The digital campaign, announced in October 2019, invited all historically black colleges and university (HBCU) marching bands to produce a short video and share on social media showcasing their school spirit and talent with their best marching band rendition of Young Thug’s single “Hot” from his latest project, So Much Fun.

Dr. Shelby Chipman, Director of Bands at Florida A&M University on the award:

“On behalf of FAMU’s ‘Marching 100’ band, I’d like to take this opportunity to thank Young Thug and Kevin Liles for an outstanding initiative with the HBCU Hot Challenge and the members of Marching 100 who had an absolutely fantastic time designing our formation and the music arrangement by Lindsey Sargent. We will be eternally grateful to Young Thug, Kevin Liles, and anyone associated for providing HBCUs an opportunity to showcase their talents and creativity. We’re even more excited about the same opportunity to use the award towards band operations, scholarships, and initiatives that will allow us to move the FAMU Marching 100 forward. We look forward to showing up this weekend at the Honda Hot Battle of the Bands in Georgia.” – Dr. Shelby Chipman, Director of Bands at Florida A&M University

“Hot” first arrived on Young Thug’s #1 album  featuring Gunna and produced by Wheezy. Since the song’s debut, Young Thug has performed “Hot” with Gunna and Wheezy on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon, and it was released on Young Thug’s So Much Fun Deluxe album edition with a remix including Travis Scott.

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Whether at home in a parking lot cypher with his homies in his native San Fransisco, or rocking the stage in front of diehard rap fans, Bay Area-based emcee and activist Equipto is leading the charge by staying true to his roots and honing his lyrical dexterity. Fresh off the release of his latest LP, Few and Far Between which dropped this past March, the Bored Stiff member and Solidarity Records founder has given the visual treatment to the album’s cut, “Godspeed.”

A bonafide homage to his come-up as a rapper finding inspiration in his hometown, the video for the Laird-produced track, features Equipto in his natural environment: showing off his craft and bigging up those around him. Directed by The How, the visual for the track features cameos from members of his Bored Stiff Crew, Stoney Hawk (A-Plus of Souls of Mischief and Sunspot Jonz of Living Legends), as well as Shag Nasty and The Watershed, among others.

In addition to releasing the latest visual in his two-decades deep repertoire, Equipto is gearing up for The Underground Railroad Tour alongside his trustworthy deejay, DJ True Justice, along with Zion I, Vocab Slick, DJ Cavem, High Step Society, and his frequent collaborator, Michael Marshall (the voice of “I Got 5 On It” and theme song for The last Blackman in San Francisco), who has just been added to the tour. Set to kick off today (Wed, June 19) in Sebastopol, CA and conclude in Phoenix on July 7, Equipto promises his fans that he’ll deliver some of the most refreshing and spiritually invigorating Hip-Hop at all 18 tour stops as he represents on behalf of the city and culture that made him!

Check out the video premiere right here courtesy of RESPECT. and click here to follow the official playlist for The Underground Railroad Tour where select winners will be awarded with complimentary tickets to various tour dates: http://sweeps.tweematic.com/turt

Tour Dates:
• 6/19 (Wed): The Hopmonk // Sebastopol, CA
• 6/20 (Thurs): Murphy’s Drum // Anderson, CA
• 6/21 (Fri): WildCraft Ciderworks // Eugene, OR
• 6/22 (Sat): The Haul // Grants Pass, OR
• 6/23 (Sun): Turbulence Music Festival // Hillsboro, OR (with High Step Society)
• 6/24 (Mon): Hawthorne Hideaway // Portland, OR (Equipto, Michael Marshall & Vocab Slick ONLY)
• 6/26 (Wed): Nector Lounge // Seattle, WA  (with High Step Society)
• 6/27 (Thurs): Wild Buffalo // Bellingham, WA (Equipto, Vocab Slick & Michael Marshall ONLY)
• 6/27 (Thurs): The Pig Bar // Olympia, WA (Zion-I & High Step Society ONLY)
• 6/28 (Fri): River City Saloon // Hood River, OR  (with High Step Society)
• 6/29 (Sat): The Seasons Performance Hall // Yakima, WA (with High Step Society)
• 6/30 (Sun): The Filling Station // Bozeman, MT (with High Step Society)
• 7/01 (Mon): The Knotty Pine // Victor, ID (with High Step Society)
• 7/02 (Tues): The Gem // Idaho Falls, ID (with High Step Society)
• 7/03 (Wed): The Reef // Boise, ID  (with High Step Society)
• 7/04 (Thurs): The Cabin // Park City, UT
• 7/05 (Fri): The Moxi Theater // Greeley, CO
• 7/06 (Sat): Tubleroot Brewing // Santa Fe, NM
• 7/07 (Sun): Trill Ship (In-Store) // Phoenix, AZ

Twitter:
• Zion I: https://twitter.com/ZIONI
• Equipto: https://twitter.com/EQUIPTO
• Vocab Slick: https://twitter.com/VocabSlick
• DJ True Justice: https://twitter.com/djtruejustice
• Michael Marshall: https://twitter.com/MikeMeezy
• DJ Cavem: https://twitter.com/IETEF

Instagram:
• Zion I: https://www.instagram.com/zion_i_crew
• Equipto: https://www.instagram.com/equipto
• Vocab Slick: https://www.instagram.com/vocabslick
• DJ True Justice: https://www.instagram.com/djtruejustice
• Michael Marshall: https://www.instagram.com/themikemeezy
• High Step Society: https://www.instagram.com/highstepsociety
• DJ Cavem: https://www.instagram.com/ietef

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Rémy Martin presents ‘Rémy Producers’ sixth season with Jermaine Dupri as the face of the program. ‘Rémy Producers’is designed to discover and celebrate upcoming and aspiring music producers. They would compete for the chance to win a co-sign with Grammy Award-winning producer, Jermaine Dupri, of SO SO Def Records to create the next hottest hit in music. The ‘Rémy Producers’ contest officially began last Thursday with Dupri officially announcing the call-for-submissions. He is encouraging aspiring beat makers of all experience levels to submit their tracks to the official program website: RemyProducers.com.

For the past five years, ‘Rémy Producers’ has created a platform where producers can now have a chance of being heard and recognized by the best in the game. The other super producers that will be participating this year will be Zaytoven, Boi-1Da and TRAKGIRL. There will be four regional competitions, the last ones standing will face off at the finale in Atlanta. 

To kick-off season six of the ‘Rémy Martin Producers’ Series, there were an exceptional roster of music industry leaders, producers and creatives including Zaytoven, Boi-1Da, TRAKGIRL, hosted by Miss Info and DJ Envy. They provided the next generation of producers, execs and moguls with tips and tricks to make it in the industry during a series of panels! The Music Producers Summit took place in NYC at Live Nation headquarters last week Wednesday. The panels were highly informative and shed light on the inner workings of the music business.

For more information on Rémy Producers rules, and submission deadlines visit RemyProducers.com.

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Looking for something to do in the big apple? Go ahead and mark your calendars for “DoYouKnowRapPeople?” a very special event taking place at the Genius venue in Brooklyn, New York. January 19th is the big day for hip-hop fans where they can show off their Rap knowledge over some great food, drinks, and music. Don’t miss out on a fun opportunity to win prizes and play a great game of Hip-Hop Jeopardy.

“DoYouKnowRapPeople?” is the Hip-Hop Jeopardy event that you don’t want to miss! It will be hosted by Colton from The Colton Show and they will have plenty of food and drinks but that’s not even the best part! They will also have giveaways from Def Jam, Republic Records, Gifted Apparel, Gross Mag, Legacy Luxe, MondaySucks and Moving Forward Music! One lucky raffle ticket holder (raffle tickets are free!) will earn a major prize from the Turntable Lab. So round up your friends and come through and enjoy some food (catered by Javis Malloy), drinks and music (DJed by RUNBOX). And while you’re at it, play a round of Jeopardy with your friends.

Enter to win a pair of tickets for this event by RTing our tweet! And for those that want to buy some tickets, you can purchase them here.

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Who says Hip-Hop is Dead? RESPECT. will be giving away two tickets to see Biz Markie, Big Daddy Kane and the rest of the Legendary Juice Crew in St. Montclair, New Jersey at the Montclair’s Wellmont Theater. The Juice Crew, which are Queensbridge-based artist were founded in the mid-to-late 80’s. The crew consists of Hip-Hop greats such as Big Daddy Kane, Biz Markie, Kool G Rap, MC Shan, Craig G, Marley Marl, Roxanne Shante and Masta Ace.

The Juice Crew, helped launch the careers of Big Daddy Kane, Biz Markie, Roxanne Shante’ and Kool G Rap. Now all the artist are coming together to collaborate and perform some of their greatest and chart topping hits in Montclair! So if you want to be a part of history in the making and see The Juice Crew, you MUST do the following:

• Follow RESPECT. on Twitter (if you don’t already)
• Retweet the tweet that RESPECT. puts out about the concert.

It’s really that simple! Just in case you need a refresher of whom The Juice Crew is and their mastery lyrics, below is a little taste of what you’ll be missing out on if you don’t go and TWEET!

The concert will be held on December 30, 2016 at 8pm at the Wellmont Theater, 5 Seymour St. Montclair, NJ 07042.

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RESPECT. is giving  you a chance to see two of Atlanta’s hottest rapperS live in concert! Young Thug and 21 Savage are currently on the road for their  “HIHORSE’d” Tour and we are giving away 10 pairs of tickets to see them turn up live in concert on Nov. 29th at their show in Los Angeles.

For a chance to enter and win to see Thugger and 21 perform all their hits– and hopefully debut their recent collaboration Thug previewed earlier this month– at the Shrine Expo Hall, readers MUST do the following:

• Follow RESPECT Mag on Twitter
• Follow Young Thug and 21 Savage on Twitter.
• Retweet this article on Twitter

The winners will be picked Nov.26th.

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Gary Richards, better known as Destructo, began DJing and producing in the early 90’s in Los Angeles, California. Destructo is most famous for throwing the party, “K-Rave ‘93,” along with Rave America at Knott’s Berry Farm, where over 17,000 people came. On September 15, 2016, Destructo’s ‘Renegade Tour’ began, where he headlined with ILOVEMAKONNEN, AC Slater, D.R.A.M., E-40, and more. More recently, Destructo had shows in both San Francisco, and Los Angeles where a few west coast rappers surprised fans, Ty Dolla $ign, and Too Short, to name a few.

If you have been desiring to go to a ‘Renegade Tour’ show, you finally get your chance. With only a few shows left, on November 12, you have the opportunity to see Destructo live at Webster Hall in New York, New York. We, RESPECT. Mag, are hosting a ticket giveaway where one lucky winner will get to see Destructo, on us!

Rules:

1. You must follow DESTRUCTO, on Twitter (@DestructoHARD)
2. You must follow us, RESPECT. Mag on Twitter(@RESPECTMAG)
3. You must be 19 years of age or older.
4. You must enter by November 10, 2016.

The winner will be informed on November 11, 2016 via Twitter Direct Message. There will only be one winner, however, tickets will be available here for this specific show as well as the rest to come in other areas.

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