March 31, 2006 @ 10:54 am

Mayor Bloomberg, Ice-T and Russell Announce NYC Hip Hop Week

by: Mark Lelinwalla

left Mayor Bloomberg was joined by Ice-T and hip hop business mogul Russell Simmons yesterday (March 30) at City Hall to announce Hip Hop Week. “Welcome to City Hall, or my crib, as I like to call it,” said Bloomberg to laughter at Thursday’s press conference. Bloomberg and company announced that New York City will once again host VH1’s Hip Hop Honors ceremony, the centerpiece of the city’s Hip Hop Week, which will take place from Oct. 12 – Oct. 17. The actual Hip Hop Honors show, which is scheduled for Oct. 7 at the Hammerstein Ballroom with an air date of Oct. 17, will have Ice-T as its host. “My people said Bloomberg’s cool,” said Ice-T, later at the press conference. “On the street, I think that’s the highest accolade he could ever achieve. When we showed up and I met him, I felt it too. You can feel it when you touch a playa’s hand.” In addition to VH1’s Hip Hop Honors ceremony the Hip Hop Week in New York City will also include cultural, fashion, sports, culinary and educational activities.

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