FOR MY CITY PHOTO RECAP 1 via CYPRESSOLOGY

Here are some pics from the For My City charity event I sponsored in Watts last Friday.  Stix brought a good number of talent, organizations, people and most importantly the children.  Children left with t-shirts, backpacks, basketballs and even more.  Here are a few pics from my boy Cypressology...you can see more of them here.

SXSW: L.A. HIP HOP REPPIN' + WIZ KHALIFA, CURREN$Y & MORE...DAY 3

So during the day it was pretty tame as far as FCC members having to rock shows...so in the late afternoon we headed over to the spot that Grip had rocked the day before to catch the Hustlenomics event.  Mostly midwest talent but the homie Curt@!N$ was rocking as was hometown homies Pac Div and Dom Kennedy.  The L.A. representation was going on back to back and it was apparent folks didn't think L.A. was too thick in there.  Well after Pac Div dropped the first beat the entire venue knew L.A. was officially in the building.  In a back corner we all rocked out adlibing songs and in some cases rapping word for word.  "W's were thrown up, Mayor dances were in full effect and making Pac Div & Dom feel as if they were home got them hyped as well.  It was very much Cali Love as myself, Shawn Chrys, Chris Focus, El Prez, Jansport J, DNEZ, Noni Spitz, Dae One, Skeme, Nick Diamond, and various friends of artists went HAM on those couches (myself included).  Another case of SXLA.  I can't find any pics from that day with Dom in them, but there is only one pic of Pac Div performing so Cypressology may have been busy filming...time will tell.

SXSW: EL PREZ, CHRIS FOCUS, DNEZ, PRINTZ PAUL & MORE (DAY 2, DAY SHIFT)

So day 2 of the FCC trip to SXSW started with El Prez, Chris Focus & DNEZ heading over to the set of a video with Freddie Gibbs and Bun B that included cameos from Chuck Inglish, Chip the Ripper and Pac Div.  After getting it in with those folks they all headed to the main strip in Downtown Austin where everything was going down.  Along the way we bumped into Diz Gibran and Val the Vandle as they were getting ready to do their show circuit for the day.  We headed over to check out another spot where Grip Plyaz was performing and after all the homies jumped up with him for "F@ck Dat Hipster Sh!t" they proceeded to go into "Like This" a TreeHouse Club track featuring Grip.  The soundman tried to cut the short set and took the mics but Grip and THC continued to rock the spot with no mics.  It went down...the pictures of everyone jumping around only tell half the story (if that).  After that performance we headed over to see TiRon and UNI up the street.  TiRon got to rock a short set but other complications and what looked like chaos to me kept UNI from going on.  Luckily they had a surprise performance up the street for 2Dopeboyz.com's event.  The L.A. invasion continued as Jay Rock took the stage and rocked out as well as Kendrick Lamar who was given some shine on stage as well.  The night shift of Day 2 is pretty much where it set in for all other cities that this had become SXLA.  Footage this week.

SXSW: EL PREZ x CHRIS FOCUS x DNEZ x SHAWN CHRYSTOPHER at BLIND PIG PUB (PHOTO RECAP)

Here is the first series of photos from the FCC trip to SXSW in Austin, TX...this is from the first night.  El Prez performed earlier in the day but due to some unforeseen circumstances Cypressology and I were unable to attend.  DNEZ had a camera but he was also performing...someone took some flipcam footage so I'll try to get that to ya'll.  I'll be dropping more photos per event.  This event above was at the Blind Pig and had Grip Plyaz, Hollyweerd, A. Leon Craft, Sean Falyon, and Jay Rock f. Kendrick Lamar.  The FCC crew was in effect to support Grip Plyaz, Sean Falyon and Hollyweerd.  After killing his set with "F*ck Dat Hipster Sh!t", Grip Plyaz invited the TreeHouse Club on stage to perform their unreleased song together.  Footage of that is floating around somewhere.