YouTube OnTheRise RAP Edition ’07 50 Cent Intro
50 Cent hosts the first promo video for the YouTube OntheRise Rap Edition ’07, a contest for rappers that is the "follow-up to last year’s highly successful YouTube Underground contest [and] is the first of three genre-specific music competitions."
50 gets an album promotion at the end of the above video. I’m hoping that both Common and Polow da Don, who are the other two judges, will also soon have promo vids. And I say that without a trace of sarcasm.
Also from the press release:
Artists can submit original videos that best represent their talents from Friday, August 10 through Friday, August 17. 50 Cent, Common and Polow da Don will help judge the contest and will select 20 finalists to be presented to the YouTube community on Wednesday, August 29. The YouTube community will then vote on a final winner who will be unveiled on Friday, September 7…
The winner will be awarded a trip to New York City to professionally record a single for G-Unit/Interscope Records, a $10,000 gift card from Guitar Center, and their video will be featured on the homepage of YouTube.
Interestingly enough, this contest even caught the attention of TechCrunch. I didn’t notice at first but they’re currently running a picture of 50 Cent holding a short bat which is basically a weapon in his world.
Official Contest Site:
YouTube OntheRise Rap Edition ’07
Hey, I didn’t even know YouTube had a rap contest. Thanks for keeping me in the loop.
The press release just came out today. I’m sure many blogs will have “exclusive” coverage tomorrow.