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Tuesday, November 20, 2007
T.I. Hosts Charity Thanksgiving Dinner - In Spirit
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Atlanta rapper-actor T.I. and his Grand Hustle K.I.N.G. Foundation are hosting Thanksgiving dinner for the needy Thursday.
But by “host”, we gather the press release announcing this effort meant, “financed.” T.I., as you may recall, is on bond and restricted to his lakefront Jonesboro home, after authorities said he illegally tried to buy machine guns and silencers last month. His charitable ways continue, however, with the dinner at his Club Crucial (2517 Donald Lee Hollowell Pkwy) from 6 to 9 p.m. . Plus, his label rep says he is donating 400 turkeys to the Atlanta Parks & Recreation Center, to distribute to Atlanta familes. And “T.I. has and continues to reach out to celebrity friends to help raise $150,000 for the Hosea Williams Feed the Hungry Thanksgiving Day Dinner Event.”
Seasonal Sounds
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
You know the stores are going to jump the gun on the holiday season. That’s a given. The decorations are decking the halls of retail outlets everywhere, even before we ignite the lights on our jack-o-lanterns.
The garland and tinsel have been deployed, but what about music? It isn’t even Thanksgiving, yet you can hear the strains of “Jingle Bells” and “Winter Wonderland” in the air. Is it too soon to haul out the holiday tunes?
When do you start playing those old familiar songs? Is Thanksgiving Day the appropriate time, or do you what for the big shopping day that follows? And when the time is right, which album do you pull out first?
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Akon announcing Grammy nominees
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
The nominees for the 50th annual Grammy Awards will be announced Dec. 6, and Atlanta rapper-singer Akon - who just won his first American Music Awards days ago - will be among the presenters.
That pretty much means Akon will also be among the nominees. (After all, it’s pretty impolite to invite someone to tell the world about the music industry’s biggest night, and then turn around and tell that person, “Oh, but you can’t come.”)
Akon will join legendary producer Quincy Jones, rockers Chester Bennington and Mike Shinoda of Linkin Park and million-selling country newcomer Taylor Swift at the podium at the Music Box @ Fonda in Hollywood, Calif., at a bright, early, and very un-superstar-like hour of 8:30 a.m. .
ATL on VH1 Soul Vibe Awards
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Sigh. Another day, yet another awards show, it seems like.
Next Monday Hot-107.9 is presenting its annual Dirty Awards. This past Sunday there was the American Music Awards, where metro Atlantans T.I., Akon and Casting Crowns picked up honors. And on a far more low key show on Monday, our city was well-represented as well.
VH1 Soul and Vibe magazine aired an hour-long program on VH1 last night, billed as either the 2007 Vibe Awards or the VH1 Soul Vibe Awards Special - depending on where you were looking. And once again, Atlantans were everywhere: As “presenters” (Big Boi of rap duo OutKast, music, film and and TV producer Dallas Austin, songwriter-producer Sean Garrett) - though the packaged show didn’t actually happen in a venue; nominees (R&B superstar Usher, rapper-actors Ludacris and T.I., producer Polow Da Don. DJ Drama); and winners (R&B singer-songwriter Ne-Yo for Best Collabo on “Make Me Better,” by Fabolous; rap group the Shop Boyz’ “Party Like A Rockstar” for ringtone; and - pictured above - rapper-singer-producer T-Pain’s “Buy U A Drank” for song of the year).
Is anybody else out there surprised that “Drank” beat out the inescapable “Irreplaceable” by Beyoncé in the song of the year category? Or Robin Thicke’s “Lost Without You”, for that matter? Did you even happen to stumble upon this show on VH1 Soul or VH1? And if so, what did you think?
