Toofly NYC

Oh man…still recharging. Last night’s Heart & Soul Party hosted by the Rejuvenation team A-Tone and Jenone and our host on the spot Elvis held it down…and It didn’t rain! The breakers and writers who threw down added flaaaaaavor:) Thanks guys! Here’s some flicks of the madness…

Setting it off… where my crazies at?

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YOUNITY’S HEART & SOUL CLOSING PARTY!
FRIDAY NOVEMBER 14th, 2008
TIME:7-12PM

Music by A*Tone ( REJUVENATION NYC)
+ Special guest performances by:   TWEAPONZ (NYC), LadyOSoFly (Brooklyn) and RucyL MiLLS (Elektrocardio)

ALPHABETA
70 Greenpoint Avenue
Brooklyn, New York 11222
G train to Greenpoint

*** Last chance to check out the exhibit! NOV 1st-14th! ***
Younity Heart & Soul Books now available online:younityspace

YOUNITY is delighted to announce that Martha Cooper’s latest book “TAGTOWN” book launch is this coming Thursday at Alphabeta! Younity’s Heart & Soul will be the event’s backdrop how DOPE is that! We are so honored;) Urban art through the ages has never looked so sweet together. Come check out how far we’ve come!!!

Alphabeta
70 Greenpoint Ave
Brooklyn NY
7-10pm
G train to Greenpoint Ave
DJ Castor
www.dokument.org

BET FLY GIRLS VOTE Hosted by MC Lyte and Moderated by Michaela angela Davis, Town Hall Event “Fly Girls Vote: Hip Hop Women for Change” on Saturday, October 18 at Clark University Explores the Legacy and Future Women of Color Hold in American Politics 

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Younity’s Heart & Soul exhibition and book launch was a huge success!!! Shout out to everyone that came thru and supported;) Alphabeta was jammed packed! Heart & Soul books sold out yepeee! No worries Younity artists yours are on the way give us a week or 2 to re-cooperate from the weekend madness. They will be available online very soon, need to re-print! wow…so yea it was a crazy week preparing 6 full days but we rocked it and it came off! check it…

For additional fresh new photos and updates please join us in YOUNITY SPACE!

Stephen Wordie © 2008

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BET NETWORKS HOSTS TWO POWERFUL PANEL DISCUSSIONS AT CLARK ATLANTA UNIVERSITY IN SUPPORT OF THE 2008 “BET HIP HOP AWARDS” ON SATURDAY, OCTOBER 18 , 2008.

FLY GIRLS VOTE! Hip-Hop Women for Change
An all-star female gathering of academics, activities, actresses, journalists, goverment and student leaders, artists, DJ’s, filmakers, and emcees will engage in creativity and conversation to prove IT’S WOMEN THAT MAKE MOVEMENTS MOVE.

Debra Lee, MC Lyte, Michaela Angela Davis, Tricia Rose, Moya Bailey, represntative Aisha Thomas Morgan, Shola Lynch, Lola Ogunnaike, DJ Beverly Bond, Toofly, Black Kold Madina, and more!

SATURDAY October 18th
11-1pm
Clark Atlanta University
Cornelius Henderson Student Center

Original Fly Girls Logo design by yours truly:) © Toofly 2008

On Friday, October 17, a Hip-Hop Summit Action Network Panel Discussion on Financial Empowerment Features Panelists Russell Simmons, Ludacris, Dr. Benjamin Chavis, 106 & PARK’s Terrence and Rocsi, and Others, Urging People to “Get Your Money Right!”

Hosted by MC Lyte and Moderated by Michaela angela Davis, Town Hall Event “Fly Girls Vote: Hip Hop Women for Change” on Saturday, October 18 Explores the Legacy and Future Women of Color Hold in American Politics The “BET HIP HOP AWARDS” Premieres Thursday, October 23 at 8:00 P.M.*

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OMG IT’S NEXT FRIDAY!!!

We have been preparing for this exhibit for like an entire year people…I know crazy long! It takes mad work to put together a “TIGHT” exhibition on an independent level with like no loot, a day job, side gigs, personal life, etc, etc…It’s no easy task. It takes a lot of effort to organize something you care about. The collective has grown to 60 amazing women artists from various backgrounds representing their own individual stylez, ideaz, and skillz. Their work is DOPE!!! this year’s Heart & Soul is a labor of love. Something that flowed and manifested organically. We are extremely proud of this exhibition and hope you get a chance to experience it on opening day. October 17th! Mark your calendars. Don’t forget to cop your own Heart & Soul book which we are exited to have self published! That was a tough one but we did it!!! Shout out to our Younity Team. You guys have gone way and beyond to help spread the message we are so grateful;) love you guys!!!

Thanks to all who believe in YOUNITY and continue to support our community. Spread the love, spread the word…

YOUNITY’s Heart & Soul Exhibition and Book Launch
October 17,2008
OPENING RECEPTION ( open to the public ) 8pm – 10pm
rsvp@theyounity.com

DJ Laylo & Dj Elle on the 1&2′ spinning the best of Hip Hop’s “GOLDEN” Years.

ALPHABETA
70 Greenpoint Avenue
Brooklyn, New York 11222
Exhibit Dates: October 18, 2008 – November 17, 2008

Younity Heart & Soul After Party!

Time: 10pm - Till
COCO 66 ( Right Next Door! )
66 Greenpoint Ave
(between Franklin St & West St)
Brooklyn, NY 11222 (718) 389-7392

www.coco66.com

DJ CP spinning the best of Hip Hop, House, Classics, Reggae, and more!
www.terryurban.netPRESS RELEASE BELOW:

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WEDNESDAY 10.1.08
I flew into Anchorage Alsaka on Wednesday afternoon and the view was amazing! The landscape of Mount McKinley, and the Kenai Mountain Ranges, the deep blue ocean, rivers, valleys, snow, glaciers, trees…dope.

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Yea I know Alaska? word…it’s gonna be cold eeek! I gotta bust out my bubble jacket. Hope I have some time to scope out the scenic route. If I see some glaciers, moose, bears, and whales I’ll be so siked!  It’s supposed to be surrounded by an awesome wilderness of mountains and valleys, Im a sucker for that stuff. Shout out to Elizabeth Posey, OurTime crew, and the Hip Hop Association for putting me down on this wonderful youth project;) I’m excited to meet you guys, share the love, educate, and paint!

OUR TIME 2008
A a youth based (ages 18-35) voter registration drive and political education program (16-35) using hip hop to teach political process and how to use it to change your community. OurTime 2008 is a nonpartisan Civic Engagement Initiative of the Anchorage Urban League Young Professionals in Partnership with the Hip Hop Association based out of Harlem, New York.

illustration and design by yours truly;)
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Harriet’s Alter Ego
293 Flatbush Ave, Brooklyn
October 5-October 30, 2008
Opening Reception
Sunday, October 5, 2008
5-9 pm

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SAVE THE DATE!!!

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Our first night out we attended the Hip Hop Ladies with Attitude exhibition at the TACHLESS. This has got to be the most tagged up building I’ve ever seen. This is def a griddy ass building…Catfight female graffiti portrait prints by F Lady looked dope!!! I got my Mickey joint to hang on my wall. Mickey I gotta get a signature next time your in NY! So I borrowed a few flicks from JUST from Ekosystem who’s flicks are mad official. Mine are a little dark and blurry:(

female graff artists paving the way…

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”Hip Hop Ladies with Attitude”
August 22nd- August 31st 2008

10-day exhibition presenting female graffiti and female Hip Hop history organized by: Catfight Magazine, Anattitude Magazine & We B*Girlz.

location: Blauer Salon, 5th floor of Tacheles, Oranienburgerstr. 54-56a, 10117 Berlin
19:00 till the breakadawn
Entrance: Free
DJs Mok La Rok (a.k.a. Rosy One) & P-Tess (Zürich/Switzerland)

www.hiphop-ladies-with-attitude.com

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WE B*GIRLZ FESTIVAL

The We B*Girlz Festival is a multimedia Festival by women for women celebrating the 4 elements of Hip Hop and more. We B*Girlz wants to present a strong role model for adolescent girls. We B*Girlz Productionz wants to show that women mastered skills in all aspects of Hip Hop and have earned a place in Hip Hop history. We will celebrate their creativity with a one month festival in August 2008 in Berlin. Our intention is to provide a platform for girls and young women from different nations and cultural backgrounds to make contacts, exchange ideas, and support each other. We want to teach them new skills, strengthen their confidence and show them the accomplishments of women in all aspects of Hip Hop culture. Within 4 weeks in August 2008, the We B*Girlz Festival will provide the girls with tools to be creative in the different aspects of Hip Hop culture, and will also teach them how to document their own culture through workshops in video editing, photography, and web design etc. During the 4 weeks in August, we will not only have lots of workshops, but also exhibitions, concerts, club nights, a filmfestival etc. We will produce a compilation with female artists, a magazine and a DVD. The event series will close with a big festival with battles, shows and a concert on the last weekend in August. We hope to see y’all in Berlin!!!

EXHIBITIONS & GRAFFITI JAM
August 28, 2008
location: Tachless

MadC (DE), TOOFLY(US), Shiro(JP), Faith47(SA), Mickey(NL), Fany(DE), Wave(DE), Hera(DE), Spice(AU), Anarkia(BR), Winter(NO), Yeah(NO), Qge(NO), Venus (ES), Politrix(SE), Sizta(SE), Numi(ES), Flai(ES), Malicia(ES), Alice Mizrachi(US), F.Lady(NL), Jolie (DE).

* The “Hip Hop Lady’s with Attitude” exhibition “So Fresh & So Def “will be kicking of August 22nd!

WE B GIRLZ CONCERT
August 29, 2008
location: Cassiopeia

ROXANNE SHANTÉ, BAHAMADIA, YARAH BRAVO, INVINCIBLE, ETERNIA, STACY EPPS, DJ SHORTEE, PYRANJA, SHE-RAW, JENEEZ, ISCHEN IMPOSSIBLE, TOO FUNK SISTAZ, NIA GARA,

DANCE OFF
August 30, 2008
location: Universal Hall

ROKAFELLA (NYC) ASIA ONE ( LA) A-KO ( Paris ) MOVIE ONE ( Barcelona )

To stay in the loop sign up for the “newzletta” at www.bgirlz.com

www.hiphop-ladies-with-attitude.com
www.bitchesincontrol.com
www.catfightmagazine.com

http://b-girlz-berlin.com/info/hostel/

So yeah…I worked on this $ gig for T-Mobile last night in the Lower (LES). I never expected this sort of event to be dead center in our peoples hood. Puerto Rican flags in the summer breeze, a bunch of triple X T’s drying on the firescapes, and mami’s plants blooming with flowers. Then again all them condos are creeping in everywhere you look making it feel “cool” to host this type of establishment on this side of town. Sigh…New York an ever changing landscape. So anyway, I didn’t really know what to expect, I was just ready to throw down, collect my dough, and call it a night. I get there and I was like WORD! set up was tight. I dig professionalism, that’s corporate $ for ya. Damn the food was off the hook! shumai, noodle soups, spring rolls, dumplings, yum! big ups to the caterers for hooking up my dinner for the evening. Peeps rolled thru, and got first dibs on all the free shit; food, drinks, sidekicks, custom skatedecks, Kidrobot Munny’s, T-Shirts, and a time to shine on the green screen. That was a lot of fun actually. Shout out the fellas who put on an excellent freestyle dance sequence just for fun. That shit was GREAT!!! Vee and I were rolling…Okay folks just felt like writing more than usual today. Here’s the T-Mobile / Skin-It! action in full effect…

Gotta save that loot for Berlin baby!

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