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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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DownloadWhere They Do That At (Baltimore Remix)Review of The Capitol City Music Tour
This Thanksgiving, a lot of DC, Maryland and Virginia (DMV) talent will sit down and give thanks for the opportunities their artistry is granting them. On November 13th, 2009 at Jammin Java located in Vienna, VA, folks came from all over the DMV, to support headliners K-Beta, XO, and Kingpen Slim at the kick-off of the Capitol City Music Tour.
DJ J Buttah was the lead DJ for the night and gave the people artists like Scarface and Rakim. Folks joked around, nodded their heads, danced, laid back, bought drinks, and networked before the show.
Strange Music artist, RA the MC, sparked the flame as she took the stage and had folks rocking instantly. After she delivered a set as future-vintage as her style of dress, J-Scrilla called Whitefolkz to the stage and he ignited a flame of playboy entertainment.
Other performances prior to the headliners: Phil Ade (368 Music Group), Frayz (Midieast), Bear Witnez (YM Music), and lastly Gordo who performed in place of his Studio 43 label mate, XO, who had a show in Pennsylvania with his group Diamond District.
Kingpen Slim started his set, beaming up “Powder for the Babies” A Capella style. Alongside Kingpen Slim was P-Stew, the host of the Capital City kickoff, and he passed out copies of Clark Kent is the Capital City Kingpen, a mix-tape released that same day, from his legendary duffel bag.
Prior to K-Beta taking the stage, Laelohood and Muggsy Malone, spit a few bars for the audience. Then Beta began by giving thanks to the audience and saying he’s gonna make their support worth their time. He goes into a call and answer with the audience saying, “Inner Loop rolls thick, and we suck no ____.” He wasn’t lying because by the time he got half-way through his performance, the stage was filled with Inner Loop artists and execs.
The show was extended for special guest, Lola Monroe, and she expressed her feelings about the DMV to the audience, “We got next!…The Capitol City Music Tour is the beginning of a new movement.”
So, if you appreciate the work that DMV artists are putting out, then the Capitol City Music tour is the place to experience it live and direct. Get a Pre-Thanksgiving meal for the soul at the Capitol City Music Tour/Beatdown at Liv this Wednesday night.
The show will feature producers Dunc, E-Minah, AB the Producer, SlimKat78, and DJ J Buttah. They will perform along with rappers XO, Kingpen Slim, K-Beta and Lola Monroe. How the producers and rappers will exhibit their artistry, has yet to be announced. But, it will without a doubt, be such a solid show that folks will continue talking/Tweeting about it well into the Green Bay Packers, Detroit Lions game. Historic: Thanksgiving 2009.
-The Historian
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