We like you to join us at 88 KEYS tommorrow night July 1, 2009 between 8 p.m. and 11 p.m.!!!!

.."How does one determine if he or she is the most important without being literally impotent." This is the subject that i have wanted to address online with many and any other folks and fools in this game called SO-Ciety".

Silas Blak

Greetings to All of Hip Hop,

First off, Happy Father's Day to ALL the Father's who take an active role on their children"s lives. And, to ALL of the men who have stepped up to the plate and are an example of what Fatherhood is to youth who need that love.(Thank you to ALL the women who acknowledged this and sent out emails, texts or phone calls stating this!!)

Dope Emporium continues to move forward with plotting and planning. There has been a great response to the weekly updates and is giving me an idea of where to turn for immediate assistance. Thank you to all of those who have responded quickly.

There will be a meeting next week(an email will go out this Friday with location, date and time). This meeting will be the first in at least one a week leading up to Conference. This initial meeting will deal with an updated list of performers for the Rooftop performers, process of scheduling performers and vendors for Dope Emporium stage at Conference, marketing and promotion strategies and any information regarding events leading up to the Conference.

Please remember, these meetings are for ideas, feedback, concerns and planning. Your voice or creativity can not be expressed if there is no representation. Also, know that this is a networking tool for new voices, business ideas or connection to pieces of the Seattle Hip Hop scene.
Continue building and strengthening your thoughts, creativity and concerns.

Greetings and Respect to all of Hip Hop,

This is an open letter to all of the supporters, participants, watchers, listeners, activists and organizers on behalf of Dope Emporium. Hopefully, this will put a clear and strong picture on the latest developments and growth of Dope Emporium.Dope Emporium was created to establish the social, political, communal and financial platform or storefront for DOPE artist from the Northwest. The purpose was to make sure all voices, ideas, creativity and thoughts had a place to bring forth this expression to the public and let them decide if this was intoxicating, original and refreshing enough to be considered "DOPE".In the last 2-3 years, we, the Seattle Hip Hop Community, has come together to help meet this goal. Now, with ALL the struggles and concerns of the entire Hip Hop Community worldwide, Dope Emporium has decided to expand this mission and begin a tour through California, Oregon, New Mexico and Colorado, with collaboration of the National Hip Hop Congress. The purpose is still the same: to do more than just shows, but also add voices to Community Centers, Schools, Youth Advocacy and Community Violence. The tour will be supported by artists such as, Knox Family,DJ B-Girl, Toni Hill, One Be Lo, Mic Crenshaw, D Labrie, Mykill Myers, Reali the mann, Shamako Nobles, Raham Jamal, special and mystery guests and spot dates by Black Stax(check www.hiphopcongress for tour dates). This tour will happen throughout the month of June and will end June 27th in Portland, OR.That's when the fun begins again for the 2-0-6!! There will be a root establishing event, the first ever, National Hip Hop Conference here, July 29th-August 2nd, 2009. This event is significant because its brings a National Hip Hop audience and participants to our region and let's them take a look into how we are maintaining and building our Hip Hop scene. It also allows for us to establish relationships with like minds and talents across the nation.The National Hip Hop Conference will be hosted by the Hip Hop Congress and supported by Seattle Youth Council, U.M.O.J.A Peace Center, Oseao Media, Zulu Nation and Dope Emporium. Which means Dope Emporium will have a stage where we once again can feature artists and have a space to create the storefront ethic it has operated on. Showcasing visual and audio representation, as well as video history, workshops, debates and producers challenge. Without forgetting and understanding the importance of the vendors market, as a place to have ALL of the works by artist displayed and supported by the local scene.There will be a lead up to this Conference, as the tour gives a peep into the experience most will encounter during the Conference, and there will need to be other events happening to maintain this momentum. So, during the month of July this adrenaline rush will begin with two(2) Rooftop events happening on July 11th and 25th at Spoons Urban Apparel on Beacon Hill. The Rooftop events will be used as a promo before the BANG of Dope Emporium at the Conference! So, once again we will need performers, community activists, event organizers, marketing and promotions gurus, concerned and informed minds, new voices and untapped talents to come together. That way we can TRULY express who and what we are about when Dope Emporium once again gets to make the statement- "why it was created, who it was created for and its purpose?".

Truthfully and Honestly,


Jace(SL/Black Stax)


"Civilization hangs in the balance, for what I am the world of tomorrow will be"