ON APRIL 4, 2009, RUN-DMC WILL FOLLOW GRANDMASTER FLASH AND THE FURIOUS FIVE AS THE SECOND HIP HOP ACT TO BE INDUCTED INTO THE ROCK AND ROLL HALL OF FAME. JOEY, DARRYL, AND JAY JOIN JEFF BECK, LITTLE ANTHONY & THE IMPERIALS, METALLICA, AND BOBBY WOMACK IN THE LIST OF THIS YEARS PERFORMER INDUCTEES. BOW TO THE KINGS FROM QUEENS…AND IF YOU DON’T KNOW WHY, PEEP THEIR PERFORMANCE ON “GRAFITTI ROCK,” A HIP HOP TELEVISION SHOW THAT AIRED ON JUNE 29, 1984 AND FEATURED SHANNON, THE NEW YORK CITY BREAKERS, DJ JIMMIE JAZZ, AND KOOL MOE DEE AND SPECIAL K OF THE TREACHEROUS THREE. CREATED AND HOSTED BY MICHAEL HOLMAN (WHO MANAGED THE BREAKERS), “GRAFITTI ROCK” ONLY RECEIVED ONE PILOT EPISODE AND HAS SINCE BECOME A HIP HOP CLASSIC.
I HAVE TROUBLE FINDING PLACES TO EAT LATE AT NIGHT THAT ACTUALLY HAVE GOOD FOOD. INOTECA STAYS OPEN UNTIL 3AM AND CONTINUES TO BE ONE MAJOR SOLUTION TO the PROBLEM. The menu features AN AMAZING SELECTION CHEESES AND A GREAT LIST OF PANINI LIKE THE FONTINA, ROASTED GARLIC, CHILI FLAKES, AND BASIL. I am a big cheese lover so i normally order a cheese plate and try soME NEW KINDS. here i am wednesday night after deejaying my good friend karen kwak’s birthday WHERE, In addition to Jay-Z, LA Reid and other fellow Island Def Jammers, Puffy, Mary, and Akon danced the night away. i have a major sweet tooth SO i ordered two desserts – vanilla gelato with hot espresso and pumpkin hazelnut cake. YUMMY.
IN 1995, CORPORATE AMERICA FINALLY GOT IT RIGHT WHEN SOMEONE AT SPRITE EITHER KNEW A LITTLE ABOUT HIP HOP OR KNEW ENOUGH TO HIRE SOMEONE WHO DID. THIS COMMERCIAL FEATURING PETE ROCK & CL SMOOTH AND ANOTHER FEATURING GRAND PUBA SHOWING THE RAPPERS FREESTYLING IN THE STUDIO HAD ME NOT ONLY CONVERTING FROM COKE BUT ALSO MEMORIZING THE VERSES. SPRITE HAD A HISTORY WITH HIP HOP AT THAT POINT HAVING ALREADY PRODUCED ADS WITH KID ‘N PLAY AND KRISS KROSS. THEY ALSO WENT ON TO SHOOT FUTURE COMMERCIALS WITH ARTISTS LIKE KRS-ONE AND NAS, BUT NONE EXHIBITED THE UNDENIABLY COOL AUTHENTICITY OF THOSE COMMERCIALS IN THIS SERIES.
THERE ARE CELEBRATORY PARTIES AND THEN THERE ARE HISTORICAL CELEBRATIONS. THE ELATION AT THE INAUGURAL BALLS WAS OVERWHELMING, THE EMOTION IN THE AIR INTENSE. THE MID-ATLANTIC BALL COMBINED THE ENERGY OF NEW YEARS EVE AND THE SIGNIFICANCE OF “THE MARCH ON WASHINGTON” TO CREATE THE MOST INSPIRING NIGHT OF MY DEEJAY CAREER. I FEEL HONORED AND PRIVILEGED TO HAVE HELPED PEOPLE CELEBRATE OUR NEW PRESIDENT THROUGH MUSIC. I WILL NEVER EVER FORGET IT.
IF YOU WEREN’T MOVED BY THIS EVENT, YOU MUST NOT BE HUMAN. IF YOU MISSED THE AWE-INSPIRING CONCERT THAT TOOK PLACE IN THE SAME SPOT AS MARTIN LUTHER KING JR.’S “I HAVE A DREAM SPEECH,” CATCH A REPEAT ON HBO. YOU WILL BE HAPPY YOU DID.
AS I HAVE SAID BEFORE, IT IS TRULY SURREAL TO WATCH HIP HOP EMBRACE OUR PRESIDENT AND COUNTRY AS WE ARE. HERE I AM DEEJAYING BELEVDERE’S INAUGURAL CELEBRATION HOSTED BY T.I. AND YOUNG JEEZY. JAY-Z’S SURPRISE APPEARANCE IS SIMPLY A MUST-SEE. IT GAVE ME CHILLS AS I CHEERED FROM THE DEEJAY BOOTH.
TURNBULL & ASSER IS HIGHLY RENOWNED FOR ITS DISTINCTIVE AND CLASSICAL ENGLISH SHIRTS AND CLOTHING. REVERED FOR ITS REMARKABLE PERSONAL SERVICE, TURNBULL & ASSER IS THE PLACE TO TURN FOR BESPOKE SHIRTS, NECKWEAR, AND SUITS. SINCE 1885, TURNBULL AND ASSER HAS SERVED SUCCESSIVE PRINCES OF WHALES, SIR WINSTON CHURCHILL, AND COUNTLESS OTHER LEADERS AND CELEBRITIES INCLUDING DJ CASSIDY, LOL. TURNBULL & ASSER WILL CUSTOM-MAKE ANYTHING FROM CASHMERE SWEATERS TO UMBRELLAS. THEIR READYMADE SELECTION OF BOWTIES IS PHENOMENAL, BUT THEIR OPTIONS FOR CUSTOM NECKWEAR ARE INFINITE.
I BELIEVE THIS IS THE SHOW PORTRAYED IN “NOTORIOUS” FROM HOWARD HOMECOMING. REGARDLESS OF WHETHER IT IS OR IS NOT, IT’S ALWAYS SURREAL TO SEE THESE TWO LEGENDS TOGETHER BEFORE THE CRAZINESS.
