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TheGrio.com and AllHipHop.com, in partnership with NBC News, will debut 'Hip Hop & Politics: From The Beat to The Ballot' starting June 14. The weeklong series will run on both websites as part of Black Music Month.

Back for its 7th year, the '2010 VH1 Hip Hop Honors' will celebrate the achievements of hip hop with a little southern twist. This year, the show will celebrate the music, the influence and the artists from The South. Honorees Jermaine Dupri, J Prince of Rap-A-Lot Records, Luther 'Luke' Campbell, The 2 Live Crew, Master P, and Organized Noize will be honored through performances in collaboration with some of today's hottest talent. Hosted by Craig Robinson, '2010 VH1 Hip Hop Honors: The Dirty South' will tape from NYC's Hammerstein Ballroom and air on VH1 on Monday, June 7 at 9:00 PM ET/PT.

Back for its 7th year, the '2010 VH1 Hip Hop Honors' will celebrate the achievements of hip hop with a little southern twist. This year, the show will celebrate the music, the influence and the artists from The South.

Yesterday June 2, the National Arts Club in New York City hosted the Gold Medal of Honor for Lifetime Achievement in Music award presentation. This years ceremony honored Russell Simmons, the co-founder of the hip hop record label Def Jam and creator of the clothing line known as Phat Farm. BroadwayWorld brings coverage of the event below.

Back for its 7th year, the '2010 VH1 Hip Hop Honors' will celebrate the achievements of hip hop with a little southern twist. This year, the show will celebrate the music, the influence and the artists from The South. Honorees Jermaine Dupri, J Prince of Rap-A-Lot Records, Luther 'Luke' Campbell, The 2 Live Crew, Master P, and Organized Noize will be honored through performances in collaboration with some of today's hottest talent. Hosted by Craig Robinson, '2010 VH1 Hip Hop Honors: The Dirty South' will tape from NYC's Hammerstein Ballroom and air on VH1 on Monday, June 7 at 9:00 PM ET/PT.

Heidi Albertsen, Melissa Russo and Justine Simmons will join to raise funds for the Lower Eastside Service Center (LESC), which will benefit the center's camp for at-risk youth and the pregnant women and infant program on Monday, May 17, 2010. Hip Hop mogul Russell Simmons and Rev Run will present the award. The benefit will be held at Capitale (130 Bowery Street) from 6:30-9:30pm with photos beginning at 6 pm. For tickets visit www.lesc.org/gala.

Heidi Albertsen, Melissa Russo and Justine Simmons will join to raise funds for the Lower Eastside Service Center (LESC), which will benefit the center's camp for at-risk youth and the pregnant women and infant program on Monday, May 17, 2010.

Back for its 7th year, the '2010 VH1 Hip Hop Honors' will celebrate the achievements of hip hop with a little southern twist. This year, the show will celebrate the music, the influence and the artists from The South.

COMEDY CENTRAL fans, it's time to chill out! Who needs exercise on a hot summer day when you can get inside, pour yourself a cold one, put your feet up and channel surf over to the only all-comedy network's line-up of well-toned hilarity? COMEDY CENTRAL's already done all the hard work for you! From new and returning series, ('Russell Simmons Presents Stand-Up at The El Rey,' 'Big Lake,' 'Tosh.0' and 'Atom TV') to cult favorites finding a new home on COMEDY CENTRAL ('Futurama,' 'It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia') to a new 'COMEDY CENTRAL Roast' and multiple new one-hour stand-up specials ('Subject to Change: Danny Bhoy,' 'Dan Cummins: Crazy With a Capital F' and many more), COMEDY CENTRAL is the best place to tune in and cool down in the months to come.

Puppet cops, 80's hair bands, Jesus Christ, a modern day take on 'The Odd Couple,' race relations, office politics in Deep Space and a live sex show. These ideas and many, many more make up COMEDY CENTRAL's 2010-2011 development slate announced today by Kent Alterman, head of original programming and production, COMEDY CENTRAL.

Heidi Albertsen, Melissa Russo and Justine Simmons will join to raise funds for the Lower Eastside Service Center (LESC), which will benefit the center's camp for at-risk youth and the pregnant women and infant program on Monday, May 17, 2010. Hip Hop mogul Russell Simmons and Rev Run will present the award. The benefit will be held at Capitale (130 Bowery Street) from 6:30-9:30pm with photos beginning at 6 pm. For tickets visit www.lesc.org/gala.

Slam U, a series of performance poetry workshops presented by the Community Engagement & Education Department at PlayhouseSquare, is a unique opportunity for high school students to speak their minds, hone their poetry-writing and performance skills and compete for a place on Cleveland's National Youth Poetry Slam Team that will travel to Brave New Voices, the 13th Annual National Youth Poetry Slam Festival, in July.

Heidi Albertsen, Melissa Russo and Justine Simmons will join to raise funds for the Lower Eastside Service Center (LESC), which will benefit the center's camp for at-risk youth and the pregnant women and infant program on Monday, May 17, 2010.

On the heels of a phenomenal year of record breaking growth across every ratings and financial metric, and coming off its best quarter ever across all key demos, Oxygen Media announces a robust schedule increasing its programming slate by 35% in 2010 (vs. '09).

Rapscallion Theatre Collective proudly presents the world premiere of the all-american genderf*ck cabaret, a new play by Mariah MacCarthy. Krystal Banzon directs the limited engagement at the East Village's UNDER St. Marks, March 25 - April 3, 2010.

Rapscallion Theatre Collective proudly presents the world premiere of the all-american genderf*ck cabaret, a new play by Mariah MacCarthy. Krystal Banzon directs the limited engagement at the East Village's UNDER St. Marks, March 25 - April 3, 2010.

Rapscallion Theatre Collective proudly presents the world premiere of the all-american genderf*ck cabaret, a new play by Mariah MacCarthy. Krystal Banzon directs the limited engagement at the East Village's UNDER St. Marks, March 25 - April 3, 2010.

Rapscallion Theatre Collective proudly presents the world premiere of the all-american genderf*ck cabaret, a new play by Mariah MacCarthy. Krystal Banzon directs the limited engagement at the East Village's UNDER St. Marks, March 25 - April 3, 2010.

Slam U, a series of performance poetry workshops presented by the Community Engagement & Education Department at PlayhouseSquare, is a unique opportunity for high school students to speak their minds, hone their poetry-writing and performance skills and compete for a place on Cleveland's National Youth Poetry Slam Team that will travel to Brave New Voices, the 13th Annual National Youth Poetry Slam Festival, in July.

Miracle Theatre presents hip-hop poet and actor Paul Flores in a spoken-word performance by hip-hop artist Paul Flores, incorporating original work by students of the Spanish English International School (SEIS). Flores will perform at Milagro Theatre on February 13, 2010.