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Edible Crawl For A Cure: Cystic Fibrosis & MidtownGrid 2008

2008-10-25T18:14:00.000-07:00

By Aaris A. Schroeder
October 18, 2008

Second annual "Edible Crawl for a Cure" produced by MidtownGrid.com and benefiting Cystic Fibrosis is the brainchild of Brian Fischer of Midtown Grid and Darby Flynn of Cystic Fibrosis. This organized 'pub crawl' is a clever way to show locals how walkable Midtown and Dowtown Sacramento is while enjoying appetizers and drink samples at several restaurants and breweries.

The first two places that Team UBO Mag, consisting of James Morales [UBO and freelance photographer], Kris Gupton [Shiny Nickel Art Gallery], John AKA Hiero Morales [freelance tattoo artist], Carlos and Maria Stowers [Server at Sandra Dees and aspiring comic book artist] visited were not serving [Kasbah Lounge was not ready and Sanad's Mediterranean Deli didn't know they were participating]. So we headed to Stone Grill where they were serving mixed, layered drinks and seared beef on hot stones.

Team UBO Mag's favorite places were Rubicon for the beer, Parlare Euro Lounge for the many mixed drink samples and delicious appetizers [can I say spicey and sweet chicken and shrimp with edemame starters?] and L Wine Lounge for the California-style pizza and several samples of house-made sangria.

Our team managed to visit nearly every spot on the map that Midtown Grid provided except for three places because by the time we hit Brew it Up! and then Clarion we were a tad bit too toasty.

This event was even more organized than last year, mainly on the restaurant's side since they learned what people liked, how much food and liquor, beer or wine to provide and where to serve the samples in the restaurant.

Fischer is interested in having a spring Edible Crawl in '09 because of popularity this fall. With local morning show, magazine and newspaper promotions The Edible Crawl was a success! See you all this spring; join Team UBO Mag.

UBO Magazine, Issue II.Volume I

2008-06-26T23:01:00.000-07:00

"Self-Written, Third Person"

By Aaris A. Schroeder
June 26, 2008

UBO Magazine will soon release their second issue of UBO Magazine. The first issue which was due out winter 2008 didn't make it to newsstands due to a lack of advertising funding.

Aaris A. Schroeder has asked Aman Smith AKA Wyzdom, one of the origonators of SacHatesHipHop.com, ShhhTV and part of the Sacramento, CA based hip-hop group Verbal Venom for assistance in creative design and layout of UBO Mag. The last issue was designed by 7evin, a local music engineer, dj and multi-media engineer among other titles. 7evin was a part of Ultra Mega Collection with Schroeder which broke off a nearly a year ago for project concentration.

Schroeder has a few ideas up her sleave to release UBO Mag. For those of you who are interested in advertising, anything will be helpful. Simply ask for a media kit which will include an advertising rate card to purchase low-cost advertising through UBO Magazine. All advertisers will be assisting in the actual production of UBO Magazine.

America's Way of Justice Favors Whites Over Blacks

2008-03-03T00:01:00.000-08:00

By RBG
www.stillrbg.ning.com
Contributing Writer
March 2, 2008

Legal scholars pondering reports that 1 of every 100 U.S. adults is in jail or prison need look no further than Roger Clemens to see why it is blacks who mainly choke the jails. Men such as Clemens - unlike their counterparts such as, say, Barry Bonds - enjoy a white privilege conveying a sense of immunity from prosecution, or even suspicion.

Clemens' raised right hand seemed steady while he swore before a House committee that he'd never, ever used steroids or human growth hormone. His self-righteous duplicity, however, was too much even for the U.S. Congress. Defending what passes for its honor, the committee has called in the Justice Department to sort through the baseball star's inconsistencies. The more credible Andy Pettitte, as well as the man who admits to injecting illicit chemicals into Clemens' butt, testified to a different set of facts.

Baseball and some other professional sports and pseudo-sports - football, wrestling, speed skating, bodybuilding, track and field - are awash in illicit drugs designed to enhance performance. Can it be that the athletes punished as poster children for drug abuse, such as Bonds, Marion Jones, Jose Conseco, Ben Johnson, etc., are either Latino or black?

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Yes, for this is the American way of justice. This racial pattern of enforcement imprisons one of every nine black men between the ages of 20 and 34. This '06 national figure was disclosed by the Pew Center, which ranks the United States as the world's lone incarceration superpower. Its 2.3 million inmates in jails and state and federal prisons far outdistanced China, which has a population four times greater. The U.S. prison rate also tops that of other "police-state" nations such as Russia and former Soviet republics.

Concentrating on the overall incarceration, however, the media downplay the vastly disproportionate impact of the harsher sentences that courts hand to African-Americans.

Another recent study revealed a stark contrast in the way blacks and whites are jailed for drug offenses, which account for a high percentage of prison populations. The Justice Policy Institute studied drug arrests in 198 of the largest U.S. counties, making up over half the nation's population. All but two of these counties incarcerated blacks at a higher rate than whites. Suffolk County, where my wife and I raised three children, sent black drug offenders to prison at a rate some 36 times that of whites.

Such a shameful, national disparity in incarceration rates, according to the institute, occurred even with a pattern showing no appreciable difference between whites and blacks in illegal drug possession, use and sale. Some 8.5 percent of whites were found to use illicit drugs in '02, compared to 9.7 percent for blacks. Despite this similarity, African-Americans, the report found, were "admitted to prison for drug offenses [at] nearly 10 times the rate for whites."

Much has been made of the federal sentencing policy - softened by a recent Supreme Court decision - that punished crimes involving crack cocaine at a 100-1 ratio compared with powder cocaine. This Draconian law was mocked in this space as if, say, during Prohibition Congress found that whites drank mainly Coors and blacks Colt 45 and the lawmakers then proceeded to enact a policy punishing crimes involving Colt 45 some 100 times more severely than those involving Coors.

The sinister court system reaches well beyond even the de jure strictures of policy to ensure, de facto, that blacks are hauled off to prison at a much greater rate. Some 24 percent of crack cocaine users were reportedly black, for example, and 72 percent were Latino or white. Yet, the institute says, "more than 80 percent of defendants sentenced for crack cocaine offenses were African-Americans."

This disparate rate of black incarceration appears to result from unfair police and court policies at every level. "Cash-strapped" states that last year spent some $50 billion on corrections, so called, reaped no clear benefits in recidivism rates or overall crime, the institute concluded.

Treating blacks the same as whites - whether it's Barry Bonds or Roger Clemens - would be a cost-effective way out of this national shame of incarceration. Besides, it's the right thing to do.

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Community Activism: World View Mix Tape Gone Festival

2008-02-16T13:29:00.001-08:00

By Aaris A. Schroeder
Editor-In-Chief

Sometimes it takes a movement to get a reaction from society. It also takes just one person to start the whole thing. This is what AWKWORD solo artist based in Stamford, CT who is currently working with Gr8 Skot [formally of The Arsonists] and formally of indie hip-hop group Sub-Way Stiles is constructing. One thing about AWKWORD that the public should know is that this guy is a community activist. Not only is he a talented emcee spewing consciousness to his community or that he is pro-active as a Jewish-American talking about his experiences in life, AWKWORD also is an amazing photo artist and journalist. This guy can create art with his words and eye.

Originally, AWKWORD wanted to get several producers from all over the world to help remix his music for a remix tape. But he took note of the camaraderie and desire everyone had to work together.

“I could connect people [artists and fans] from all over the world, despite the wars, the inequalities, the cultural differences,” says AWKWORD whose album directly shows the similarities and differences in hip-hop from all over the world, all on one mix tape.

AWKWORD has had the chance to share his ideas with producers and artists from nearly 50 countries. So the contest has begun. AWKWORD is asking musicians, producers and artists to check out www.myspace.com/worldviewmixtape for more information and contact him at AWKWORD@gmail.com to request an a-capella for their remix. You will then be directed to send your finished music to AWKWORD via www.yousendit.com

The reason for this entire project is not just to create a diverse, rich mix tape for the people but to inform radio stations, TV networks print publications, websites, blogs and corporate sponsors about “World View” the mix tape. AWKWORD plans on selling the mix tapes for a low cost and donating 100% of the proceeds to Guns 4 Cameras [G4C].

“I use my story to encourage youth to 'Aim To Live', that's why I started the non-profit organization Guns 4 Cameras, to get guns off the street and give youth the opportunities I wasn't afforded,” says Hezues R', founder of G4C whose non-profit agency has young people turn in their guns in exchange for video cameras. G4C uses hip-hop for marketing and entertainment. The point is to get kids off the streets and being creative instead of destructive.

The passion behind AWKWORD goes further than just trying to make a difference. AWKWORD goes all the way with everything he does, whether it is beating up racists, homophobes and women abusers when attending high school, making love to his girlfriend or emceeing.

“When I was a senior in high school, I realized I could connect my lifelong passion for poetry, my love of rap music and [the] hip-hop culture, as well as my desire to make positive change in this world. My lyrics are not preachy; they are hardcore [however] there is a message,” says AWKWORD who created Diversity Day and a Holocaust Remembrance Day when he was a senior in high school. He wrote two songs about these events as well.

AWKWORD represents all that is awkward in the world, another of the many reasons he is so passionate about this cause. He believes that people’s voices need to be heard and that there are a lot of injustices not only in America but across the world. This makes it a lot easier once the project is put out there for the public and the independent music industry at large to get people involved in the album release party. AWKWORD has selected S.O.J.A., a Florida-based producer to assist him in getting the album completed. Ares Designs will be designing apparel made of recycled fabrics for a DJ-ed fashion show. All of the apparel will be auctioned off at the end of the evening and all proceeds for the event; whether admission or mix tape sales will all go towards G4C.

The World View Festival will take place August ’08 in Brooklyn, NY in Park Slope, at Southpaw, a 5,000 square foot, high-class location. Currently donations to cover pressing the album, paying models and other people involved in the making of this project and album are being accepted to run this project. Hezues R' will be speaking on behalf of G4C about his organization and the entire event will be DJed and there will be live hip-hop performers as well.

“AWKWORD is always up to something but by getting Kosha Dillz on it, [AWKWORD] probably looking for some ‘worldview’ controversy, a good decision on his behalf,” says Kosha Dillz about being a part of the World View mix tape venture.

Although the album deadline is for March 1, the release of the mix tape and release party will be in August. For more information about this event and how you can get involved to sponsor, be a part of the mix tape, DJ, donate time, services or money or just want to know how you can attend the event and help with guerrilla marketing, contact AWKWORD directly at one of his many websites: www.myspace.com/worldviewmixtape, www.myspace.com/seethelightthealbum, www.myspace.com/AWKWORD

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2nd Saturday Oak Park Cleanup

2008-01-30T20:42:00.000-08:00

By Aaris A. Schroeder
Editor-In-Chief

Every 2nd Sat. morning, Brian Fischer who created 100 Minds, who is also a major part of MidtownGrid.com and works close in his Oak Park Community with the youth, churches, Business Association started one of the biggest events in Oak Park’s history. Fischer and his 100 Minds as well as many others work with Oak Park to sustain a more eco-friendly, community-garden-driven safer community. Fischer started with his own, working to get prostitutes off the streets and into healthier jobs and lifestyles and works with the community to build independent businesses so that Starbucks, Jamba Juice, SafeWay and Wal-Mart don't take over this fragile community. Oak Park will march throughout Oak Park with local high school students and the local community leaders, picking up garbage. In the past, they have shut down liquor stores, where there are too many on one street. Brian is has been looking for local people that want to get involved with the youth.

This means, getting down with them and rapping with them about what they are about, what they want to do with their lives, where they are right now and talking about the struggles and wins you have had in your life all while picking up garbage off the street. This allows the local youth to respect their neighborhood and have a sense of pride. It will also allow them to see that there are positive things happening in their community that they can be a part of aside from playing b-ball in the park or playing video games after school.

If you feel you can impact the youth and do something positive for your community, come on down and walk the Oak Park turf.

Edible Crawl For A Cure: Cystic Fibrosis & MidtownGrid

2007-10-25T14:25:00.001-07:00

Photo By Rebecca Knoblauch

Photo By Rebecca Knoblauch

Photo By Rebecca Knoblauch

Photo By Rebecca Knoblauch

Photo By James Morales

By Aaris A. Schroeder
October 25, 2007

Travel downtown on Saturday, October 20 and one would see over 700 people walking around in groups of five to thirty people, bag in one hand, drinking cup in another. The official Edible Crawl For a Cure is to benefit Cystic Fibrosis, a benefit to help people with a crippling disease. Midtown Grid was there to back the event.

The event was a success since only 500 people were expected to sign up and over 700 were on the crawl. The benefit brought in thousands of dollars for a cause. Crawlers walked Downtown Sacramento or what people now refer to as "The Grid," visiting several locations.

Each Team was headed by an "Ale Captain." UBO Magazine was one of the teams with roughly 13 people tagging along. Three of which added on 'mid-crawl' and one of which ran ahead to another group. Obviously the crawl was bringing in in people due to the publicity on the streets and everyone was definitely excited about the walk ahead.

Butch N Nellies, Tamaya's Sushi & Grill, Cervanets, Stone Grill & Bar, Rubicon Brewing Co., L Wine Lounge & Urban Kitchen, Old Soul Co., 58 Degrees & Holding, Zocalo, Bean Trees, 4th Street Grille, Three Monkeys Restaurant, Crepe Cafe, Temple Fine Coffee & Tea, Parlare Euro Lounge, Brew It Up! and Clarion Mansion Inn were all spots to stop at for a food sample, appetizers and a speciality drink, be it beer, wine, smoothie, tequila shots, mixed shooters or espresso shots. Capitol Cupcakes and Revolution Wines also took part in the event as they had their treats and drinks at Old Soul Co., the starting point for people who needed to purchase their $25 donation for Cystic Fibrosis to attend the walk-able adventure.

The event was a success and will now be a seasonal treat for Sacramentians. Different benefits will take part in this event and Sacramento now was a new way to network and get to know their local neighbors and independent businesses.

THANK YOU MIDTOWN GRID AND CYSTIC FIBROSIS!

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Butch-N-Nellie’s: Lemoncello Poppyseed and S’mores gelato samplers

Tamaya’s Sushi & Grill: sake and cocktails with sesame chicken and gyoza

Cervantes: CLOSING DOWN (moving to another area: good luck Cervantes!), Will Not Be Part of the Crawl!

Stonegrill & Bar: berry infused martinis with hot stones and various meats

Rubicon Brewing Co.: Rubicon brewed beer with fries, chips and salsa

L Wine Lounge & Urban Kitchen: red and white wine with appetizers

Old Soul Co.: Old Soul brewed fresh coffee
Revolution Wines: 2005 Amador Zinfandel and 2005 Pinot Grigio with,
Capital Cupcakes: fresh baked organic mini cupcakes in a variety of flavors

58 Degrees & Holding Co.: Tres Ojos Old Vine Grenache and Domaine de Pagot “les quatre cepages” wines with Trio of Bruschetta: Spicy olive tapenade with fromage blanc, country artichoke pesto, white bean puree with truffle oil, and Artisanal Cheese plates with french baguette, roasted nuts, and apricot fig chutney, and mixed olives.

Zocalo: tequila with appetizers

Bean Trees: mango lasi with tandoori chicken and naan

4th Street Grille: cherry, melon and original lemon drops with marinated chicken breast skewers and dipping sauce and thick cut polenta fries with marinara sauce

Three Monkeys Restaurant: Million Dollar Martinis with sushi, pulled pork sliders

Crepe Cafe: crepes

Temple Fine Coffee & Tea: in-house espresso

Parlare Euro Lounge: “Unwind,” “Relax,” “Energize” martinis with appetizers

Brew It Up!: Brew it Up! brews with appetizers

Clarion Mansion Inn: featured spirits with appetizers

C.R.E.A.M. B-Boy and B-Girl Battles in Fair Oaks, Aug 2007

2007-08-23T14:42:00.000-07:00

By Aaris A. Schroeder
Editor-In-Chief
August 23, 2007
(Picture Coming!!)

Arriving at five p.m., the room was already scattered variously with dancers and friends as people kicked down their skill level and warmed up for the B-Boy and B-Girl event, C.R.E.A.M. at the Fair Oaks, CA Community Center, located in the heart of Old Fair Oaks.

Old Fair Oaks is known for their small-town sense and chickens that roam the streets but there was anything but birds inside the center, over 60 roosters and hens were ready to battle without fear.

Hosted by Mahtie Bush of hip-hop group Alumni and judged by hip-hop veterans Tet, Matt Cash of Floor Raskals and NorthStar Zulu Nation [Northern CA Chapter], Anthony “A-Jax” Jackson [RockForce], Marcus “Marx” Ramos [Flexible Flave] and Footloose and because of the overwhelming sign-ups of b-boys and b-girls, there were five groups of dancers. Each brought what they had to offer to the judges. Once the first round was accomplished, the judges picked the best dancers in each group to battle each other for a $100 prize.
Icy J, Freedom, Emiko, Allen, Kool -Aid, B-St., George and Freak Roc were final dancers to battle it out. Icy J brought funk to the floor as Freedom won the round. Emiko kept it real as a B-Girl had had very good moves but was won over by Freak Roc who would make crazy moves such as air flares and head spinning. Allen was a little generic with his moves but still kept it real winning over Kool -Aid who had his own style. George who seemed very cocky with his moves was won over by BEAT STREET who seemed humble and definitely knows the fundamentals of breakin’.

The final battle came down to Allen Vs. Freak Roc. The DJ brought a Latin break beat for Allen and more of a funky beat for Freak Roc – the two battled it out till the end when Allen won the C.R.E.A.M. B-Boy and B-Girl Event.

Other B-Boy Cyphers

Looser vs. Winner
Rooe vs. B St
B-Boy 9 vs. FreakRock
Shasta vs. Emiko
J-Ro vs. Freedom
Bubbles vs. Allen
Random vs. Icy Jay
Charlie Bad Child vs. Kool-Aid
Doom vs. George

Spurring Emcees: Emac of Herchu and Mr. P Chill Without the Trunk of Funk

2007-08-23T14:30:00.000-07:00

By Aaris A. Schroeder
Editor-In-Chief
August 3, 2007

Ever since hip-hop began, an emcee's lyrics and beats paird with money and power has been his or her mainstay in what keeps their artistry respected by other emcees and the hip-hop community as well as the fans.

When beef arises; as in emcee arguments and disagreements, emcees go about speaking and resolving their problems with one another in many different ways, just as anyone else would outside this community. One way is to lyrically punch each other until the problem is resolved or one backs down in the form of a single or ‘cut’ on their latest album – what worse way to disrespect someone than on a track.

Sacramento’s conscious hip-hop scene offers a great diversity of artists from studio junkies to live bands, garage and homemade outlets and spoken word enthusiasts. Sacramento’s hip-hop community prides itself on positivity, diversity and street smarts. The last thing Sacramento needs are emcee beefs, most of which are taken care of in-house since our hip-hop community desperately is in need of public support. Track beefing doesn’t help the state of hip-hop at this time.

Mr. P Chill, who was nominated for a [Funk and R&B] S.A.M.M.I.E., a longtime Sacramentian and emcee who rocks the stage all over Northern CA and has booked many unsigned and unknown hip-hop acts including Herchu, also nominated for a [Hip-Hop] S.A.M.M.I.E. award summer ’07.

Recently, some beef went down between P. Chill and Emaculit1 of Herchu. The story went something like, P. Chill invited Herchu to do a nine-day west-coast tour with him and The Trunk of Funk and communication issues between P. Chill and the venues didn’t go so well as Herchu’s sets were dropped in minutes and drink tickets weren’t properly distributed equally among band members.

It is common that timing, equipment issues, drink ticket offerings and payouts are normal circumstances that occur regularly when on tours and performing with different acts. Emac was nonetheless thrilled.

“I have never tried to fight him. It’s not that serious. It’s obvious we are going to cross paths but don’t do it intentionally,” says Emac about P. Chill showing up at the S.A.M.M.I.E. Showcase for hip-hop artists.

P. Chill flipped the bird to Emac and walked out when one of the lines in Herchu’s song was changed to, “Fuck P. Chill.” P. Chill thought of a way to get Emac back and settled on writing a song about how Emac treated him the last two-three years. He unleashed it on MySpace and texted several people that Emac knew; except for Emac, to listen to the new track. This was released shortly after the S.A.M.M.I.E.S., as in hours.

“I definitely don’t hate him. I feel very sad for him,” says P. Chill about Emac.

Within days, Emac was sending MySpace messages to several of P. Chill’s top friends, including UBO Magazine, concerning a rap song they should listen to, entitled, “Fuck Peach Hill,” apparently some nickname of sorts between emcees and friends.

The song had several hooks downing P. Chill on a real personal level, offering up their beef on a silver platter for all their friends and fans to partake in.

“It must be very hard, painful [for him] to carry all that hate,” says P. Chill who seemed shaken up over the situation.

“He's a good person. I can’t really knock him as an individual,” says Emac, in a sense trying to smooth the beef, er pound it out.

If the local hip-hop community can’t have unity amongst hip-hop brethren how does hip-hop survive in Sacramento? This is one thorn that needs to be plucked and healed. Right now, Sacramento doesn’t allow musicians, DJs, producers, songwriters and poets much room to thrive artistically by means of performing their acts causing many of them to leave Sacramento whether over emcee beef or venue beef.

Cut the fat, trim the beef and get over it; we have shows to book.

Venues and Radio Hate Hip-Hop: Choppin' It Up With J. Gib and Smooth

2007-08-23T14:25:00.000-07:00

By Aaris A. Schroeder
Editor-In-Chief
August 22, 2007

Pulling into B.J.’s in Natomas, I noticed a guy shaking his head at his car which had a small dent in the back end. With my windows rolled down, bumping The Literates an underground Latin hip-hop duo from San Diego, CA, Smooth immediately knew who I was. I dialed his number and he let me know I was parked beside him.

First time meeting TakeOva Entertainment’s producer and long-time emcee Smooth, I must say I was impressed. He lifted his trunk for me to examine the damage to his car which was filled with an array of pink little girl luggage, toys and clothes; obviously his daughter’s. Currently, Smooth is working with J Gib to get his newest album out the door.

We walked inside the establishment to meet up with J Gib and Smooth’s daughter. We met to go over a story idea for UBO Magazine and I learned the local commercialized street hip-hop, which is what J Gib represents is disenfranchised in media just as the underground, indie hip-hop artists are that you see wearing backpacks filled with $5 mixtapes.

According to Smooth, DJs on the radio are not to blame; Program Directors and Music Directors, claiming to be the “home of hip-hop and R&B” [KBMB 103.5] are to blame. So we can throw out the whole idea that DJ Supe was fired from the station due to his play lists and more so put the blame on the Directors for whatever reason they chose to give up his position.

Yes, local artists do get play – for about two weeks and even then that is a good run. If you do get play better bet that you were closely related or somehow involved with one of the two Directors. Doey Rock, Jay R and Senie of D.D.A. all received air play for this small allotted time. Is this enough time to market our local artists through the radio waves? You can roll up to anyone’s house in Sacramento who digs local hip-hop and hear them bumping Doey Rock’s album but it will not be courtesy of the radio rather an album that was released by Doey Rock.

Yet artists like Senie of the D.D.A. have an inside hook-up or shall we call it bias? With such unfairness in broadcast and indefinite difficulty in bringing independent radio to the public on a regular transmission, it is no wonder that our government is dumbing down the public with lies and stereotypes.

“The Bay [Area artists] get ‘rep’ because the local radio stations DJs are from the bay,” according to J Gib.

KBMB has a majority of Bay Area cats running the stations, proving they know little of Sacramento’s thriving hip-hop community.

“If you don’t want hip-hop, don’t play it at all,” says Smooth’s, concerning the difference between hip-hop and rap on the radio and in the clubs.

Another huge problem is lack of Sacramento venues open to booking hip-hop acts and an overwhelming market for Top-40 hip-hop/rap acts receiving paid booking jobs at places like Zokkus where inexperienced people run the shows, according to Smooth and still treat the artists and attendees as if they are foreign and stereotype them. Seems like a quick way to make a buck without caring about the community. If you drive down J St. or I St. any Friday or Saturday night, you will see police lurking in the corners or right in front of the clubs.

According to Smooth, once an artist breaks that “glass ceiling A.R. and music directors [are] coming.” These people begin to take notice of who is professional and about their music and game plan. Then they book their artists all over the U.S., including Sacramento, proving that Sacramento is a hear-all propaganda city.
J Gib is featured in Stash Magazine, http://www.knowallaboutit.com, IB Royalty and Boss Status most recently, paying high-end dollars to get his name out into the public with no acceptance from the radio as of yet.

Our hip-hop community needs to support artists on a higher level by attending events where local talents are featured, read media material that offer insight on artists and sharing the stories with friends, requesting the songs of local musicians on the radio for airplay and offering marketing support by joining a local street team and networking within your community. Artists choose their career because of the love and dedication to the art, period. Their fans and associates are their number one asset. Who are you supporting tonight?