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		Davey D's FNV Newsletter In Today's Issue: October 5 2000 *Pirate DJs, Glen Aure & Kid Capri Get Honors *Hip Hop Pioneers Hit The Streets *Lil Bow Wow Causes Ruckus *LL Cool J Gets Sued *5th Platoon DJ Kuttin Kandi Speaks Out Send comments, questions and concerns to Davey D mailto:kingdave@sirius.com The FNV Newsletter written by Davey D http://www.daveyd.com http://www.rapstation.com c 2000 All Rights Reserved ============================================ Big props are in order to KMEL's DJ Glen Aure and The Pirate DJs. During last weeks well attended Mixshow Power Summit in Miami they walked away with top honors for Best Morning Show DJ and Best Specialty Mixshow. Glen beat out all types of cats including DJ Enuff on Hot 97 and DJ E-Man on Power 106 in LA.. The Pirates which include DJ Ivan, Mind Motion, Rolo 13 and DJ Blend have been putting in serious work for years and disserve their long awaited props.. They beat out cats like DJ Clue and Stretch on Hot 97 in New York as well as Friday Night Flavas on Power 106 in LA.. The person who recieved highest honors was the one and only Kid Capri.. Who else is more disserving? His career to say the least has been colorful. Most folks know Capri for his work on Def Comedy Jam or for commercials he has done like Sprite, Bud Light and Lugz. His most recent high profile outting took place at The Source Awards where he was the official DJ. But others know Capri as a Hip Hop pioneer who is sometimes described as the 'Minister of Mixtapes'. His trademark distinctive and energetic voice is a Hip Hop staple. His cutting edge production and mixing skills has led him to put in work for just about everyone who is anyone within Hip Hop. From Snoop Dogg to Heavy D to KRS-One to Jay-Z.. Capri has worked with them all.. You really haven't experienced Hip Hop until you've been to a Kid Capri party.. Let's give props to Hip Hop's pioneers as many of them are beginning to make some major moves. First up is Hip Hop's Godfather Kool Herc who is in the midst of a European Tour..The tour kicked off in Switzerland last weekend and will continue throughout various spots in the UK.. I guess its safe to assume that Herc will be spinning tunes and doing a bit of rzapping on the mic although he wasn't the best emcee back in the days.. Thu 10/05/00  Hull, UK To Be Announced  Fri 10/06/00  Leeds, UK Funky Mule  Fri 10/06/00  Manchester, UK Generation X  Sat 10/07/00  Blackpool, UK Disciple  Sun 10/08/00  Belfast, UK The Empire  Mon 10/09/00  London, UK Westminster University  Wed 10/11/00  Brighton, UK The Concorde 2  Sun 11/12/00  Nottingham, UK Dubble Bubble  Mon 11/13/00  Salisbury, UK Enzo's  Tue 11/14/00  Leamington Spa, UK Sugar  While Herc is making the rounds pioneers Afrika Bambaataa along with Grand Wizard Theodore will be heading out to the West Coast for two days of special appearance in Sacramento on October 20-21st. The Zulu Nation chapter in Sac will be putting together a series of special events to commerote their 4th year anniversary which will include a lecture/panel and graffiti slide show followed by a 10 hour 4 element battle the next day. They will also be focusing on some of the harsh politics that transpired over the past years in the Golden State including Prop 21 [Juvenile Crime Initiative], Prop 187 [The anti-immigration Bill], Prop 209 [Anti-Affirmative action Bill], and Prop 227[ The English only Initiative]. These propositions have been coupled with a booming prison builkding economy and Cali becoming the first state in the nation to have a majority of its residents be people of color. The theme for the event is Youth Empowerment... For more info For more info call the Northstar Chapter hotline @ (916) 484-4024 or drop them an email at mailto:illthor@sfsu.eduAfter the Sacramento event Bambatta is scheduled to head on down to San Francisco State and give a lecture.. Lastly Hip Hop legend Grandmaster Caz of the Cold Crush Brothers is set to drop his long awaited single 'MCs Delight' on Jazz Child Records.. It is a response to Big Bank Hank of the Sugar Hill Gang taking Caz's rhymes and using them in the song 'Rappers Delight' while never giving him credit or money.. For more info drop Jazz Child records aline at mailto:BBOeGroup@aol.com If you happen to come across Jermaine Dupri's offspring 13 year old Lil Bow Wow you may want to reconsider inviting him to your next house warming party. Last week during an instore appearence at HMV Record store in Manhatten the crowd that came out to see him got a little too excited which resulted in the store having to be shut down. Lil Bow Wow decided to do a small performance but it was cut short when excited fans began banging on store windows..Folks may want to check for Bow Wow's debut album 'Beware of the Dog'. LL Cool J may have some financial road blocks. The GOAT [Greatest of all Time] of Hip Hop is being sued by a Boston promoter for 2 million bucks. The lawsuit stems back to a concert that LL cancelled out on at the last minute in order to do some filming for the movie Deep Blue Sea. LL blamed his former managers for the mix up, but you know how court cases go.. LL may have to come out of pocket on this one.. Dear members of the Puerto Rican Day Parade: I was unable to watch the program in which the President of the Board of Directors of the PR Day Parade and the editor of the Stress magazine were in this morning. However, I have heard that it might be a possibilty that Hip-Hop could be banned from the Puerto Rican Day Parade. Is this true? If so, I have a few opinions that I would like to share with you. I know this letter is quite long, but I promise that you will change your mind about Hip-Hop or at least think about what I have said. My name is Candice Custodio, I am a 24 year old Filipina and I go by the stage name DJ Kuttin Kandi. I have been deejaying for nearly 8 years but I have been a part of Hip-Hop culture almost all of my life. I am also a Hip-Hop spokeswoman and Hip-Hop advocate/activist. I have seen the ups and downs of Hip-Hop and I have experienced different sides of Hip-Hop. I would like to tell you now (if you don't already know) that there is a difference between Hip-Hop and Rap. There is a difference between MC's and "Rappers". "There is a real hip hop community" as what Christie Z-Pabon has stated in her letter to you. These artists with negative lyrics and their sleazy videos portraying women as hoes are not part of the culture that we call Hip-Hop. These artists that are so-called "representing" our Hip-Hop community aren't within our scene. They do not represent the culture that we live and die for, they do not represent me, they do not represent Hip-Hop. They represent "Rap". As much as it is said by so many artists such as KRS-One - "Rap is the business and Hip-Hop is the culture", that line still hasn't stuck through anyone's mind. It needs to be established that there is a difference between Rap and Hip-Hop. Rap is the business in which rappers needs to make music that will sell millions. What do you think all these big corporations and top record labels think sells? Sex. According to them, the media and society itself - Sex sells, drug sells, crime sells, the "thug life" sells. These record labels and these rap stars will do anything it takes to sell their music because that is the business of Rap. Well, as much as I don't want to take away the "hip-hop" out of Rap... the truth is, it just isn't Hip-Hop anymore. Hip-Hop did not start out as a way to sell millions, it started out as a means to survive the "thug life" of the streets. It was a way for those in the ghettos to express themselves in positive light and to lift themselves out of oppression. Today, "our Hip-Hop" can be heard all around the world, uniting people from different countries, cultures and backgrounds. I have been to positive Hip-Hop events where people from all around the world come together to share a common love. I myself, throw Hip-Hop events and I've been throwing my yearly Hip-Hop events for 7 years now. Throughout my 7 years as a Hip-Hop promoter, organizer and fundraiser coordinator I have never experienced one negative outcome from "our Hip-Hop community". Half the time, I feel insulted when people associate me with those "rap" artists. I am not them and many of us in Hip-Hop are not them. I am tired of having to explain myself to those who do not understand the difference. This year, I have experienced the same thing with the Philippine Independence Day Committee. I, too wanted to organize a Hip-Hop stage during the Philippine Independence Day Parade and street fair which passed on June 3rd of this year. I had to go to several meetings, explain to the committee the history of Hip-Hop and what it is that we do. I had to explain the same exact facts that I am now explaining to you. I spoke for hours about the difference between Hip-Hop and Rap. I explained that Hip-Hop is shared by all different people of all parts of the world. I had to tell them "Yes, I'm Filipino and I am Hip-Hop." I had to tell them about all the positive things I have done within the community. I went to weekly meetings, spent money on phone calls, spent money on organizing this event, spent my time calling for sponsorships for them to tell me in the end that they didn't want this to happen anymore. And to top it all off they were too afraid to tell me themselves that they didn't want this happening at the parade, so they put the blame on the NYPD. They were telling me that the NYPD made statements that "hiphop causes violence and this can't happen at the parade". Whether that statement was ever really said by the NYPD, I will never know. However, the point is, is that I am so tired of everyone judging our culture without knowing the facts. If the media can at least get the facts and the knowledge straight, then I will give them every right to judge our culture. However, I haven't seen the media even try. It is the media's duty to get the facts out there for people like yourselves to know the difference between Hip-Hop and Rap and it is your duty as people of our community to research and spread the facts. You need to know that there is a huge difference between Puff Daddy and Mos Def, there is a huge difference between Little Kim and Lauryn Hill, there is a huge difference between DMX and Common, there is a way big difference between a FunkMaster Flex and a DJ Roc Raider. People need to know these differences, because it is unfair to us that our culture is being exposed without ALL the facts. I'm not saying that artists like JayZ and Eminem shouldn't be in the limelight... all I'm saying is that artists like Bahamadia, Mountain Brothers, Planet Asia, etc... need to share the same spotlight. After all, they deserve that right because they exemplify HipHop for what it truly is meant to be. What do you think our pioneers of Hip-Hop feel about the Hip-Hop that plays on our radio today? Pioneers like GrandMaster DXT (Scratches on Herbie Hancock "Rock It") disagree with so much of this violence and sex. He wouldn't even touch records that speaks with so much negativity. If these pioneers who created Hip-Hop don't even believe in all that Rap that exists today, what gives us the right to call that Hip-Hop? I, sure, wouldn't want to disrespect these pioneers... they are our fathers, they are the reason why Hip-Hop even exists. So, we need to start recognizing them and respecting their beliefs about our music. We need to come together and hold a discussion. We need to come in peace with those who don't understand the difference. We need to hold a forum, a debate, a conference so that you can understand where we are coming from. I'm so tired of organizing events, trying to hold a party at a club, or trying to throw an outdoor show... and then having doors close on my face the minute I say the word "Hip-Hop". It is not right to judge me or the culture I so dearly love. It is my right to continue throwing Hip-Hop events, it is your wrong and anyone else's wrong to make "pre-emptive laws" that "hip-hop causes violence". It is unfair for society and the media to follow with the trend of Hip-Hop just because its popular without even knowing its history and its facts. If we continue to send the wrong information out, then our world will become just as corrupt as it is with today's rap industry. When I come and talk to you, along with the many Hip-Hop activists within our community, we will tell you all that I am telling you now... There is that positive Hip-Hop community that exists. There is that community that comes to hip-hop events in peace. There is that feeling of unity when you go to a real live Hip-Hop show. If you ever go to the events in which I talk about, you will understand what I mean. You will see the positivity, you will feel the love, the support and the music in which care so much about. You will see that the same feeling you get when you go to a jazz fest is the same feeling, if not more, that you get when you go to a "real" Hip-Hop event. There are those artists who won't curse, who won't defame women and who won't portray Hip-Hop as violent as the media and society think it is today. Our Hip-Hop community does exist and you need to come out and witness it for yourself. It is unfair to me and the many positive Hip-Hop artists that do exist, that the media and the rest of society can judge the music and culture we have created. It is unjust that society can make "pre-emptive laws" that Hip-Hop causes violence without even knowing the facts. There are so many underground Hip-Hop artists that have not received the respect that they deserve just because they're music doesn't speak of drugs, sex and violence. Part of the reason why they remain underground is because most of society doesn't want to hear positive things. In a way, society has become brainwashed by these record companies and the music that they put out on videos and on radio stations. They have been so brainwashed that you have people not just in ghettos, but in suburbs and nice neighborhoods... wanting to be thugs, wanting to be drug dealers, wanting to be pimps and hoes. We're so blinded that we continue to let this happen. We don't even see where its really coming from. We're so busy pointing fingers at these artists and closing doors in their faces, that we don't even see that it is our own fault that this is all happening. We're not doing our jobs properly. We're not doing enough to help our community. You think, by not having Hip-Hop at the Puerto Rican Day Parade is going to end the violence, the sexism and the materialism? You think that by banning Hip-Hop they're going to stop their "wildings"? No, its not... you only make our children angrier and want them to listen to it even more. They're still going to have their same point of views about how men are pimps, women are sluts and shooting someone is the only solution in life. As long as all these radio stations and tv stations continue to play this type of negative music, society will continue to believe in all of its negative messages. By banning Hip-Hop, you're just closing your eyes because you don't want to see reality in your face. Reality is, is that they're going to continue doing negativity and their "wildings" with or without the Puerto Rican Day Parade. And who you really need to point your fingers at... are these record companies, these radio stations and television stations that allow this type of music to get to our children. You should also be pointing your fingers at parents who allow them to watch it and to behave as they do. These people are as much as to blame as these artists. It's just like drug dealers.... Not only should we be catching those local drug dealers, we should be going for the head honchos... the ones giving it to those small-time dealers. We need to do something, something to sway our children in the right direction. We need to fight back, not run away. By banning Hip-Hop you're running away from what we really need to face. Taking away something that people can relate to such as Hip-Hop is only going to make it worse. It's a chicken thing to do. Fight back, do whats right. Fight them back with what they can relate to most... and that is Hip-Hop. Haven't you ever taken psychology? All you're going to do is build anger and hatred. Taking away what they love most will only build resentment and when society becomes resentful, something else will arise - something a lot more negative. Instead of closing our doors, we should be opening their eyes to new horizons by educating and embracing them with the positive Hip-Hop that does exist. Brainwash them towards the right direction, take them away from these pimps and hoes that brainwashed them in the first place. Show them Hip-Hop for what it really is, show them all the positive hip-hop women who respect themselves, show them Hip-Hop culture and blind them from Rap. So, please, know the difference, get the facts straight - Don't ban Hip-Hop. 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