Hip Hop Congress

Weekly Update o5.12.o5

CONFERENCE IN CHICAGO:
So we know you are dying to get to the 4th Annual Conference in Chicago this year. The planners are working really hard to make this the best one yet. And no doubt it will be. Many of you have asked for information about hotels, and the Hip Hop Congress plans on taking over a hostel downtown.

HOTEL INFO:
That’s right people, it’s just over a month away! We’ve booked 80 spaces at the Youth Hostel in Chicago. We’ve chosen to do this for a variety of reasons, including location, price and the fact that EVERY other hotel in the city is booked. If we get a good number to stay at the hostel we can take over a whole floor, which will be ridiculous.

The hostel is in the center of town, it’s clean and its nice. Jordan is going to be getting at every chapter to make sure everyone is accounted for as far as coming to the conference, hopefully in the next two weeks we’ll know how many spaces at the hostel we’ll need. It’s 30 bucks a night per person. We’re trying to work out a cheaper rate but for now that’s what it’s at.

Hostel International
24 E Congress Parkway
312-360-0300
http://www.hichicago.com/

Questions:
Asad Jafri asad@hiphopcongress.com
Jordan Bromley jordan@hiphopcongress.com

UC IRVINE:
Last week, a number of us went to support CSUF’s first event- Get Up 2 Get Down. The event was very successful, and we’re confident that our new SoCal chapter will continue to grow and gain support on their campus as we move towards next year.

UCI is busy getting together the necessary arrangements for conference. Last week, we managed to book flights for 6 members, and we have a few more who are still in the process of making arrangements.

In the next couple of weeks, we will be going through the funding process in hopes of acquiring some school funds for next year. Last year, we were fortunate enough to receive a decent chunk of money that allowed us to make some big moves during the school year. Other chapters – you should definitely check to see how your club can get funding – you can do a whole lot more once you have monetary backing.

peace,
Jeremy

SAN JOSE STATE:
What’s crackin Congress? yo we jus did it Godzilla style out here this last week. We had our official Hip-Hop Congress Mixtape CD Volume #1 come out titled “Expression 4 Relief” and we got our new t-shirts which look hella dope designed by Cashmere from 120 crew. If any of you chapters wanna cop one of our shirts or a CD which all the funds of the CD will be going to the Tsunami Relief holla at Wes at raekwondahchef@yahoo.com. We sellin the T-shirts for $10 and the CD for $5. We even got urs truly HHC founder Shamako Noble on a track.

We also got it crackin last wednesday with us having an open mic which attracted quite a few people and opened up the floor for people to spit sum lines at the audience.

Following the open mic we took over Johnny V’s bar in downtown San Jo’ which we called “Hostile Takeover” where Shamako performed live and we had Tracy Cruz with Smooth Sessions, and Noahdeeakili.

On Thursday at our meeting we elected new officers and set up our 2nd generation of HHC. SJSU’s HHC is growing like crazy, which is hella dope, it’s good to see the hard work finally paying off. This year’s about to wrap up this Thursday at our last meeting which will be a potluck and a look back at everything we did this year. Hope all ya’ll chapters did it godzilla and put it down at ur skools and can’t wait to meet all ya’ll from all over the U.S. in Chi-Town. Til next year payce out!

Wes Kuruhara
former President and co-founder of Hip-Hop Congress’ SJSU chapter.

HIP HOP APPRECIATION WEEK is MAY 15th – 22nd!:
This year’s theme is FREEDOM. A lot of us have been hard at work organizing and bringing to you over 20 events for the week! These events include all ages workshops, a conference, an Honors Night, and much much more. Read below for the details. And don’t miss out on our special guests – The Fathers of Hip Hop – DJ Kool Herc, Afrika Bambaataa, and Grand Wizard Theodore. As well as a special show with Immortal Technique!

Several organizations, groups, crews, and individuals have helped put this all together but we could still use support! If you would like to support by volunteering, donating, or sponsoring – please e-mail asad@hiphopcongress.com.

Also – more events and happenings are constantly being added. Capacity is limited for most events, so make sure to come and come early. There will be special parties and events with the Fathers of Hip Hop, so keep your ear to the ground for the latest!

Packets with calendars will be available starting Sunday at the Kick Off Jam!!!

Definitely check out the line up especially for TUESDAY, THURSDAY, and SUNDAY!

(on a side note – the University of Hip Hop will be featured on FOX News at 9pm tonight – Wednesday, May 11th

BABIES, CAL STATE LA:
Life has been hectic lately as I have just received my new son into the world on April 22, 2005. The result of this beautiful chaos is that my life has constricted down to being about my fambam, work and school. This is my last quarter as I will be graduating in June. I have not focused on events this quarter but instead am working on strengthening the crew of folks I plan to pass this great organization on to next year. We are in the midst of raising the remaining funds needed to make it out to the conference. If I can’t raise the money, I can’t make it, but some of the support orgs and programs I have relationships with are probably going to be able to fund the travel of a few of my incoming board members. We’ll see how things go. Madd hectic, but still doin my thang.

Peace and blessings to you all. I hope this message finds you all in good times.

Lates…
Darkside

SOUL CAFÉ IN LOS ANGELES:
Hello, my name is Anthony Duncan and Im a rep for LOF Entertainmet (www.lofentertainment.com). We have a new club in Beverly Hills, CA called club 424. Our night is every sunday, called the soul cafe. At the soul cafe we feature unsigned artist unplugged with live bands every week. This week we feature New York Hip Hop group Dujeous.

Thank you,
Anthony Duncan
LoF Entertainment.

Peace and Love,
Ron Gubitz
Hip Hop Congress

“Napoleon Dynamite is NOT a funny movie. Who signed the checks for that piece of crap?” —Ron Gubitz