This past Thursday (12/15), saw the Winter Wars Show brought to local Southside Milwaukee venue The Mio-Lounge. The event was hosted by the BlackWorld Music Group. The show featured five very unique Hip-Hop acts from around Milwaukee and it only cost $5 to get in. So that’s about $1 per act, not bad for a good Hip-Hop show. The venue interior included: low disco style lights, a large screen display showing some of the latest Hip-Hop videos, and white linen dressed tables that lined the far wall. For the first half of the event, guests were treated to tunes from B.U. (Be You) of BlackWorld Music. Visitors settled in and the artists got prepared while he spun a variety of blazing Hip-Hop tracks both old and new. Then around 11pm, the first act of the night took the stage.
Y’all have to excuse my excitement for a few, but I
figure I’m going to be on this kick for awhile. Last night, I got the
opportunity to attend the 4th Annual Black Girls Rock! Awards, held
at the New York Times Center. For those of you who don’t know, Black Girls Rock!
is an non-profit organization that was created by model-turned-celebrity DJ
Beverly Bond in response to the images of women that cluttered urban media and
brainwashed young girls. She then went on to create programs for young girls to participate in order to give them a creative outlet, invest in their
futures and build upon their self-esteem. (NOTE: I actually had the privilege of
speaking with Ms. Bond about the organization, the interview transcription will
be posted at a later date).
It was such an honor to be in the presence of such
great, Black women who paved the way for me to be woman that my proud, Black
parents pushed me to be, including Dr. Sonia Sanchez (who received the “Legend”
Award), Dr. Iyanla Vanzant (recipient of the “Shot Caller” award – and yes, I
actually got to chop it up with her on the red carpet!), to women in my shared age demographic such as
Janelle Monae (“Who Got Next” Award) Raven- Symone (“Young, Gifted and Black”
Award) and White House Fellow and AIDS activist Dr. Mehret Mandefro (“Community
Activist” Award) that showed me that it’s time to STEP MY GAME UP… WAY UP!
(::smile::)
I wrote an event recap to be posted on Rap-Up ‘s
website Monday morning (I will shoot the link to this also) but I want to take
a minute a two, to give much respect to, a woman who’s made a difference in the
hip-hop world! The BGR!’s give out an award every year to an acknowledgeable
female DJ, dubbed the “DJ Jazzy Joyce” Award. The pioneering lady DJ was on
hand (along with DJ Cocoa Chanel) to present the award in person to this year’s
recipient… DJ SPINDERELLA!
Check the footage below of her entire awards
acceptance speech.
CALLING ALL NYC LADY TASTEMAKERS!! YEAH, I'M TALKING TO YOU!! If you want to mix & mingle with other like-minded, positive, Soul Sistas such as yourself, then do yourself a favor and swing by this event tomorrow. Ya girl Crys Breezy will be there to promote The Breezy Effect and WHCR 90.3FM Equilibrium Radio, so if you see me, please, SAY HELLO (I ALWAYS HOLLA BACK! :)
