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IT’S GRIND TIME AGAIN!!!!! Calling all emcees, singers and producers: The 2009 Grind for the Green Hip-Hop Competition is here!!! Grind for the Green is a 100% solar-powered annual hip hop concert designed for and organized by youth. The GRIND FOR THE GREEN competition is looking for talented artists ages 14-24 with a positive message to compete in this year’s eco-music festival competition and be a part of the largest youth green hip-hop event series. “Two lucky contestants (one emcee and one producer) will win $500 each and will have their music featured on the upcoming G4G documentary. If you are...
Hip Hop artists don’t just smoke Trees. Famed for his membership in Strong Arm Steady, Los Angeles emcee PHIL DA AGONY (now under TALIB KWELI’S Label BLACKSMITH) is stepping out as one of Hip Hop’s first outwardly environmental artists, well other than our good friend KID CUDI. Phil’s upcoming solo sophomore release, THINK GREEN, could be easily mistaken as just a campaign for marijuana usage because that is what rappers do. But however, the eco-friendly release is actually pioneering a Hip Hop movement. On the album’s Talib Kweli-assisted title track, Phil declares, “I print my album on recycled paper, so you ain’t...
August 22, 2009, from 12:00 Noon to 8:00 pm, HUDSON RIVER ECO REGGAE & WORLD MUSIC FESTIVAL will present a day-long family-oriented event featuring well-known local and international Reggae, Hip Hop, Jazz, Latin and World Music entertainment with food and craft vendors as well as ECO workshops, children’s and art pavilions. “Our mission is to produce continuous quality events in order to provide an ongoing revenue stream, resources, and tools to support education focusing on sustainability and Green initiatives.” More information on this historic festival coming soon! GreenJAR will be sure to remind you closer to the event date....
On his down time, Usher serves as The Gentlemen’s Fund ambassador for the Alliance For Climate Protection. Impacts on planet earth and the changing climate will affect everyone. As awareness about the urgency of the climate crisis grows, we know there is no time to waste and so does Usher. That is why The Gentlemen’s Fund and Usher are working with The Alliance for Climate Protection together to address this pressing issue. GreenJAR now gives you the goods to get yourself involved as well! “The Alliance for Climate Protection has launched the WE CAMPAIGN to persuade the American people- and people elsewhere in the...
Look at Ne-Yo getting his lilac on for the latest issue of The Green Magazine. Showing us again that you can keep that $tyle when going Green. This time Green is Golf. The dapper “Year of the Gentleman” star talks up style, character and of course the art of song in the issue. In fact, Ne-Yo says he wants to be recognized as an entertainer and not just limited to genre labeling like “R&B singer”: “I don’t view my music as just R&B. At the end of the day, I’m trying to be a part of the movement to eradicate all of these different genres of...
Mr. B, an advocate for environmental practices, lets us know why its “Greener On The Other Side.” B gives us a taste of what to expect from his upcoming album with this informative and swagger-filled track “Greener,” produced by E1/G.O.O.D. music. Listen closely to the words Kids. Lots of coded messages and metaphors. But at the end of the day the real message to keep at the forefront of your mind set is that GREEN IS THE NEW COOL. GreenJAR will be keeping you updated on the progress for “Greener”‘s video and all of Fonz’ green endeavors to come. For...
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