Beat Ya Feet Kings Road to America’s Best Dance Crew Ends in Week 4

“We got to thank the DMV for getting us this far! Without your love and support, we couldn’t have made it to 4 weeks on MTV. We are proud that we repped the city to the fullest and we left it all on the floor! This is just the beginning so don…’t go no where…we need you to stay with us. ABDC was the first step! We love you DMV and we gonna continue to hold you down! Stay close, we need your continued support!” The quote above comes from message for the Beat Ya Feet Kings Facebook page. Although … Continue reading Beat Ya Feet Kings Road to America’s Best Dance Crew Ends in Week 4

Uncalled 4 set to House the MTV Video Music Awards

DC will definitely be well represented at the 2009 MTV Video Music Awards.  It has been confirmed that performer Wale and and the legendary Washington, D.C., Go-Go band UCB (Uncalled 4 Band) will serve as the official house band for the night. As his work with Lady Gaga on the song “Chillin’ ” proves, Wale is no stranger to collaborations, so he should feel right at home when he joins forces with the All-American Rejects, Pitbull and 3OH!3 to perform versions of the year’s biggest hits. Continue reading Uncalled 4 set to House the MTV Video Music Awards

As Long as There is Memory, There Will be Chuck

By Thomas Sayers Ellis I grew up on 7th and O Streets, NW so the sight of people dancing in the rain, on 7th and T Streets, NW, while Chuck Brown, the Godfather of Go-Go, was having a part of a street named after him was amazing. A part of a street is a Way, a way in, a way out, opportunity. The man who made a way now has a Way, Chuck Brown Way, a green sign, with his name on it, in one of our city’s most historic districts. This is Go-Go’s city. We go on, don’t sleep … Continue reading As Long as There is Memory, There Will be Chuck

Bootsy Vegas Audition Tape for the Donnie Simpson Morning Show

Bootsy Vegas, known in the DMV as Salih “E” Williams the pride of D.C. Public Schools. Bootsy is a graduate of McKinley Tech and AAMA Broadcasting School. By day Mr. Vegas is a teacher educating young people at High Road Middle School in Southwest Washington, D.C. where his motto is “Saving the Youth one young person at a time.” By night he is known as “E” lead talker, gogo legend and party starter for O.P. Tribe, gogo band based in Washington,D.C. In his travels Bootsy has had the privilege to work for Earth Wind and Fire as a marketing promotions … Continue reading Bootsy Vegas Audition Tape for the Donnie Simpson Morning Show