12 Hip-Hop/Rap contestants from the East Coast region will perform for a grand prize of $2,000 in New England's largest music showcase, "FLOW", brought to you by Davies Music Management Group. 12 talented hip-hop/rap artist will be exclusively selected from compiled submissions of Mp3's and notified.
This is the first annual $2,000 Hip Hop/Rap showcase to hit Providence, RI. The event powered by D.M.M.G., 3 major promotions teams, and a list of sponsors will bring together a diverse crowd and panel of judges.
Judges include Miss Nina of the Famous Firm, Justin of Chung King Studios (NY), Wande, Kevin Fethi of Atlantic Records, & Chachi Cavahlo (Winner of BET's Wild Out Wednesdays).
Special opening performances by Thrillz, Spohkes, Hitmob, & Sic Osyrus. The large auditorium at Columbus Theater is expected to reach capacity and there will be live media coverage.
FLOW 2008 takes place in historic Providence, Rhode Island at the Columbus Theater located on 270 Broadway Avenue on September 19, 2008. Show starts at 7:00 PM; general admission tickets are only $15.00. Tickets are available at the door. Early arrival is highly suggested.
All credit for these awesome photos goes to Ovieh Mosley.
Once again much love and thanks to Ovieh Mosley for the amazing photos!
Dead Prez shows up at the RNC to support a cause, not a candidate. Protesting war and poverty, they sit down with the Daily Fix to discuss issues on social justice.
Via:artnouveaumagazine.com
Leave it to Juxtapoz to treat artists like rock stars. The magazine has banned together with Sparks, Upper Playground, to create a follow up to last year’s inaugural Ignite What’s Next Art Tour. The three different events will showcase live painting by Sam Flores, Alex Pardee and N8 Van Dyke. The events will also feature performances by up-and-coming DJs. This year the tour will stop in Atlanta on Saturday, September 13th, 2008 at 10pm at Lenny’s Bar; Boston on Saturday September 20th, 2008 at 2pm at Underground Snowboards in Boston; and finally, Phoenix on both Friday, October 3rd and Saturday, October 4th at 10pm at The Marquee Theatre.
Platinum Pied Pipers contributor, Invincible finally steps out with her debut solo album! Filled with production contributions from Black Milk, Waajeed, Houseshoes and Labtechs, do not miss your opportunity to own a modern classic from one of Detroits premier lyricists!
Invincible - Shapeshifters
Invincible's Shapeshifters is due September 9th on Emergence.
MySpace: Invincible
The Hip-Hop Theater Festival is back in New York for a really interesting looking series of events September 23rd to October 11th including: ~ Marc Bamuthi Joseph's the break/s inspired by Jeff Chang's Can't Stop Won't Stop
~ Danny Hoch's Taking Over
~ Voices: A Peoples History of the United States by Howard Zinn and Anthony Arnove
~ Style Masters art exhibit
More than 25 years after being sentenced to death, Mumia Abu-Jamal is fighting for his life and against oppression at home and abroad.
Mumia Abu-Jamal rallied thousands of protesters in the U.S. city of Denver last week who were calling for the release of U.S. political prisoners.In a recorded message for the crowds protesting outside the Democratic National Convention, journalist Abu-Jamal attacked U.S. foreign policy, the protection of "foreign despots" and war for "foreign pipelines".
Abu-Jamal made the recording from his death row prison cell at a time when his 26-year battle for freedom has reached a critical point.
He and his lawyer are preparing to take his case to the U.S. Supreme Court to ask it to rule on whether the lower courts have denied him justice because of racial bias.
The decision to go to the Supreme Court was taken after a federal appeals court in Philadelphia in July refused to reconsider an application for a new trial about his guilt or innocence, Robert R. Bryan, the head of Abu-Jamal's legal team, told IPS.
The application was first turned down by the appeals court last March.
Abu-Jamal, a journalist and political activist, was sentenced to death 26 years ago after being convicted of shooting dead a white Philadelphia police officer in 1981.
His case has been taken up by rights activists in the U.S. and abroad who have contested much of the evidence that was presented to secure his conviction. Abu-Jamal has always maintained his innocence.
"Racism continues to raise its ugly head in this country, and should have no place in our legal system," Bryan said after the appeal court's decision.
"Bigotry lingers [on] today in Philadelphia. It would be naive not to realize that this case continues to reek of politics and injustice."
"In America … people often go to the death chamber because of the incompetence of their lawyers," Bryan said.
"The indisputable facts are that the prosecutor [in the 1982 trial] engaged in racism in selecting the jury in this case," Bryan said. "We will not rest until Mumia is free."
Abu Jamal's Supreme Court petition will focus on a number of issues, including that black jurors were intentionally excluded from his [1982] trial. Studies have shown that white jurors are more ready to pass death sentences than jurors of color.
It is uncertain whether the court will agree to hear the case, since only between 1 and 2 percent of petitions are heard each year.
But because the three appeal court judges were split two to one on the issue of racism in the jury selection, the Supreme Court might be more likely to hear the case to resolve the differences of opinion.
A Supreme Court ruling in favor of Abu-Jamal would mean that the appeals court would have to reconsider his request for a new trial about his guilt or innocence.
At the same time that the appeals court turned down Abu-Jamals's request for a new trial, it ruled that he deserved a trial limited to determining whether his sentence should be changed from death to life without the possibility of parole.
This appeals court ruling removed the immediate threat that Abu-Jamal will be executed, but it could be overturned.
Bryan is not satisfied with the narrow ruling of the appeals court. He wants a re-trial to prove Abu-Jamal's innocence.
The prosecution is also unhappy and is likely to file its own petition to the Supreme Court, asking it to overturn the appeals court ruling and order Abu-Jamal's sentence remains as death.
In an interview with IPS, Philadelphia district attorney Hugh Burns, the chief prosecutor, said he had not yet made a decision whether to petition the Supreme Court to send Abu-Jamal back to death row to await execution.
Burns said he was confident that racial bias had not influenced Abu-Jamal's original trial. He said it was "not possible" that significant errors had occurred during the trial.
If the Supreme Court refused to hear Abu-Jamal's appeal and agreed to the prosecution's request to reinstate the death penalty, the execution clock would start ticking again, Bryan said.
"Mumia remains very much on death row because this is still under review."
Mark Taylor, a coordinator of Educators for Mumia Abu-Jamal and professor of theology and culture at Princeton Theological Institute, said the Abu-Jamal case was a potential embarrassment to important state officials.
The Pennsylvania governor, Ed Rendell, who would order the death warrant for Abu Jamal's execution, was a former chief prosecutor on the case. Ronald Castille, chief justice on the Pennsylvania Supreme Court, is a former prosecutor who worked to keep Abu-Jamal in prison. He did not remove himself when the state Supreme Court ruled on Abu-Jamal's case in February.
Taylor said his organization would continue to hold workshops and teach-ins to keep the public informed and rally support for Abu-Jamal's release.
"We have to continue doing what we have been doing, educating the public about the details of the case and its significance to issues like the death penalty in America, and racism and police brutality and prisons," he said.
As you all may know, Aesop Rock and The Mighty Underdogs will be playing three dates in LA coming up next week, be sure to get your tickets.
Starting today, any Aesop Rock or Mighty Underdogs purchase made from the Def Jux Website over the next seven days (ending Midnight EST, Thursday Sept. 11th) will enter you to win you a pair of tickets to see Aesop Rock and The Mighty Underdogs perform live at the Sun Troubadour on Sunday Sept. 14th in Los Angeles CA and meet the artists themselves!! Any purchase from either artist will suffice, but we recommend the brand new single but The Mighty Underdogs 'Want You Back' and any number of Aesop's digital releases.
Qualifying Purchases may be digital or physical product, two winners will be selected, artist meet and greet will correspond to the purchase of that artist's materials. Winners will be announced on Friday September 12th.
Want You Back- In preperation for the October 14th release date of The Mighty Underdogs' debut album, Droppin Science Fiction, we're giving you a taste of what's to come with the new single "Want You Back" backed with "In Here". Cop that ish here
SUMMER IS COMING TO A CLOSE, THE SCHOOL SEASON IS BACK IN EFFECT,
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