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RaTheMC and Lady A Need Your Help
From Vages, CEO of Rock Bottom Music Group:
Back in August of 2009 we were informed by MTV that the video for Lady A’s song “May Sound Crazy” ft RaTheMC was accepted. We were under the impression that we were going to receive a notification with the air date, but we never did. After many phone call, email attempts and faxes we figured we got lost in the “matrix” so to speak.
Recently an associate of mine googled “Lady A May Sound Crazy” and found that the video had been posted to the vh1.com and the mtvmusic.com website back in September. There is even record that they sent a tweet out 9/22/09 http://twitter.com/MTV_Music/status/4295070814 informing about the video.
Everything happens for a reason and now is the time for the world to hear the message in this song. After the recent devastation in Haiti the lyrics to “May Sound Crazy” are very fitting and relevant. The song is a message of hope and that is what is needed during these times. “No act of kindness, however small, is ever wasted.” We made this video (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WzdNbjiFwns) that has information about where you can help Haiti and stay updated with the current developments.
This is where RaTheMC and Lady A need your help! Tuma Basa is the person who programs MTV Jams and we need him to put the video in rotation right now so that it will spread positivity to help people cope with all the negativity going on with the war, the economy, job loss, Haiti, etc. We ask that you retweet this message:
@mtvjams the world needs “May Sound Crazy” by Lady A to go into rotation on MTV JAMS! Hope & positivity needs to be expressed during these times and this video has it!
Our goal is to get as many people as possible to tweet and retweet this message so that 1) more artists from the DMV will have exposure to a national audience on MTV Jams 2) female emcees, besides Nicki Minaj, will be seen by a national audience 3) to show that music still has substance and 4) to spread positivity to the world during this period of despair.
There is also a cameo from XO in the video which just helps the DMV as well, because he has some good things in the works and the more times his face is on TV the better. The more times anyone from the DMV is on TV the better.
This is a good look for RaTheMC and Lady A. There is great power in twitter! Retweet the message above and see it work!
Thank you for your continued support!
watch the video directed by Tabi Bonney here: http://www.mtvmusic.com/artist/lady_a/videos/429512/may_sound_crazyDMV Volume 2 Now Accepting Free Submissions
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Deadline 1/15/10A Beat in the Bloodline (Historic DMV Photo)
A Beat in the Bloodline
A historic display of unity and success sheds light on new age for music in Washington, DC
(photographer: Ajani Truth)(January 7, 2009)-Influential hip-hop regions have understood that just because no one is looking doesn’t mean there isn’t something going on.
Houston did it. Atlanta did it. Now in a new decade of the millenium, Washington, DC is making it happen.
For more than 20 years, rap music in the DMV (DC, Maryland, Virginia) area has existed with very little acknowledgment from the media and from major labels. But with the constant development of artist coming from the district, it’s hard to deny the movement. And there is a picture to prove
it. Continue Reading…Wale to Perform At Redskins/Cowboys Halftime Show December 27th
Press Release:
SANTA MONICA, CA –December 1, 2009 – When D.C. hometown hip-hop hero Wale performs at halftime of the December 27th Dallas Cowboys-Washington Redskins game, it will be a dream come true for the D.C.-born son of Nigerian immigrants who is well-known as a fervent Redskins fan. After wrapping his tour with Jay-Z, the first D.C. rapper to earn national attention in more than a decade will celebrate his homecoming and his debut album, Attention Deficit (Allido/Interscope), with fans of his beloved football team. At halftime of the game at FedEx Field in Landover, Maryland, he will perform a medley of “Chillin’” and “Pretty Girls,” the album’s current single, which features Gucci Mane and Weensey of Backyard Band, a legendary go-go group from the D.C. area.
“It’s exciting to have Wale performing at FedEx Field,” said Washington Redskins WR Santana Moss. “I’m really happy that a local rapper from the D.C. area will be performing at a Redskins game. Wale is an upcoming star who has performed with Jay-Z and with many other artists in the business. He’ll do a great job providing excitement and entertainment for our crowd. It will be a great halftime show.”
Wale was recently named one of GQ’s 2009 Men of the Year, dubbed one of the “Gangsta Killers of the Year” with Drake and Kid Cudi for helping to kill off the “gangsta” rap persona. Attention Deficit has enjoyed a remarkable and critically acclaimed start since its November 10th release, including debuting at #2 on iTunes, behind only 50 Cent. The album peaked at #3 on the Billboard Hip-hop/R&B chart, #2 Rap album chart, and #21 on the Top 200 albums chart. More than a few celebrities, including a number of NFL players, have taken to Twitter to talk about Attention Deficit, which earned recognition on the site as a “trending topic” around its release date.
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