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Radio/TV Host Egypt Launches First Annual ‘Egypt’s Give Back Tour’

By: Grouchy Greg Watkins (@GrouchyGreg) Updated Category: News
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(AllHipHop News) Award winning radio host/TV personality Egypt Sherrod will host her first annual “Egypt’s Give Back Tour,” a five-day radio broadcast/tour being launched in partnership with a variety of non-profits to benefit the needy. Egypt has teamed with New York Cares, The Children’s Aid Society, Jersey Cares, Hudson Cradle, Toys 4 Tots, The Children’s Aid Society and New York Cares to present the multi-state tour, from December 13th-17th.Egypt will broadcast live from locations in Brooklyn, Bronx, Harlem, Queens and Newark, New Jersey, encouraging her tens-of-thousands of listeners to donate coats, toys and funds during the five-day tour, which will broadcast live for five full hours. “Recent statistics report that well over a half a million NYC residents will lose their unemployment benefits between now and May of 2011,” Egypt told AllHipHop.com in a statement. “That number is staggering! I’ve always felt a sense of responsibility to utilize the power I have behind the radio microphone to serve a much greater calling to help our communities; one that gives a voice and hope to the legions of Tri-state residents whose basic everyday needs might otherwise go unmet. The Give Back Tour is a big step in that direction.”Egypt is encouraging listeners to donate barley worn coats, unwrapped toys, financial donations from 10:00AM to 3:00PM on the dates listed below: Monday, December 13th?Brooklyn Center For Performing Arts?2900 Campus Road?Brooklyn, NY 11210 Tuesday, December 14th?Uptown Grand?2110 Seventh Ave.@ 125th StreetHarlem, NY 10027?? Wednesday, December 15th?Paradise Theater?2413 Grand Concourse?Bronx, NY 10468? Thursday, December 16thMetro PCS?162-01 Jamaica AvenueJamaica Queens, NY 11432??  Friday, December 17th?The Spot Lounge?45 Commerce Street?Newark, NJ 07102-4002

Curren$y and Wiz Khalifa Get Dissed Over “Huey Newton” Song

By: Grouchy Greg Watkins (@GrouchyGreg) Updated Category: Rumors
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CURREN$Y AND WIZ KHALIFA CATCH HEAT OVER NEW SONG!

I have to say, this brother has a point. Why they decided to use Huey Newton in a song, is beyond me. I hope these gets to these dudes. We don’t get this in school as it is, so we don’t need “kids” or other misinformed people foolish.

Peep the video.

Here is some info on the real Huey P. Newton.

Huey P. Newton Biography

( 1942 – 1989 )

Social activist. Born Huey Percy Newton on February 17, 1942, in Monroe, Louisiana. Newton helped establish the controversial African American political organization, The Black Panther Party and became a leading figure in the black power movement of the 1960s. As a teenager growing up in Oakland, California, he got in trouble with the law—as he did numerous times throughout his life.

Despite his legal run-ins, Newton began to take his education seriously. Although he graduated high school in 1959, Newton barely knew how to read. He became his own teacher, learning to read by himself. In the mid-1960s Newton decided to pursue his education at Merritt College where he met Bobby Seale. The two were briefly involved with political groups at the school before they set out to create one of their own. Founded in 1966, they called their group The Black Panther Party for Self Defense. Unlike many of the other social and political organizers of the time, they took a militant stance, advocating the ownership of guns by African Americans, and were often seen brandishing weapons. A famous photograph shows Newton—the group’s minister of defense—holding a gun in one hand and a spear in the other.The group believed that violence—or the threat of violence—might be needed to bring about social change. They set forth their political goals in a document called the Ten-Point Program, which included better housing, jobs, and education for African Americans. It also called for an end to economic exploitation of black communities. Still the organization itself was not afraid to punctuate its message with a show of force. For example, to protest a gun bill in 1967, Newton and other members of the Panthers entered the California Legislature fully armed. The action was a shocking one that made news across the country. And Newton emerged as a leading figure in the black militant movement.

The Black Panthers wanted to improve life in black communities and established social programs to help those in need. They also fought against police brutality in black neighborhoods by mostly white cops. Members of the group would go to arrests in progress and watch for abuse. Newton himself was arrested in 1967 for allegedly killing an Oakland police officer during a traffic stop. He was later convicted of voluntary manslaughter and sentenced to 2 to 15 years in prison. But public pressure—“Free Huey” became a popular slogan of the day—helped Newton’s cause. The case was eventually dismissed after two retrials ended with hung juries.

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Producer 9th Wonder, David Banner Launch New Comic Series

By: Grouchy Greg Watkins (@GrouchyGreg) Updated Category: News
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(AllHipHop News) Producer 9th Wonder and rapper David Banner are increasing the promotional efforts surrounding their highly anticipated collaboration album Death of A Pop Star, with the announcement of a new comic strip series. The pair’s latest effort is an anime-styled comic strip that centers around 9th and Banner living in the real world with superhuman powers. While 9th Wonder’s character struggles with inner conflict, discipline and violence, David Banner’s character must rise from an impoverished neighborhood, while following a higher calling. “Comics, sneakers, and Hip-Hop have always been close-knit with each other for years and years,” 9th Wonder told AllHipHop.com. “This comic strip will show you exactly how CLOSE the relationships between those entities are. Death of a Pop Star!”Banner revealed that the unveiling of the comic strip follows the pairs original vision for the conceptual album, which is slated to hit stores on December 21st. “The idea with Death of a Pop Star was never for it to be only an album,” Banner added. “The aim of this project was to engage the consumer on many different levels.  With the music industry being in the state it’s in, we as artist need to provide as much intriguing content as possible for our fans.  This is the second step in exposing the Death of a Pop Star project on many different platforms.”  In addition to the comic strip, 9th Wonder and David Banner recently shot a video for “Be With You” featuring Ludacris, that is slated to debut on MTV on December 16th. The first installation of the comic can be viewed December 9th on http://www.deathofapopstar.com/.