MEDIA ALERT… MEDIA ALERT …. MEDIA ALERT …FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

WHO:                    IRV GOTTI, RUSSELL SIMMONS, DR. BENJAMIN CHAVIS, ASHANTI AND JA RULE


WHAT:                  ANNOUNCEMENT REGARDING MURDER INC. RECORDS


WHEN:                  WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 3, 2003       

                              PRESS CHECK IN: 10:30 AM
                              CONFERENCE: 11:30 AM


WHERE:                RHIGA ROYAL HOTEL
                      151 WEST 54TH STREET
                      (BTWN. 6TH AND 7TH AVENUES)
             

MORE:                        Irv Gotti, CEO of Murder Inc. Records, home to
multi-platinum artists Ashanti and Ja Rule has established himself as a leading producer, music executive and entrepreneur. Now, he is proactively participating in furthering the peace process in the hip-hop community. Most recently, he and Russell Simmons¹ Hip-Hop Summit Action Network, were instrumental in orchestrating a sit down with Nation Of Islam leader Minister Louis Farrakhan and Ja Rule, which represented a significant first step in the process of healing hip-hop. These changes at Murder Inc. Records to be announced are another step in that process.

Founded in 2001, the Hip-Hop Summit Action Network (www.hsan.org) is a non-profit, non-partisan national coalition of hip-hop artists, entertainment industry leaders, educational advocates, civil rights proponents and youth leaders dedicated to harnessing the cultural relevance of hip-hop music to serve as a catalyst for educational advocacy and other societal concerns for the well being of youth throughout the United States.


FOR MORE INFORMATION AND TO CONFIRM PARTICIPATION:

CARA DONATTO                                                    JODY MILLER/ELLEN ZOE GOLDEN
ISLAND DEF JAM MUSIC GROUP                       JLM PUBLIC RELATIONS
[email protected]                                           [email protected] / [email protected]
212 * 445 * 3636                                                         212 * 431 * 5227

Ellen Zoe Golden
[email protected]
JLM PR
580 Broadway, Suite 1208
New York, New York 10012

212-431-5227
212-431-6818–FAX

Russell Simmon’s Hip Hop Summit Action Network; Roc-A-Fella Records and Roc Music along with Rocawear, Armadale Vodka, other corporate ventures from Damon Dash

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