Stamford, CT (Rap Newswire) March 13, 2009 — Hip hop goliath EOW (End of
the Weak), the longest-running weekly hip hop show in New York City and
a growing international movement, has recognized AWKWORD's one-of-a-kind
work with World View, the first-ever 100% nonprofit global hip hop project.
Effective immediately, EOW is (1) the album's lead industry sponsor and
(2) host of the album-release party, scheduled for Summer 2009 in New York
City.
Lifelong Rapper/Revolutionary AWKWORD is doing something never before
done in hip hop -- AWKWORD is the mastermind of World View, the earth's
first 100% nonprofit global hip hop project. The album, made possible by
a grant from The Morgan Stanley Foundation, will be hosted by Pace Won
(of the Outsidaz and The Fugees camp) and Block McCloud (of Brooklyn Academy
and Army of the Pharoahs).
World View will feature production from 15 nations around the world
— and every continent except Antarctica. Guest MCs will include album hosts
Pace Won and Block McCloud, as well as hip hop heavyweights Main Flow,
Sha Stimuli, Josh Martinez, AWOL One, Beretta 9 of Killarmy (Wu-Tang),
Akir, Ruste Juxx, Viro the Virus, and many others.
All proceeds from album and event ticket sales will be donated to Guns
4 Cameras (Aim to Live), a registered 501c3 nonprofit dedicated to eradicating
gun violence through the hip hop-inspired education/empowerment of our
inner-city youth. G4C’s leader, AWKWORD’s long-time friend Hezues R’, founded
the organization after surviving a near-fatal incident that took place
on his mother’s front porch. Hezues was shot at 22 times at age 22, at
close range, and he survived to tell his story.
It is AWKWORD’s hope, as well as the hope of all of his partners in
the Word View project, that Hezues’s story will spread across the globe,
and kids everywhere will learn the alternatives to gangbanging and resorting
to gun violence to settle conflicts.
Hip hop may have a bad reputation, thanks to shootings and stabbings
at industry events, but hip hop can and should be redeeming. With World
View, hip hop is a powerful force for good.
About AWKWORD & World View:
Ten-year hip hop industry veteran AWKWORD has launched the world’s first
100% nonprofit global hip hop project, World View. Made possible by a grant
from The Morgan Stanley Foundation and sponsored by international hip hop
movement EOW (End of the Weak), World View will feature production from
15 nations around the world — and every continent except Antarctica. The
album, set for a Summer 2009 release, will be hosted by Pace Won (of the
Outsidaz and The Fugees camp) and Block McCloud (of Brooklyn Academy and
Army of the Pharoahs), and will feature 60+ minutes of underground AWKWORD
hip hop, with guest appearances from hip hop heavyweights Main Flow, Sha
Stimuli, Josh Martinez, AWOL One, Beretta 9 of Killarmy (Wu-Tang), Akir,
Ruste Juxx, Viro the Virus, and many others. For more information, to get
involved, or to listen and download MP3s, visit www.AWKWORDrap.com.
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