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Nyc Hip Hop Awards
| Good [+1]Toggle ReplyLink» basdini replied on Fri Mar 31, 2006 @ 11:29pm |
 Coolness: 145295 | Mayor Michael Bloomberg — or "Mike B," as he called himself for the day — announced the festivities while flanked by hip-hop entrepreneur Russell Simmons and Ice-T.
Bloomberg said it's important for the city to honor musical traditions. "That means celebrating an art form that has expressed the realities of city life," Bloomberg said after welcoming visitors to his "crib," City Hall. "As hip-hop has evolved and new artists have emerged, its lessons have continued to be valuable for us." The events and promotions Oct. 12-17 will include hip-hop artists visiting city schoolchildren, performances at clubs throughout the city, and fashion- and sports-related events. The show itself will be taped Oct. 7 and broadcast Oct. 17. This year's honorees include Simmons, MC Lyte, the Beastie Boys, the Wu-Tang Clan, Afrika Bambaataa, Rakim and Easy-E. Ice-T, a rapper who plays a detective on TV's "Law & Order: SVU," will host the show. In their comments, Ice-T and Simmons stressed the educational value of hip-hop and said its artists often spoke the truth, even if it wasn't pretty |
| Good [+1]Toggle ReplyLink» mdc replied on Mon Apr 3, 2006 @ 10:49am |
 Coolness: 148910 | During the opening ceremony, Ice-T joking "popped a cap" into Mike B. ass and was subsequently shot repeatedly by the secret service. Later that day, News crews at the scene sold the footage on eBay. It is now the number 1 requested video on MTV. |
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