Tonight Shaun Cruz and Cruz One Records presents Power of the People, a live event at the Museum of the City of New York, that will focus on such topics as:
“How to access low interest federal loans for entertainment productions and Using the Hip Hop industry to create jobs and opportunities for the urban underserved.”
For more info: Cruz One Records & Entertainment

The Global Entertainment Media Summit happens this weekend in New York City with a lot of interesting looking panels on indie media including music and filmmaking.

Next week is the 8th Annual Hip Hop Appreciation Week organized by the Temple of Hiphop with events in Atlanta, GA and Portland, OR. Jeff Chang points to additional events in other parts of the country. Official Site: Hip Hop Appreciation Week

Eminem will perform his inspiring single Ass Like That (are they serious?) at this year’s MTV Movie Awards to be broadcast June 9th. Official site: 2005 MTV Movie Awards

The Perceptionists and De La Soul have been added to Tennessee’s Bonnaroo Festival happening June 10-12. The multigenre 2005 Bonnaroo Music & Arts Festival will also include such hip hop related acts as Jurassic 5, Ozomatli, Saul Williams, RJD2 and DJ Krush.

Perry Farrell’s Lollapalooza Festival will take new form July 23rd and 24th in Chicago’s Grant Park. The official lineup is mostly a rocker’s kind of thing but will include Digable Planets and Z-Trip (I’m assuming that’s DJ Z-Trip). On the rocker front, I can’t decide which band has a cooler name, Brian Jonestown Massacre or And You Will Know Us By The Trail Of Dead. I wonder if they’ll be packing heat?

On a related editorial note, Media Chin-Check and Davey D express their concerns over the lack of live hip hop shows and rap groups with decent performing skills. That’s always puzzled me as well.