Independent Film Award. In addition to starring in the film, Kimberly produced, wrote, and composed four songs that were featured in the Oscar-nominated film. Kimberly now has started a non-profit organization called Trouble Waters-Awakening Minds, through which she is helping residents of New Orleans recover from substance abuse and addiction and rebuild their community.
This year's "2010 Female Hip Hop Honors" will be executive produced by undergroundgirlsofhiphop.com owner "Shylise Simpson.  Assisting-producer will be Celebrity Publicity and Promotions company MNS Media Group/Strickly For The Promo.
Feel free to contact us for more information on nominees, performing, sponsorship or general inquirers.
CONTACT: Publicist, Ernest Jackson of MNS Media Group 1-888-851-3508 Email: mnsmedia@gmail.com, or Shylise Simpson, 1-323-394-0953 of undergroundgirlsofhiphop.com Email: ugg@undergroundgirlsofhiphop.com , sponsorship@undergroundgirlsofhiphop.com
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