Posts Tagged ‘BET’
Mos Def Demands BET Awards Show Tribute For Troy Davis (Video)
Mos Def & Talib Kweli were scheduled to perform here in Atlanta last Thursday night, but the show was cancelled following the recent execution of Troy Davis by the state of Georgia. As Black Star, Mos & Kweli opted to cancel their show in protest. I’m not mad & I applaud them for doing so. Troy Davis will officially be buried this Saturday & almost simultaneously the 2011 BET Hip Hop Awards will be taking place in Atlanta. While at their Miami show Mos Def took the opportunity to send a message to the powers at BET to make sure they dedicated a segment to a man who was executed with no evidence of guilt. Should be interesting to see how many other artists will speak out if given the platform.
[AUDIO] Spliff Star Interview on Fire Fridays JahPrince, DJ Greedy
DJ Greedy and Jah Prince talk to Spliff about his new single, chilling at the BET Awards, being the ‘World’s Best Hype Man’, the connection between his label PaperRock and the Conglomerate and overall just being a good business man over the years with his bredren Busta Rhymes. Follow Spliff on Twitter: ( @StarSpliff )
*She’s A Star – Dwele
Full Spliff Star Interview
Wish You Could – Spliff Star ft. Fat Joe
Go Straight to iTunes and search ‘Fire Fridays Atl’ to get previous shows or http://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/firefridays-weekly-hip-hop/id423560050
Stanza – Broadcast From Georgia (VIDEO)
Great video from one Atlanta’s most talented emcees….. Stanza! This quality video was directed by the homie Will Feagins of the High Impact Designs Company. The song is from Stanza’s critically acclaimed street album/mixtape ‘Searching For Bobby Fischer’ that dropped on DJBooth.net, Okayplayer & many other popular blogs last year. 2010 was a great year for Stanza as an artist after dropping a few successful mixtape projects & even performed well on BET’s 106 & Park.