Chub City i-Playaz Character

Dentsu Inc. has agreed to "acquire all rights, title and interest in the brand Chub City", a line of hip hop influenced toy figures and vehicles, with plans to create an animated series and launch an "extensive new licensing program."

Chub City Vehicle w/Character

According to the press release:

"The Chub City crew of characters and their distinctive 'chubbed' vehicles can now be found in 12 of the largest global retailers reaching 11,000 locations worldwide. In approximately 2 years, the brand generated over $20 million in retail sales."

Chub City was created by Jada Toys.

Mighty Morphin Power Rangers creator Jack Olesker is the new president of Ken Creative Studio which is currently in post-production for the pilot of one of his projects, Hip Hop Fables, an animated tv series with a $10 million budget.

The Hip Hop Fables site is still under construction with some nice looking graphics but I guess we’ll have to wait for more though a few clues can be had via this announcement for voiceover auditions back in June.

Official Site:
Ken Creative Studio

The Hip-Hop Nursery Rhymes Collection

The Hip-Hop Nursery Rhymes Collection CD is being reissued on September 30th from the MVD Audio division of MVD Entertainment Group.

It’s currently available in a digital edition.

Hip Hop For Kids: School House Hop

The Hip Hop For Kids: School House Hop dvd featuring Roger G is due July 15th.

According to Jakina Hill:

"Roger G may be best known as the skating dancer in Michael Jackson’s "I’m Bad""video. But he is also a rapper, choreographer and mime, who has won the Parent’s Choice award for Best Children’s Video for the original Hip-Hop for Kids Video in 1995."

Official Site:
Hip Hop For Kids: School House Hop

MeeWee: Hip-Hop for Kids

Apparently the hip hop musical products for kids market is busy enough that the press release for kid’s album, MeeWee: Hip-Hop for Kids, states that the album "differentiates itself from other children’s hip-hop projects through its educational platform, already tested extensively in classrooms across the country."

Official Site w/Teacher Resources:
MeeWee

Romeo, Gee Gee, Master P

Words are not adequate to describe Romeo’s move into educational media with Gee Gee the Magical Giraffe.

Master P, Romeo, Gee Gee

Romeo and Master P Create The Next Big Children’s Educational Television Show, and Introduce Their Character Gee Gee The Giraffe at Earth Day Event

Official Site:
Gee Gee Giraffe

Pizza Party is a hip hop cd for the early childhood set featuring songs by Littleague, aka Neil McIntyre, with production by Improv and a related curriculum that includes characters drawn by Beast:

"So you hear ‘Bug Patrol’ one week at school," McIntyre explains, "and then you do a whole week’s worth of lessons that tie into bugs and learning to respect living things…you play the music and then have them actively listen to it and pick it apart with all kinds of activities — math manipulative, fine motor movement, gross motor."

The curriculum was developed by Larry Georgeson.

Smart Shorties Hip Hop Multiplication CD

Smart Shorties Hip Hop Multiplication is a music cd and workbook intended to help kids with math now available from Smart Shorties.

Here’s the playlist of songs and their "inspiration":

The full track listing on Smart Shorties Hip Hop Multiplication includes:

1. 1s Always The Same (inspired by Akon’s "I Wanna Love You")

2. Me and 2s (inspired by Cassie’s "Me and U")

3. Crank Them 3s (inspired by Soulja Boy’s "Crank That")

4. Throw Some 4s On It (inspired by Rich Boy’s "Throw Some D’s")

5. 5s This Is Why I’m Smart (inspired by Mims’ "This Is Why I’m Hot")

6. 6s Math Facts Teacher (inspired by T-Pain’s "Bartender")

7. 7s Ballin’ (inspired by Jim Jones’ "We Fly High")

8. 8s I Know You Know It (inspired by Yung Joc’s "I Know You See It")

9. The 9s Trick (inspired by Jibbs "Chain Hang Low")

10. 10s Work It Out (inspired by DJ Unk’s "Walk It Out")

11. 11s Double Double (inspired by Chris Brown’s "Kiss Kiss")

12. 12s Tell Me What You Know (inspired by E-40′s "Tell Me When To Go")

13. 0s Clear It Out (inspired by Webstar’s "Chicken Noodle Soup")