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Trey Songz LIVE- Memphis, TN

Every lady in Memphis showed up to see Trey Songz LIVE. I’ve seen him perform in Memphis a few years ago and I really didn’t get much of a show since I was backstage. However, I do remember him ripping his t-shirt off…Anyhoo, this time I was front and center to enjoy all of his hits from Ready plus a few from Trey Day and I Gotta Make It. I haven’t seen a concert from the seats in a while and seeing girls excited to touch his shoe and grab his FIJI water gave me a good laugh; His fans are diehard! Trey put on a great show for Memphis and brought out special guest and hometown favorite YO GOTTI who performed “5 Star Chick” for all the ladies in the building. I counted about six guys in the place. Fellas you missed out on this one. It was nothing but lovely ladies in attendance.

Drumma Boy and MeMpHitz Named Ambassadors of Memphis

On Thursday, March 25^th, 2010, Mickey "Memphitz" Wright Jr.,  host of BET's The Deal Television Show and Grammy Nominated Super Producer, Christopher "Drumma Boy" Gholson  were honored with the key to the city of Memphis. Mayor A.C. Wharton showed recognition for their humanitarian acts established with Heal the Hood and other community organizations such as skid-e-kids.com by naming them Ambassadors of the city. A press conference was held at Alton Elementary to re-introduce these two Memphians that have been holding down a national spotlight for the city and selflessly giving back whenever possible. Memphitz, Drumma Boy, Kristyle, HTH members, and Dr. Kenneth T. Whalum all spoke on the panel for the students at Alton and Southside Middle aimed at telling the youth how to stay positive and follow their dreams. Speaking to students about violence and crime in our communities and how Hip Hop can be used to inspire positive changes is just one of the many efforts Drumma Boy and MempHitz have participated in to give back to the youth and our community.

 








Saturday April 17, 2010, MeMpHitz and Drumma Boy will return to the city of Memphis to host the 2nd annual Living the Dream Telethon. This is an anti-violence event that features national and local celebrities coming together to raise awareness of violence in our city, raise funds for non-profit groups using innovative methods to reduce crime and violence, and unify Memphis by crossing all racial and geographical boundaries through music. Please come out and support this event and continue to support young men that encourage greatness from our youth.

Admission: $10

Location East High School 

Memphis, TN 8-11pm

 

2nd Annual Living the Dream Telethon

                                       MempHitz and Drumma Boy will be Hosting from 8-11pm
                                                      East High School Memphis, TN 

Heal the Hood is now announcing the 2nd Annual Living The Dream Telethon, an anti-violence event that features national and local celebrities coming together to raise awareness on violence in our city. HTH's goal is to raise funds to fight crime and violence while unifying the city crossing all racial and geographical boundaries. The Living The Dream Telethon is scheduled for April 17, 2010 in Memphis, TN at East High School. This event will boast of several national and local celebrities dealing with the issues that have plagued Memphis for far too long. Many musical genres will be covered to reach as many ethnic, social and generational groups as possible. With national attention being focused on Memphis, we will push a powerful message of unity and peace that gives Memphis hope in such a dark time as this;. HTH aspires to achieve positive, yet radical change. The Living the Dream Telethon is about raising awareness in our city as we come together to fight the negative social behavior that has been destructive throughout the City of Memphis for far too long. The message of hope will be planted in the hearts of all those who attend as well as local and national celebrities joining to fight against crime and violence in the City of Memphis. Memphis is Home of the Blues and Birthplace of Rock and Roll. This is the telethon where music will help make a difference by giving national artist  such as Drumma Boy and MempHitz a voice and a platform to heal a local illness of their hometown.

Happy Birthday to the Barkays

Miss Conversation Piece speaks to James Alexander and Larry Dodson Sr. at thier birthday celebration. Jazzy Pha, James Alexander's son, Gorilla Zoe, Yo Gotti were also special guest.

SEA Party at the White House Lounge in Memphis, TN

Here's is some more exclusive footage from me Check Out the SEA Party at the White House Lounge in Memphis, TN. Shout Out to Moody INC.

Drumma Boy & the Memphis Hip Hop Community Welcomed the SEA’s to Their City

“Welcome to My City” was the most fitting anthem for opening act Drumma Boy, Miscellaneous, Yung Kee, Kinfolk Thugs, DJ Lil Larry, and J1 to perform to set the show on fire. The SEAs was a weekend of “firsts” as this year marks the first time in the SEA’s seven year history that it was held within Memphis city limits. Participants and the Memphis community also came together for the first time at a charity fashion show benefiting L.E.A.D (Life Enrichment and Development.) In Addition, there were a lot of first time attendees in the building and the Hip Hop community in Memphis welcomed the SEA’s with open arms. Several attendees felt that the SEA’s was a good look for Memphis and a great place to host any future SEA shows. Attendee and model for the “Rip the Runway” benefit show Kaysee Martin says, “this is my first time at the SEA’s and I’m having a great time. I hope to be there next year.” Some of the other performers to bless the stage were Finess da Boss, Malaki , Sparkdawg, and R&B singer Skai. Memphis is known as the Home of the Blues, home of the poplar A&E show 1st 48, and now possibly the home of all the upcoming Southern Entertainment Awards.

An event showing this kind of recognition for independent artists and DJs has definitely filled a long over-due void in the Hip Hop world. The SEA’s honor the "Who's Who" of Entertainment in the South and after starting out with only 20 award categories in 2004, The SEA’s has grown immensely and made tributes in 84 categories ranging from model of the year to producer of the year. After a successful weekend of industry panels, showcases and a benefit fashion show The SEA’s may have found a permanent home. Co-founder Janiro Hawkins II stated that, “this weekend would have not been successful without the help and support from Memphis; from the media, to the Arts Commission, the Mayor, the Convention Bureau, and all the businesses along Main Street to Beale Street. We are very pleased with the outcome and we will be back next year. We hope that Memphis continues to support us as we prepare for the 8th installment of the Southern Entertainment Awards and Conference.”


The Southern Entertainment Awards premiered in 2004 and six years later they are continuing to make a stamp in the Hip Hop community by honoring the hottest emerging deejays, producers, and rappers in the South. The SEA's have continually expanded and broadened in scope and impact. During this past weekend the SEAs announced its partnership with Blue Cross Blue Shield of Tennessee and Full Throttle. The SEA’s are currently backed by over 400 DJs including the Core Djs and Tjs Djs, plus 200 Independent Record Labels. The founders of the Awards show Janiro Hawkins II and his partners, Jesse Johnson (DJ Infamous) & Brent Buford (DJ Outlaw) select the winners based on Nominations submitted and voted on by the general public on southernentawards.com .

The biggest weekend in independent music in the South has come to a successful close with more than 80 awards given, stellar performances, showcases, a 2-day conference, memorial tribute, and charity fashion show. Vsha of Drum Squad and V. Williams Agency, a nominee for
Industry Power Player- Female, served as the official host of the city for the SEA’s. When asked about the show she stated that, “The SEA’s being held in Memphis was a great way to bridge the Memphis Music scene with many powerful key players in the entertainment industry. The SEA’s are welcomed back to my city anytime.”

Spotlight on SEA’s Memphis Winners

Indie Producer of the year- Drumma Boy (2 time recipient)
Old Skool DJ of the year –Carebear
Slept on DJ of the year- DJ 007
Impact DJ of the Year for his contribution to music- DJ BOOGALOO

Photos Courtesy of NDLOOP.net

B.O.B. "Nothin' On You" ft. Bruno Mars

I love this new song from B.O.B.! He is better known for his hit single "Haterz Everywhere" ft. Rich Boy and "I'll Be In The Sky". Check out the hot new single "Nothing On YOU" getting heavy rotation on my Ipod and radio stations nationwide..

B.o.B. - New Music - More Music Videos

My Journey to Success: Part 2

Hip Hop 4 Haiti Jan 30 Stax Musuem Memphis

Please come and support this cause. Bring food, clothing, donations, and LOVE!

Sad News- Police Brutality On 18 Year OLD

PITTSBURGH – The photos taken by Jordan Miles' mother show his face covered with raw, red bruises, his cheek and lip swollen, his right eye swollen shut. A bald spot mars the long black dreadlocks where the 18-year-old violist says police tore them from his head.

Now, 10 days after plainclothes officers stopped him on a street and arrested him after a struggle that they say revealed a soda bottle under his coat, not the gun they suspected, his right eye is still slightly swollen and bloodshot. His head is shaved. The three white officers who arrested him have been reassigned. And his mother says she is considering a lawsuit.

"I feel that my son was racially profiled," Terez Miles said. "It's a rough neighborhood; it was after dark. ... They assumed he was up to no good because he's black. My son, he knows nothing about the streets at all. He's had a very sheltered life, he's very quiet, he doesn't know police officers sit in cars and stalk people like that."

A judge continued the case until Feb. 18 after the officers failed to appear at a hearing Thursday, Miles' attorney, Kerrington Lewis, said.

The police department is saying little as it investigates and isn't releasing the officers' names. Pittsburgh Mayor Luke Ravenstahl said that the city is investigating whether the officers' actions were justified and that if they weren't, "they will be held accountable for those actions."

"The incident was very troubling to me, and we're taking it very seriously," Ravenstahl told reporters. "It seems as if there was a tremendous amount of force used."

Miles' family describes him as a studious teenager who plays the viola for a jazz band and the orchestra at Pittsburgh's prestigious Creative and Performing Arts High School.

The confrontation began around 11 p.m. Jan. 12, when the teenager walked out of his mother's home and headed to his grandmother's, where he spends most nights. His mother complimented him on the new jacket he had gotten for his birthday.

"It looks handsome," she said, smiling as he walked down the front steps.

As Miles walked up the block, he noticed three men sitting in a white car, "but I thought nothing of it," he said.

The criminal complaint says Miles was standing against a building "as if he was trying to avoid being seen." But he says he was walking when the men jumped out of the car.

"Where's the money?" one shouted, according to Miles. "Where's the gun? Where's the drugs?" the other two said. "It was intimidating; I thought I was going to be robbed," Miles said.

That's when he says he took off back to his mother's house but slipped on the icy sidewalk. Before he could pull himself up, Miles said, the men were at his back.

"That's when they started beating me, punching, kicking me, choking me," he said.

Not until 15 minutes later, when uniformed officers drove up in a van and Miles overheard their conversation, did he realize he had been arrested, he said. Initially, when the handcuffs were clamped around his wrists, he thought he was being abducted, he said.

The police believed Miles, who appeared to have something heavy in his pocket, was carrying a gun, according to the affidavit. The police say they used a stun gun on the teenager.

According to the affidavit, the object in Miles' pocket turned out to be a bottle of Mountain Dew. But Miles says he didn't have anything in his pocket and rarely drinks Mountain Dew.

"The story just doesn't make sense when you read the affidavit," said Lewis, the teen's attorney.

Miles said the family is considering suing the police department and the officers.

"I knew that he hadn't done anything wrong," his mother said. "That's just not an option for Jordan."

Pittsburgh police have reassigned the three officers and put them back in uniform while the city investigates, spokeswoman Diane Richard said. She declined to say whether racial allegations are part of the probe.

Meanwhile, Jordan Miles says he awaits a physician's approval to return to school and is suffering from nightmares and flashbacks.

Once he's done with school, he says, he hopes to attend Penn State University — and study crime scene investigation.

Source: Yahoo News
RAMIT PLUSHNICK-MASTI, Associated Press

Lauryn Hill Still Got It- Performance at Raggamuffin Hip-Hop/Reggae Fest

Lauryn Hill rocks the stage at Raggamuffin 2010 Hip-Hop/Reggae festival in New Zealand. After all these years she still got it. I miss her so; The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill is still in heavy rotation on my ipod. Come back Lauryn, come back!!!

Rhianna and Maxwell perform on Oprah

In honor of Haiti victims Rhianna does her rendition of Bob Marley's 'Redemption Song' and Maxwell does "Fistful of Tears" from his latest album.





You can still HELP HAITI by donating to Red Cross.

Words of Wisdom

Let God drive, your ride will be smoother.

God Is Love,


Rev Run

How are we keeping the Dream Alive?

The first national celebration of the Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. holiday took place January 20, 1986. Today is Jan 18, 2010 and we have come so far. The first black President was elected last year yet we still have many issues that plague the black community. On January 9, 2010 more than 100 men residing in Memphis, TN, the place where Dr. King took his last breath, came together to discuss the role and responsibility of black men in building our community. The Mid-South Men’s Forum touched on spiritual, educational, economical, and crime problems in the black community and ways we can solve these issues.

  

The panel included Key note speaker Student Minister Nuri Muhammad, as well as Bernal E. Smith (President of 100 Black men), Jeffery Higgs (CEO of Lemoyne Community Development), Thomas Burrell (Black Farmers Association), Reginald French (Democratic Candidate for Sherriff), Demico Booth (Author of WHY ARE SO MANY BLACK MEN IN PRISON), John Hall (Juvenile Intervention Shape Program), Grandmaster Anthony Muhammad (Chicago and National Defense Trainer), Pastor Ralph White (Bloomfield Baptist Church), Martavious Jones (School Board), Dr. A J Stovall (Rust College Professor), Dr. Leon Caldwell (Rhodes College professor), Drumma Boy (Super Producer and CEO of Drum Squad Productions), Van Tuner (Shelby  County Democratic Party chair). We also received a great self defense demonstration from Grandmaster Anthony Muhammad and a performance from rising rap star Young Phenomenon.  

Some of the economic points panel members spoke on during the program was the lack of understanding of all the access to capital there is to be distributed. Thomas Burrell dropped a gem of knowledge on the brothers by informing them that the Department of Agriculture is the only government organization Congress allows to make loans to a minor. Lack of knowledge is one of the community’s greatest dilemmas.

Demico Booth’s story was definitely one of hope to our many young men in prison or previously involved in the system. He went to prison at the age of 19 and was released at 31 only to be taken back into custody to serve another 2 years. He was affiliated with gangs and this association caused him to lose many years of his life. During his time he decided to change his life and wrote the book, WHY ARE SO MANY BLACK MEN IN PRISON. He emphasized that we are missing the black love and this is what our children need.

“There is no greater enforcement than us enforcing ourselves,” says Grandmaster Anthony. “This is our community and no one violates this, less we violate them.” Meaning we have to stand up and say we are not going to accept all the violence and destruction of the community anymore. We have to take serious action and accept the responsibility as an individual and not leave it up to anyone else to do it. We each have to take a part and make a commitment to the community in order to make a change. Like Reginald French said that day “Crime does pay, but it doesn’t pay us.” People spend billions on the court system every year and they are getting rich off of us because we make up a majority of the cases. This must change!

Knowing that Honorable Minister Louis Farrakhan has been fighting for us for over 55 years should be enough to motivate these men to take a stand NOW. Student Minister Nuri Muhammad spoke so eloquently and passionately about what a man is and that we should look at the Word as a script to life. He broke down the Lord’s Prayer and you had to be there to receive the knowledge he was giving. One thing that stood out to me was Daily Bread. He said a man should be working towards getting daily bread by becoming entrepreneurs. When you are working for someone else you are getting weekly or bi-weekly bread or money in other words. Opening up more black owned businesses is definitely something that would improve the black community. It is up to us to save ourselves because God helps those that help themselves.

The common theme from all the speakers was ownership. We have to take back ownership of our community if we are going to build it up. Being one of the few women in the building, made me feel like a Harriet Tubman or Sojourner Truth figure of this time because I am able to assist these brothers with their efforts and help spread the word. I’m just little ole me though Miss Conversation Piece but I am doing my part to help build our community and keep Dr. King’s dream alive. What about you?

HELP HAITI!!!

Continue to pray for HAITI and help if u can!! I can only imagine how awful the situation must be.

This footage was taken moments after the Quake hit Haiti




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