Franks Ski Wine tasting & Charity Auction
By Thaddeus From Exclusiveaccess.net
Frank Ski and his wife Tanya Ski (left), who heads the Frank Ski Kids Foundation, held their annual Wine Tasting & Auction at their lovely estate yesterday. I’m told the house was slam packed with celebs and VIPs who opened their wallets and purses to donate to the Foundation. In years past, the auction has taken in over $100,000 in one night! The Frank Ski Kids Foundation was formed to meet the financial and educational needs of under-served children in Atlanta and beyond. More Pics Below.
Wordonthestreetsmag.com Presents The Snitchin Awards 2009
CEO and Founder of Wordonthestreetsmag.com Isis Wisdom is doing an online awards show called the “Snitchin Awards”. The online awards show is a humorous parody with a voters committee of 20 industry people that will come up with the Nominees based on a private voting session.
Wordonthestreetsmag.com’s Top 10 Hip Hop Artist Of 2009
By NailzBuck50
Ok with all the heat that MTV caught for their rendition of who they thought was the best top 10 hip hop artist of 2009 we feel that there were certain Emcees that were completely over looked. It would appear that they were more concerned with the popularity of an artist. This my people is exactly the reason why media and music changes so drastically. So with out further ado here is our top 10 Love it or hate it we said it and we are sticking to our guns.
In Case You Missed The 2009 Vh1 Hip-Hop Honors
I actually was one of those who missed the show but thanks to World Star Hip Hop I’m catching up on some of the footage. Above is Eminem doing a contribute to LL Cool J with Jazzy Jeff on the ones and twos and Black Thought from the roots. More video footage below.
Photos:Pics Of The BET HipHop Awards Show
We told you that more pics of the awards show would be trickling in this week. Well here is some more of the actual awards show. This is more then we could have gotten on the red carpet shout out to Ice Cube for receiving the I am Hip-hop award,pics below.
Photos: 2009 BET Hip-Hop Awards Red Carpet
Photography by Freddy O
BET had it’s 4th annual hip-hop awards show and we got the photos to let you see who all attended. Jay-Z and Young Jeezy was there but did not walk the red carpet so don’t ask me for those photos. pics up under the hood.
5th Annual Florida Entertainment Summit
Producers of the 5th Annual Florida Entertainment Summit (FES) announced today that their 5th annual event will take place on December 10-12, 2009 at The Miami Music Festival.
The 2009 Essence Music Festival Presented By Coca-Cola
THE ULTIMATE PARTY WEEKEND TO FEATURE HEADLINE PERFORMANCES BY BEYONCE, MAXWELL, ANITA BAKER, LIONEL RICHIE, AL GREEN, JOHN LEGEND, NE-YO, SALT-N-PEPA, ROBIN THICKE, CHARLIE WILSON, JAZMINE SULLIVAN, MAZE FEATURING FRANKIE BEVERLY, TEENA MARIE AND EN VOGUE
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