Received this message from Macsen Apollo (and incidentally, Peach has been directly touched by one of our peeps having to endure kidney failure & dialysis…it’s not pleasant).
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My good friend RasCue is a man who has given so much to the Hip Hop Community, both locally and internationally as an Emcee, DJ, Producer, Host, as well as a member of Various Blends, Urban Umpires, and Cali Agents (this cat does it alll). Well what most people don’t know is that he recently fell victim to a kidney disorder called Renal Chronic Kidney Disease. So RaCue has to go for long Dialysis treatments 3 times a week and is on 7 different medications to stay alive until they figure out a better way to treat him. But due to these sky rocketing hospital bills, he has been struggling to support himself and his young daughter through these rough times. It truly pains me to see him suffer like he has been these last few months.
Since we did a benefit tour in Oregon this summer, RasCue and I have become very close. The benefit helped a little bit, but ultimately was not enough to make ends meet. I see first hand how he is living and he should be doing much better and getting more support from the community. I talk to him everyday and pretty much know his life story. This cat has dedicated his whole life to Hip Hop and the culture that surrounds it with so much love. He should not be struggling at work just to spend all his money on bills and subsequently have no food on the table. I see his charts every week and his phosperous levels are rising because he is not eating the right foods. A man can’t live on bread and eggs alone and that’s pretty much how it’s been for my boy. It kills me to see that his benefit paypal account has been empty for 4 months since the benefit tour. He should not have to work on his dialysis treatment days just to squeeze in extra hours at his job, only to constantly be exhausted. And he should not have to work a share program to get food and wait for a ride to the food bank for bread, eggs and butter.
The truth is that RasCue does anything in his power to help those he can. In fact, he is the man responsible for hooking me up with the promoters in Europe that got me the gigs so I could go on tour. I am constantly humbled by his friendship and now it is my turn to have his back. He is the epitome of selflessness and would never directly ask for my help, so this is why I am asking for yours…
If you have worked with Rascue, if he has booked you a gig, or if he has simply been supportive of your endeavors like he has with mine then this plea for support is dedicated to you. And if you don’t know him personally, please know that I am asking with great reason for a small donation from one good soul to another who is in need of our help. I know if the shoe was on the other foot RasCue would do whatever he could do to help anyone out, so let’s help out one of our own during his time of need.
Rascue’s paypal: rastacuetip@gmail.com
If you can’t donate please share this note so It can spread like wild fires..
God Bless you and thank you in advance for your prayers and donations.
As usual, Stones Throw is making things happen. They just hit us with a huge update:
MADLIB MEDICINE SHOW
A one-a-month, 12-CD, 6-vinyl series from Madlib. First up is Before The Verdict, a hip-hop album with Guilty Simpson. All the details here. And a preview track: Madlib & Guilty Simpson, “The Paper”.
SECONDHAND SURESHOTS
Dublab’s Secondhand Sureshots. This is a multimedia film, vinyl, producing and printing project with producers Daedelus, J.Rocc, Nobody and Ras G. This DVD/CD will be released worldwide in 2010, ST is making some deluxe sets (they’ll be shipping to us at the end of Nov) Here’s a preview track from the picture disc: J.Rocc “Secondhand Sureshots”
Jamie from ST had told us that Snoop looked up Mayer to see if he could remix one of his tracks (and then he would rap on one of Mayer’s songs), but it’s almost hard to believe it until you see it!
Mayer’s off touring in Europe, and also stopped by for an interview at NPR before he left.
WHITEFIELD BROS, EDAN & MR. LIF
The lead off single from The Whitefield Brother’s Earthology, their long-awaited follow up to 2001’s In The Raw, finds rappers Edan and Mr. Lif riding a space echo atop a bouncing tuba. “The Gift” is the latest in a long line of duets between these Boston-reared MCs and appears here in vocal, instrumental and – courtesy of Oh No – remixed forms. 12” single forthcoming in early December. Here ’tis.
SAVATH & SAVALAS
A new dub version of La Llama called The Predicate coming out in Jan, here is a taste.
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Our friends at Paco Gomes & Dancers let us know they will be performing at a benefit for lupus research called, “Dance for Another Day“. There will actually be about 20 groups from the SF dance community including hip-hop, modern, Argentine tango, swing, ballroom & jazz.
We stopped by the new Free Gold Watch store yesterday and whoa…it’s pretty crazy. Much bigger than their last place. They were working on a big FGW wall-which doubles as clothing racks-while we were there (I think you may have to see it to understand). New tees (and videos) coming down the pike including some collabo shirts with Quannum.
Our good buddy Melanie (a mod over at The Fashion Spot) sent us some flix she took of Shepard’s work up around Boston:
Harvard Square, Cambridge
Union Sq. Somerville
Allston
Park Street
Fenway
Central Square, Cambridge
Hope the legal woes subside…
Obey x Levis…we’re not getting any. Sorry, Obey campaigned really hard for other people to carry the pieces, but no luck. You can see pics of the collabo here.
