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The celebrated which was held at American Cut Steakhouse in Atlanta, also doubled as Banner’s 44th birthday party.
Attendees included rapper T.I. Harris, actress Terri J. Vaughn, Migos? manager Kevin ?Coach K? Lee and more.
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Tami Roman, Lil Mama, Lance Gross and Tasha Smith strike a pose on the red carpet of TVOne’s premiere event for the upcoming original film, ?WHEN LOVE KILLS: The Falicia Blakely Story? in Atlanta last night (Wednesday, August 9th).
?WHEN LOVE KILLS: The Falicia Blakely Story,” marks the feature-length directorial debut for Tasha Smith and stars Niatia ?Lil? Mama? Kirkland, Lance Gross, Tami Roman and also guest stars Floyd Mayweather, Big Freedia and Lil Zane.
The screening was held at Regal Atlantic Station to a packed theater of over 400 attendees.
Special guests in attendance of last night?s screening included: Trina Braxton, Quad Webb-Lunceford, Ferrari Tru, Pastor Troy, Irv Gotti,?Terri J. Vaughn, Syleena Johnson, Demetria McKinney, GaryWithDaTea, Roger Bobb and more.
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Hosted by Das friends and family, the evening included special performances by emerging and seasoned artists?Benjamin Brim,?The YRS, and?Pepsi?s Artist of the Month,?Vivian Green. The night concluded with surprise performances by hip hop legends?Too Short?and?Kwame.
The June edition of?ATL Live on the Park?was sponsored by Gentleman Jack, Pepsi, ChooseATL, MAJIC 107.5 and Boom 102.9 and co-produced by?Shanti Das?and?Marlon Nichols.
Notables guest in attendance of last night?s performances included, but were not limited to:?Dee Dee Hibbert, Devyne Stephens,?DJ Eddie F, Phillana Williams, Dorien Wilson, Kwame Holland, Vivian Green, Kawan ?KP? Prather, Judge Terrinee Gundy, Catherine Brown, Terri J. Vaughn, Kirk Frost, Sharliss Asbury, Juan Farmer, Karyn Greer, Hiram Hicks, Lynn Anne-Huck, Councilman Ceasar C. Mitchell, Deanna Hamilton, Aiyisha Obafemi, Big Gipp, Chaka Zula, Jeff Dixon, Shante Paige, Bone Crusher, Too Short, Ian Burke, Crystal Betts, Cannon Kent, J. Carter, Nicole Garner, Bryon Wright, Dina Marto, Greg Street, Donald Woodard, Randall Dunn, Chrystale Wilson, Vince Phillips, Lil John Roberts, Lisa Nelson, DJ Nabs, Solomon Fornie, Ray Daniels, Christal Jordan, Nick Nelson, Taiye Samuel & More.
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Orlando McGhee?s Seventy 2 Music in partnership with the City of Atlanta presented a special VIP screening of ‘The Art Of Organized Noize’ last night (March 18, 2016).
The event was held at SCADshow and guest were treated to a viewing of the upcoming Netflix documentary that details the rise of the legendary ‘Organized Noize’ production team (Rico Wade, Ray Murray, and Sleepy Brown).
There was also an informative Q&A session moderated by Kawan “KP” Prather (Music Exec – ‘I Am Other’ – Pharell Williams’ Label) and Catherine Brewton (BMI).
Attendees included: Big Boi and Family, Big Gipp (Goodie Mob), Kwanza?Hall, Tristan ‘Mack’ Wilds, Keinon Johnson, Shanti Das, Jason Weaver, Terri J. Vaughn, Sheree Whitfield, Tammy McCall Browning, Isaac Hayes, III, DJ Princess Cut and many more.
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Actress Tichina Arnold hosted the 2015 Triumph Awards, which took place in Atlanta last Saturday night (September 12, 2015).
The event, presented by Reverend Al Sharpton, National Action Network (NAN) and TV One, was filmed in at 200 Peachtree. Now in its 6th year, the event aimed to recognize the impact its honorees have made on our society.
This year’s honorees included Tyrese Gibson, Dr. Joseph E. Lowery, Wanda Sykes & Rosalind Hudnell.
Presenters included Afemo Omilami, Danielle Nicolet, Darrin Henson, Donnie Simpson, Nicole Beharie, Soledad O?Brien, Syleena Johnson, Richard Lawson, ?Patrik-Ian Polk and Terri J. Vaughn.
Musical performances included Tyrese, Tasha Cobbs, Estelle, Jazmine Sullivan, Ledisi, Chante Moore, Stokley Williams and the Youth Ensemble of Atlanta. Award winning hip-hop artist, T.I. delivered an original spoken word piece titled ?United We Stand?, urging youth to not lose focus on the meaning behind the Black Lives Matter movement.
Musical Director and house band for the night was The Robert Glasper Experiment.
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Rick Ross held a private listening session for his upcoming ‘Mastermind‘ release at Atlanta’s Treesound Studios last night (February 20, 2014).
You may have heard by now that the popular musician purchased Evander Holyfield’s southside mansion which the boxer lost to foreclosure back in 2012, well Ross has spared no expense with the project and is rumored to be creating a musical compound for he and his Maybach music group artists.
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In the meantime, Ross has been working on ‘Mastermind’, his sixth studio album, which is set for release March 4, 2014. Mastermind’s official single, “The Devil Is a Lie” ft Jay-Z has already hit the airwaves, but the highly anticipated project has quite a few bangers to look forward to.
Executive produced by Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs, ‘Mastermind’ features guest appearances from Jay-Z, Jeezy, The Weeknd, Kanye West, Big Sean, Meek Mill, Lil Wayne, French Montana, Diddy, Scarface, Sizzla, Mavado, and Z-Ro.
Music Exec Lyor Cohen, Lil Wayne, T-Pain, DJ Drama, Big Tigger, RL of Next, Shanell and many more came out in support of Ross’ latest project.
Check out photos from Rozay’s Atlanta listening session + audio snippets from ‘Mastermind’ below… Continue Reading…
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