Mike Opoku's Choreography featuring Jarrod Singh & Khaila Char to Drake's and Jojo's version of Marvin's Room!
Friday, July 15, 2011
Tuesday, June 14, 2011
The long awaiting Chapter 7 of the "Unauthorized Biographies" Oprah Winfrey has finally been realized! We premiered all the movie bios 2 years ago at Durham College at movie night and in 2011 we plan to do it again to raise awareness of Black History! Big ups to Shaun Boothe!
Tell what ya think!
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Friday, May 27, 2011
And the Juno Goes to...
Our homie Shad talks about his recent Juno win for 2011 Canadian Rap Recording of the Year and much more!
The Drake Hotel will host a Toronto Graffiti Summit Town Hall on May 31st to discuss and present ideas to address the city’s recent stand on the subject under Rob Ford’s campaign promise to “clean up our city’s streets.”
The town hall meeting will address both sides of the issue and feature presentations from people involved in the world of graf as well as people negatively affected by the ‘vandalism’ of public spaces, in order to find a balance between freedom of expression through street art and preservation of private property.
Syrus Ware, Program Coordinator of Youth Programs at the Art Gallery of Ontario will provide credence to the art form & its importance to modern art. Paula “La Bomba” Gonzalez-Ossa, Graffiti Artist will provide a street artist perspective and how marginalized youth can find positive outlets through the art form. Panelists will include Shawn “Zion” Jones, Graffiti legend and Owner of The Bomb Shelter and Jeff Melanson, Special Advisor on the Arts to Toronto Mayor Rob Ford amongst several others.
This will be an important step in defining how Toronto really views this issue and how we can proceed with this impending crackdown on street art. I personally think that graffiti is just as important an art form as any other and that freedom of expression through public forums should not be silenced. It adds character to our lack luster and otherwise bland structures however, I believe there are certain lines that should not be crossed such as the defacement of historical and heritage buildings. Where do YOU stand on this issue?
The Summit begins at 7pm inside The Drake Hotel (1150 Queen St. West) with seating on a first-come, first-serve basis and is FREE for all to attend. If this is a topic of discussion that is important to you (which I sure many of our readers would say, is) then this may be something worth checking out.
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Thursday, April 28, 2011
Kanye West is invited to the Royal Wedding and the Obama’s were not, according to USA Today. Is this a Royal snub to the Obama’s or is this traditional protocol? Prince William and Kate have invited some big celebrities, such as Kanye West, along with heads of state to their Royal Nuptials. Then why have they left the President and Michele Obama off the list?
A list of 1,900 folks are invited to the Royal Wedding and Kayne West is one of them. While he is very big in the music world, he holds no where near the prestige that the Commander and Chief of the United States of America does, or does he in this case?
According to E Online, in this case he does. Prince William and Kate are inviting who they want to their wedding and Kayne West, being a popular singer of their time, may be one of the special guests. As far as President Obama goes, British protocol does not include inviting World leaders for the Royal Wedding of Prince William and Kate. This is because William is not next in line for the British Throne.
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Kanye > Obama? What do you guys think?!
Friday, April 15, 2011
TMZ is reporting that DJ Pauly D is extremely close to joining 50 Cent's G-Unit Records. The two have apparently met in New York City last week to discuss a three-album record deal for the "Jersey Shore" star. Sources also told TMZ that Curtis is looking to complete the deal before Pauly heads over to Italy to shoot the upcoming season of Jersey Shore. Um, where's Vinny's deal? LOL
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