Hip Hop Congress

Weekly Update o3.23.o6

NATIONAL CONFERENCE ANNOUNCED:
Join us for the 2006 National Conference of the Hip Hop Congress in beautiful Boulder, Colorado. The event jumps off on June 22nd to June 26th. There will be conferences, performances, workshops, national board meetings, and some of the most exciting times you can have as a Hip Hop Congress member. Schedules, applications and other information will be released in the coming weeks. Please make your arrangements to get to Boulder.

If you have questions, please email ron@hiphopcongress.com

WILLAMETTE:
What up y’all this is the Willamette (Wil-lam-ette) chapter checking in.

All is a go for our Conscious Overdose Show April 21st featuring QN5 tour and some serious Bboy and MC battles. We have a $500 winner take all MC battle, that should attract some serious talent. As for the Bboy battles we have a $300 for 1st, $2oo for 2nd, and $100 for 3rd cash prizes. The Willamette Valley will be representing Northwest Style. this show should be huge. If all goes well we can make our chapter financially self sufficient off this show. Fundraising has gone very well and all of the entertainment is paid and so are the battles. All proceeds will go to our student account, At $8 a head, we are expecting about 1000 people, so, big money y’all.

More news to come!

Peace,
A

CAL STATE FULLERTON:
Hello hello everyone! Greetings from Fullerton!

At last week’s meeting we had a sort of heated discussed about KRS-ONE and Adisa’s conflict at Stanford and got some pretty good responses from members about hip hop. We briefly discussed Three 6 Mafia at the Academy Awards and the current status of our chapter. We came up with more fundraising ideas and started ideas for the next event. This past Tuesday, the planning has started for Fullerton’s main jam that is tentatively scheduled for Wedneday and Thursday May 3rd and 4th. This next week is Spring Break for us, so for those of you that will be on Spring Break.. Have a GREAT one! Our next meeting will be on April 4th! See yall then. PEACE.

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ARTIST UPDATES:
If you would like to be included, please email dlabrie@hiphopcongress.com

Whuttup yall, I apologize for the Bay centric updates but there’s 2 reasons why. I haven’t got any new updates from any of the artists outside the bay, well that’s partly my fault because I haven’t had the chance to reach out as much as I’d like to lately, plus I’m from the bay and we’ve been out the loop for awhile so a couple super updates wont hurt. 2. the 2nd is because I’m just starting and this program is on it’s way to new heights so things take a minute. You all are out hustling 25/8 as I am, so it’s all g. We’ll build on it. Just remember to e-mail me with all your updates, check the updates and frontline messages, and most of all call me, talk to me, and all that and I’ll get all your updates in, and remember it’s only a matter of time before I catch up to you to get the scoop. So let’s race.

510-798-9610. Piece DLabrie

King George is collecting songs for a NEW compilation “The Bay is Back”

If you would like to submit a song call or mp3 (Dlabrozia2004@yahoo.com) by this Friday 3/24!! Let me know you emailed me. 510-798-9610

Hip Hop Congress/REFUGE involved in 3 community events last week in Bay Area:
3/17: REFUGE/ Our Hyphy students from the Hip Hop afterschool class we teach @ August Boeger Jr. High in East Side San Jose, CA. last Friday 3/17 threw a grande finale show ending our 8 weeks at the school during lunchtime. The show featured a Hip Hop dance presentation by the kids, a beatbox battle between Shamako and star student Ewell, as well as live:performances by students, Automatic from Money Tree Ent. (Shake yo’ helmit), DLabrie, and Bay Area Star from Sic wit it Records (E-40’s label) Nump (I got Grapes). DJ Boy Wonder held down the DJ tables as the students went dumb. I don’t think this “school in the hills” was ready for this at least the staff wasn’t! High light: Nump being confronted by an uninformed teacher right after the mayham “Who r you this is a closed campus”!! He handled it well!!

3/17: Later that afternoon we hit “the deep” what you may know as East Oakland. This is in the hyphy shady 80’s by Castlemont High @ new Oakland hot spot Youth Uprising.. From jump the crowd was waiting to see The Jacka (they love my homie in the hood). The youth uprising dancers got it started with some turf dancing, then Rahman introduced himself to Oakland with “Ordinary Neighborhood”. DLabrie and KDoe repped The ALLIANC at their homecoming show w/ “Wus ya Name”, and Azeem held it down with a serious fire accapello. When Jacka arrived it really got live and the crowd went dumb to “Hey girl” and “Girls say”!! We even got a surprise performance by Husalah!! The Mobfigaz is for the youth !! Highlite: Jacka postin’ with the students 2 hours after the show was over.

3/18: Last but not least DEM-One held it down with VISION 20/20, a Hip Hop Education Conference in San Francisco. The conference featured panel discussions with Adisa Banjoko, Sarah Stokes, John Colton, and more. As well as featured performances by Big Murph, Spitta, DLabrie, KDoe, and once again, Bay Area star… The Jacka! The event was filled with community leaders, hip hop artists, and young people. Rising Bay Area magazine, Ruckus, and 106.1 KMEL also showed up to give their support. Highlight: the networking that went on.

The Jacka NEW album “Jack of all Trades” COMING SOON!!!
www.thejacka.com

K-Mitas Ent. (Label owned by Congress members KDoe/Twizznot) is now part owner of Smoke It Up BBQ restaraunt in the Mission District (22nd) in San Francisco. They are planning on using the space for events and promotions which will be extended to Hip Hop Congress Artists.

New Hip Hop Congress Producer Nate of InfiNate Productions is offering deals on studio Time and/or BEATs for Congress Artists and affiliates!! Nate has been working on songs for DLabrie (album Mr. Netwerk summer 06), Meko(album Summer 06), Mistah F-A-B, San Quinn, The TEAM, Nump, Mike Marshall (Rumors), and more!! To hear a mix of his raw beats hit www.myspace.com/infinatepro 408-705-5337

Adisa Banjoko’s New Book “Lyrical Swords 2” available now!!
LyricalSwords.com

Radio campaign for DLabrie new single (Wus ya NAME fea. Kaz of The TEAM) produced by Nate of InfiNate, to begin soon. Please contact me if you’d like to help in any way. Song will be available on My Space this week!!

Award-Winning Filmmaker Bob Bryan (www.graffitiverite.com) has just completed production on several hip-hop styled Documentaries, as well as Docs on Urban Poetry and Spoken Word. To submit music for the soundtracks send music to:
Mike Green, Producer
B.W.P.
PO Box 74033
Los Angeles, CA 90004
DEADLINE March 31st 2006

Events on Saturday, MARCH 25th
Hip Hop Congress/San Jose State Sociology Dept Presents Parents of a New school conference: Parents of a new school (PNS) is a Parent /Student conference which will have discussions and workshops about hip hop and education

10am-3:30pm @ OICW 1200 O’Brien Drive, Menlo Park, CA 94025).

We still need volunteers for this event!! Contact me ASAP if your interested. We need volunteers on Friday, March 24, 2006 from 4PM – 8PM and on Saturday, March 25, 2006 from 8:30AM – 4PM. Elgrie- 408-260-1349

Women’s Economic Agenda Project (WEAP)/ Hip Hop Congress/ REFUGE:
This is an event about UNIVERSAL HEALTH CARE. The event will feature open discussion, Guest speakers, and Hip Hop Performances provided by Congress. So far we have Simone Nia Rae of Wasaname An Em, KDoe, and Bleef!!

We are still looking for performers so contact me ASAP if your interested !!
10am-2:30pm @ Laney College in Oakland, CA (The Forum Building)
We are still looking for performers so contact me ASAP if your interested !! weap@weap.org

Hip Hop Congress /REFUGE/ Heart of Chaos Present:
Mish Mash – Art/Spoken Word/ Emceeing/ Poetry Event
We are still looking for performers so contact me ASAP if your interested !!
8-10pm ( 7:30 ) 20minutes
Brooks college – 1120 kifer rd. / Lawrence in Sunnyvalle California
Call me for info

Peace and Love,
Ron Gubitz
Hip Hop Congress

“With the Power of Soul, anything is possible.” —Jimi Hendrix