First I’d like to thank all of you for your patience. This announcement has been a long time coming. I regretfully announce that Paid Dues will not happen this year. 2013 was financially challenging for my partners at Guerilla Union and as a direct result of these unfortunate circumstances we were not able to come together to give you another successful Paid Dues Festival. However, I am using this time to restructure my business in order to bring you Paid Dues for 2015. Thank you for your continued support and I look forward to celebrating Paid Dues 10 Year anniversary with you next spring. Stay tuned…. MURS.

Guerilla Union is also the organizers for Rock the Bells, which was cancelled last year due to low ticket sales. As a result, the promotion team had a financially challenging year that has lead to the cancellation of Paid Dues. Murs assures that Paid Dues will return in 2015 to celebrate its 10 year anniversary. We can expect that the show will be better than ever next year.

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While at Austin’s South By Southwest (SXSW) Festival last week, Nardwuar got the chance to speak with Flatbush ZOMBiES.  In the interview, he spoke with them about Fonzie of Happy Days fame, Afro Punk and more. 

If you have never had the opportunity to experience Flatbush ZOMBiES live and you’re in the California area, make sure to check them out next weekend at Guerilla Union’s Paid Dues Festival in San Bernardino alongside artists like: De La Soul, Black Hippy, Joey Badass, Smoke DZA, Souls of Mischief and more.  For more information about the festival and purchasing tickets click here.

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Hip-hop’s annual shout-out to all the crews grinding their asses off arrives March 30 at the NOS Events Center in San Bernardino, California. The full 2013 line-up for the 8th annual Paid Dues festival was announced by Murs earlier.

Among the performers will be headliners Black Hippy, as well as Macklemore, Freddie Gibbs, Tech N9ne, Mobb Deep, Killer Mike, Joey Bada$$ and many more.

You can see the line-up below and watch the video. Purchase your tickets now.

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Kendrick Lamar recites his new single live for the first time at this year’s Paid Dues festival in San Bernardino, CA. Dr. Dre wasn’t there to perform his verse, but as you can see, the crowd was rocking nonetheless.

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