Responding to floods that hit his hometown of Atlanta, causing 10 deaths and devastating more than 400 homes, the Ludacris Foundation has contributed $10,000 to provide immediate relief. Fellow ATL native, TI, has also contributd $10,000, and Sam’s Club and Home Depot are also joining forces. A food bank and gift card giveaway is reportedly in the works and could happen as early as Friday. You can support the work of the Ludacris Foundation through TAG’s Signature Series Charity Challenge: http://www.facebook.com/TAG?v=app_280333800323&ref=ts.

Read more here:

http://www.tmz.com/2009/09/30/ludacris-ti-atlanta-foundation-floods-georgia/

http://blog.singersroom.com/celebs/index.php/2009/09/30/ludacris-aids-flood-impacted-residents/

http://www.contactmusic.com/news.nsf/story/ludacris-ti-team-up-for-atlanta-flood-victims_1117591

TAG Body Spray

We are a few hours away from the TAG Body Spray Signature Series launch party, tonight at the London West Hollywood hotel. We will be updating live with photos, videos and a tweet or two.

Tune in to Facebook.com/TAG & @TAGRecords for updates from Rob Dyrdek, Ludacris, Carmelo Anthony and many more as they debut their new signature scent line of body spray’s from TAG.

Follow the guys live via twitter as well:

@RobDyrdek, @LudaJuice & @QdaKid

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

Keep checking back soon for exciting news on the way for THE WORD and how you can participate in the community.

Keep it fresh.  MAKE HISTORY

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:

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.

Best Of Both Offices Presents Q Da Kid Appears on BET’s “The Deal”

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2008 BET Awards Weekend

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Behind the Scenes at the On a Mission Video Shoot with Q da Kid and DJ Envy

Watch

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The Best of Both Offices completes their video diary, Livin the Dream, with TAG Record’s Q da Kid.

Part 1 | Part 2

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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.”

Can female rappers make a comeback?

In the early days of hip-hop, female emcees rocked the mic with their male counterparts. Roxanne Shante, The Real Roxanne, MC Lyte and Queen Latifah were just some of the few fem-cees who managed to hang with the boys and also flip their own styles. Then in the 90’s female rap splintered off, creating two separate but distinct factions. On the one hand, there were the Foxy Brown’s and Lil’ Kim’s of the world, who expressed more sexuality in their rhymes than most had been used to and then there was Lauryn Hill who paired hip-hop and R&B like a fine white wine and seared salmon. But then, like a scene out of a bad Sci-Fi channel movie, all of the fem-cees disappeared.

Recently, famed underground lyricist Jean Grae posted her verses for sale on Craigslist. For $800, Jean Grae would spit a hot 16 on a beat CD, tape, MP3 or what ever form of media you’d like to have her rap on. Foxy Brown, who was supposed to be welcomed back into the rap game after serving a bid, reportedly missed her show date and effectively canned her own career. It’s been more than five years since Foxy dropped her last album and in that time a lot about rap music and the music biz have changed significantly. Competition not only surrounds artists on release day, but blogs and fan sites can make, break or resurrect careers.

Given these facts, does it make sense for the female wordsmiths of yesteryear to keep on spitting? We all saw what happened to Amil. One day she was there, the next day there’s rumors that she’s flipping burgers at Burger King. According to the Internet, Lauryn Hill is stark raving mad and her live shows vary from her channeling spirits to slaughtered versions of her own songs. Of course, all these things have to be taken with a grain of salt, because the blogging media loves to throw salt wherever it can. After all, that’s part of the fun.

But just as the fem-cee world splintered off into two parts with Lil’Kim, Foxy and Lauryn, it’s split again, this time creating a new section of artists like Kid Sister, M.I.A. and Nicki Minaj. While some of these artists, particularly Kid Sister and M.I.A. skew more to the hipster side of things, Nicki Minaj, is resurrecting that style of hardcore fem-cee rap that has made artists from the mid-90’s so popular. Even though these rappers are relatively untested, it’s going to be interesting to see whether or not they can make it at a time where the female rap voice is so quiet.