Hip Hop Stars Jay-Z, T.I. & More Set To Be In D.C. For Obama’s Inaugural Weekend
Russell Simmons, T.I, Young Jeezy & LL Cool J and others will be celebrating Barack Obama’s inauguration at a Hip Hop Inaugural Ball. The Hip-Hop Summit Action Network announced the black tie charity gala will take place on January 19, 2009 at 8:00pm, at The Harman Center for the Arts, 610 F Street, N.W., Washington, DC. Russell Simmons, HSAN Chairman and Co-founder, emphasized, “The Hip-Hop Inaugural Ball will be a fantastic gala and upscale party in celebration of Barack Obama being inaugurated President of the United States. We are also recognizing the outstanding contributions of T.I., LL Cool J and Young Jeezy in helping to turn out the largest young adult vote in American history.”
The Hip-Hop Inaugural Ball will kick off with a star-studded red carpet and celebrity sponsorship reception at 8pm at the Harman Center, followed by an awards presentation and a VIP black tie gala and party on all four levels of the venue. DJ D-Nice will serve as the Hip-Hop Inaugural Ball Celebrity DJ throughout the whole night. Tickets can be purchased on a first come, first served basis by going to www.Hiphopinaugural.org or www.HSAN.org.
Jay-Z will be performing In D.C. the 19th(day before the Inauguration). The show will be at the Warner theater at 8 pm, ticket go on sale Friday on LiveNation.
Tags: Barack Obama, Jay-Z, T.I.
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January 7th, 2009 at 3:41 am
Sounds like all star weekends comin early, and will have a part 2!!! Sorry Skillz maybe next time… smh!!!
Enjoy it while it last people< and admit you were part of th eproblem when sh!T really hits the fan!!!
January 7th, 2009 at 9:04 am
yea the whole world gonna be in dc that week, i hate goin to manhattan so i doubt i’ll be out there.
please please please, stupid niggers stay home that day u dont really wanna be there anyway so do those who wanna take children there a favor and stay ur ignorant asses at home just for a weekend.
u know any bit of violence is gonna be front page news. i never heard of brawls breaking out during other presidents inaugurations. just that one dude threw an egg at bush motorcade and got stomped out
January 7th, 2009 at 10:26 am
T.I should probably sit his ass home and spend time with his family before you goes to Jail….
Hope they smack the shit out of his ass in Jail…..SNITCH!
January 7th, 2009 at 1:19 pm
these rappers kill me. they feed the hood all this negative bullshit in their raps but want to be a part of the inauguration weekend. there all posers I swear. Call themselves being righteous I guess. Obama makes me not want to be like these fake ass rappers exploiting the hood and its people.