BOAZ: "Go Hard Freestyle" IS COMING SOON! CHECK BOAZ'S MYSPACE OUT!

Boaz goes in over the DJ Khaled feat/T Pain & Kanye West record "Go Hard." Just another Boaz freestyle to keep the streets and net tuned into Boaz before his debut album "The Audiobiography" and first official music video for his hit single "Gettin Mine" has dropped below!!!



Be friends at MySpace

www.myspace.com/boazgov

DONNY GOINES ON FUSE-TV.

Donny Goines appeared on a show called "The Weekly Riff" this past Friday and it was pretty fun. Something out of the norm you know? CHECK IT OUT.

THE TORONTO SUN PROFILES AWARD WINNING DYNAMIC NEW RAPPER JD ERA.

Reporter Nicholas Davis of the Toronto Sun features Canadian hip-hop artist JD Era in an article titled "JD Era jumps into full time." Joseph Dako is considered one of the premier young music artists in Canada. He goes by the stage name JD Era. For the past three years, he has been juggling his academics with his burgeoning music career, and he's found success in both. But this year, he's going to focus solely on his music career so he can learn all he needs to learn to become a successful recording artist.

"I want to be able to make music my career," says Dako, who also took business courses when he was at university. "I know if things don't work out I can always go back to university and finish off my degree, but I really feel now is the time to try to establish myself beyond Canada's hip hop community."

I met JD Era at the Toronto Independent Music Awards on July 31st where he won "Best Rap Artist" and he gave me a lovely interview below and shows you that anybody can be whatever they wanna be.

On August 24 2008 at The Mod Club JD Era was crowned the Toronto winner of TAG Records’ Survival of The Freshest Competition. Surviving all the head- to-head elimination style rounds, this emcee consistently wowed the crowd and fans voted finally voted him “The Freshest!”

Earning a cash prize of $5000.00 by skillfully beating out all of the other 63 competitors, JD Era’s clever lyrics secured him a spot in the finals where he could win a demo recording deal with TAG Records. JD Era will travel to the United States to verbally duke it out once again. This time he will face about 50 finalists from the United States with the hopes of coming out on top.

“Headed up by Jermaine Durpi, TAG Records is a collaboration between Def Jam Records and TAG Body Spray in an effort to give emerging hip-hop artists an opportunity to show their talents and make history. “ (www.tagrecords.com)

“Someone had to lose and I'm happy it wasn't me. It was dope; just another step closer to being the best!”

(JD Era on the Survival of the Freshest Competition - Toronto )

• Read the Toronto Sun article first.

• Be JD Era's friend on MySpace: www.myspace.com/jdera

• JD Era was interviewed in depth by The Hip-Hop Chronicle in the U.K

• Listen to JD Era's "Blame Me."

• Watch HipHossip's interview below.
  
  
  
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  Download his new mixtape Coming To America here.

  
  
  

CHECK THIS OUT!!!---Benisour (N-Music) The Grain ft Akon

Benisour continues to prove his masterful talent at making hit records, enlisting on sounds from R&B marvel AKON for his newest single, "The Grain." Not your typical collaboration, Benisour and AKON share this song to express the bitter sweet sensation of unrequieted love. AKON's soothing pitch contrasts perfectly with Benisour phenomenal swagger. Benisour boasts previous collaborations with Junior Reid, Freeway, DJ Khaled, and DJ GQ on songs and mixtapes that have garnered praise in Carbon8 Magazine, UGHH.com, and the cover of Ozone Magazine, to name a few. This single will undoubtedly add to the buzz, leading up to several mixtape releases scheduled for late Fall this year.

Man! I like this guy! He's HOT and so is his music. He needs to double up as my BOO and Bodyguard!! LOL!

The Grain: Clean version
Dirty version (You know you want it!)


Myspace.com/Benisour

RAPPER SHAWTY LO NABS FIVE OZONE AWARD NOMINATIONS!!

I really don't care who this Meatball or Meatloaf character is who allegedly says he beat up Shawty Lo. Fock all the haters in that ATL! All I know is Shawty told me there is only one King and boy, I can't wait to play you all that interview I did with him via phone on July 2nd 2008! They are just trying to spark something that's not there between him and T.I. Shawty supports his community and some of these wannabe's DON'T! Now to the GOOD NEWS!

5 NOMINATIONS FOR SHAWTY LO!

Atlanta rapper Shawty Lo received five nominations for Ozone Magazine's third annual Ozone Awards show, which will be held in Houston, TX, August 8th-11th. The Bankhead representer picked up nods in the categories of Breakthrough Artist, Club Banger of the Year for "Dey Know", Best Mixtape/Street Album for the DJ Scream-assisted "I'm Da Man 2", Mixtape Monster Award and Best Rap Album for his solo debut "Units In The City" (D4L Records/Asylum). Says Shawty Lo about his multiple nominations, "I'm very honored to be nominated and appreciate the recognition and all of the support. It's been a long time coming and a lot of hard work but it's all paying off."

VOTE FOR DONNY GOINES!!!!

This is my homey Donny Goines. He's extremely talented, a brilliant MC and a future superstar. Not only is he a dope MC but he's so humble. He has a great attitude towards music and Ive got a lot of respect for him. He's also been nominated for a Underground Music Award in the I-Buzz Factory category.

Place your vote for Donny by visiting here

Each week he does a video called 'Bars' where he has another MC and they freestyle.

Here's a sample video -

Do It For Hip Hop (Video)

His interview with The Hip-Hop Chronicle.

Check Donny out!!!! He's absolutely HOT!

www.myspace.com/donnygoines

LISTEN TO JAY ROCK--ONE TALENTED CAT!

Over the weekend Jay Rock came out with a freestyle over The Game's track featuring Kisha Kole. On this track Jay raps about the all people that have helped him get to where he is today as a person and as a rapper. Check the freestyle over here......
This is how I wanna rap some day! This is HOT!!!

VIDEO OF THE DAY: CHECK OUT MA GURL TINY'S NIECE QT JAZZ!

I'm not saying this because I lived there for years but anything coming out of the ATL right now is all that! This young lady is called "QT Jazz" and it helps if your aunt is R&B singer Tiny from Xscape. Tiny of course is Rapper T.I's leading lady and my #1 friend on MySpace plus wanted me to show you all this....... I need to interview the KID! Remember Ciara? You interview them before they blow up. They need to be discovered and I want Canada to see QT Jazz!

RAPPER EMMANUEL JAL THE WARCHILD PERFORMS AT MANDELA CONCERT TONITE!!!

My sister blogger Sumit at The HIP-HOP CHRONICLE was the first blog in the U.K to do an exclusive interview with him and we featured it here on Hip-Hossip. Emmanuel Jal was wielding an AK-47 as a child soldier in Sudan's civil war.

"My childhood was destructive," says Jal, 28. "It stresses me when I share my story, but it's a responsibility now. A lot of Sudanese have the same story, and they are quiet. If I testify, I might prevent another kid from losing his childhood."

Jal is testifying on three fronts. His major-label debut, WARchild, chronicles Jal's journey in a blunt rap diary. He's the focus of the upcoming War Child documentary, winner of the Cadillac Award at New York's Tribeca Film Festival. And an autobiography, Warchild: A Boy Soldier's Story, is due in early 2009 from St. Martin's Press. He is performing tonight at the Mandela concert in London. You can stream it live on VH1.com at 1.30pm ET

See Sumit's exclusive interview and Jal's youTube videos here.

Today's USA TODAY article.