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The Good Life Cafe was a health food market and cafe in Los Angeles, California, known for its open mic nights that helped the 1990s Los Angeles alternative hip hop movement flourish. In 2008, director Ava DuVernay, who had performed at the cafe with the Figures of Speech hip hop group, released a documentary about the cafe, This Is The Life ...
A musician at a Sausalito open mic in July 2008. An open mic or open mike (shortened from "open microphone") is a live show at a venue such as a coffeehouse, nightclub, comedy club, strip club, or pub, often taking place at night (an open mic night), in which audience members may perform on stage whether they are amateurs or professionals, often for the first time or to promote an upcoming ...
The Lyricist Lounge was founded in 1991 by hip hop aficionados Danny Castro and Anthony Marshall. [1] It was a series of open mic events hosted in a small studio apartment in the Lower East Side section of New York City.
The Spirit of Life Gala, hosted by the cancer research and treatment organization City of Hope, will honor hip-hop mogul and entrepreneur Lyor Cohen with a one-time-only version of DJ Cassidy’s ...
Erie musician Jason Heberle inspired countless others to get onstage; Friday's competition at Voodoo Brewing Co. will feature 30 open mic acts in his memory.
Project Blowed is an open-mic workshop, its affiliated underground hip hop crew and record label based in Los Angeles, California at 3333 Leimert. [2] This hip hop function started in 1994 and features many music groups, emcees, dancers, music producers, and graffiti artists local to the Southern California area.
While Urban Beach Week is a hip-hop dominated music event, major reggae artists from the US and abroad have also appeared. [3]Major artists who have performed at Urban Beach Week related shows include Flo Rida, [5] Twista, [5] Mr. Vegas, [3] Shaggy, [3] Lil Bow Wow, Funkmaster Flex, [7] Fat Joe, [7] Marcia Griffiths, [7] and Pitbull.
Lil Wayne spoke for a lot of people attending Saturday’s “50 Years of Hip-Hop” celebration at the official residence of the vice president of the United States in Washington, D.C.: At the ...