City of Hope, one of the largest cancer research and treatment organizations in the United States, honored Lyor Cohen, global head of Music at YouTube and Google, last week at its Music, Film and Entertainment Industry (Mfei) fundraising group’s Spirit of Life Gala.
DJ Jazzy Jeff and LL Cool J perform onstage during City of Hope's 2023 Music, Film & Entertainment Industry Spirit of Life Gala
Credit/Copyright: Johnny Nunez/Getty Images for City of Hope
The annual event featured a special performance from LL Cool J and DJ Jazzy Jeff, plus a curated “DJ Cassidy’s Pass The Mic Live!” segment with – in order of appearance – Slick Rick, Kurtis Blow, Big Daddy Kane, Mc Serch, Nice ’N Smooth, Epmd, Redman, Onyx, Warren G, Domino, Musiq Soulchild, Dru Hill, Ja Rule, T.I., Swizz Beatz and Public Enemy.
This year’s Spirit of Life campaign culminated at the sold-out gala held...
DJ Jazzy Jeff and LL Cool J perform onstage during City of Hope's 2023 Music, Film & Entertainment Industry Spirit of Life Gala
Credit/Copyright: Johnny Nunez/Getty Images for City of Hope
The annual event featured a special performance from LL Cool J and DJ Jazzy Jeff, plus a curated “DJ Cassidy’s Pass The Mic Live!” segment with – in order of appearance – Slick Rick, Kurtis Blow, Big Daddy Kane, Mc Serch, Nice ’N Smooth, Epmd, Redman, Onyx, Warren G, Domino, Musiq Soulchild, Dru Hill, Ja Rule, T.I., Swizz Beatz and Public Enemy.
This year’s Spirit of Life campaign culminated at the sold-out gala held...
- 10/26/2023
- Look to the Stars
Members of the entertainment industry came together to celebrate 50 years of City of Hope, 50 years of hip-hop and the 40-year career of music executive Lyor Cohen at the annual Spirit of Life Gala at the Pacific Design Center in Los Angeles Wednesday night. Sixteen artists took to the stage during a special DJ Cassidy Pass the Mic Live! segment at the sold-out event, which counted Jay Z, Diddy, Jermaine Dupri and other A-listers among its 900 guests.
City of Hope’s Music, Film and Entertainment Industry (Mfei) fundraising group raised more than $4.3 million to address racial and socioeconomic inequities in cancer treatment and prevention at the event, adding to the more than $150 million Mfei has raised over City of Hope’s 50-year history. The focus on improving cancer outcomes for communities of color is what moved Cohen, who started out managing artists at Def Jam Records before co-founding his own independent label,...
City of Hope’s Music, Film and Entertainment Industry (Mfei) fundraising group raised more than $4.3 million to address racial and socioeconomic inequities in cancer treatment and prevention at the event, adding to the more than $150 million Mfei has raised over City of Hope’s 50-year history. The focus on improving cancer outcomes for communities of color is what moved Cohen, who started out managing artists at Def Jam Records before co-founding his own independent label,...
- 10/19/2023
- by Brande Victorian
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Time is Illmatic
Written by Erik Parker
Directed by One9
USA, 2014
According to the tale told by the documentary Time is Illmatic, an 18-year-old New York rapper named Nasir Jones, calling himself Nasty Nas, changed hip-hop forever by going onstage at a local barbeque party in Queens in 1991 and delivering a verse that included the lyric “At the age of twelve, I went to hell for snuffing Jesus.” That line was noticed by local legend Mc Serch, who gave Nas a lyric on his next album, which got the attention of Columbia Records, who signed Nas to deliver a debut album that would eventually be called Illmatic. As Malcolm Gladwell might say, sometimes it’s all about being an outlier in full view of the right people.
However, Time is Illmatic succeeds as a documentary because it has almost zero focus on such oddities of the music business. Illmatic became...
Written by Erik Parker
Directed by One9
USA, 2014
According to the tale told by the documentary Time is Illmatic, an 18-year-old New York rapper named Nasir Jones, calling himself Nasty Nas, changed hip-hop forever by going onstage at a local barbeque party in Queens in 1991 and delivering a verse that included the lyric “At the age of twelve, I went to hell for snuffing Jesus.” That line was noticed by local legend Mc Serch, who gave Nas a lyric on his next album, which got the attention of Columbia Records, who signed Nas to deliver a debut album that would eventually be called Illmatic. As Malcolm Gladwell might say, sometimes it’s all about being an outlier in full view of the right people.
However, Time is Illmatic succeeds as a documentary because it has almost zero focus on such oddities of the music business. Illmatic became...
- 4/18/2014
- by Mark Young
- SoundOnSight
It may have been the most New York moment in years.
Robert De Niro, onstage Wednesday night at the Beacon Theatre, introduced Time Is Illmatic, the new documentary on Nas' 1994 landmark debut Illmatic, to kick off the Tribeca Film Festival. "Twenty years ago, I would've been 20 years too old for this music," quipped the actor and festival co-founder to a boisterous crowd of fans, media and seemingly every important hip-hop figure in mid-Nineties New York.
Nas: My Life in 20 Songs
Unlike music docs that attempt to deify or elevate the obscure — Anvil,...
Robert De Niro, onstage Wednesday night at the Beacon Theatre, introduced Time Is Illmatic, the new documentary on Nas' 1994 landmark debut Illmatic, to kick off the Tribeca Film Festival. "Twenty years ago, I would've been 20 years too old for this music," quipped the actor and festival co-founder to a boisterous crowd of fans, media and seemingly every important hip-hop figure in mid-Nineties New York.
Nas: My Life in 20 Songs
Unlike music docs that attempt to deify or elevate the obscure — Anvil,...
- 4/17/2014
- Rollingstone.com
THR reports that daytime talk shows Trisha and The Test have both been cancelled. In addition, Mc Serch's test series Serch won't be moving forward.
NBCUniversal has confirmed that Trisha, which stars British talk show host Trisha Goddard, is being cancelled after two seasons. In a statement, the studio said, "Trisha is a great talent and we recognize and are grateful for all of the hard work that Trisha and the production staff have put in to the show for the past two seasons."
Meanwhile, CBS Television Distribution wouldn't comment on the cancellation of The Test, a conflict resolution talk show, but sources confirmed the bad news. Hosted by Kirk Fox, it premiered last September but never caught on. Both Trisha and The Test have averaged a 0.6 rating this season.
Serch had a three week test-run on Tribune stations in New...
NBCUniversal has confirmed that Trisha, which stars British talk show host Trisha Goddard, is being cancelled after two seasons. In a statement, the studio said, "Trisha is a great talent and we recognize and are grateful for all of the hard work that Trisha and the production staff have put in to the show for the past two seasons."
Meanwhile, CBS Television Distribution wouldn't comment on the cancellation of The Test, a conflict resolution talk show, but sources confirmed the bad news. Hosted by Kirk Fox, it premiered last September but never caught on. Both Trisha and The Test have averaged a 0.6 rating this season.
Serch had a three week test-run on Tribune stations in New...
- 4/3/2014
- by TVSeriesFinale.com
- TVSeriesFinale.com
This comes completely out of left field, as the saying goes... Mc Serch, who rose to fame as one of the earliest white rappers with "cred", performing with as part of the group 3rd Bass and then as a solo artist, will headline a new syndicated, daytime talk show from CBS Television, titled simply Serch. The news was announced today by Maureen FitzPatrick, Executive Vice President of Programming and Development at CBS Television Distribution and Sean Compton, President of Programming and Entertainment at Tribune Company. The daily, hour-long show will begin a four-week test run exclusively on Tribune Broadcasting stations in eight markets, starting on on January 6, 2014. ABC News...
- 9/26/2013
- by Tambay A. Obenson
- ShadowAndAct
In CBS TV Distribution‘s first major move under the new regime, the company is launching Serch, a syndicated daytime hourlong talk show hosted by one of the first white rappers who has been performing under the name Mc Serch. (watch music video below) The show will begin a four-week test run on Tribune stations in eight markets, including New York and Los Angeles, on January 6, 2014. This is the first time the Tribune stations are participating in such a trial run, a practice introduced by the Fox stations, which try out new syndicated talk shows for six weeks in the summer. Serch extends the relationship between Cdt and Tribune who are partnered on two new syndicated shows this fall, Arsenio and The Test. ABC News veteran Ethan Nelson will serve as executive producer of the New York-based Serch, which will feature real people with real issues, relying on host Serch...
- 9/26/2013
- by NELLIE ANDREEVA
- Deadline TV
Rapper jokes that his dreams for the future include 'a mustache, a lot of money ... a bunch of ridiculous things I don't need.'
By Rya Backer
Mac Miller
Photo: MTV News
"Do they have gefilte fish?"
A tired, always genial and very funny Mac Miller took a break from his what-seems-like-forever-long nationwide tour to come to New York to handle some promotional affairs. His debut Ep, Blue Slide Park, drops November 8. Staring wide-eyed at the menu for legendary Lower East Side Jewish eatery Katz's Delicatessen, the "half-Jewish" Miller is awestruck by all the fare.
Unfortunately, they don't have his appetite's desire, and instead we tuck into deli standards: corned beef, pastrami and a bowl of matzo ball soup. And with that, our "date" snowballs into a conversation ranging from what he likes to do when he's not rapping to his joining the fraternity of famous Jewish rappers (he's quick...
By Rya Backer
Mac Miller
Photo: MTV News
"Do they have gefilte fish?"
A tired, always genial and very funny Mac Miller took a break from his what-seems-like-forever-long nationwide tour to come to New York to handle some promotional affairs. His debut Ep, Blue Slide Park, drops November 8. Staring wide-eyed at the menu for legendary Lower East Side Jewish eatery Katz's Delicatessen, the "half-Jewish" Miller is awestruck by all the fare.
Unfortunately, they don't have his appetite's desire, and instead we tuck into deli standards: corned beef, pastrami and a bowl of matzo ball soup. And with that, our "date" snowballs into a conversation ranging from what he likes to do when he's not rapping to his joining the fraternity of famous Jewish rappers (he's quick...
- 11/3/2011
- MTV Music News
Mobb Deep, Slaughterhouse, Erykah Badu and more revisit classic material for a day of hip-hop celebration on New York stop.
By Rob Markman
Nas at Rock The Bells
Photo: MTV News
New York — Thousands of rap fans gathered in hip-hop's birth city for a daylong celebration of the genre's classics. Nas, Lauryn Hill, Erykah Badu and Wu-Tang Clan's Raekwon and Ghostface Killah all performed at the Rock the Bells 2011 festival on Governor's Island in New York City on Saturday (September 3).
The musical tour was comprised of four stages, including the main Rock the Bells stage, the Wu-inspired 36 Chambers stage and the underground-themed Paid Dues stage. More than 20 acts, including Mobb Deep, Slaughterhouse, Black Moon, Big K.R.I.T., the Immortal Technique and Gza, performed, with some dedicating their sets to their own classic albums; others devoted their shows to just a gang of fan-favorites.
The festivities kicked off at approximately 2 p.
By Rob Markman
Nas at Rock The Bells
Photo: MTV News
New York — Thousands of rap fans gathered in hip-hop's birth city for a daylong celebration of the genre's classics. Nas, Lauryn Hill, Erykah Badu and Wu-Tang Clan's Raekwon and Ghostface Killah all performed at the Rock the Bells 2011 festival on Governor's Island in New York City on Saturday (September 3).
The musical tour was comprised of four stages, including the main Rock the Bells stage, the Wu-inspired 36 Chambers stage and the underground-themed Paid Dues stage. More than 20 acts, including Mobb Deep, Slaughterhouse, Black Moon, Big K.R.I.T., the Immortal Technique and Gza, performed, with some dedicating their sets to their own classic albums; others devoted their shows to just a gang of fan-favorites.
The festivities kicked off at approximately 2 p.
- 9/4/2011
- MTV Music News
Legendarily influential comedian George Carlin's signature bit surrounded the seven words you were not allowed to say on television (ironically, that list has eroded a bit since the routine first premiered). Those same taboo words also apply to pop music, which still frowns on dreaded curse words. But just because you aren't allowed to hear them on the radio doesn't mean that musicians don't keep dropping f-bombs (which is why your local station is filled to the brim with "clean" edits of your favorite tunes). Gnarls Barkley and Goodie Mob member Cee-Lo bypassed the radio edit game entirely when he dropped his latest single "F--- You" over the weekend. It became an immediate viral hit, notching well over a million streams on YouTube and instantly building buzz for Cee-Lo's forthcoming album The Lady Killer.
With the instant success of "F--- You" (a soul-driven throwback that features the amazing chorus...
With the instant success of "F--- You" (a soul-driven throwback that features the amazing chorus...
- 8/24/2010
- by Kyle Anderson
- MTV Newsroom
In the decade or so since Eminem first appeared on the scene with his debut album The Slim Shady LP, he has changed the music game in more ways than one. His breakthrough 2000 release The Marshall Mathers LP paved the way for edgier hip-hop to live at the top of the Billboard album chart. He bridged the gap between the worlds of mainstream pop (he was a staple on "Total Request Live" with the likes of Britney Spears and 98 Degrees), pure hip-hop (he was a well-respected freestylist who associated with Dr. Dre) and the more aggro side of the rock world (his songs were often played on modern rock radio and would often tour with guitar bands). In addition to being the best-selling artist of the past decade, Eminem also changed things culturally (in many ways for the better).
When his first album became a huge hit, most people expected...
When his first album became a huge hit, most people expected...
- 6/24/2010
- by Kyle Anderson
- MTV Newsroom
Nicki Minaj is a 23-year-old rapper hand-picked by Lil Wayne to be the First Lady of Weezy’s Young Money Entertainment. An accomplished Mc with a great mixtape to her name, Minaj is also a trained actress, singer and dancer. Where did she learn all these skills? At Laguardia Performing Arts High School, the famed institution that was the focus of TV’s “Fame” and that boasts hip-hop alumni like Kelis, Slick Rick and Mc Serch. Though she was given plenty of opportunities to express herself in school, she still felt the need to occasionally sneak away. “I was a drama major in high school, so we had a dressing room. It probably didn’t help me too much because it allowed us to cut class and go somewhere and be silly all day. But we would go and pound the table and make up rhymes and freestyles.”
Minaj wants...
Minaj wants...
- 6/15/2009
- by MTV News
- MTV Newsroom
Nicki Minaj is a 23-year-old rapper hand-picked by Lil Wayne to be the First Lady of Weezy’s Young Money Entertainment. An accomplished Mc with a great mixtape to her name, Minaj is also a trained actress, singer and dancer. Where did she learn all these skills? At Laguardia Performing Arts High School, the notable institution that was the focus of TV’s “Fame” and that boasts hip-hop alumni like Kelis, Slick Rick and Mc Serch. Though she was given plenty of opportunities to express herself in school, she still felt the need to occasionally sneak away. “I was a drama major in high school, so we had a dressing room. It probably didn’t help me too much because it allowed us to cut class and go somewhere and be silly all day. But we would go and beat on the table and make up rhymes and freestyles.”
Minaj...
Minaj...
- 6/15/2009
- by MTV News
- MTV Newsroom
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