A hip hop competitors in Yonkers is deliberate for Saturday in honor of DMX’s birthday and to have fun the renovations to a Yonkers’ municipal housing complicated the place he as soon as lived.
Organizers of the competitors expect round 1,000 folks on the occasion, which is able to function stay performances, free meals and prizes for the winners.
“He put the city on his again,” mentioned DJ Superior of his pal DMX, with whom he labored on music out of Superior’s Mulford Gardens residence. “We made plenty of songs out of that residence.”
He was within the hospital with DMX earlier than he died, rhyming his pal’s lyrics in his ear, he mentioned.
He referred to as DMX “greater than life” and credited him for letting folks know he was from Yonkers as he reached superstardom.
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The occasion will have fun what the state senate declared DMX Day, but additionally honor Yonkers’ mayor and police commissioner, who Superior mentioned performed a big position in ensuring all of the DMX celebrations after his dying in April had been secure.
The occasion can be a homecoming of kinds, mentioned Wilson Kimball, President and CEO of the Municipal Housing Authority for town, as residents of the Calcagno Houses are set to maneuver again in in early January after the complicated noticed $43 million in renovations.
This is what to know if you happen to plan on going:
Schedule
The occasion shall be held within the College Road Fitness center at 10 Brook Road.
4 p.m. Movies of the finalists begin enjoying, free meals and shirt giveaway.
5:30 p.m. Mayor Mike Spano and Police Commissioner John Mueller shall be honored for his or her assist of occasions honoring DMX.
6 p.m. Judges will identify prime 5 artists from the video submissions they acquired forward of time.
6:30 p.m. High 5 artists carry out stay.
7 p.m. Judges will identify a winner and two runners up and provides out awards.
7:30 p.m. DJ music and mingling.
8 p.m. Occasion ends.
COVID-19 protocols
Masks shall be required within the health club the place the performances are happening. Organizers shall be handing them out on the occasion. For many who would somewhat watch outdoors, a tent shall be arrange on Brook Road the place the performances shall be livestreamed. The world on Brook Road between New Principal and Morgan Road shall be closed to visitors for the occasion.
A vaccine clinic by #VaxUp Westchester shall be accessible on website for these serious about getting any dose of the COVID-19 vaccine.
The competitors
Artists submitted movies forward of time and judges chosen the highest 10.
On Saturday the judges (Superior, Sporty Thievz, Rah Rah from Def Jam Recordings and a consultant from WuTang’s administration) will announce the highest 5, who will get to carry out shortly after. Then judges will announce the winner, who will obtain a $500 reward card, and two runners up, who will every obtain a $100 prize.
Different prizes a few of the prime 5 artists might win embrace: free studio time, free music video manufacturing, and a free beat from DJ Shok, who wrote the beat for DMX’s “Slippin’.”
Contact Diana Dombrowski at ddombrowski@gannett.com. Observe her on Twitter at @domdomdiana
