LOTNC hits Atlanta on Tuesday, March 30th, with performances from Alley Boy, Young LA, Stalley, Dom Kennedy, XO, Mikkey Halsted, and more.
Indoor skate ramps, live art installations, and video game demos will also be going down.
Hosted by Lil’ Duval, music by Don Cannon.
NEW YORK, NY – February 22nd, 2010 – On Wednesday, February 24th, Angela Yee of Sirius Satellite Radio and DJ Absolut of Hot 97 will host the latest group of artists-to-watch, including popular rapper Curren$y, at the eighth installment of the Leaders of the New Cool (LOTNC) at 92Y Tribeca located at 200 Hudson Street (at Canal) in New York City. LRG clothing company has teamed up with Hollywood East Entertainment, The Goodie Bag, Free Integrated Media, and Soul Rebel NYC to present this special engagement featuring performances by Curren$y, Stalley, Skotch Davis, Tiara Wiles, Mikkey Halsted, Rich Hil, Esso and Nero, all of whom share one major factor: their ability to redefine the current urban music landscape. Online media partner, Lumeefly will broadcast the live, high definition interactive concert experience to a global audience via www.lumeefly.com for remote attendees.
The upcoming Leaders of the New Cool: NYC will additionally feature the debut of “Don’t Quit Your Day Job”, a contest based on Angela Yee’s Sirius Radio segment of the same name. The “Don’t Quit Your Day Job” winner will be selected by an industry panel featuring Shani Gonzales (National Director A&R, Def Jam Universal), Walt Jones (Manager of A&R Creative, Sony ATV Publishing), Ryan Press (National Director A&R, Warner/Chappell Publishing) and Simone “Boss Lady” Kapsilides (Content Manager, DrJays.com).
Over the course of the last six months as the Leaders of the New Cool have traveled the country, it has quickly become a nationwide “go-to” for those looking to discover what and who defines the “new cool.” Already successful in New York City, Atlanta, Los Angeles, and Chicago, additional Leaders of the New Cool events are in the works for Detroit, Washington, D.C., and Philadelphia.
The upcoming Leaders of the New Cool NYC installment will be particularly special as we’ll be debuting the “Don’t Quit Your Day Job” contest based on Angela Yee’s Sirius Radio segment of the same name. The “Don’t Quit Your Day Job” winner will be selected by our industry panel featuring Shani Gonzales (National Director A&R, Def Jam Universal), Walt Jones (Manager of A&R Creative, Sony ATV Publishing) and Ryan Press (National Director A&R, Warner/Chappell Publishing).
Following “Don’t Quit Your Day Job”, we will have the featured performers…
Curren$y
Stalley
Skotch Davis
Tiara Wiles
Nero
Mikkey Halsted
Esso
Rich Hil
Hosted by Angela Yee (Sirius)
Sounds by DJ Absolut (Hot 97)
Don’t miss the one music showcase that counts. Like Q-Tip said about the last NYC installment of The Leaders of the New Cool…”This is the future!”
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The Leaders Of The New Cool LA show takes place tonight at The Echoplex from 10:00 P.M. – 3:00 A.M. Some changes were made to the line-up and unfortunately Curren$y will no longer be performing, but Diz Gibran and Young De have been added to the line-up. I’d like to take this time to thank the many sponsors who got involved and for all of the blogs who have shown us love. The list is quite extensive and I don’t want to accidentally forget anybody, so those of you who have shown us love, you know who you are. Be prepared for The Leaders Of The New Cool to invade a city near you in the near future.
The L.E.P. Bogus Boys discuss their involvement with The Leaders Of The New Cool events as well as update their fans on their career and direction.
The Leaders Of The New Cool will be invading Los Angeles on Tuesday, January 26th so get ready! With performances from some of the hottest underground hip-hop artists around including Curren$y, El Prez, LEP Bogus Boys, and others it’s such to be a must-attend event! With sponsors like Upper Playground, IM King, Sedgwick & Cedar, Bloodbath, and many others you can be sure that this is something worthwhile and will be jampacked with give-aways.
The Leaders Of The New Cool event will make it’s way through Atlanta next Wednesday for the newest installment. This time it will be presented alongside Grand Hustle, Karmaloop, illRoots, Chilly-O, Vinnie’s Styles, Frank 151, StopBeingFamous.com, your homies here at The Goodie Bag, and others. Music by DJ MLK and DJ Smallz, hosted by Lil Duval and Killer Mike with live performances by Yung LA, Dom Kennedy, and more this will be an event not to be missed!
The Leaders Of The New Cool event which was supposed to be taking place in Chicago tonight has been post-poned until Wednesday, December 2nd. Sorry for any and all inconvience that this may have caused.
