TAG REC Family,

Although you have been on to ON A MISSION from Q for months now, this week marks our official push of the song on a big level. Your local station should have On A Mission, so call them up and request it. We are going big in 09 with Q Da Kid and your support is much appreciated.
Please request that song for us!

On another note… As a label, we stay committed to providing new platforms for new artists to get their shine. We are committed to the community. If the community is successful, we will be successful. Please keep uploading your videos on our Myspace page. We all check those out…(JD, Core DJs, Q and the staff) all the time – watching battles, looking at the winners, and even approving the videos. Make sure to keep those tracks radio friendly or we cannot approve them. Those are the rules. Nothing is worse than hearing 4 minutes of a hot track, only to have the last lyric be the N-word and we gotta deny.
Keep it clean! And if you do use the N-word, say it early in the track so we can deny it quick and don’t have to listen to the whole thing!!! LOL

Keep an eye out for more big news and big opps from TAG Records in 09. We have some crazy plans.

Go request On A Mission on your local radio station… keep uploading tracks, and stay tuned. Oh yeah… pick up some bodyspray too. That is important. Smell good in 09. That is our motto.

Much success!! Thank you for supporting the movement!

- MGMT

Q da Kid new single with Anthony Hamilton produced by JD: “Forgive Them” on JD’s new blog, GLOBAL14.com

This is going to be a hit!

JD, Q and Anthony Hamilton Livin’ the Life video

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BEST OF BOTH OFFICES:

Q da Kid Livin’ the Dream Part 2, feat Busta Rhymes and Ron Browz:

One of our favorite NYC hip hop focused blogs, GAK City.com, interviews Q and gets to the bottom of the who, the what, the when, where and how he became TAG Records’s first recording artist, Q da Kid.

GAK City promises to have more Q exclusive content on the way, stay tuned.

The Rise and Fall of the Franchise:

Jermaine Dupri, the Core DJs and TAG Records are always looking for the finest MCs out there. If you think you’re fresh enough, upload your hottest tracks onto our MySpace page, battle to be a Top MC and you could make history. Got it? Cool. Then step up and get in the battle.

XXL Mag recently interviewed TAG Records’ Q da Kid.

Read the full article

“Q Da Kid may be a relatively new of name to some, but expect that to soon change. The Brooklyn bred rapper has been working closely with producer/entrepreneur Jermaine Dupri for the last couple years and is now ready to let his voice be heard.

A former member of the group Da Franchise (with Gravy and Red Café), Q signed to the newly launched TAG Records this past summer as their first artist. Backed by the support of JD and a strong marketing campaign, he is preparing to release his debut, It Was All A Dream, in the first quarter of 2009.”

Jake Paine of HipHopDX.com sat down recently with Kareem Savage, aka Q da Kid, to talk about his history (BROOKLYN!!!) and making history as TAG Records first recording artist.

“That relationship led to the TAG deal. However, given the major backing Q has, he may be in a greater position than most debuting artists with bringing attention back to New York. He recognizes the accountability that comes with that though. “Being that I’m from Brooklyn, a lot of the great emcees came from [here]. So there’s a lot of pressure at the end of the day. People expect a lot ’cause a lot of great music came from here,” Q says, citing Notorious B.I.G., Jay-Z [click to read], Lil Kim and Shyne. “I gotta make sure my music is correct, and it represents Brooklyn and Hip Hop as a whole. That’s what I’m trying to do.” It’s bigger than New York to Q. “I’m not trying to be a regional artist. I’m trying to be an artist that can go to Africa or China and perform.“

Read more on HipHopDX.com

One of our new favorite bloggers, Xclusives Zone, highlights two new video blog posts from TAG Records’ own Jermaine Dupri and his sometime partner in the game, BOW WOW. It seems that JD and Bow Wow share more than their love for hip hop, as they both show off their new Nike Air Jordans.

Check it out as JD attempts to one up Bow Wow in the battle of the kicks vol 1.

Q Da Kid performing “On A Mission” at the Home Opener of the Denver Nuggets

WoooHah.com writes: “Jermaine Dupri has been good on his word with heavy promotion of his first TAG Records artist Q Da Kid which included a promotion with MTV, a complete TV ad buy and now these new print ads currently running in national urban magazines.”

Read the original post on WoooHah.com.

In the current day and age of cookie-cutter rap, when artists only seem to care about padding their money market accounts, there remain a few youngsters who have overcome obstacles On A Mission to take over the rap game lyrically rather than financially. As you’ve probably seen in commercials for TAG body spray, Brooklyn’s Q da Kid is one of these few. Counted out by many after his former group split up, Q makes some groundbreaking references to Ronald McDonald’s friend Grimace and Heath Ledger’s fatal pill overdose on this his first official single. Jermaine Dupri adds sung hook vocals, delivered in a manner that suggests the TAG/Island Def Jam execs unsuccessfully tried to get Kanye West for the part, and Chicago producer No I.D. contributes his work behind the boards. Q da Kid’s forthcoming debut, It Was All A Dream, currently has no set release date.

http://www.djbooth.net/index/tracks/review/q-da-kid-ft-jermaine-dupri-on-a-mission/

AdAge reports the announcement of TAG Records first artist, Brooklyn’s own Q da Kid from Flatbush!

http://adage.com/songsforsoap/post?article_id=129621

MC Q will be the first artist on the burgeoning TAG label, which is headed by Island Urban president Jermaine Dupri.

Q, born Kareem Savage, was a former member of Da Franchise with fellow Brooklyn rappers Red Cafe and Gravy. He began his solo career on mixtapes by DJ Clue, Kay Slay and DJ Khaled, among others. After relocating to Atlanta, Q met Durpi and soon began recording with the executive.

http://www.billboard.com/bbcom/news/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1003827688