AHH Stray News: M.O.P., Nelly, Grandmaster Flash, SRC......

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AHH Stray News: M.O.P., Nelly, Grandmaster Flash, SRC/SoutEast Music
By Nolan Strong
Date: 2/21/2007 10:15 am





M.O.P.'s latest single "7:30" has been picked up by CBS Sports and The New York Knicks and the song will be included in various promotional spots. The song is taken from M.O.P.'s upcoming G-Unit release reportedly titled Yearly Physical, which is slated to hit stores in May 2007. The video for the song is being edited and will hit video outlets nationwide on Mar. 1. In related news, M.O.P. has singed on to promote the Sizzurp brand of liquor. Sizzurp, which was sold to Straight Up Brands last year, will be featured in M.O.P.'s music videos, on tour worldwide with tour van wraps, stage banners and "on-stage pours." M..O.P. is also in the process of planning their first worldwide tour.

Rapper Nelly hasn't released a CD since 2004's double release, Sweat and Suit, but he's still St. Louis' all-time best selling artist. Nelly has sold more than 22 million records world wide - more than St. Louis natives Chuck Berry, Tina Turner and jazz legend Miles Davis combined. Additionally, the rapper's 2000 release Country Grammar has sold over 9 million copies, making it the biggest album to ever come out of St. Louis. Sheryl Crow is the region's best-selling female artist, with 16 million records sold.


Grandmaster Flash has been selected to perform at the 2007 Ingenuity Festival of Art and Technology in Cleveland this July. The third annual event takes place July 19-22 and celebrates the mixture of art and technology. Organizers had sought to book Flash for the event since its inception in 2004. "I think somebody like Flash is sort of a product of the intersection between art and technology, the consummate DJ. He's sort of an icon of what Ingenuity is," Festival director James Levin told Cleveland's Plain Dealer. "Also, as an artist, there are few that really transcend racial, ethnic, cultural and age barriers as much as somebody like Flash." The 2006 Ingenuity Festival takes place in the Playhouse Square district and is expected to draw over 80,000 visitors. All outdoor activities are free, while weekend passes to indoor technology events are $25.

Loud Records' founder Steve Rifkind and music industry executive Lee