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Mic Club Goes Out With A Pow!
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
After six years at the Apache Cafe, 4Kings Entertainment’s The World Famous Mic Club officially unplugged Tuesday night.
But not without static.
The press release from Mic Club publicist Jurena Glass described the split in, well, not-SO-rough terms: “We took our record and reputation for excellence to the negotiation table and proposed a deal that would keep both sides happy as we move forward,” creator and host of the weekly hip-hop competition, D.R.E.S. tha Beatnik, says in the statement. “However, the ownership of the Apache Cafe didn’t think that mutual growth was in their best interest by insulting the process and the personnel behind it. We felt that it was time to take our show to bigger and better heights.”
But before that was sent, tha Beatnik - in the center of the picture above - sent out a message that began (with some editing): “Nightclub owners and promoters have always had a LOVE/HATE relationship. Typically, when an owner takes advantage of a promoter, the promoter doesn’t take the initiative to inform the public of the hardships that he/she has gone through, and usually takes it.”
And after three or four sentences about its - without question - underground success here, it ends with: “I feel that it’s time that nightclub owners here in Atlanta and across the country understand that the creativity and innovation of promoters will not be raped by the likes of greedy business owners who don’t believe in taking care of the people who take care of them.”
Whew.
Well, perhaps anticipating this acridity, Apache owner Asa Fain also sent out a quick e-mail, saying, in part (again, with slight edits): “This is not a big deal when you compare it to Iraq, the economy, life, death and groceries. But I learned a little while ago that taking the high road and not saying anything is not always the best thing to do.” Any questions or comments, he adds, reach out to him or Kelly Tenedini.
Sooooo, were you at the big adieu last night? Was it as fiery as the e-mail dispatches? And what kind of loss do you think this is to Atlanta’s underground hip-hop scene?
Comments
By ScreamTour
March 19, 2008 1:00 PM | Link to this
It wouldn’t be The World Famous Mic Club if verbal assault wasn’t apart of it. WOW!
By Angel girl
March 19, 2008 2:37 PM | Link to this
I really wish I could have been there. I wanted to see Asa and his expressions during the last night. This had to be an emotional situation for everyone involved in the growth of Mic Club, which use to be “The Ave” (I know I was there). I believe Mic Club is the reason Apache Cafe is as popular as it is in 2008; and that is beautiful. Dres Tha Beatnik can now only grow and move further in his path within Hiphop Culture. He is now known as an idol in the community, D.J. Ox is surely smiling down at him, saying “Keep it Moving, The Best is Yet to Come.”