INTERNATIONAL BROTHERHOOD OF HIP HOP (Official)

About Me

MyGen Profile Generator ATTENTION KANSAS HIP HOP ARTISTS:
This summer, the state of kansas will decide on something important to it's survival, progression, and position in the world...
No, not Obama, I'm talking about the Head Of State'08... The best mc in all of Kansas will be realized in 2008...
We are calling out to all artists who want to compete in their city and possibly win the chance to represent your city in the statewide championship!!!! The winners will be featured in a mixtape funded by the union... with royalties...A Seven City Tour for the Winner with a guaranteed spot on your city's leg if you won your city.
LET ME CLARIFY: If you win your city and do not win state, you can still perform in your city with the champion on his/her tour...INTERNATIONAL BROTHERHOOD OF HIP HOP LOCAL 785 CO-PRESIDENT: ANTHEMOUS

These are the dates and locations to register to compete in HEAD OF STATE '08
Wichita, KS: Wichita Public Library
SAT APRIL 5, 2008--2pm to 5pm
Emporia, KS: Emporia Public Library
SAT APRIL 26, 2008--2pm to 5pm
Lawrence, KS: Lawrence Public Library
SAT APRIL 19, 2008--3pm to 6pm
Junction City, KS: Junction City Public Library
SAT APRIL 12, 2008-- ALL DAY
Topeka, KS/Kansas City, KS are to be determined for MAY
Competition starts in July...
July 12, 2008--Pete's Inn-- Kansas City
July 26, 2008--Patio (or formerly)--Wichita
August 8, 2008--The Boobie Trap Bar--Topeka
August 29, 2008--TBD--Lawrence (we got it, we just need to place the bidder)
September 12, 2008--Club EVE--Junction City
September 17, 2008--Desperados--Emporia
October 11, 2008--PJ's PUB--Manhattan (Championship)
NOTE: This competition is run by a NON-PROFIT which means, all proceeds go towards expenditures that need to be covered for this event.
The fee to compete in this contest is $15....
I had hoped to include 96 artists (This fills all slots)
This creates a $1,440 operational budget which pays for:
1.
Radio ads in Wichita, Kansas City, Manhattan, and Emporia (The 4 strategic broadcasting centers to this region for the contest will cost $800 total for "time-release" ads ie: 1st 1/2 of June runs Wichita, 2nd 1/2 of June will run Kansas City, July will run Emporia, August will run Manhattan)
2.
Ticket Duplication (Total: $210 Shipping Included)
3.
Flyer Production ($200 Design and Print)
4.
Transporting the contest judges (collective cost $120-$230 for fuel to all 6 cities
I do not need somebody's "guy" to do any of these things I/we are paying licensed professionals to provide. SO DO NOT ASK ME.
There is no getting around this fee, $15 dollars is a small amount to pay to get into a show, a contest futhermore, no a one-of-a-kind competition to be exact. THIS IS THE FIRST TIME ANYBODY HAS EVER TRIED THIS, so you would be the inaugurating class, making Kansas hip hop history. But it is also a small price to pay considering what you might win.
I'd like to see everybody we've added at the registrations but I know I won't and to those who are just adding people, so they can look like they have a lot of fans... You will be left in the dust anyway by the go-getters in this state.
They can make something real out all this rap-shit and start to realize their dreams, while you're "myspacing it" until you're too old to get it done anymore.
I want serious cats only...
I'm putting everything I have into this with minimal help from friends, co-workers, colleagues, and even the venues themselves...
THIS IS IN CASE KANSAS IS FULL OF HATERS:
If I have to cancel this monumental event cause you muthafuckas ain't really serious about shit. I will invade your cities and become the star in YOUR town. I can manuever with these venues... I'll still run MY booked dates with the cats I know are serious, call it a tour, finish it and begin planning a state-wide takeover immediately during winter. And I will execute in the spring and then there will be a reason to hate on somebody.
Otherwise, I'm trying real hard to make my number one priority, Kansas hip hop, not my hip hop or your hip hop but the hip hp from this state and get the ball rolling towards better shows, bigger shows for all of us.
More community awareness so your album release can be finally %100 anticipated (for real, not like you think you it is being anticipated)
I just need serious cats to show up and show these crowds what they're made of.
IF YOU THINK YOU ARE READY TO MAKE SOMETHING HAPPEN WITH ALL THIS RAP SHIT, IF YOU THINK YOU CAN HANDLE THE TASK OF BEING A CAREER MC OR RAPPER, IF YOU ARE CONFIDENT IN YOUR MATERIAL,
THEN MESSAGE ME AND RESERVE A SPOT.
I'M NOT HOLDING AUDITIONS, YOU SHOULD KNOW IF YOU CAN WIN OR NOT... EACH CITY REGISTRATION LIMITS 16 CONTESTANTS... IF YOU'RE A GROUP IT'S STILL $15 DOLLARS.
A few of you asked me for details and I referred you to our blog here on the profile. This is the further details plus an ultimatum: Step up and rep your city and state, or I'll take it. and you can come to my shows.
I'm serious about that, you can get mad but I'm not going to try and be the guy who time after time, trying to help all of us in this "behind enemy lines" state by not only coming up with an idea that includes all of us, but executing it as well. Only to have it thwarted by *uugh* indifference...
I hate indifference, if you're an "indifferent person" stop tying up the lines with your bullshit music , step aside, and let the dudes who are serious about this craft do what they were made to do.
Don't take my proper use of the english language as I'm a nerd or some shit like that, because I will get down. I have faith in my life and my convictions run deep enough to die for. I know I have everything to lose, everything to gain, and I will take any action that leads to either side of that fence no-matter the cost or consequence. If you feel like hating on me I hope you have the same outlook on your life cause you won't get far.
YOU HAVE A CHOICE HERE:
1. Stand up and take what is yours.
or
2. Get rolled over.
I'm through fuckin with lames who don't get shit done.
I ain't talking about "street shit" either, this ain't the International Brotherhood of Hustlin ass ni99az... It's the Internatinal Brotherhood of Hip Hop. You need to choose a career path before you fucks with this my friend.
Ant
P.S. Don't take this bulletin personally if you're serious about this craft... On the other hand, if you are a bullshit peon, or a gang banger, or a drug dealer rappin on the side, don't bother until you choose what you want to do in life.
I ain't knocking the hustle, If you dealing just deal ni99a, don't bother with this rap shit, leave it alone and make your money. And I ain't got time for breaking up gang fights and bullshit like that while I'm trying to show some venue(in your town) that hip hop is alright to host.
Cause I swear on everything holy we'll all go to jail or the morgue my brothas. I love my people, but I'm not Dr. King.
I will be reposting this as many times as I can
GOOD LUCK TO ALL PARTICIPANTS!!!!!

My Interests

HELPING KANSAS STAY IN THE WINDOW OF OPPORTUNITY

I'd like to meet:

EVERY TALENTED MC IN THIS STATE OF KANSAS... MY NAME IS ANTHEMOUS...

I CAME TO KANSAS 3 YEARS AGO AND HAVE BEEN ACTIVE IN THIS INDUSTRY FOR 2 YEARS... I HAVE SEEN TIME AND AGAIN THE ATTITUDE DISPLAYED BY THOSE IN THE MO, THE OK, THE CO, AND THE NE... I HAVE HEARD-FROM HERE-THE ARTISTS SPEAK ABOUT THE DISENFRANCHISING OF KANSAS ARTISTS... THERE ARE NO REAL MAJOR CITIES IN KANSAS (I'M SORRY IF YOU FEEL DIFFERENTLY ABOUT THAT STATEMENT) AND THE INDUSTRY BOTH CORPORATE AND MUSICIAN ALIKE LOOK COMPLETELY PAST THIS REGION.

WE NEED TO STOP ASKING FOR A CONTRACT!

WE NEED TO STOP WASTING POSTAGE TO SEND A DEMO TO A LABEL A&R THAT WILL LAUGH AND THROW IT TO THE SIDE CAUSE THE SENDER'S ADDRESS IS IN KANSAS!

YOU SPEAK ABOUT A MOVEMENT... THERE IS NO MOVEMENT HERE! THE MOVEMENT BEGINS WHEN EVERYONE E-V-E-R-Y-O-N-E RESPECTS AND SUPPORTS EACH OTHER...

WHEN RESOURCES ARE SHARED INSTEAD OF HOARDED, IS WHEN YOU CAN SEE MOVEMENT.

WHEN AN ARTIST FROM WICHITA CALLS AN ARTIST FROM EMPORIA ABOUT CREATING A COMPILATION, IS WHEN YOU SEE MOVEMENT.

WHEN AN ARTIST PASSES OUT FLYERS FOR A SHOW HE/SHE IS NOT PERFORMING AT, BECAUSE THE VENUE IS COVETED AND IT MIGHT OPEN UP FOR MORE OF THE SAME GENRE, (you know what I mean, those hard-to-get venues that we fight so hard... and speak so articulate to get into their doors to get a show, the first trial date to see if we can throw a show where nobody gets shot.) IS WHEN YOU SEE MOVEMENT.

I AM AN ARTIST MYSELF. I RECORD, PRESS, PERFORM, AND MARKET MY OWN MUSIC BECAUSE THERE ARE NO COMPANIES WILLING TO TAKE A CHANCE ON KANSAS! NO MATTER WHO THE ARTIST IS.
I SAY WE DON'T NEED THE OUTSIDE INDUSTRY, THEY'LL COME OUT WHEN THEY'RE THREATEND BY THE NUMBERS ANYONE CAN DO.
I WAS BORN IN CHICAGO, WE ARE "GO-GETTER COUNTRY" I HAVE A DO IT YOURSELF ATTITUDE, FIERCE DRIVE, AND MATCHING WIT.
I'VE BEEN IN KANSAS FOR 3 YEARS ONLY BEEN ACTIVE FOR TWO, BUT I NOTICED SOMETHING ABOUT THE BROTHAS AROUND HERE WHEN I GOT ACTIVE AND STEPPED OUT TO THE FIELD.
NOBODY HAS DONE ANYTHING TO CREATE THE ATTITUDE... EVERYBODY IS SITTING BACK THINKING ALL THE WORLDS SUCCESS WILL FALL RIGHT OUT OF THE SKY AND LAND IN THEIR LAP WHILE THEY'RE WATCHING "SPONGEBOB" OR "DEAL OR NO DEAL"

NO ONE CAN ARGUE THIS FACT WITH ME CAUSE I AM THE OUTSIDER TRYING TO BRING ALL OF US TOGETHER.
SO SHUT UP AND LISTEN.

I AM NOT ONLY TRYING TO BRING US ALL TOGETHER WITH AN UNIFIED IDEA OF TRUE CONNECTIVITY, AND REAL NETWORKING... WORKING TOGETHER TO HAVE A BETTER HIP HOP EXPERIENCE FOR MIDDLE AMERICA... BUT I MADE IT INTO A CASH PRIZE, PRIDE INDUCING, FAN GATHERING COMPETITION!

THIS PLACE HERE (KANSAS AND ALL THOSE IN POWER-AND THOSE WHO PUT THEM IN POWER) HATES YOU, AND WISHES TO DEATH THAT NOT ONLY DO YOU SHOOT UP THE CLUB, WHICH WILL GIVE THEM MORE FIREPOWER TO WIN THIS "FIGHT AGAINST RAP", BUT THAT YOU SHOOT SOMEONE OF YOUR OWN RACE SO THEY CAN WIN BY "PROCESS OF ELIMINATION"...

SO NO, THIS DUTY IS BESTOWED TO US TO KEEP HIP HOP ALIVE BY BEING MORE OF AN ATLANTA THAN A KANSAS CITY MISSOURI...

ATLANTA IN THE SENSE THAT THEY ALL HELP ONE ANOTHER ONE GETS ON THEY HELP MORE GET ON...

THERE IS A BROTHER WHO GOT ON FROM KCMO, BUT I DON'T SEE MUCH OF AN EFFORT TO HELP THE STATE OF KANSAS TO BE HONEST. (YOU MIGHT FEEL DIFFERENTLY ABOUT THAT ONE TOO)

WE DON'T NEED ANYBODY ELSE BUT WE GOT TO STOP BEING SELFISH ABOUT THIS CRAFT... NOT ANYONE OF US WILL THE INDUSTRY NOTICE...

THEY SAID MUSIC FROM THE WEST-COAST WASN'T GOOD ENOUGH... UNTIL THE WEST-COAST PUT THE STATEWIDE GAME PLAN IN MOTION

THEY SAID THE SAME ABOUT THE SOUTH, AND LOOK WHO DOMINATES THE AIRWAVES? SOUTHERN HIP HOP.

NEWSFLASH: THEY'RE SAYING THAT ABOUT US NOW!
THERE IS NO WAR WITHOUT AN ARMY... THERE IS NO ARMY WITHOUT A GENERAL... THERE IS NO GENERAL WITHOUT A CONSENSUS... THERE IS NO CONSEUS WITHOUT A NEED FOR SAFETY... THERE IS NO NEED FOR SAFETY WITHOUT A THREAT TO WHAT WE HOLD PRECIOUS.

IF YOU DON'T CARE ABOUT KEEPING HIP HOP IN KANSAS ALIVE THAN DON'T ADD US AND BE THE SAME HATER YOU'VE ALWAYS BEEN.

KANSAS WILL NEVER BE DISCOVERED AS A WHOLE, AND ANY SERIOUS ARTIST FLEES TO THE "MUSIC CENTERS" TO GET SIGNED AND NEVER LOOKS BACK. WHY SHOULD HE? DID YOU GIVE HIM ANY REASON TO STAY? DID ANY OF US?SUPPORT WHAT YOU DO AND TRY TO BECOME THE BEST AT IT. WE ARE ALSO TRYING TO GIVE YOU THIS PLATFORM...

Music:

HIP HOP

Movies:

HIP HOP MOVIES... WE NEED DIRECTORS FROM KANSAS

Television:

WE SHOULD HAVE A VIDEO MAGAZINE EVERY MONTH...

Books:

ANY BOOK THAT TEACHES THE INDUSTRY COMPREHENSIVELY

Heroes:

ANYBODY THAT STEPS INTO ADVERSITY AND DECIDES TO CHALLENGE IT HEAD ON IS A HERO IN MY BOOK.

My Blog

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