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What’s on the Horizon for Hip-Hop High?“

What’s on the Horizon for Hip-Hop High?“

“We have been awarded a grant from Black Alliance for Education Options (BAEO)/ Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation Small Schools Project and the New York City Center for Charter School Excellence to replicate HSRA in New York City, which is scheduled for a 2009 opening. Our long term goal is to replicate HSRA schools worldwide,” according to Director of Development Tony Simmons.HSRA currently has 6 CD projects, available at http://www.anotherlevelrecords.com

HSRA Facts:

• Over 70% of students who have attended HSRA have graduated from its program.

• HSRA is a grant recipient of the Bill and Melinda Gates foundation,

• HSRA is one of 22 secondary schools across the US designated as a Coalition of Essential Schools (CES) Mentor High School.

• HSRA is accredited by the North Central Accreditation Association

• Founder David Ellis was honored as an Oxford University Roundtable Fellow for his work with HSRA/Studio 4 and in 2005 was invited to present his work before leading educators from around the world.

• HSRA has been around the world to promote the success of the program. HSRA students are goodwill ambassadors for Hip-Hop High, having traveled to Accra, Ghana and Guatemala City, as well as throughout the United States.

For information: http://www.hsra.org and http://www.studio-4.com For sponsorship inquiries contact: tara@hsra.orgPhone: (310) 591-0530Fax: (310) 263-1662

Hip-Hop High Comes to Los Angeles

The High School For Recording Arts a Minnesota-based charter school will open its second campus in Hawthorne, California, becoming the first charter school to incorporate pop-culture into its curriculum.

High School for Recording Arts (HSRA), a Minnesota-founded charter school, will open its Los Angeles campus in Hawthorne on September 6, 2007. Dr. Jennifer Murphy, Program Director for Centinela Media Arts Academy in Hawthorne, announced today that HSRA/Studio 4 will blend their curriculum, faculty and unique recording arts program with the Centinela Media Arts Academy, which is a part of the Centinela Valley Union School District, to form the High School for Recording Arts, Los Angeles.

Why is this so significant, you ask? Well, in the words of HSRA’s founder, David “T.C.” Ellis, “High School For Recording Arts is the first school in the U.S. to incorporate pop-culture –specifically hip-hop -- into its curriculum. We use experiential learning to connect core subjects like English, science, social studies and math, by relating them to the music business. With the benefit of the small class format, students of HSRA LA will get individualized instruction, while they gain mastery in all areas of the music business, including engineering and production, graphic design, copy writing, marketing, artistic performance, contract negotiation, manufacturing, publishing, licensing, and more.

”The “new” school will house Studio 4, the school’s in-house state-of-the-art 48-track recording studio, a professional music production faculty to train and mentor students, a pre-production area, rehearsal space and performance stage. Phil Winden, studio director for Studio 4, recently relocated to California from Minnesota to jump start this exciting program. According to Phil, “It is our educational philosophy that all students, irrespective of their economic or social background, have access to state of the art equipment to learn from that will best prepare them for an increasingly competitive global work environment."

HSRA L.A. will serve as headquarters for the west coast division of the student-operated record label, Another Level Records, which also produces The Fo-Show, a 30-minute radio show that currently airs weekly on top rated Twin Cities radio station, B-96 FM. Like their MN counterpart, the students at HSRA L.A. can look forward to producing their own radio show; guest lectures from music industry execs and celebrities; trips abroad and exciting fund-raising and marketing projects.While the Hip-Hop community has been confronting the controversy concerning its part in proliferating some negative words and imagery in music and videos, High School for Recording Arts Los Angeles is poised to offer an alternative message. “Our students are super talented and committed to the production of high quality, relevant music minus profanity and misogyny.

Our values are based around what the “4” in Studio 4 stands for and that’s Family, Community, Education and Respect,” said HSRA/Studio 4 Director of Development Tony Simmons.HSRA’s flagship school located in St. Paul, Minnesota was founded 10 years ago by former Warner Bros. /Paisley Park recording artist, David “T.C.” Ellis. In 1998, Ellis took several young men who had dropped out of school and were hanging out at his studio and who wanted to record their music and learn more about the recording industry and opened the High School for Recording Arts to 9-12 grade at-risk teens.

“As a troubled teen in the Twin Cities, it was the love and intervention from my family and other adults that saved me from a life of crime.” Ellis is truly on his God mission, he says. “I had to give these kids another chance like I was given… I knew I could get through to them if I could demonstrate that education and hard work would be imperative in achieving their music industry aspirations. The bonus is that these kids are so talented! I know I have found my life’s work, and I feel truly blessed”.

“Our goal for HSRA, L.A. is to offer a high quality educational option to the young people of this community, bring local and national awareness to the program and aggressively pursue funding for our educational trips, teachers’ salaries, facility upgrades, school supplies, text books, CD projects, etc.”, says Dr. Murphy. “We will need the support of L.A.’s business and private sectors, local government agencies and officials. For the authenticity of the school, we want to develop a reciprocal relationship with the entertainment community.”HSRA L.A. will host a Press Conference on September 6, 2007 at 2pm on the school’s campus at 14115 Chadron Avenue, Hawthorne, CA 90250. “We’re inviting the media, city officials and local businesses to attend,” according to Dr. Murphy. Dr. Murphy also confirmed that the mayor’s office and various local businesses will be in attendance.

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Yusuf (Formerly Cat Stevens), Xzibit and Kenna to Join Live Earth Line-Ups in Hamburg, Tokyo & New York

The 24-Hour, 7-Continent Concert Series to Combat Global Warming Expected to Touch Over 2 Billion People on 7/7/07

A Limited Number of Tickets Are Available For Each Show


LOS ANGELES, July 4 /PRNewswire/ -- Live Earth organizers today announced that music legend Yusuf (formerly Cat Stevens), rapper, actor and television personality Xzibit, and electronica artist Kenna will be joining the blockbuster line-ups of performers at the Live Earth concerts in Hamburg, Tokyo and New York, respectively. Organizers also announced that a limited number of tickets are available for each show.


The 24-hour Live Earth concert series will begin in Sydney, Australia on July 7, 2007 and continue across all 7 continents with events in Tokyo, Japan; Shanghai, China; Hamburg, Germany; Johannesburg, South Africa; London, United Kingdom; and Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, before concluding at Giants Stadium in New York, United States.


"Live Earth is about engaging a global movement of people to take action against the climate crisis," Live Earth Founder and Producer Kevin Wall said. "The addition of a music legend like Yusuf and latest sensations like Xzibit and Kenna to Live Earth stages around the world helps us reach millions more people across the globe with the Live Earth message."


Live Earth Hamburg at HSH Nordbank Arena will feature the following acts live on stage:

Chris Cornell Enrique Iglesias Jan Delay Juli Eineneuertag Katie Melua Lotto King Karl Mando Diao Maria Mena Marquess Mia. Michael Mittermeier Reamonn Revolverheld Roger Cicero Samy Deluxe Sasha Shakira Silbermond Snoop Dogg Stefan Gwildis Yusuf

Live Earth Tokyo at Makuhari Messe will feature the following acts live on stage:

ABINGDON BOYS SCHOOL AI AI OTSUKAAYAKA COCCO GENKI ROCKETS KUMI KODA LINKIN PARK RIHANNA RIZE XZIBIT

Live Earth New York at Giants Stadium will feature the following acts live on stage:

AFI AKON ALICIA KEYS BON JOVI DAVE MATTHEWS BAND FALL OUT BOY JOHN MAYER KANYE WEST KEITH URBAN KELLY CLARKSON KENNA KT TUNSTALL LUDACRIS MELISSA ETHERIDGE ROGER WATERS SMASHING PUMPKINS TAKING BACK SUNDAY THE POLICE

Tickets for Live Earth New York can be purchased at www.livenation.com/liveearth or by calling Ticketmaster at (212) 307-7171 and (201) 507-8900.
ABOUT LIVE EARTH


Live Earth is a monumental music event that will bring together more than 2 billion people on July 7, 2007 to combat the climate crisis. Live Earth will stage concerts in New York, London, Sydney, Tokyo, Shanghai, Rio de Janeiro, Johannesburg and Hamburg, and will feature more than 150 of the world's best music acts - a mix of both legendary music acts like The Police, Genesis, Bon Jovi and Madonna with the latest headliners like Kanye West, Kelly Clarkson, Black Eyed Peas and Jack Johnson.


Live Earth's 24 hours of music across 7 continents will deliver a worldwide call to action and the solutions necessary to answer that call. Live Earth marks the beginning of a multi-year campaign to drive individuals, corporations and governments to take action to solve the climate crisis. Live Earth is partnering with the Alliance for Climate Protection, The Climate Group, Stop Climate Chaos and other international organizations in this ongoing effort. Live Earth was founded by Kevin Wall, CEO of Control Room, the company producing the concerts globally. Former Vice President of the United States Al Gore is the Chair of the Alliance for Climate Protection and a Partner of Live Earth.


Exclusive online media partner MSN is helping Live Earth reach people in every corner of the globe. Official Live Earth concerts will be streamed live at http://liveearth.msn.com/. MSN's 39 localized web portals worldwide attract 465 million monthly users.


smart is the world's only automaker serving as an Official Partner. Unlike any other vehicle, the new smart fortwo combines a modern, individual lifestyle with environmental protection by setting the standard in urban mobility and offering the lowest CO2 emission of any vehicle on the market. smart responds to environmental demands with innovative, technologically sound solutions and as a result produces positive and credible answers to the question of ecological driving.


Philips, as the world's leading lighting supplier, joins Live Earth as an Official Partner. Philips was the first to introduce the energy saving light bulb in 1980 and has put environmental product improvement at the heart of its business with its EcoDesign program since 1994, increasing its green product range year by year.


Live Earth is partnering with companies on a local level who share the commitment to helping people live a more energy efficient lifestyle. PepsiCo, an Official Partner of Live Earth, is committed to making a difference with eco-friendlier packaging, energy and water conservation and waste reduction. It's all part of PepsiCo's commitment to Performance with Purpose -- to do better by doing better. Esurance, the direct-to-consumer personal auto insurance company, joins Live Earth as an Official Sponsor and is the latest extension of Esurance's efforts to conserve energy and preserve the planet's precious resources. For more than seven years, Esurance policyholders have helped save thousands of trees by buying their auto insurance online and using electronic documents. An official partner of Live Earth, The Absolut Spirits Company, Inc., a subsidiary of V&S Group, produces and markets ABSOLUT(R) VODKA, Level (TM) Vodka, FRIS(R) Vodka , Plymouth(TM) Gin and Cruzan(R) Rum. The Absolut Spirits Company focuses on reducing the impact on climate change, sustainable agriculture and optimizing use of natural resources as mandated by V&S Group. To view details on the company's efforts to combat global warming, visit www.vsgroup.com and click on "Corporate Responsibility/Environment."
For more information, visit http://liveearth.org/ or http://liveearth.msn.com/.


Source: Live Earth
CONTACT: Yusef K. Robb of Live Earth, +1-323-384-1789,press@liveearth.org
Web site: http://liveearth.org/