Wiz Khalifa Responds To Lil Wayne’s ESPN Interview

March 6, 2011 JUKEBOXDC Staff News No Comments  
Spotted on Karen Civil:

A few days before the Super Bowl, ESPN’s 1st & 10 had Lil Wayne as a special guest on the show. There wasn’t anything surprising about that seeing as how Weezy has been on the show before and is good friends with the show’s resident debater Skip Bayless. They had him on the show to speak about “Green & Yellow” – which at that time had been released maybe a day before and was already becoming a topic of discussion as the fight song for the Green Bay Packers.
“Nah, not at all. I don’t think it had anything to do with that,” said Wiz confidently. However, the DXnext alum did note that Wayne missed an opportunity in the interview that aired days before the Super Bowl to acknowledge a peer “I’ve seen the interview, I think it’s just the case of what a lot of older dudes do now…this is just me being real by saying this, they try to act like they don’t know who I am, or try to act like I don’t know what I’m doing,” Wiz stated. “Because when [ESPN] did the interview with [Lil] Wayne, he was [saying] that he heard the song from the [Pittsburgh] Steelers – he heard it ’cause it was my song, but he didn’t say that. He had an opportunity to step up and say that, and he didn’t.”
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Revisiting…A Great Day In Hip-Hop: The Making Of A Classic XXL Cover

March 4, 2011 JUKEBOXDC Staff Videos No Comments  

Modeled after Art Kane’s legendary “Great Day In Harlem” Esquire shoot from 1958, XXL’s “The Greatest Day In Hip-Hop History,” was a reminder that the hip-hop world could still come together in the name of unity. The original featured 57 jazz icons chilling on a 126th St. stoop. XXL upped the ante and bumped the number to a whopping 200 hundred hip-hop artists and personalities, across a fold-out cover. It was a relevant and even-handed distribution of acts from across the hip-hop nation—Rakim, the Native Tongues, Hierolyphics, Scarface, E-40, Twista, and Pete Rock are just a random sampling of the crowd. – Complex

The other two parts are after the jump.


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52/South – Spellbound Marketing Group presents Industry Play: Hip Hop 360°Two-Day Conference featuring Hip-Hop Legendary Duo EPMD, Teefa, Twone Gabz

March 4, 2011 JUKEBOXDC Staff Events No Comments  
On Friday March 11th and Saturday March 12th, 52South/Spellbound Marketing Group will host Industry Play 360° 2-Day Conference at PHLI (1613 East 55th ) 5pm to 8pm Friday and March 11th and Little Black Pearl (1060 East 47th Street) 12:00pm – 8:00pm followed by a Concert & Afterparty. EPMD concert and after party will also have special performances and appearances by Mikkey Halsted, Twone Gabz, Rhymefest, Marvo and Teefa. Each artists/attendee who registers will have a dedicated time with Erick Sermon of EPMD. Erick Sermon will personally critique seminar attendee’s music and give the ins and outs of the entertainment industry! Artist and producers participating in the seminar are urged to bring their best product as Erick Sermon is seeking to new creative artist and producers to work with personally to develop their craft.
ALL MEDIA MUST SUBMIT MEDIA CREDENTIAL FORMS VIA EMAIL BY THURSDAY MARCH 10TH, 2011 3:00PM TO RECEIVE CONFIRMATION OF ATTENDANCE
More information after the Jump
Industry Play 360°CONFERENCE ITINERARY
Friday March 11th: Private Meet & Greet with Erick Sermon at PHLI (1613 East 55th) Kick Off
-5:00PM- 8:00PM Industry Play 360°ä will kick off its weekend with a private meet and greet with registered guests, producers, performers and attendees of the conference with a special appearance of Erick Sermon. Media will be able to take photos and network to build participation for conference.
Saturday March 12th:
MEDIA & TALENT CHECK IN 10:00AM- 4:00PM
WORKSHOP/SEMINAR with EPMD
-12:00PM – WELCOME (PRODUCERS LOUNGE OPENS)
-2:OOPM- LISTEN & CRITIQUE
-4:00PM PRODUCERS/ARTIST SEMINAR W/ERICK SERMON & TERRY HUNTER
(PRESS ROOM OPENS)
(PRODUCERS LOUNGE)
HIP HOP 360 °-8:00PM 360 SPIN BEAT BATTLE BEGINS
-10:00PM 360 SPIN BEAT BATTLE WRAP UP
-10:10PM 360 LIVE CIPHER
CONCERT &AFTERPARTY
-10:30PM -12:30AM PERFORMANCES AND APPEARANCES BY TEEFA, TWONE GABZ, RHYMESFEST, MIKKEY HALSTED & EPMD
ALL MEDIA MUST SUBMIT MEDIA CREDENTIAL FORMS VIA EMAIL BY THURSDAY MARCH 10TH, 2011 3:00PM TO RECEIVE CONFIRMATION OF ATTENDANCE
Click on LINK to view Industry Play 360promo trailer featuring ERICK SERMON:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=htyMCHI9QPo
To register online for Industry Play 360 Two-Day Conference featuring EPMD click on link: http://epmdworkshop.eventbrite.com/
To obtain media credentials regarding Industry Play 360 please contact:
Briahna Gatlin, Phone: 312.480.8700, Email: b.gatlin@swankpublishing.com
 
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