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Swizz Beatz To Help Students Replace Instruments Damaged By Hurricane Sandy

By: Grouchy Greg Watkins (@GrouchyGreg)Category: MOBILE

(AllHipHop News) Super-producer Swizz Beatz is lining up a variety of celebrity friends to support the finale of the VH1 Save The Music Foundation’s 2012 Songwriters Music Series. Swizz Beatz is hosting the special benefit, which encourages students’ creativity, through production and musical composition. The fundraiser is also being hosted to help provide students interested in music, with tools they need to be innovative in the classroom. The event, which will take place at the Hard Rock Café New York in Times Square, will also benefit the Tri-State Save the Music Relief Fund. The new fund will provide monetary assistance to schools impacted by Hurricane Sandy, so students can replace instruments damaged in the storm. “New York City and the Tri-State area is my home and it’s a place that constantly inspires music and creativity for myself and millions of others,” Swizz Beatz said. “I’m going to bring out some friends and put on a crazy show to support the VH1 Save the Music Foundation and the creation of the Tri-State Sandy Music Relief Fund so this creativity can thrive again for kids all over the East Coast.” VH1’s Save The Music Foundation’s 2012 Songwriters Music Series finale will take place on Thursday, January 17.

Rapper Meek Mill Confident In Fans and Sales, Despite Hurricane Sandy’s Impact

By: Grouchy Greg Watkins (@GrouchyGreg)Category: MOBILE

(AllHipHop News) Meek Mill’s debut album Dreams and Nightmares will be one of the top five releases in the country next week, by moving between 170-200,000 units. The numbers are based off one day sales estimates for Dreams and Nightmares, which was released on Tuesday (October 30), just as Hurricane Sandy struck the East Coast. The eye of the hurricane passed through the Delaware/Philadelphia region, took a path up the East Coast, caused massive flooding and left tens of millions without power. “This storm has been crazy,” Meek said of Hurricane Sandy. “This is my first release, and I’m supposed to be so happy for it. But the same day my album came out, I was more worried about how my family was holding out and a tree falling on my house.” Despite Dreams and Nightmares being released as what experts are calling the worst hurricane in history, the rapper’s debut album on a major label still posted impressive first week numbers. “My focus wasn’t on stores being closed. I had a packed house, filled with my family, making sure they were good during this storm. I made a great album and it will sustain itself. Real people do real s**t; my fans will buy the album when they are able to.” Meek will promote Dreams and Nightmares all of this month on the Maybach Music Tour, which will feature label mates Rick Ross and Wale, with Machine Gun Kelly as the opening act. The tour kicks off tonight (November 2) in Columbus, Ohio and will wind down December 2 in San Diego. Dates are as followed: November 2, 2012 Columbus, OH Schottenstein Center November 3, 2012 Lexington, KY Rupp Arena November 4, 2012 State College, PA Bryce Jordan Center November 5, 2012 Champaign, IL Assembly Hall November 8, 2012 New Orleans, LA UNO Lakefront Arena November 9, 2012 Houston, TX Reliant Arena November 10, 2012 Dallas, TX TBA November 11, 2012 Austin, TX Frank Erwin Center November 13, 2012 Columbia, SC Colonial Life Center November 14, 2012 Charlottesville, VA John Paul Jones Arena November 15, 2012 Providence, RI Dunkin’ Donuts Center November 17, 2012 Baltimore, MD 1st Mariner Arena November 18, 2012 Fairfax, VA Patriot Center November 20, 2012 Nashville, TN Bridgestone Arena November 21, 2012 Cleveland, OH Wolstein Center November 23, 2012 Oklahoma City, OK Chesapeake Energy Arena November 24, 2012 Albuquerque, NM Tingley Coliseum November 25, 2012 El Paso, TX El Paso County Coliseum November 27, 2012 Tucson, AZ Tucson Arena November 29, 2012 Fresno, CA Save Mart Center November 30, 2012 San Jose, CA San Jose Events Center December 1, 2012 Sacramento, CA Power Balance Pavilion December 2, 2012 San Diego, CA Viejas Arena