Over the weekend, our girl Karen Civil hosted a CMJ show with Kendrick Lamar and friends at the Gramercy Theatre in New York City. Performers for the night included Skotch Davis, Jasmine Solano, Ricky Rude, Neako, Chase N. Cashe, Troy Ave., Rich Hil, The Airplane Boys and of course Kendrick. Check out Karen’s recap of the night below. Marisa Mendez
Wiz Khalifa x Curren$y x Big Sean – Weed Brownies
After announcing the trio’s upcoming collaborative mixtape earlier today, the boys drop their third consecutive joint track, “Weed Brownies.” I’m going to need them to hurry up and release this mixtape artwork so I can stop hunting for random pictures of the guys togther for these posts!! LOL!! Listen to Wiz, Spitta and Sean rap about one of their favorite foods after the jump. Marisa Mendez
Newark Mayor Cory Booker Uses Twitter to Help Get to Those in Need + Teams Up With Popular Underground Emcee During #2010Blizzard
This is truly an example of using technology for its full potential to do good. There were so many trapped in the storm somewhere yesterday…whether people stuck on the road with their cars, the elderly unable to get some sort of medicine, mothers who couldn’t get their child diapers…the list goes on and on. The mayor of Newark, NJ used the power of Twitter to get to all of them. “Where is she I will go now! RT @PrincessED89: shoveled driveway plowers came, closed us back in. My grandma is 82 yrs old, she can’t get out” he tweeted earlier today in response to one follower. He even replied to tweets about garbage pick up, made jokes about fire-flaming the snow and even went out there HIMSELF to dig cars out. “ And u didn’t stop and help me? RT @lifeofYSL_Louie: just seen @CoryBooker bald head on South Orange ave pushn cars ! lmao” One tweeter in particular caught his attention. Popular underground rapper Neako expressed frustration that the side streets weren’t cleaned and there were people stuck with no help in sight. The mayor caught the tweets, they exchanged numbers via DM and soon the 2 were together helping cars and sharing convo!!! Today Booker even joked he should have given Neako his demo. Such a great story!! @MarisaMendez
