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Chicken, Young Meez bring originality to hip-hop
Category: Entertainment Written by Ashley G. Woodson
Andre Jones and Jeromy Cherry are brothers from the Hill District, who along with NBA basketball star DeJuan Blair formed “Put On Productions.”
Jones aka Chicken is 22 and his brother Cherry aka Young Meez is 20. These young men are making waves on the hip-hop scene in Pittsburgh and across the country. There music is a combination of conscious music with a mainstream appeal. Even though they have the production company together with Blair, they are solo artists.
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CHICKEN AND YOUNG MEEZ
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Pittsburgh Fashion Week stages model search
Category: Entertainment Written by Courier Newsroom
As anticipation builds for the first-ever Pittsburgh Fashion Week Sept. 27 through Oct. 3, organizers are staging an open model call on Aug. 7 at The Mall at Robinson.
The model search, expected to be the largest in the city’s history, is for men and women of all sizes at least 16 years of age. Hopefuls under the age of 18 must be accompanied by a parent or legal guardian.
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Cover To Cover...‘Brainwashed’
Category: Entertainment Written by Terri Schlichenmeyer
by Terri Schlichenmeyer
For New Pittsburgh Courier
For New Pittsburgh Courier
It’s enough to make you want to bury your head.
You read about a young Black man, killed by another young Black man over tennis shoes. On TV is a silky-haired sistah shaking her stuff at a hate-spouting rapper. Click, and see a fight over baby daddies. Click again, and there’s a sitcom with a Black man acting the fool.
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Last Updated on Monday, 03 December 2012 19:28
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Arts & Culture Calendar
Category: Entertainment Written by Courier Newsroom
Thursday 29
CD release party
The Manchester Craftsmen’s Guild Jazz presents the Pittsburgh Jazz Legacy CD Release Party from 8-9:30 p.m. at CJ’s, 2901-2911 Penn Ave., Cultural District. The evening will feature great music followed by the Roger Humphries Jazz Jam Session. For more information, call 412-322-0800.
Last Updated on Monday, 03 December 2012 19:28
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A Truly Sad Day For Me - Al Goodman of the Moments/Ray, Goodman & Brown passes
Category: Entertainment Written by Courier Newsroom
by Bob Davis
For New Pittsburgh Courier
Obviously this has been a very sad week here at Soul-Patrol. We have lost one of our most dynamic and influential members, someone that I will personally miss a great deal. However it occured to me that perhaps I have been just a bit to personal with respect to my reflections about Al Goodman and in doing so may have minimized his actual impact and influence in the world of music. We don't ever want to do that with respect to the legacy of The Moments/Ray, Goodman & Brown. So I thought that I would put something together that was a bit more traditional to mark his passing. At the end is the information about Al's services, which will be this Monday morning in Englewood, NJ...
Last Updated on Monday, 03 December 2012 19:28
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