On Thursday June 26, 2008, various rappers from New York performed at the Celebrate Brooklyn Summer Season at the Prospect Park Bandshell in New York City. Performers included Special Ed, DJ Premier, Sadat X, Buckshot, Jeru the Damaja, Chubb Rock, D-Nice and the infamous Crooklyn Dodgers. I wish I was there to experience an old [...]
Yesterday, the Women in Entertainment Empowerment Network’s “Don’t Judge Me…EmPower Me” Launch went down at Hammerstein Ballroom in New York. Women in Entertainment Empowerment Network (WEEN) is an organization under the Hip Hop Summit branch and is dedicated to promoting positive portrayal of women in society and the entertainment industry. In attendance was founder and [...]
Last Monday, RG hosted Baby Yu‘s Bye Bye Party at Toronto’s This Is London. The event was a huge success as 400+ friends and supporters were in attendance to say their good-byes to Baby Yu as he gets ready for his departure to the A-T-L. Universal Music Canada, Sony BMG Music Canada, and EMI Music [...]
This weekend is the MuchMusic Video Awards (to peep what what’s going down visit here). And for every great award show, there haa got to be the after-parties. Here is the list of the events – The Young, Fresh & New team plan to hit up! (or atleast one or two) Share and Enjoy:
If you didn’t read the last post regarding the awards – click here Throughout the awards, they were performances from TheKidFamous, Kim Davis, JD Era and Rochester. Shout Outs to all the performers, DJs, hosts (Scott Boogie, Keith Dean & T-RexXx ), event personnel, stylus crew, and sponsors for all doing a great job this [...]
On Monday, the 2008 Stylus DJ Awards took place at the Capitol Event Theatre. For those who missed the sold out Stylus Awards – you really missed a great awards. DJs from across the country came out to Toronto this weekend to participate in various events. The ceremony went smoothly besides the power shutting off [...]
The 2nd Annual Stylus BBQ and Music Trivia Challenge took place yesterday (June 1, 08) at Montana’s (John & Richmond). With DJs spinning and label reps giving everyone a taste of what’s to come this summer, it was definitely the place to be on a Sunday afternoon. For those who were there got a peak [...]
Last Night, Asphalt Regime, Universal Urban and Livestock hosted the N*E*R*D’s “Seeing Sounds” Album Listening Party at Livestock (located at 116 Spadina Ave.) People got a chance to preview the album, have drinks and appetizers, and network. Listening to the album, it definitely has their traditional N*E*R*D’s sound (hip hop, funk and experimental rock) and [...]
I got a chance to check out “It Starts with The DJ” Conference where Ty Harper and Rez Digital of OTALive addressed and informed djs, artists, label reps and etc about the importance of DJs. Segment One: The DJ Spex Dr. Jay DJ Sivu Play Baba Kahn Ricochet (of ILL Kidz) DJ IV Segment Two: [...]
The weekend the Canadian Urban Music Industry looks forward to every year is finally here. The 3rd Annual Stylus Spinfest weekend kicks off tonight with the DJ Soundclash III @ 6 Degrees. Young, Fresh & New will definitely be in attendance to cover the whole weekend. Here is the list of events happening this whole [...]
