Alright ya'll on Saturday, March 3rd the Hip-Hop Summit Action Network (HSAN) is returning to Houston, TX to kick off its 2007 national "Get Your Money Right" tour on financial empowerment. The Co-Chairmen of this tour are Russell Simmons and Dr. Benjamin Chavis, and they will have hip-hop stars such as Ciara, Monica, Chamillionaire, E-40, Chingo Bling and Slim Thug backing them up. Also, Mathew Knowles super producer Bryan-Michael Cox, and Congressman Al Green (D-TX) will be present.

The whole point of this thing is to let young people know about the importance of personal finance and financial responsibility. The tour begins at Texas Southern University's Granville M. Sawyer Auditorium, located at 3100 Cleburne Street, in Houston, Texas. It will last from Noon until 3:00 pm, and the doors open at 11:00 am.

We are returning to Houston enthusiastically. This city continues to produce some of the best and most committed artists that help make a difference across America and throughout the world

, said Russsell Simmons.

The Summit on financial empowerment is an opportunity to share important lessons about life and the effective use of money.

The opportunity to live productively begins with a plan that mandates personal financial responsibility

, said Johnny Furr, Vice President of Urban Marketing and Community Affairs for Anheuser-Busch, Inc.

We consider it a real benefit to support HSAN's mission to provide young people with the tools, knowledge and inspiration they need to begin creating the futures they want tomorrow, today

. The media partners for the Houston Hip-Hop Summit on Financial Empowerment are The Box KBXX 97.9 FM Houston and KPRC- TV 2 Houston (NBC). Community partners include the Texas Southern University and TSU Student Organizations, the Houston Urban League, Tejano Center for Community Concerns, Houston NAACP and the Houston HSAN Youth Council.

Get on it.
Posted by SOHH Rezidue at February 21, 2007 9:00 AM

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Jennifer Hudson is the third African American woman since December 2002 to grace the cover of Vogue magazine.



I got the chance to meet Jennifer at the AEC/ASCAP luncheon at the Beverly Hilton this past Sunday morning in Los Angeles. We'll have footage of that a little later in the week.

I was working the red carpet and Jennifer was the last to come through. She was on tap to honor original Dreamgirl, Sheryl Lee Ralph for her philanthropy and commitment to AIDS prevention and awareness.



It was a quick interview. She was being dragged down the carpet by her handlers. Her quirky yet bubbly personality kept it lively. (I'm being nice here.)

She did however stop to speak with me answering questions on her new album, Oscar hoopla and having just bought her first home in Chicago.



What I did like is that Jennifer made it clear to me that there would be no movies, plays, commercials or projects that would happen before she completed her album. "I want to concentrate on my album and give it my all. You should hear something by March," she said as they pulled out of my camera shot.

photos submitted by SOHH GYANT.

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What in the hell did miss? Was I so preoccupied staring at Deelishuhs’s ass that I complete I’ve totally missed how upset people are over Ludacris performing at Paris Hilton’s Birthday party?

Various media outlets are reporting that Rapper Ludacris rushed from his own concert to perform 4 songs for the birthday girl. The singing didn't stop there; Oscar winner Jamie Foxx also made a surprise 30 minute performance.

One media outlet had this to say about Ludacris’s surprise performance at Paris’s B-day party.

Unbelievably, rapper Ludacris (pictured above) helped racist Paris Hilton celebrate her birthday party in Las Vegas during All-Star weekend. Does Ludacris have any self-pride and common sense? He seems to have more respect for racist whites than he does for fellow African-American Oprah Winfrey-who he slams at every opportunity. Pathetic!

While this isn’t news to me, many of his fans are upset, and are calling for a Boycott of his music, and ultimately him.

Though the petition has already garnered 132 signatures, I still don’t see what affect it will have on him professionally or personally.

Tell me what you think. Is Ludacris a sellout for performing at Paris Hilton’s birthday party after it was widely reported that she makes racists comments towards black people? Ludacris Online Petition

http://www.petitiononline.com/mod_perl/signed.cgi?bubbles2&201

While you are all mulling that over, I got a free download for you. You know, I be giving y’all a lot of free shit. Y’all need to keep that in mind when you be trying to get a brutha terminated from the site.

SOHH GYANT'S DOWNLOAD OF THE DAY-RICH BOY "BOY LOOK A HERE"

http://www.zshare.net/audio/rich-boy-boy-looka-here-mp3-wk6.html

Posted by SOHH Gyant at February 21, 2007 12:03 PM

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Wednesday - February 21, 2007 by Kevin R. Scott
Monica

As Monica prepared to shoot the video for her next single, "Sideline Ho" the Atlanta based singer got with SOHH for an exclusive chat on her working relationship with Clive Davis, her status at J Records and what she would do differently.

Recently word has been spreading that Clive Davis wasn't in support of Monica's new image and single, "Sideline Ho."

"It's easy for people to forget but Clive Davis and I have had a long standing relationship. My relationship stared with Clive almost 13 years ago and we have a good working relationship. Even if there are things that we don't agree on, it's almost like a marriage, you agree to disagree and you keep it moving," Monica told SOHH.

After The Makings of Me disappeared from the Billboard charts and a video of her asking fans to petition J Records to finance her third video surfaced online, rumors began to fly that Monica would be dropped from her label for breaking with the girl next door image the label had painted of her.

http://blogs.sohh.com/soul/archives/2007/01/faith_evans_is.html
"At the time rumors started there was nothing even taking place. We just decided to say what we had to say and move on and started writing treatments for the 'Sideline Ho' video."

Looking back, Monica admitted she would have re-worked her strategy, not allowing her label to influence the selection of her singles and look to her fans for opinions.

"If I had to do something over again, I'd probably release more than one single and let the audience choose which one they would have wanted to hear," she admits.

In related news former J Records crooner Jimmy Cozier recently spoke exclusively with SOHH about his own difficulty when it came to getting support from the label.

"They would say my songs were 'too hood' or 'too street 'or 'it's not pop enough,'" Cozier said. "It got to a point to where a check was like a band aid. If Jimmy's upset, write him a check. It was like my concerns were written off with a check. After a while I was like, 'I can't.' I got with my lawyers and asked to be released from my contract."

source: http://www.sohh.com/articles/article.php/10958

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On February 25, 2007 -- 7pm in The Loft @ Center Stage (formerly Earthlink Live), join Fusion Magazine, Def Jam Records, 3:16 Media Group, CAJO International, The Cartel, Urban Gospel Alliance and DBS Sounds for a monthly performance showcase that offers incredible exposure for new and emerging artists. Dubbed Battleground, this event taps directly into Atlanta's exciting music arena, creates an excellent networking forum for “movers and shakers” on the rise, and provides direct access to A&R executives, radio programmers, promotions reps, deejays, retailers, music-buying consumers, and the media.

Each month they partner with a major record label, several indie labels and a savvy corporate sponsor looking to connect with the diversity of the hip-hop generation. Promoting a positive, alcohol-free environment,

BATTLEGROUND brings together a wide range of popular artists in the secular community and supports the growing movement of youth taking the Gospel beyond the streets!

Get out the house and check this event out,

--Sohh Gyant!
Posted by SOHH Gyant at February 22, 2007 12:15 PM

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Yo, I peeped this article written by Mossi Reeves about DJ Drama and DJ Cannon in this week’s Creative Loafing.

While I can’t post the entire article on this blog, because its way to long, I will post important points that were made.

• The Gangsta Grillz series was so hot that major labels often hired the Aphilliates to create mix-tape CDs for their artists. (Just before Gnarls Barkley dropped its Grammy-winning album St. Elsewhere, DJ Drama and Gnarls Barkley issued A Trip to St. Elsewhere.) The DJs' personal profiles grew, too. Drama and Cannon performed at the 2006 BET Hip-Hop Awards in Atlanta. As rapper T.I.'s official DJ, Drama is depicted alongside the platinum-selling rapper on the March 2007 cover of XXL, America's most popular hip-hop magazine.

• Many observers, including Stix Malone, believe pending Fulton County racketeering charges will be dropped. "I think everything will work out for us," says Malone, music director at Hot 107.9 and a behind-the-scenes member of the Aphilliates camp. But they may still pay a price, as the Aphilliates will probably have to leave behind the mix-tape hustle that made them famous. "Everything's on pause right now for the mix-tape game," he says. "[The raid] definitely shook up a lot of people."

• Big Oomp, an OG in Atlanta's mix-tape circuit since the '90s, now has an imprint label with Koch Records. His imprint scored a major hit last year with DJ UNK's (another local mix-tape DJ) infectious dance anthem, "Walk It Out." "There's rules to the mix-tape game, just like there's rules to the streets. Same game, just different product," he says. "Everybody knows the mix-tape game is illegal. When you're doing illegal shit, you've got to stay as low-key as possible. That's just the bottom line."

Finally, someone’s confirming what I’ve been saying every since the shocking bust. When I came out my mouth for saying that Tyree and Donald were practicing in illegal activity, most of you called me a NYC import who needed to go back from where the fuck I came from.

But, now you got a good ole southern kat saying it as plain as day. Now what you got to say Decman, Zone 4, S.W.A.T.S., and Big Smoov?

You can do a google search for the entire article.

I got another download to share with y’all. Child molester himself, R.Kelly, has enlisted some southern comfort on his new remix with Ludacris, and T.I. Check it out!

SOHH GYANT'S DOWNLOAD OF THE DAY!!
CHILD MOLESTER FEAT. LUDACRIS, T.I. AND T-PAIN-"IM A FLIRT REMIX"

http://www.sendspace.com/file/ylxnic

Talk to y’all lata

--SOHH Gyant
Posted by SOHH Gyant at February 22, 2007 4:43 AM

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