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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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There is always a memorable moment at Hot 97’s Summer Jam, whether its Jay Z bringing out Michael Jackson, orWu Tang Clan dissing the radio station during their set. But back in 2007, fans got to witness two of  hip-hop’s greatest producers engage in a friendly “beat battle.” During Swizz Beatz‘s set, Kanye West made a guest appearance and challenged him to a competition to determine who was the best producer. They went back and forth playing their biggest hits for the audience, creating another classic moment in Summer Jam history.

However, the battle was not supposed to end on the Summer Jam stage. According to Miss Info, the super-producers were planning to make a joint album.  “The best part was that afterwards they were so excited about it Swizz was telling me backstage that they wanted to do an entire CD like that,” she said.  “They wanted to do an album going back and forth.” It seems that the album will never come into fruition,but we can use footage from the now infamous battle to imagine how incredible the album would have been. Check out the video below.

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Minya caught up with Kendrick at Coachella. They discuss the feeling of success, future collabs with the A$AP mob and the craziest things at the Coachella festival.

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