SWIZZ BEATZ AND BIG O PRODUCTIONS PARTNER TO PRESENT FREE HIP-HOP CONCERT IN HAITI FEATURING CHRIS BROWN AND LIL’ WAYNE

Over 100,000 Fans Attend First Of It’s Kind Concert With Additional Performances

By Haitian Artists T-Micky and Barikad Crew

On June 26, 2015, multi-platinum artists Swizz Beatz, Chris Brown, and Lil Wayne performed in Haiti for the first time ever, sharing the stage with Haitian artists and DJs to present a free, six-hour show attended by over 100,000 people.

The concert was organized by Swizz Beatz and Haitian music production company Big O Productions. “Putting together this concert was important to me because I wanted to provide the Haitian people a platform of hope and unity through music,” explains Big O Procudctions CEO Olivier Martelly. “With this concert, we were able to do just that, the crowd connected with the artists and we were able to experience all those emotions as they watched the performances.”

Friday night’s performance also featured appearances by young Haitian superstars Barikad Crew, T-Micky and DJ Tonymix. Actress/Model Kate Upton, Haitian-American boxer Andre Berto and Def Jam records exec Bu Thiam were also in attendance.

The show was held at the historical Champs De Mars Parc in downtown Port-au-Prince, which is home to tributes to Haitian historical figures Jean Jacques Dessaline, King Henry Christophe and a statue commemorating the 200th anniversary of the island nation’s independence. The parc, which faces the National Palace, is also home to the Musee Du Pantheon National, Haiti’s cultural and historical museum. “This was a very humbling experience,” said Swizz Beatz following the concert. “To see the number of Haitians come out during a time like this was amazing…. The energy was perfect.”

ABOUT PETE ROCK “PETESTRUMENTALS 2″

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Pete Rock was raised in Mount Vernon, but his face belongs on Mount Rushmore. The Chocolate Boy Wonder perfected an art form, inspired millions, and soundtracked a generation. By contrast, Teddy Roosevelt seems like a chump.
This is the man who Dilla told, “I wanted to be like you.” Kanye once called himself the “new Pete Rock.” But the original Pete Rock remains permanently vital. The evidence bangs in his latest opus, Petestrumentals 2, the sequel to the 2001 classic that helped define the hip-hop instrumental record. It marks the legend’s first album on Mello Music Group, a fitting union between the author of the boom-bap blueprint and the label that’s expanded upon his legacy.
Describing Pete Rock’s productions do them little justice. They resonate in your gut, heart, and brain. The title of one of these beats says it all: “Makes Me Feel Like.” You fill in the blanks based on your personal experience and current mood.
Petestrumentals 2 conjures memories of BBQ cookouts and 70s Blaxploitation scores, rattling summer jeep cruises and blunted Jamaican vacations. There’s a gorgeous requiem to Dilla (“Dilla Bounce (R.I.P),” where the originator pays tribute to the prodigy. You see the full range of Rock’s gifts on display: the meticulously chopped horns, unquantized drums, and air raid sirens. It contains the emotion of a thousand eulogies.
No record can’t be resurrected. There’s no sub-genre or era that can’t be converted into Rock’s singular brand of soul. His music is the closest thing we’ll ever get to a time-traveling DeLorean, effortlessly shifting between past, present, and future.
For the last 20 years, hip-hop heads have argued over the best Pete Rock original productions and remixes. Is it “They Reminisce Over You” or the “Shut ‘Em Down Remix?” Do you prefer Soul Survivor or the first Petestrumentals, his work with INI or the UN? His catalogue can’t be compressed into a bio; you need a book.
This is the latest chapter—an even 20 slaps and rhythmic levitations. It’s Pete Rock at his best, accelerating and kicking cosmic slop, extending wishes, hope, love, gritty drums and eternal wonder.

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Nickelodeon and NBA Superstar Carmelo Anthony to Team up for New Consumer Products Line Inspired by Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles

Anthony Plans to Serve as Creative Director for Turtles by Melo, New Cross-Category Consumer Products Program, Expected to Debut Spring 2016

LAS VEGAS–(BUSINESS WIRE)– Nickelodeon and NBA Superstar Carmelo Anthony today announced plans for a partnership to create Turtles by Melo, a brand-new consumer products line inspired by the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles hit franchise. A self-professed Turtles super-fan, Anthony would serve as Creative Director of this cross-category, global program spanning lifestyle, home furnishings, publishing, video games, and more. Turtles by Melo is expected to debut in spring 2016, in advance of the summer theatrical release of Paramount Pictures’ sequel to Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, in which Anthony also appears.

NBA superstar Carmelo Anthony debuts Turtles by Melo onstage at the Nickelodeon presentation at Licensing Expo on Tuesday, June 9, 2015, in Las Vegas, NV (Photo by David Becker/Getty Images)

“I am so excited about the opportunity to work with the Nickelodeon team on this new Turtles venture,” said Anthony. “The Turtles were such a huge part of my childhood, so to now be partnering with Nickelodeon on Turtles by Melo is honestly something I never could have imagined.”

Added Pam Kaufman, Chief Marketing Officer and President Consumer Products, Nickelodeon: “We are so happy for Carmelo Anthony to join the Nickelodeon family for Turtles by Melo. A product line created and curated by a superstar—and super-fan—like Carmelo is testament to the Turtles‘ ever-growing appeal, and it’s a huge part of the drumbeat beginning for new seasons of the TV show and the theatrical sequel from Paramount Pictures next summer.”

In addition to Anthony’s status as a Turtles super-fan and Creative Director of Turtles by Melo, he will make a special guest appearance in next summer’s sequel to Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, the follow-up to Paramount Pictures’ blockbuster 2014 hit. The NBA Superstar will also be a featured part of the second annual Nickelodeon Kids’ Choice Sports, live from LA, Thursday, July 16.

Since arriving in the NBA, Melo has not only been one of the top scorers in the league, he has also diversified himself as a player, a family man, a businessman and a philanthropist. Drafted third overall in the 2003 NBA Draft by the Denver Nuggets, Anthony has surely made a name for himself in the league. As he showed the world during his championship season at Syracuse University, Melo continues to prove to his fans, teammates and coaches that he is a hard worker, a leader and a competitor. The Olympics proved to be the perfect display of his passion, maturity and excellence for the sport—and winning the Gold Medal in both the 2008 and 2012 games has been the ultimate token of redemption, success and global recognition for the NBA All-Star and three-time Olympian.

In July 2008, Anthony was honored as Basketball Player of the Year at the First Annual Univision Premios Deportes, an awards show celebrating the best Hispanic athletes. Melo proudly accepted the award in appreciation of his Puerto Rican father, Carmelo Sr., who passed away when Melo was just two years old.

Last year, he created Melo7 Tech Partners to help invest in and develop tech start-ups, the first of which is the Silicon Valley smart kitchen company, The Orange Chef. He has also helped develop Be Everyware, a leading provider of mobile technology for small businesses. In 2013, Melo partnered with Curtis ’50 Cent’ Jackson to create SMS Audio, a premier audio headphone and accessories brand. Melo is known to have the latest gadgets and avidly keeps up with his over 10 million social media followers.

Melo also has excelled off the court through his philanthropic efforts. He established The Carmelo Anthony Foundation (CAF) in 2005 as the vehicle for which he and his family would give back to the community through a variety of outreach programs and donations. In 2006, The Giving Back Fund, the premier philanthropic resource for the sports and entertainment communities, ranked Carmelo in their top ten of the “Giving Back 30″ report surrounding celebrity philanthropists in America, the only basketball player on the list. Anthony currently resides in New York City, with his wife, LaLa Vazques Anthony, and their son, Kiyan.

Nickelodeon’s CG-animated series, which re-launched in 2012, has re-energized the iconic characters of this wildly popular franchise. Currently in its third television season, the series is seen in more than 170 countries and territories and is translated in more than 50 languages. Executive produced by Ciro Nieli and Brandon Auman, the series is created at Nickelodeon Animation Studios in Burbank, Calif.

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles is also wildly successful in consumer products, having ranked as the overall number-one toy in the U.S. for 2014 (Source: The NPD Group, Inc.). The feature film from Paramount Pictures premiered Aug. 8, 2014, and landed in the number-one spot opening weekend. To date, the film has grossed almost half-a-billion dollars worldwide, and a sequel is set to be released in 2016.

About Nickelodeon

Nickelodeon, now in its 36^th year, is the number-one entertainment brand for kids. It has built a diverse, global business by putting kids first in everything it does. The company includes television programming and production in the United States and around the world, plus consumer products, online, recreation, books and feature films. Nickelodeon’s U.S. television network is seen in almost 100 million households and has been the number-one-rated basic cable network for 20 consecutive years.

Peter Rosenberg Announces PeterPaloozaIV Lineup
Headlined by A$AP Rocky at Best Buy Theater on July 23

TGI…Everyday! Welcome to the day that ordinary people look forward to, to signify the end of the week but what you, the extraordinary dream chaser looks at as another opportunity to reach your dreams and aspirations! Today’s Daily Word is dedicated to the most important people in your entire quest for greatness….. HATERS!!!! Whether you know this or not, Haters are your best indication as to what you should or should not be doing! See, your friends and family are great, but they are really biased! They are going to support you (for the most part) no matter what you do! They are happy that you are making something happen so in turn they are just excited to be part of your growth.

Haters, on the other hand, do not have time for that! Their sole purpose is to discredit anything that seems prosperous! Believe it or not, their hate has nothing to do with you, but everything to do with their own lack of self-worth! The fact that they’re even paying attention to you says that you’re doing something right!!! Love Thy Hater!! Don’t take it personal! Embrace it and understand that Hate is just displaced Love! Understand that the closer you get to your goal, the more these people tend to show their hand! Keep doing what you do!

The only way a Hater wins is if you stop and become unsuccessful! Spend your energy being the best that you can be instead of addressing them! They’re like roaches; once you kill one more start to appear! Let them be and continue to be great!!!! As the saying goes… Who God bless no man can curse! Forget what the haters say and keep killing them with success! #NothingCanStopYouButYOU!
-Ash’Cash (@IamAshCash)

“You cannot hate other people without hating yourself.”
-Oprah Winfrey

“A show of envy is an insult to oneself.”
-Yevgeny Yevtushenko

“Hate is too great a burden to bear. It injures the hater more than it injures the hated.”
-Coretta Scott King

“Hating people is like burning down your own house to get rid of a rat.”
-Harry Emerson Fosdick

“In time, we hate that which we often fear.”
-William Shakespeare

“Hatred is the coward’s revenge for being intimidated.”
-George Bernard Shaw

“If you hate a person, you hate something in him that is part of yourself. What isn’t part of ourselves doesn’t disturb us.”
-Hermann Hesse

“Haters keep on hating, ’cause somebody’s gotta do it.”
-Chris Brown

According to USA Today, Windows has announced that the next upgrade to the operating system will be released on July 29th.

Consumers are encouraged to reserve their copy to ensure installation can be installed before others who don’t reserve a copy. The software is free during the first year if upgrading a new or existing Windows 7 or Windows 8.1 device.

“I think Windows 10 represents us listening and understanding what real people need better than we have before ,” says Joe Belfiore, Microsoft’s corporate vice president for the operating systems group.

Hip Hop Icon Special Ed Launches Campaign for New Album One of Hip Hop’s most respected legends brings back good music and gives back to the fans

Edward “Special Ed” Archer announced the upcoming release of his first studio album in more than a decade and accompanying Kickstarter campaign, which launched May 16. Considered to be hip hop royalty by most, Archer is enlisting the help of fans from all over the world to back his long awaited project.

Archer enjoyed incredible success in 1989 with hit singles like I Got It Made and I’m The Magnificent from the album Youngest In Charge, which cemented his place in hip hop history. His career has spanned over 20 years and has included television, film and producing music for a variety of major recording artists including Tupac Shakur, Biggie Smalls, and Junior Mafia.

Jay-Z pays homage to Special Ed in his chart-topping single Empire State of Mind featuring Alicia Keys; and Rick Ross remixed I’m The Magnificent proving that the Special Ed legacy is alive, well and thoroughly respected by today’s music industry.

Archer’s upcoming LP, tentatively titled The Return of King Edward will not only honor the golden age of hip hop, but will bring back meaningful message-based music with honest, thoughtful lyrics while still embracing today’s fresh sounds and utilizing new media and technology.

“This project is long overdue,” says Archer. “Although I never stopped performing and touring, it’s time for me to bring the message of self-worth and pride back to the game. I’m needed, and I’m ready for the challenge.”

As an independent artist, Archer decided to use the popular crowd-sourcing platform Kickstarter to solicit backers for the new album. The campaign will run for 30 days starting May 16 and has a goal to raise $100,000 to produce the album. The project is scheduled for a nationwide release in early fall.

“This is about giving the power back to the people,” explains Archer. “Everybody that I see on the streets, at parties, at events and even online, always ask when I’m going to make another album, so I wanted to give them the chance to be an active part of the journey with me.”
For campaign updates, follow @SpecialEd and @SpecialEdMusic on Twitter and Instagram, respectively.

Kickstarter Video Link: https://vimeo.com/127960674

Large Professor – “In The Scrolls” – taken from the new LP “Re:Living” in stores worldwide June 9th, 2015!

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Having produced one third of Nas’ generation-defining Illmatic, Large Professor’s place on the pantheon of hip-hop heavyweights is already etched in stone. When you add in his groundbreaking debut as a member of Main Source — or the fact that he has collaborated with luminaries like Pete Rock, A Tribe Called Called Quest, Busta Rhymes, Mobb Deep, Masta Ace, and Big Daddy Kane — it’s crystal clear that the man’s influence towers high above the history of the hip hop.

With Fat Beats Records’ release of Re:Living on June 9, 2015, Large Professor builds on his already impressive discography with an entirely self-produced record that delivers all the crisp drums, razor-sharp scratches, and innovative uprock grooves that define his signature sound. “I’m moving forward,” Large says, “But I went back to an earlier formula. With this project I feel like it’s the closest that I take it back to that Main Source style.”

Featuring Roc Marciano, Inspectah Deck, Cormega, G-Wiz, Fortune, and Lord Jamar, Re:Living shines a spotlight on New York’s best voices from the golden era to today. But above all, Large Professor lets his production do the talking — and with a legacy like his, beats speak louder than words.

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Mash Out Posse’s Billy Danze and Lil’ Fame will kick off the Street Certified Tour in Toronto, ON on Thursday, June 11th, followed by 17+ shows across the U.S. More dates are set to be announced soon.

The tour is named after the group’s latest album, Street Certified, which features Maino, Busta Rhymes, and Mobb Deep, and is executive produced by DJ Premier.

June 11 Tattoo Queen West Toronto, ON

June 12 The Middle East Cambridge, MA

June 14 S.O.B.’s New York, NY

June 15 Voltage Lounge Philadelphia, PA

June 16 Simon’s 677 Providence, RI

June 17 California Brew Haus Rochester, NY

June 20 Mr. Small’s Theatre Millvale, PA

June 21 Bleu Detroit, MI

June 23 Agora Ballroom Cleveland, OH

June 24 The Shrine Chicago, IL

June 25 Firebird St. Louis, MO

June 26 VEGA Lincoln, NE

June 27 Cervante’s Otherside Denver, CO

June 29 Palace Lounge Missoula, MT

June 30 Nectar Lounge Seattle, WA

July 2 The New Parish Oakland, CA

July 3 Los Globos Los Angeles, CA

July 5 Fulton 55 Fresno, CA

The King of the South is back with the entire Harris brood for the fifth season of “T.I. and Tiny: The Family Hustle” premiering Monday, June 1st at 9:30PM ET/PT. T.I. and Tiny continue to work on their relationship – as their kids grow older and change every day. Niq Niq is ready to leave the nest, making her the first of the Harris children to move out on their own, while Messiah prepares for his driver’s license test. Major is no longer the baby he used to be and is looking to follow in his father’s footsteps with acting. King’s a great older brother to Major and decides to take Major under his wing. With Deyjah and Domani making the transition to adulthood, Tiny stops them in their tracks by showing them just how difficult being an adult can be. The bond between T.I. and Tiny is stronger than ever as they embark on new adventures as a couple and professionally. Together, there’s nothing this family can’t conquer. Check out this new season as the Harris family continues their hustle.

“T.I. & Tiny: The Family Hustle” is executive produced by 51 Minds’ Christian Sarabia, as well as Category 5 Entertainment’s Brian Sher and Stella Bulochnikov (“T.I.’s Road to Redemption”). For VH1, the series is executive produced by Susan Levison, Jill Holmes, Kristen Kelly, Fernando Mills and Tricia Biggio.
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