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Rock the Bells 2012 Festival Adds Final Artists; Announces Mixtape and DatPiff Stage
(AllHipHop News) Guerilla Union has announced the final additions to its lineup for this year’s Rock the Bells Festival in association with Boost Mobile.
The festival will visit three cities, two in California and one in New Jersey and has added a new stage to the San Bernardino, festival.
The San Bernardino, CA festival will be blessed by Hip-Hop legend and educator KRS-One, Xzibit, Hieroglyphics, El-P, Killer Mike, Kid Ink, Machine Gun Kelly, Casey Veggies, I Self Devine, Chief Keef, and Slim da Mobster.
The Holmdel, New Jersey lineup has added its East Coast friends, adding Slaughterhouse, French Montana, Red Café, Chicago, up-and-comer Chief Keef, and U.K. standout, Tinie Tempah.
Adding to the hype, Guerilla Union has also added DMX and Eve to the Mountain View, CA shows.
For fans that can’t wait to hear the festival itself, Rock the Bells has also announced the addition of an official Rock the Bells 2012 Mixtape, set to be released on July 24 on DatPiff.com.
The mixtape will feature exclusive tracks from participating festival artists, including the first Deltron 3030 single in over 10 years, as well as the first single from RZA’s directorial debut, The Man with the Iron Fists.
DatPiff also has contributed by adding another stage, exclusively for the San Bernardino festival.
“The Fairgrounds in San Bernardino allows us the room to build an additional stage, versus the amphitheaters in Mountain View and Holmdel where it is not as spaciously possible,” Chang Weisberg of Guerilla Union explained.
“Plus, Southern California is our home-court. It’s where Rock the Bells all started. We wanted to do something special for the fans that have supported us from the beginning. The Guerilla Union Stage mixed by DatPiff is our way of saying thank you to our backyard fans that helped catapult Rock the Bells to what it is today, giving us the ability to bring the music and the experience to additional cities, nationally and internationally,” Weisberg said.
Tickets for Rock the Bells Festival 2012 are now available and fans are advised to visit www.rockthebells.net for the exact lineup per market. Fans are encouraged to sign up for the Guerilla Union newsletter for important announcements and up-to-date information regarding the festival lineup and details.
For additional information, check the lineup here, and check below for some of AllHipHop.com’s Rock the Bells footage from last year:
Rock the Bells Recap: NYC
Murs Interview at Rock the Bells 2011: N.Y.C.
RZA Interview at Rock the Bells 2011: NYC
ROCK THE BELLS 2012 FESTIVAL SERIES DATES & VENUES:
08/18 – 08/19 San Bernardino, CA – NOS Events Center
08/25 – 08/26 Mountain View, CA – Shoreline Amphitheatre
09/01 – 09/02 Holmdel, NJ – PNC Arts Center
Daily Word: Become More!!!
Happy Takeover Thursday!!
Welcome to a new day and a new opportunity to do it better than before! Today’s Daily Word is dedicated to becoming more! No one is destined to be a certain way! No one has a pre-determined fate that will happen to them no matter what! The life you live is all going to be based on the person you decide to become!
If you decide to be a regular Joe or Jane Schmoe, then that’s what you’ll be! If you decide to dabble in greatness, then greatness will be your calling card! If you vow to become the very best that you can possibly be, then beyond the sky is the limit! Don’t miss out on the great things that life has to offer, because you are sitting around being comfortable and complacent! Become More!!
The moment you decide that you want to experience life at it fullest is the moment you begin to move your life in the right direction! You deserve to be happy! You deserve to live out your wildest dreams! You deserve to have anything your heart desires!!! Simply make the decision and begin becoming!! You are whatever you say and do!! Say it Loud and Do it Right!! Become
More!
-Ash’Cash
“Follow your dreams, for as you dream you shall become.” -Unknown
“Stop wondering what life is all about & start choosing what you are going to make it become.” -Ralph Marston
“The only person you are destined to become is the person you decide to be.” -Ralph Waldo Emerson
“You cannot travel the path until you have become the path itself.” -Buddha
“We can’t become what we need to be by remaining what we are.” -Oprah Winfrey
“Change is the essence of life.Be willing to surrender what you are for what you could become.” -Unknown
“Success is not to be pursued; it is to be attracted by the person you become.” -Jim Rohn
“Success means having the determination and will to become the person you believe you were meant to be.” -George Sheehan
TO HEAR THE AUDIO VERSION OF THE DAILY WORD – CLICK HERE.
Ash’Cash is a Business Consultant, Motivational Speaker, Financial Expert and the author of Mind Right, Money Right: 10 Laws of Financial Freedom. For more information, please visit his website, www.IamAshCash.com.
Blu & Exile “A Man”
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Nu Jerzey Devil Ft. Kid Red and Ben J “Everything’s A Blur”
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FRESH HEAT: Big Sant “2 Much” P### By Big KRIT
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Hip-Hop Rumors: Kim K. and Kanye Have Fun And Ray-J Throws Shade!
FUN TIMES!
If I wasn’t mistaken, he’s winning right now, that Kanye. Even with Ray-J’s ex, but you know Ray-J had to have something to say. Nevertheless, Yeezy and Kimeezy had a lot of fun out at some amusement park.
They having mad fun! Seriously, I respect how they live in the moment.
OOOPS! AND THEN THERE WAS RAY-J!
Ray J is sha-day!
Should Ray-J get over it or comment on other people’s lives as he sees fit?
MIXTAPE DOWNLOAD: Persia – The Truth
Avon Blocksdale Ft. Troy Ave “Heaven’s Door”
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Trouble “Molly World”
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Mellow Hype “La Bonita”
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Frenchie Ft. Trick Trick and Young 1000 “Jack Sh*t”
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G. Huff and Vice Ft. Reek Da Villain, City Da God and Hi Jinks “Adios Remix”
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Alligator City “Life Of A Rockstar”
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Battle Over Rick Ross Name Rages On In Court
(AllHipHop News) The legal battle over the name “Rick Ross” rages on between “Freeway” Rick Ross and rapper Rick Ross, who owns the trademark to the name.
On Tuesday (July 17), a federal judge ruled that the case could continue in court.
According to the latest ruling, Freeway Rick can pursue Warner Brothers, since Rick Ross and his record label Maybach Music Group have a deal with the label.
According to the judge presiding over the case, Freeway Ricky has 10 days to amend his lawsuit, against Warner Brothers, for false advertising, unjust enrichment, and unfair business practice.
Freeway Ricky Ross has been battling rapper Rick Ross, born William Leonard Roberts II, in court, since 2010.
Freeway Ricky filed his first lawsuit against the rapper in June of 2010, in hopes of preventing him from using and exploiting, his birth name.
Freeway Rick claims that the rapper co-opted his name and likeness as a former drug kingpin and parlayed it into a successful rap career.
Freeway Ricky Ross is an urban legend, who had a drug empire that earned as much as $2 million per day.
Additionally, Freeway Ricky has been the subject of numerous articles in regards to the Iran-Contra scandal and he ha been featured on popular television shows like “American Gangster.”
But the rap star came out on the victorious end of two separate lawsuits, one in federal court and another, appeal in state court.
In the first ruling, the judge ruled that Freeway Rick could not capitalize on his own name, since it was built off of committing real crimes.
The state ruled that a statute of limitations on the allegations helped the rapper get the case dismissed from court.
To make matters worse, rapper Rick Ross received a federal trademark for the name, which he has used in commerce since his 2006 debut, Port of Miami.
Mysonne “F*ck Em All”
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The Niceguys “Magick”
EXCLUSIVE: Juvenile Comments On B.G.’s Legal Situation
(AllHipHop News) Former Cash Money Records rapper Juvenile commented on the legal situation facing his former label mate, B.G.
B.G., born Christopher Dorsey, was sentenced to 14 years in prison yesterday (July 18) for weapons violation, obstruction of justice and witness tampering.
Juvenile commented on B.G.’s legal situation during a recent interview with AllHipHop.com.
“I don’t feel good about it. It’s one of those situations where you get sick in your stomach,” Juvenile told AllHipHop.com. “I wish nothing but good things for him and his family, his kids, because you don’t want to see nobody go get locked up that long and be away from their family.
Juvenile was a member of The Hot Boys with B.G., Lil Wayne and Turk.
As The Hot Boys, the group released albums like x y and z, before disbanding in 2001.
Juvenile, Lil Wayne, B.G. and Turk have all had issues with the criminal system throughout the years, but it was Turk, Lil Wayne and B.G. who have had the most serious encounters.
Today’s ruling means that B.G. will not be released from prison until 2025, assuming he serves 85% of his federal prison sentence.
After his own series of legal issues, Juvenile told AllHipHop.com that he has matured throughout the years and often warns his fans of the consequences of engaging in illegal activities.
“I try to tell all the youngsters out there man, if you want to be gangster and go out there and thug-out and go out there and do certain things, just know there’s consequences,” Juvenile told AllHipHop.com. “It was a situation where it shouldn’t have happened; I wish it would have never happened. I wish he never would have got pulled over or whatever, but it happened. I just wish and am hoping that all you other cats out there take heed to that and don’t make the same mistake.”
Exclusive Hip-Hop Rumor: Did French Montana Get Arrested?!
Bad Boy/MMG charismatic rapper French Montana had a brush with the law last night that almost ended up with him in the slammer. The rapper was a passenger in a car, when it was pulled over for reasons that are still unclear. The police asked French to get out of the car and proceeded to frisk him. French instagram’ed a photo of the pat down. Check it out blow:
Thankfully, French instagram’ed the message, “They let me go much luv.” Glad to see we don’t have another rapper going to jail. With BG getting sentenced to 14 years yesterday and Beanie going away for two, I don’t want to see any more rappers getting locked up this year.
Epic Win Of The Day: The Dunk Of The Summer!
WOW. JUST WOW.
This acts as both the epic win of the day and the epic fail of the day. Guard Angelo Sharpless of Division II Elizabeth City State University did one of the most incredible dunks in recent memory on some poor sap at a Ben Wallace Summer Pro Am game a couple days ago. Check it out. At least nobody really knows the other dudes name. Still, he knows and he got shook right out of position. Hopefully he didn’t get dropped.