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July 25th 2008

Eminem And Kid Rock To Rap Battle For Charity

Filed under: events, music — sara @ 9:16 am

The producers of the new documentary Rap Therapy, a film about using hip-hop as a tool to steer teens away from violence, have challenged Eminem and Kid Rock to a freestyle rap battle. The winner gets to donate $1 million to the charity of his choice.

Other celebrities featured in the documentary include 50 Cent, Diddy, Anne Hathaway, Fergie, and Tom Cruise.

Between womanizing, violent lyrics and fur-wearing sickness, I have to say that I’m not very attracted to this bit of news. But perhaps some good will come from these two kings of controversy facing off for charity.

via Starpulse

May 15th 2008

Kid Rock Saves The Day After Boy Scout Robbery

Filed under: donations — parrish @ 9:11 pm

But honestly, who steals camping supplies from a Boy Scout? This past week in Orlando, Florida, Boy Scout Troupe 631 all had frowny faces after learning their camping gear had been stolen from a trailer parked behind a local church. Whoa!!! Someone stole crap from a Boy Scout that was parked behind a CHURCH? Oh, yeah, you’re definitely going to hell!  

Luckily, singer Kid Rock came to the rescue after reading about the thievery and donated $10,000 of his own cash to purchase new supplies. 

Troop leader Bill Stott, confirmed that Rock’s generosity would be more than enough to replace the stolen goods and that any leftover money would go to charity. Scott said ”A Scout earns his way. The community is giving to us, so we want to give back to the community.”

All I’m saying is that if I stole that stuff I’d probably stay away from mountains for the next few years. Karma’s a bitch! 

thanks: starpulse.com  

December 31st 2007

New York City Will Have Green Balls This New Year’s Eve

Filed under: buildings and construction, events, events: nyc, music, thegreenpicture — parrish @ 1:09 pm

Come on, you have to admit that is a brilliant title!  Tonight, my current stomping ground, New York City, is celebrating one of it’s most famous Times Square traditions-the New Year’s Eve ball drop.  This year however, NYC will also be starting a new tradition.  The famous ball is officially going green, baby!!

The 1,415-pound ball will be covered in more than 9,500 energy-efficient light-emitting diodes that will illuminate the ball’s over 600 crystals and set the sky a blazin’.  Officials (whatever that means) say that the LEDs are estimated to use the same amount of electricity as about 10 toasters, which is like the craziest, most super cool thing I’ve ever heard.

As always, my precious little city will rock New Years eve celebrity style with musical performances by Hannah Montana, The Jonas Brothers, Kid Rock, Lenny Kravitz, Lifehouse, The Bravery, and alums from Fox TV’s American Idol, Carrie Underwood, Jordin Sparks and Blake Lewis. 

So take that N train downtown and come celebrate the end of 2007 with the lot of us. Did I mention Hannah Montana will be there?