How come rappers never stopped by my school when I was enrolled?

One of our favorite rappers, Ludacris, in conjunction with the people behind the Grammy Awards, stopped by Clark University yesterday for “Grammy Career Day”. Over 300 metro Atlanta high school students from 10 different high schools will forever have the experience of meeting Atlanta’s multitalented rapper, producer, and CEO of DTP records burned in their minds. Luda headlined the event that is geared towards placing students in direct contact with industry pros, for the next two weeks in various cities leading up to the Grammy Awards broadcast on February 11th.

The day began with a super-sized panel featuring Ludacris, R&B singer-songwriter Lyfe Jennings, jazz guitarist Earl Klugh, engineer Phil Tan, songwriter Tab Nkhereanye, record label exec Dee Dee Murray and singer, songwriter and vocal coach Jan Smith. This was followed by smaller music workshops, lunch and the closing performance by Shareefa, who sang her single, "I Need A Boss.”

Ludacris had this to say about the event:


"The questions these kids asked are the same kinds of things I wanted to know at their age, and there was no one around like that panel to answer them for me. That's why I do things like this; to make it better for the next hungry young kid. The talent out there just waiting to be bigger than me. And all they need is this knowledge."

Big shout out to Ludacris for taking care of the kids!!

Talk to y’all lata

--Sohh Gyant
Posted by SOHH Gyant at February 1, 2007 8:19 AM

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As you all know Los Angeles was where it was at this past week. Everybody who is anybody was there for the Grammy’s. Now that the legendary award ceremony is over I’m getting the entire scoop on what happened.

My LA connection and personal friend Myra Panchace informed me on how off the chain Ludacris’s party was, saying

Rapper Ludacris' post-Grammy Awards party was such a hot ticket even his own mother had trouble getting in. the Grammy Award winner staged a glitzy bash at the Social Hollywood club late on Sunday and asked Queen Latifah to host it. But he had no idea it would be the party that all his peers would want to get to, and his mother, who arrived late, had to fight to get in. One reveler says, "The bodyguards were refusing entrance to everyone - even people who had the necessary blue VIP wristband. It seems the place filled to capacity pretty quickly. "Then there was this one lady who kept loudly protesting that she and three friends had to get past security, into the party and up to the VIP area. "There was a little fuss and then the bouncer let her and her friends in as everyone else protested. The bouncer then explained the woman was Ludacris' mother." Among the stars who made it into the party and got to hang with the rapper, were Kanye West, Ne-Yo, Busta Rhymes and Chris Tucker.

Here is a complete list of all the Atlanta artists who brought home the golden trophies at the 49th Annual Grammy Award ceremony.

Best Song of the Year~ Ludacris-“Money Maker”

Best Rap Album~ Ludacris-“Release Therapy”

Best Urban/Alternative Album, Best Urban/Alternative Performance ~ Gnarls Barkley – “Crazy”/“St. Elesewhere”

Best Rap Solo Performance/Best Rap/Sung Collaboration ~ T.I -"What You Know"/"My Love."







Posted by SOHH Gyant at February 13, 2007 11:49 AM

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There have been so many posts this week that I thought I would post a recap, just in case you’ve missed some.

THERE’S A STRANGER IN SOHH.COM’S HOUSE

http://blogs.sohh.com/atlanta/2007/02/wheres_the_fuck.html#more



CAN BOW WOW RUN HIS OWN RECORD LABEL?

http://blogs.sohh.com/atlanta/2007/02/can_bow_wow_run.html#more



LUDCARIS GRAMMY AFTER PARTY

http://blogs.sohh.com/atlanta/2007/02/kanye_west_neyo.html#more

FAT JOE’S NEW VIDEO-POPPIN OR FLOPPIN

http://blogs.sohh.com/atlanta/poppin_or_floppin_videos/



DJ DRAMA RETURNS TO RADIO

http://blogs.sohh.com/atlanta/2007/02/dj_drama_and_dj.html#more



YOUNG BUCK COMES TO ATL FOR HIS NEW VIDEO

http://blogs.sohh.com/atlanta/2007/02/young_buck_gets.html#more

I hope everybody has a great weekend. Don’t sit at home. Get out and appreciate Atlanta for what it is.

Talk to y'all lata

--Sohh Gyant
Posted by SOHH Gyant at February 16, 2007 1:13 PM

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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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What happens in Vegas, stays in Vegas right? I sure hope so, cause I’m on a mean streak right now…a bad one. “Your flight out of JFK (NY) got cancelled,” the Delta customer service lady told me over the phone last Thursday (Feb.15). Thankfully, a shuttle flight was slated to leave Laguardia (NY) a bit later that day. To make a very long story a bit shorter, me and my boy Vegas got delayed 6 hours in Boston, arrived in Sin City around midnight, settled for a purple Lincoln Towncar rather than our reserved Cadillac Deville and later downgraded only to get a lime green Ford Mustang. Come…on! Needless to say that we missed the Boost Mobile Zo & Magic 8-ball challenge by the time we had settled in.



Ludacris playing pool at Boost Mobile Zo & 8-Ball Challenge



Melinda Williams and Gabrielle Union at 8-Ball Challenge



Queen Latifah and the girls at the CoverGirl Queen Collection's Queen for the Day event

For the record, the pic above doesn't do Melinda Williams justice. I saw her at the MGM, and she was looking gooooorgeous. After a few hours of rest, it was time to work. Unfortunately, Robin Thicke got stuck in Cleveland, so the interview was cancelled. I was hoping his wife, Paula Patton would be with him. With no Thicke in sight, it was on to shadowing Rich Boy for an upcoming special edition of Behind The Grind. Hoping to get some “60 Seconds” under our belt, we then headed to BET’s Hip-Hop Gaming League event. Thankfully, we got interviews done with Ciara, Mims, Doug E Fresh, Debra Lee, Big Tigger and Keisha Knight-Pulliam aka Rudy Huxtable. I even think I saw Murs walk the red carpet with some nappy ass hair. Nobody but me knew who he was.



Rich Boy during Behind The Grind Special Edition shoot


That "60 Seconds" dude with Ciara at BET's Hip-Hop Gaming League event



Doug E Fresh with BET Chairman & COO Debra Lee

Thankfully, our Melyssa Ford interview turned our luck around. We then got dope interviews from Slim Thug and the Boss Hogg Outlaws and the homie Young Buck as well. Keep your eyes peeled for some new “60 Seconds” and “Sohh Focused.”



Ali with Melyssa Ford after SOHH Focused interview



Carl with Melyssa Ford



Carl with Buck

At the end of the day, the constant traffic and interview delays prevented me from going out every night as I initially intended. So aside from that Dwayne Wade Sidekick 3 party, not too many events were attended. I missed Beyonce and was actually slated to attend that event where The Game and Buck had a near incident. Shouts to BET, Interscope,W&W, StrategicGroup, 4Sight Media Relations, Media Saavy PR, Pierce Mattie Public Relations and …I hope that’s it. If I forgot anyone, please forgive me. With that said, here are some more of the events you and I missed in Vegas.



Jay-Z at First Annual Two Kings Dinner sponsored by Budweiser Select



Buck and Jeezy at the Ice Lounge



The Game at the Ice Lounge



Beyonce and Solange Knowles at First Annual Two Kings Dinner



Lebron James at Sprite Party

Posted by Carl "Jackpot" Chery on February 20, 2007 3:27 PM | Permalink

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