The NCAA, Capitol One and Turner Live Events has announced the star-studded, versatile lineup for the 2013 NCAA Big Dance Concert Series, a three-day free music festival at Centennial Olympic Park on April 5-7. Headlining the concert series on Friday, April 5, you can see Zac Brown Band, My Morning Jacket and Saints of Valory. [...]
Jermaine Dupri, Jay-Z, Mariah, Usher And Others Celebrate So So Def’s 20th Year
February 25, 2013 | Posted by
Jermaine Dupri’s influence in hip-hop reaches far and wide, and to celebrate the 20th anniversary of his So So Def label, the revered producer/rapper threw a memorable concert at Atlanta’s Fox Theatre Saturday night, featuring So So Def artists Da Brat, Jagged Edge, Bow Wow, Xscape and many more. Jay-Z, Usher and Mariah Carey were [...]
Atlanta Mayor Kasim Reed Raises $1.7M For Uncontested Re-Election Bid
January 10, 2013 | Posted by
Hip-hop artist Ludacris gave him $2,500 last month, and his entertainment company added another $2,500. Clifford Harris, better known as T.I., gave him $2,000 in December. Atlanta movie mogul Tyler Perry gave $2,500. The contributions to were reported in a campaign disclosure filed late Tuesday, and they represented mere drops in a sizable fundraising bucket [...]
Big Boi Hits the Streets of Atlanta with T.I., Ludacris for New ‘In the A’ Video
January 1, 2013 | Posted by
Big Boi has enlisted the aid of fellow ATLiens for his new, Alex Papalexopoulos-directed video off the Vicious Lies and Dangerous Rumors album. According to Miss Info: “Everything “In the A” isn’t so sweet. Big Boi stomps through the streets of Atlanta with T.I. and Ludacris in his new visual to bring in 2013. The [...]
Atlanta’s ‘Music Midtown’ Festival Draws 52,000 Diverse Music Fans to Piedmont Park
September 23, 2012 | Posted by
Music Midtown 2012 brought ten artists to perform on two stages in Atlanta’s Piedmont Park on Saturday, September 22. Continuing from Friday, Saturday’s lineup drew in local fans, as well as those coming from outside of Georgia. The concert series put artists from a variety of genres on each stage. Civil Twilight, a rock band [...]
Ludacris, Kelly Rowland Together for 1st Time and ‘Representing’
September 3, 2012 | Posted by
Well isn’t this quite a meeting of the minds! Ludacris and Kelly Rowland have teamed up for the single ‘Representing,’ and it leaves us wondering why this is the very first collaboration between the two artists! ‘Representing’ follows Luda’s first single ‘Jingalin’ off of his new album ‘Ludaversal,’ set to be released this fall, and [...]
Skip the Celebrity: 11 Great-Sounding Headphones at Various Price Points
July 31, 2012 | Posted by
I get Dr. Dre having a headphone line. He is after all a producer of music, so headphones make sense. I get Ludacris, to a lesser extent, but he is a musical artist. Usain Bolt? That one is a stretch, but these days, it seems everyone and their mother has a headphone line, so I [...]
Ludacris, Keri Hilson PAINT MURALS For BING’s Summer Of Doing
June 21, 2012 | Posted by
Ludacris, Keri Hilson and Far East Movement linked up with Bing yesterday to help renovate and restore a historic school in Atlanta. Yesterday, Keri Hilson, Ludacris and Far East Movement volunteered alongside Bing and DoSomething.org volunteers to help restore Osborne High School in Atlanta, GA. As the oldest school in Cobb County, Osborne was in [...]
Usain Bolt Joins Ludacris for SOUL Headphones
May 15, 2012 | Posted by
He’s not a musician, producer or rapper, but Usain Bolt is a bonafied pop cultural icon and in this capacity has been tapped by SOUL Electronics to join rapper/actor Ludacris in reppin’ their fashionable headphone line. According to the company’s press release, “Soul Electronics and the world’s fastest man, Usain Bolt, have announced a branding [...]
