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Friday, February 08, 2008
Monday, December 24, 2007
NEWS: Yung Joc Pulls A Mini T.I.
I mean, c'mon Yung Joc. You can't bring a bottle of water on the plane, but you think you're going to just walk past security with a loaded gun?

Yung Joc @ Radio City Music Hall. More pics here.
"Yung Joc was charged Monday with carrying a concealed weapon after police said a loaded gun was found in his carry-on bag at Cleveland Hopkins International Airport. The 25-year-old rapper, whose real name is Jasiel Robinson, was arrested about 6:20 a.m. Sunday before boarding a Delta Air Lines flight, police spokesman Lt. Thomas Stacho said. Police said they found a semiautomatic handgun and ammunition in Robinson's carry-on bag. He told them he didn't know the weapon was there, Stacho said. Robinson was attempting to go through a standard security checkpoint when he was stopped and questioned, then arrested without incident, said Fred Szabo, airport commissioner." (source) The first mistake he made was booking a flight with Delta. Never. Fly. Delta.

Yung Joc @ Radio City Music Hall. More pics here.
"Yung Joc was charged Monday with carrying a concealed weapon after police said a loaded gun was found in his carry-on bag at Cleveland Hopkins International Airport. The 25-year-old rapper, whose real name is Jasiel Robinson, was arrested about 6:20 a.m. Sunday before boarding a Delta Air Lines flight, police spokesman Lt. Thomas Stacho said. Police said they found a semiautomatic handgun and ammunition in Robinson's carry-on bag. He told them he didn't know the weapon was there, Stacho said. Robinson was attempting to go through a standard security checkpoint when he was stopped and questioned, then arrested without incident, said Fred Szabo, airport commissioner." (source) The first mistake he made was booking a flight with Delta. Never. Fly. Delta.
Saturday, December 22, 2007
PHOTOS: SitDownStandUp.com's 2007 In Pictures
I brought my camera to a few really great Hip Hop concerts in 2007 including Clipse @ Columbia University, Rock The Bells featuring Cypress Hill, Wu-Tang Clan, Redman, The Roots and more, Boost Mobile Rock Corps @ Radio City Music Hall featuring Swizz Beatz, Just Blaze, Jadakiss, Fabolous, Hurricane Chris, Yung Joc, Keyshia Cole and more, EPMD, Nas, Jeru Da Damaja @ Roseland Ballroom and more. Click on the shows above specifically for relevant photos. Below there's a slideshow of photos from all of those. More non-Hip Hop photos can be found here. Move your mouse over the top of the picture below to go to the next photo, and move it over the bottom for thumbnails.
Full size photos available @ my flickr page.
Full size photos available @ my flickr page.
Labels: busta rhymes, clipse, cypress hill, epmd, fabolous, hurricane chris, Jadakiss, jeru da damaja, just blaze, keyshia cole, ludacris, photos, redman, swizz beatz, wu-tang clan, yung joc
Sunday, October 07, 2007
PHOTOS: Boost Mobile Rock Corps At Radio City Music Hall
Last night I attended the Boost Mobile Rock Corps benefit show at Radio City Music Hall in New York City. I got a chance to hang out back stage to take some shots. People that performed include Ludacris, Busta Rhymes, Jadakiss, Swizz Beatz, Just Blaze, Biz Markie, Marley Marl, Hurricane Chris, Spliff Star, Yung Joc, Keshia Cole, and a mesmerizingly beautiful Eve who was on the wrong side of the stage for me to take photos of. Dagger! It was a great show with a lot of highlights and a lot of love between performers backstage. A few photos below. Find the full set here. For more info on the Boost Mobile Rock Corps and their great volunteering activities go here.




The show itself was a great series of short sets with Busta Rhymes as the high light. Also included were rock bands Angels And Airwaves and Red Jumpsuit Apparatus, both visibly nervous to play in front of a 90% Hip Hop crowd. Angels & Airwaves went over surprisingly well. Find the full set of photos here.
Previous Photos:
- Clipse @ Columbia University
- Rock The Bells NYC featuring Wu-Tang Clan, Cypress Hill, The Roots, and more




The show itself was a great series of short sets with Busta Rhymes as the high light. Also included were rock bands Angels And Airwaves and Red Jumpsuit Apparatus, both visibly nervous to play in front of a 90% Hip Hop crowd. Angels & Airwaves went over surprisingly well. Find the full set of photos here.
Previous Photos:
- Clipse @ Columbia University
- Rock The Bells NYC featuring Wu-Tang Clan, Cypress Hill, The Roots, and more
Labels: busta rhymes, eve, fabolous, hurricane chris, just blaze, keyshia cole, ludacris, photos, spliff star, swizz beatz, yung joc
Saturday, September 15, 2007
VIDEO: USDA vs Boyz N Da Hood
These guys should all sue each other for plagiarism. Watch and listen how these are strangely similar beats, flows, topic matter and level of lyricism are. Both these videos just debuted on the excellent OnSmash.
USDA ft Young Jeezy - Respect Da Shield
Boyz N Da Hood - We Ready Ft Yung Joc
Boyz N Da Hood - We Ready Ft Yung Joc
Labels: boyz n da hood, usda, video, young jeezy, yung joc














