“One Won’t Do…”
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LIVE ART BY MARTHALICIA
On Friday night, I was surrounded by a great and loving energy at the “One Won’t Do” party celebrating the life and legacy of musical mastermind, J.Dilla (1974-2006). After his death, his estate was wading in a sea of veritable red tape, making it difficult to care for the family he left behind and to uphold his legacy. Finally, it seems things have been sorted out and it was a joyous moment when, Ma Dukes stepped in the building and said a few words in regards to the New J.Dilla Foundation! [VIDEO]
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Food for Thought (price: $1)
Posted by TastyKeish | Filed under Blog, Interviews, Video
There’s no doubt you’ve seen the commercial sun shiny young lady singing/rapping in a Dollar Van touting McDonald’s breakfast menu by now. What you may not know, is that she (Joya Bravo) and WordSpit (whose commercial hasn’t aired yet) are real people, real artists on the scene in NYC. And if you’re reading this from far away, Dollar Van Demos is a real independently produced music video machine supporting artists near and far. And we all know by sheer indoctrination, that McDonald’s is REAL.
So how did a huge company that has served over 99 BILLION find Dollar Van Demos? How did WordSpit & Joya Bravo find Dollar Van Demos? The answer lies in social networking. They all came to visit us at Rise Up Radio to talk about their beginnings and drop some insight on the makings of the McDonald’s Dollar Menu commercial.
Tags: dollar van demos, joya bravo, mcDonald's, rise up radio, tastykeish, wordspit
“Ayiti, nou la pou ou!”: UPDATES
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UPDATE: All the events on Sunday (1.24.10) and also ‘A Monthly Bondfire on Tuesday (1.26.10) were a great sucess!! Let’s continue efforts to rebuild HAITI! Here are some Highlights:
Check out young prolific emcee, YCtheCynic at Sounds of Resistence: Benefit for Haiti at Santos in NYC.
Artist, Mistah METRO donated this piece of art that he painted LIVE at the show! It was bought on the spot, with ALL PROCEEDS going to HAITI!
At ‘A Monthly Bondfire’ we welcomed Raye 6 and My Brother’s Keeper to the stage and our Bondfire Family + our good friend Cybil (HomeBase NYC) collected goods for Haiti! Check it out:
RAYE 6
Medical Supplies sent to Haiti from Bondfire!
FULL BIN of goods to goto HAITI!
My Brother's Keeper
Cases of Batteries from Bondfire Family to Haiti!
Thank you for your help!! Check out the rest of the pics here!
TOMORROW (1.29.10):
STAND WITH HAITI!
Candlelight March across the Brooklyn Bridge
Friday, January 29, 2010
4 p.m.: Rally at Cadman Plaza (corner of Court Street and Joralemon) in Brooklyn
5 p.m.: Candlelight March across the Brooklyn Bridge
6 p.m.: Rally in Foley Square, behind the U.S. Federal Building
Please join the Coalition To Stand With Haiti in this demonstration to Honor the memory of the dead and to Show solidarity with those who are injured and who lost their family members and homes.
The pain is immense. Only as one, can we bear it.
At 4:53 p.m., the time the earthquake struck, we will begin our walk toward the Brooklyn Bridge on our way to Foley Square, behind the Federal Building in downtown Manhattan.
Let us mourn the dead! Let us honor the courage and solidarity of the Haitian people! With their strength, a new Haiti will be built for Haitians!
Take the #2, #3, #4 IRT trains to Borough Hall. Take the Flatbush 41 Bus to Tillary.
LET US SAVE HAITI! HAITI WILL NOT DIE! HAITI FOREVER! Read the rest of this entry »
Tags: benefit, donations, for the people, haiti, highline ballroom, kanpe asnsam, music 4 medicine, santos, sounds of resistance, southpaw