Wyclef Jean Takes Waka Flocka To School

Rapper/producer/musician Wyclef Jean took a hiatus from music to take care of some very important work. Just over three years ago, an 7.0 earthquake shook the tiny island of Haiti, killing hundreds of thousands and leaving millions homeless. When news of the earthquake broke, Wyclef headed back to his home country to help out. The former Fugees member was very vocal about the rebuilding process and even threw his hat into the political arena to run for president in Haiti. Although he his presidential hopes were dashed, Wyclef still does what he can to help out his fellow Haitian brothers and sisters in the slow, pain-staking process of putting their lives and country back together.

Fast forward a couple years later and Wyclef, who also released an autobiography while taking a break, is back on the music scene with a brand new mixtape. Taking all of hip hop artist to school. Giving the heart of hip hop and music new life. Titled, April Showers, the Grammy-winning rapper and producer makes a triumphant return with a solid mixtape filled with club bangers, soulful hits and freestyles.

To mark the release of April Showers, Wyclef held an exclusive listening party for industry insiders and VIP guests. Held at The Spot located on the first floor of the luxe Trump Soho in lower Manhattan, the Haitian native moved the packed crowd with tunes from his latest project.

On hand were several artists featured on April Showers. Including Atlanta Georgia Rapper Waka Flocka Flame.

The rest is at 4UMF

 

39 Emcees Come Together to Do the Ultimate Cypher to raise Money for Haiti

Hip Hop Congress for Haiti is a Hip Hop song created by Hip Hop Congress & RonDavoux Records to Raise Awareness and Inspire people to donate money and supplies to Haiti in support of rebuilding the country after the devastating earthquake in 2010. The song features Rap,R & B, Soul & Spoken Word from 39 Artists from around the world supporting Haiti in solidarity. HHC/RDV is releasing this song on the 3 year Anniversary to remind everyone that the struggle in Haiti is far from over. The song also discusses various topics about Haiti’s Historical Value from the perspective of  each Artist & their diverse views!
http://hiphopcongress.nationbuilder.com  and http://www.HipHopCongress.com

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VvlYjns5c-g&feature=youtu.be

Yung Azz J of RDV (Oakland,CA)
DLabrie of RDV (Oakland,CA)
Stress of Crimson Vision (Queens, NY)
Damion Glass (Oakland,CA)
Rahman Jamaal of RDV (Redwood City,CA)
Akil the MC of Jurassic 5 (L.A to Atlanta,GA)
Marvaless (Sacramento,CA)
Bueno (Sacramento,CA)
Bigg Mann of Cap Biz/Geddog Records (Sacramento,CA)
Knowble of Serendipity Project (Santa Cruz, CA to Boston,MA)
Knobody of Hieroglyphics (Oakland,CA)
Tone of GorillaPits (San Leandro,CA)
KLoc of GorillaPits (San Leandro,CA)
Remy Red of The Dragons (San Leandro,CA)
XSF of The Dragons (San Leandro,CA)
D-Nick of F.E.W (Chicago, IL to Flint, MI
YDMC of RDV (San Jose,CA to Atlanta,GA)
Ony Oz of One Survival Movement (Richmond, CA/Sacramento,CA)
Ms Vybe (Sacramento,CA)
Dorn the Overseer (L.A)
Blaze 5 (Las Vegas ,NV)
Halo Bzerk (Las Vegas ,NV)
Dru Diamondz (Bronx N.Y)
Big Roma
Dot Goodie of Hustlanity Ent/Team Goody (Oakland,CA)
Lil Blood of Livewire Records (Oakland, CA)
Maj Gutta of Hustlanity Ent. (Oakland, CA
Rux – RuxWorld /Nu Realm Ent. (Vallejo, CA)
Chonkum of BlockMonsta Muzik/Team Goodie(Oakland, CA)
Young Deshi (Dhaka, Bangladesh)
Sellassie of In House (San Francisco, CA)
Machetero (Watsonville, CA)
Mikhael (Bay Area,CA)
Megabusive of Isolated Wax (San Jose, CA)
Johnny Afro of KZSU Stanford Radio (East Palo Alto, CA)
Pygmalion
Nat the Boss of HHK Records (Oakland, CA)
J Ross Parrelli (Auburn,CA/Long Beach, New Jersey)
Hippie Hop (Tracy,CA)

CHANGING THE WORLD ONE CYPHER AT A TIME!!
Contact – RDVbiz1@gmail More Info or Download -www.DLabrie.com

Don’t Forget..Hurricane Sandy Wrecked Havoc on More Than Just NY..

Haiti has been hard hit

By now its obvious to all of us that Hurricane Sandy did some serious damage to New York City. We pray for those suffering and we pray for those 11 people reported dead in the aftermath of this huge storm. At the same time, while all our attention is focused on New York, there are a few things to keep in mind.. First NY has vast resources and lots of contingency plans. The eyes of the world is upon her and thus as bad as Sandy has been the path to recovery will be certain and it will be swift.

What many of us including folks in NY may want to do, is note that natural disaster know no boundaries and thus our collective attention should be on all those who have been impacted by Hurricane Sandy. Her fierce winds and waves wrecked havoc in Haiti, which was already beleaguered with hundreds of thousands of folks still living in tents 2 years after the 7.5 earthquake. Sandy wrecked havoc in Cuba, Dominican Republic, Jamaican and throughout the Caribbean. More than 60 people have been killed in those neighboring countries. Haiti has lost her crops.. Over 200k are left homeless with far fewer resources to rescue and restore what was lost..

I wish here news outlets would be more mindful of this when speaking about Sandy.. It was a storm of immense proportions and devastation..Sadly what we see taking place are stories about when and how the stock exchange will open and what the cost will be.. I hope the rest of us recognize the humanity in others beyond  our borders and the narrow framing of corporate news outlets..We can’t say we recovered until the folks south of us have recovered. All lives our precious, not just ours in the US..