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Featuring a stellar line up of America’s hottest hip-hop artists, and staged at the iconic Sports Centre@ Sydney Olympic Park, and Mercury at Brisbane’s hip Spot, this exclusive event is the first of its kind in the hip-hop world to tour Down Under…

THE HISTORY OF HIP HOP

Hip hop is a cultural movement that was initiated by inner-city youth, mostly African Americans in New York City, in the early 1970s. It includes the activities of break dancing as well as associated fashion and other culturally influential elements.

Sydney and Brisbane audiences will enjoy the moment as they identify with such high profile icons giving cause to the way they love the world.

THE VENUE
Sydney Olympic Park Sports Centre
23rd & 24th February 2007
5000 Capacity

Tour Entourage

BONE THUGS – N – HARMONY

Hailing from Cleveland, Ohio, Bone Thugs-N-Harmony are a hardcore gangster rap group credited for bringing fast rapping to the fore with their speedy, harmonizing flow.

After living on the streets of L.A. for months Bone Thugs-N-Harmony actually auditioned for NWA’s Eazy-E over the phone. He eventually signed them to his label, Ruthless Records.

Although the dark times of their early years have certainly influenced their music, they also choose to tell a message of uplift, as exemplified by If I Could Teach The World which gained them an American Music Award for best rap/hip-hop artist (1998).

Bone Thugs-N-Harmony has sold 40 million albums worldwide and has also won numerous other awards, including a Grammy Award for Best Rap Performance for Tha Crossroads. Their album, E. 1999 Eternal is one of the best selling rap albums of all time.

The group has an extensive cv of collaborations, with an impressive plethora of other rap artists and musicians such as Duets: The Final Chapter by The Notorious B.I.G, the soundtrack from the Antonio Banderas movie Take the Lead and on DJ Khaled’s new album Listennn. The Album. They are the only artists ever to have collaborated with late rappers Eazy-E, 2Pac, The Notorious B.I.G., and Big Pun while they were alive.

Discography

• Faces of Death (under original band name, B.O.N.E. Enterpri$e), 1993
• Creepin’ On A Come Up (EP) Ruthless Records, 1994
• E.1999 Eternal, Ruthless Records, 1995
• The Art Of War (double-disc set), Ruthless Records, 1997
• Thug World Order, Ruthless Records, 2002
• Thug Stories, Koch Records, 2006
• Strength & Loyalty, Interscope, to be released mid 2007

Upcoming projects

• The new Bone Thugs-N-Harmony album is expected to be released in mid-2007. Entitled Strength & Loyalty, it features all-new vocals from imprisoned member Flesh-N-Bone and boasts a stellar production team that includes Hi Tek, Swizz Beatz, Jazze Pha, Scott Storch, Dr. Dre, Will.I.Am, The Platinum Brothers, Brad & Pretty Boy, Akon, and Jermaine Dupri.

• Layzie Bone has a forthcoming new solo LP, Cleveland, and will appear on Siagon’s new album (Atlantic) Red Cafe’s new album (Universal).

• Layzie Bone and Krayzie will both appear on the new album from Frankie J, Priceless

• Krayzie Bone burned up Chamillionaire’s 2006 hit Ridin’, is to guest on Brooke Valentine’s upcoming album and is also to feature on the new 2Pac album, Pac’s Life.

• Preparations are underway for a movie, entitiled, What If.

• Bone Thugs-N-Harmony will be touring Alaska in 2007

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THA DOGG POUND (visiting artists: Kurupt, RBX and Roscoe)

Also known as D.P.G. (Dogg Pound Gangstaz), Tha Dogg Pound is a rap duo made up of Kurupt and Daz Dillinger. Signed to Death Row Records early in their careers, the duo were key to the labels success. The group made their rap debut in 1992 on various songs on Dr. Dre’s The Chronic. They also appeared on Snoop’s classic Doggystyle, and the Death Row soundtracks Murder Was The Case and Above The Rim. Their solo, Dogg Food, was released in 1995. It went on to sell three million albums.

An extended family, referred to as D.P.G.C. (short for the Dogg Pound Gangsta Clique), has over time been made up of Daz, Kurupt, Snoop Dogg, Nate Dogg, Soopafly, RBX, Warren G, Tray Deee, Bad Azz, Lil’ ½ Dead, Lil C Style, Lady of Rage, E White, Goldie Loc, Roscoe, and Twinz.

The latest
Discography

• Dogg Food (1995),
• Dillinger & Young Gotti (2001)
• 2002 (2001)
• Cali iz Activ (2006)
Cali Iz Active will feature appearances from Snoop, Bad Azz, Cypress Hill’s B-Real, Busta Rhymes, David Banner and Paul Wall. The album also features production from Battlecat, Fredwreck, The Alchemist, Jazze Pha, Ryan Leslie and Sean “Diddy” Combs.

KURUPT a.k.a. Young Gotti

Born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Kurupt moved to Hawthorne, California as a teen to live with his father, eventually moving to South Central on his own. Before either became the infamous personas they are now acclaimed for, Kurupt found himself battling Snoop Dogg on the mike one night at a club. Each was impressed with the others skills, and they agreed that whoever achieved fame first would help other out. Sure enough, Snoop Dogg was eventually discovered by Dr Dre and signed to Death Row Records; soon after, Kurupt was also signed to the label and featured on Dre’s Chronic (1992) & Snoop’s Doggystyle (1993).

Kurupt debuted as one-half of Tha Dogg Pound, a partnership with rapper/producer Daz Dillinger, in 1995. After a
Kurupt returned to the long-quiet Death Row label in 2002 and helped Suge Knight revive the infamous label.

Kurupt’s power is his relevance. He is described as “.a Universal Emcee [who] has the agility to go against the grain and flow and bend with the times.” A revered lyricist with the ability to shut down anyone that comes up against him, his appeal lies in his ability to capture the essence of the ghetto experience, the expression of pain and personal struggle.

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Solos
Kuruption! (1998)
Tha Streetz Is a Mutha (1999)
Space Boogie: Smoke Odyssey (2001) solo

Tha Dogg Pound with Daz Dillinger and Snoop Dogg
RBX
Cousin to hip hop luminaries Snoop Dogg and Daz Dillinger, RBX got a headstart on his hip-hop career in 1992 when Snoop introduced him to Dr. Dre. RBX was soon added to the personnel making this groundbreaking debut The Chronic. His rough voice and bizarre flow, which earned him the nickname of tha Narrator, made him, with Snoop Dogg, one of the most promising and recognizable MCs of the time.

ROSCOE

Roscoe (born David Williams in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) is a West Coast rapper from Hawthorne, California.

Roscoe’s brother, Tha Dogg Pound MC and former Death Row Records associate, Kurupt introduced Roscoe to the rap industry. At just 10 years old, he flew to California to watch his brother lay down tracks for Tha Dogg Pound’s debut album, Dogg Food. Inspired by the experience, he soon began to regularly meet with Kurupt on the road and in the studio, soaking in the West Coast beats while practicing his rapping skills.

Roscoe debuted on Kurupt’s Tha Streetz Iz a Mutha, aged only 15. Producer Daz was so impressed by the young MC he helped him put together his first mixtape, 2001’s When the Pain Inflict. Drawing favorable reviews from the underground circuit, Roscoe signed with Priority to release his debut album, Young Roscoe Philaphornia. Featuring seasoned producers like Organized Noize, Soopafly, and DJ Quik, the album was recorded and scheduled for release in 2002 but was pushed back for release until mid-2003. He recently released his second album I Luv Cali in May 2006.

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