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Various Artists

2005-09-28

Bahamas - Lucaya
Grand Lucayan Resort
- RPM's 8th Annual Power Summit

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99.00 min
9/10
1x DVD
DVD Master
Professional
4:3
NTSC
#99999
4.03GB

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RPM Marketing & Promotions announced today that Academy® Award-winning actor and singer Jamie Foxx and Grammy®-winner Kanye West, along with Busta Rhymes, Common, Shaggy, Pussycat Dolls, De La Soul, Q-Tip, Black Sheep, Young Jeezy, Lil' Flip, Sean Paul, Jazze Pha are slated to showcase at the 8th annual Power Summit, the influential hip-hop convention which brings together tastemakers ranging from DJs to recording industry titans and major brands. Additionally, legendary hip-hop industry luminary Russell Simmons will be presented with a lifetime achievement award. Rene McLean, Founder of The Power Summit, made the announcement.

Foxx will headline the "J Records Extravaganza" concert before an audience of DJs, executives, fellow recording artists, business leaders and culture mavens. Kanye West will host a listening session where he will launch his new record label "Good Music." The Power Summit will honor Russell Simmons with the Lifetime Achievement Award, which will be presented by Jay-Z at the Annual Power Summit Awards Dinner. Russell Simmons, Chairman and CEO of Rush Communications, has been instrumental in bringing hip-hop to every facet of business and media since its inception in the late 1970s, from co-founding of the immensely successful original Def Jam Recordings to the red-hot Phat Farm, Baby Phat, Run Athletics, and Def Jam University clothing lines; to producing films, TV series including "The Def Comedy Jam" and "Russell Simmons Presents Def Poetry"; on Broadway with the Tony Award winning stage production "Russell Simmons Def Poetry Jam on Broadway"; and many other industries utilizing the internationally recognize Def Jam brand. He is active in the community with the Rush Philanthropic Arts Foundation and the hip-hop Summit Action Network.

"This is turning out to be the most powerful Power Summit yet, with the biggest lineup of today's most influential and talented performers ever. The Power Summit is the perfect place for artists like Jamie Foxx, Sean Paul and Busta Rhymes to premiere their new material to the DJ community and it is the perfect entertainment branding environment," said McLean. "We are thrilled to showcase artists of such a high caliber at this year's event."

This year's four-day Power Summit takes place September 28 - October 1 at Our Lucaya, on Grand Bahama Island, and provides a rare and intimate opportunity to reach the most influential DJs, artists, trendsetters, tastemakers and brands - the leaders in music and entertainment.

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