El DeBarge Interview

INTRO Magazine interviews El DeBarge as he talks about his new album Second Chance available on Itunes right now.

"JAY, 50 & WEEZY" TAKES DEE-1 TO MTVu's "THE FRESHMEN"

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"JAY, 50 & WEEZY" ON YOUTUBE

(over 100,000 views)

New Orleans, LA - As a former educator, it is only fitting that Dee-1 get his start at MTV on MTVu's "The Freshmen." His Jay, 50 & Weezy video is up for voting on the site all this week - http://freshmen.mtvu.com/ after making its debut on MTV Jams last weekend. Today also saw the video go over 100,000 plays on YouTube, with over 42 pages of comments.

Some typical reactions from viewers include: "A breath of fresh air!!! FINALLY!!!", "That was HOT! One of the few rappers that I would pay to see" and "This was very poignant, real, and heartfelt. Shoutout to Dee-1." They just go on and on.

David Augustine aka Dee-1 always had a passion for music. After graduating from Louisiana State with a bachelors in marketing, he began teaching middle school as a way of funding that passion. The strong bond he built with his students, even as his notoriety as a local artist began to grow, made him realize that being Dee-1 gave him a much larger platform to enlighten than being Mr. Augustine and so, his career choice was made.

Since then there has been his highly successful mixtapes, Still We Rise, I Am Who I Am and I Hope They Hear Me, an independent album, David & Goliath (nominated for for Hip Hop Album of the Year by Offbeat magazine) and live performances alongside the likes of Lil Wayne, Drake, Lupe Fiasco, Trey Songz, Akon, Talib Kweli and more, where his star power was evident. Dee-1 was also the first rap act to win the annual Louisiana State University "Battle of the Bands."

Next up for this unapologetic musical educator is his new mixtape, I Hope They Hear Me: Vol. #2, set to drop as a free download later this year. The first single/video for the tape is "Jay, 50 and Weezy", a lyrical challenge from Dee-1 to those he looks up to in the game.

VIDEO: - "Jay, 50 & Weezy" http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P1IGfv8zSgw

To keep the buzz alive until his tape drops, Dee-1 is dropping mixtape tracks and freestyles, along with original material from I Hope They Hear Me, Vol. #2. Below is a link to download Gold & Platinum, Dee-1's interpretation of Black & Yellow.

DOWNLOAD LINK: http://tinyurl.com/dee1GoldandPlatinum

THIS Friday Nov 13 Party with Legendary DJ & Producer PrincePaul

November is Hip Hop History Month

Come Celebrate the Culture with LEGENDARY PRODUCER & DJ PRINCE PAUL (Stetsasonic, De La Soul, Gravediggas, Handsome Boy Modeling School, etc, etc, etc...)

http://www.myspace.com/princepaulofficialmyspacepage

Saturday, November 13, 2010

10 PM $10

B Side Liquor Lounge

2785 Euclid Heights Blvd

Cleveland, OH

According to the Universal ZULU Nation, November is the birth month

of Hip Hop Culture. Afrika Bambaataa, it's founder and one of the God Fathers

of Hip Hop Culture states that "Hip Hop is the Vehicle to Deliver Innumerable

Lessons!" Bambatta doesn't believe that Hip Hop heads should just have knowledge

of Hip Hop. He promotes and proves that Hip Hop can be used as a vehicle for

teaching awareness, knowledge, wisdom, understanding, freedom, justice, equality, peace, unity, love, respect, responsibility and recreation, overcoming challenges, economics, mathematics. science, life, truth, facts and faith. www.zulunation.com

Diamond Responds to Critics, and Releases Music from Cocaine Waitress

Diamond responds to critics, and naysayers with the leak of "Shots Fired" from her latest mixtape project Cocaine Waitress. "This record was just a release for me. I was able to say all the things that had been building up inside, and just the space to really breathe," Diamond explains.

"Shots Fired" is released on the heels of slanderous misinformation being presented about a car she received as a gift being repossessed. Although the actual car dealer spoke candidly about the situation being false, (Part 1 http://bit.ly/cy9kIx & Part 2 http://bit.ly/aCAlKR), very few outlets issued a retraction or event posted the update. She also did an exclusive in depth interview with AllHipHop.com about the ordeal http://bit.ly/9NJnVn. "At the end of the day, I've done everything to present the truth to the public. They'll chose to see the truth, or they'll run with what's more entertaining, either way I'm moving forward."

http://bit.ly/aKp3X4 "Shots Fired" (from Cocaine Waitress)
The photo credit goes to Robert Ector.