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Monday, June 16, 2008
Rate Hot-107.9’s Birthday Bash 13
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Photo: Donna Permell Prime Phocus, LLC
Atlanta rapper-actor T.I. (above) gave his first hometown performance (and only his second one, period) since he was arrested for and pleaded guilty to felony gun charges.
Fellow local hip-hop phenom Young Jeezy surprised the sold-out Philips Arena with guest appearances by Atlanta R&B singer Usher (for “Love In This Club”) and fellow superstar Kanye West (on “Put On”).
(See excerpts from those performances - as well as West doing “Can’t Tell Me Nothing” — HERE ).
And just about every local (Soulja Boy, Gucci Mane, Rocko) and nationally-recognized (Plies, the Game, Bun B) artists on the hip-hop charts these days rounded out Hot-107.9’s Birthday Bash 13.
If you went, tell us what your good (Ludacris showing up with Shawty Lo?), bad (the many “wardrobe malfunctions” Trina kept pointing out on stage?) and ugly (some of the wardrobe choices in the audience?) was.
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Grandmaster Flash Responds to Jermaine Dupri, Lil Wayne
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Just a heads-up Jermaine Dupri, that may be Grandmaster Flash (top picture) ringing your iPhone today. The musical pioneer has gotten wind of the whole “The DJ Is Dead” argument you and fellow hip-hop giant Lil Wayne have been making online lately, and he says he may very well give you call when he is in town tomorrow promoting his autobiography, “The Adventures of Grandmaster Flash: My Life, My Beats.”
“It threw me a little bit, just being the creator of this whole DJ hip-hop thing,” said Flash, the first DJ to be inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. (And according to his bio, a Bill Gates Vanguard Award winner). “I mean Jermaine Dupri is a very good friend of mine and I have so much respect for him.
“And he knows, personally, a lot of his stuff wouldn’t have jumped off if it wasn’t for the DJ. From [the 1992 single from rap duo Kris Kross] ‘Jump, Jump’, to [million-selling female rapper] Da Brat to [the Dupri-produced remix of R&B group Dru Hill’s] ‘In My Bed’. One of his signatures is doing records for the dancefloor. And who controls the dancefloor? The DJ! Jermaine knows better.”
(Not to mention Dupri is one of the many celebs giving Flash and David Ritz’s “My Life, My Beats” praise, writing “Hip-hop wouldn’t be hip-hop without the great Grandmaster Flash”).
Flash is scheduled to sign what he calls “a story about a young black man who went through some pretty turbulent times — and survived,” at 7:30 p.m. TuesdayJUNE 17/SYM at Borders Books, 3637 Peachtree Rd. N.E. .
Picked up “My Life, My Beats” yet? Planning to go to the signing? Again, have your own opinion on the “The DJ Is Dead” discussion?
