Red Bull will be throwing an innovative MC battle respecting the tried and true form of rap competition while highlighting the modern freestyle spirit. Hosted by Angie Yee and featuring champion freestyle MC, Kosha Dillz. The battle will be judged by Alchemist, Just Blaze and Craig G. Special Guest Headliner, not to be missed, as we have been told, is Eminem!
Don’t miss your chance to go and throw some Shemspeed support!
June 21st @ Bowery Ballroom
6 Delancey Street
NY, NY 10002 info here.
Shemspeed is an independent recording label and promotional agency highlighting cross-over music artists with positive and unifying messages. Founded by Erez Safar, an American-Israeli DJ/Producer, Shemspeed promotes over 15 dynamic artists representing a wide range of genres including hip-hop, reggae, and rock. These artists include Y-Love (revolutionary Jewish hip-hop), Diwon (Yemenite / Sephardic hip-hop, Israeli music and more), DeScribe (soul-awakening dancehall, hip-hop, & soul), and Electro Morocco (Israeli rock, dance music.) Shemspeed artists, collectively showcasing the diversity in world Jewish music, have performed with musicians as varied as Snoop Dogg, Lou Reed, Idan Raichel and Eminem; they’ve been profiled in Rolling Stone, SPIN, The New York Times and XXL; and they’ve been seen and heard around the world on various TV appearances (Conan O’Brien, CBS and BBC World) and global radio. Shemspeed’s mission is unifying people through culture and education, celebrating diversity and common ground. By way of this work, we add a public Jewish voice to multi-cultural, inter-faith, creative and collaborative bridge-building.