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Big Easy Music Awards Toast Year’s Best in New Orleans

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The 20th Annual Big Easy Music Awards honored the musical lifeblood still pulsing through New Orleans Monday, April 21 at Harrah's Theatre. Winners, performers and presenters featured a bevy of BMI legends: Entertainer of the Year Terence Blanchard and his band delivered a jaw-dropping performance; revered piano man Allen Toussaint presented the 2008 Lifetime Achievement in Music honor to beloved funk innovator Eddie Bo;…


From News, posted 4.25.08

Stars Coming Out for 2002 BMI Urban Awards

BMI has announced the first confirmed attendees to its Urban Awards 2002, scheduled for August 6 at Club Tropigala at the Fountainebleau Hilton Resorts & Towers in Miami Beach. Among the urban songwriters and publishers to be recognized and on hand at the first-ever ceremony are rappers N.O.R.E., Cam’Ron, Big Tymers, Lil' Wayne, Juvenile, Neptunes, Rockwilder, singer


From News, posted 7.24.02

Lil Wayne

While contemporary teen phenoms like Britney Spears and Christina Aquilera perform light-hearted dance songs, 17-year-old rapper Lil’ Wayne offers a darker depiction of adolescent life on his Cash Money/Universal Records debut solo album, Tha Block Is Hot. Awash in harsh urban imagery, the album finds Lil’ Wayne delivering boastful rhymes laced with caustic social commentary. With its Jeep-rocking rhythms and gritty imagery, Tha Block…


From MusicWorld, posted 12.31.99

Juvenile

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On the title track of his third album, Tha G-Code, New Orleans-bred rapper Juvenile lays down what he calls "a set of rules to live by . . . a code of conduct for surviving on the streets." Juvenile, nee Terius Gray, picked up his own survival skills growing up in New Orleans' notoriously rough Magnolia projects. His debut indie release "Bounce or the Juvenile" put him…


From MusicWorld, posted 12.31.99

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