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AWKWORD

AWKWORD is the Rap Artist behind World View, the 1st-Ever 100% For-Charity Global Hip Hop Album, featuring every continent and approx. 20 nations. It drops 2013 via DJBooth. AWKWORD has appeared in The Village Voice, Huffington Post, Complex, XXL, The Source, Vibe, Urb, MTV, AllHipHop, HipHopDX, etc.

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Hometown	New York, NY
Genres	Hip_Hop, Alternative Hip_Hop
Band Members	AWKWORD
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Upcoming Shows	None

Contact Information:	Artist / Band Member AWKWORD info@AWKWORDrap.com 2035646281
# Years Experience Performing Live:	5
Market Draw:	New York City: 151-200; Fairfield County, CT: 151-200; London: 151-200; Eastern Europe: 151-200; Scandinavia: 151-200; Boston: 101-150; Northern New Jersey: 151-200; Australia and New Zealand: 151-200; Burlington, VT: 151-200
Venue History:	Don Hills - New York, NY Southpaw - Brooklyn, NY The Bowery Poetry Club - New York, NY Nuyorican Poets Cafe - New York, NY Dillans - New York, NY The Knitting Factory - New York, NY Tuxedo Junction - Danbury, CT Monkey Bar - Danbury, CT Vassar College - Poughkeepsie, NY Syracuse University - Syracuse, NY
Opener Experience:	Masta Ace; Grandmaster Caz; J-Live; CunninLynguists; Poison Pen; Vast Aire of Cannibal Ox; Dujeous; Asheru; Jabba (Hip Hop Pantsula) (of South Africa); Pumpkinhead (PH)
Similar Artists:	Eminem; Asher Roth; Mac Miller; ILL BILL; Sabac Red; Slug (of Atmosphere); Emilio Rojas; Junk Science; Homeboy Sandman; Immortal Technique; Sage Francis; Remedy (of Wu-Tang); BeKay
Performing Rights Society:	ASCAP
Discography:	The People's Champions ft. Shabaam Sahdeeq, Punchline & Beretta 9 (Killarmy) (prod. Harry Fraud) Single—2011; Imperialism ft. C-Rayz Walz & Reks (prod. Jonny Lupo of Moldova) Single—2010; See the Light LP—2008; The People's Champ / See the Light Single—2007; the Sub-Way mixtape LP—2006; the AWKWORD ep EP—2006

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“Though his mission is serious, AWKWORD’s got a quicksilver wit that permeates most of his tracks… Stay on his good side; it’s a pretty inspiring place to be.” — MTV OurStage

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For more NEW music...www.awkwordrap.com/world-view-music-player

“Though his mission is serious, AWKWORD’s got a quicksilver wit that permeates most of his tracks… Stay on his good side; it’s a pretty inspiring place to be.” — MTV OurStage

“Awkword’s career is going straight up, so check him out now so you can say you knew him ‘before before.’” — HipHopDX Music Editor Kathy Iandoli

Rapper/Activist (and Sociologist) AWKWORD is one of the “dope artists” putting New York City Hip Hop back on the map (DOPEMusicBlog) — making “quality music that deserves to be heard” (Chuck D of Public Enemy). AWKWORD is also “the heart and soul” of World View (BuckMarleyXXX), the first-ever 100% For-Charity Global Hip Hop Album. Hosted/presented by The DJ Booth (DJBooth) and also sponsored by The Morgan Stanley Foundation, The Red Tag Society and End of the Weak (EOW), in addition to Dope Music Blog and The Mad Bloggers, AWKWORD’s “highly anticipated LP World View” (The Source) is designed to connect us worldwide through Hip Hop music & culture. World View features contributions from every continent, approximately 20 countries and every U.S. region. The album boasts production from the likes of Harry Fraud, Domingo and Numonics, and guest emcee appearances from Joell Ortiz, Sean Price, KRS-One, Slug (of Atmosphere), ILL BILL and more.

For AWKWORD, this is nothing new. Today he fights for change through music; his activism began in childhood, with the guidance of his mother (RIP). AWKWORD created his high school’s first (now annual) Diversity Day with the Anti-Defamation League. While earning his Bachelor’s in Sociology from Vassar, he founded the school’s Prison Reform Group, lobbied New York State Congress for the repeal of the Rockefeller Drug Laws and worked or volunteered at Green Haven maximum-security prison, an alternative-to-incarceration center, a probation office and an at-risk youth center. From his World View project, all proceeds are donated to Guns 4 Cameras (Aim to Live), a 501c3-registered nonprofit that goes beyond the gun-exchange program, working to eradicate street violence through the Hip Hop-inspired education and empowerment of our at-risk youth. The organization’s founder, Hezues R’ was shot at 22 times at age 22 and survived to re-dedicate his life to saving the streets. He and the organization’s Spokesperson, Hip Hop icon Pharoahe Monch, have traveled the country speaking to the youth about Hip Hop, making the right choices, and putting down their guns and picking up their cameras (or their pens or their microphones) to be productive instead of destructive. Future plans for the organization include local gun-for-camera exchanges nationwide — and not for cash either, for cameras and inspiration.

AWKWORD has appeared on/in The Village Voice, Huffington Post, Complex, XXL, The Source, Vibe, Hot 97, Urb, MTV, Vlad TV, AllHipHop, Hip Hop DX, Stupid DOPE, The Smoking Section, Okay Player, Hip Hop Wired, HotNewHipHop, Nah Right, 2 Dope Boyz, DJ Booth, Hip Hop Game, iFame TV, Radio Dispatch with John & Molly Knefel, ANDYOUDON’TSTOP Radio with Chuck D of Public Enemy, Hip Hop Nation with Statik Selektah, Halftime Radio with DJ Eclipse, The Emilio Sparks Experience, etc.

“Don’t let the stage name fool you — when it comes to rocking the mic… AWKWORD is anything but.” — DJBooth.net

“Better get down with AWKWORD’s movement, he’s doing something very positive for the Hip Hop community.” — DonutsAndMilk.com

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Throw Away The Key (No More Prisons)

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Requiem (ft. SoulStice, Ess Vee, CuzOH! Black; pr. ATG)

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Bars & Hooks (ft. Sean Price, The Kid Daytona; pr. Harry Fraud)

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Mr. President (ft. Y-Love)

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AWKWORD 'Bars & Hooks' w/ Harry Fraud, Sean Price, The Kid Daytona

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Rainy Daze - Live at The Bowery, NYC

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Achievements

Reached 1st in Best of Urban chart in 2013. 1st for 1 week.

Hip-Hop Videos Winner, May 2012

Reached 45th in Best of Urban chart in 2013. In the top 100 for 14 weeks.

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AWKWORD Press by Chuck D, Village Voice, The Urban Daily, More
http://awkwordrap.com/interviews-press Select Quotes: “Awkword’s career is going straight up, so check him out now so you can say you knew him ‘before before.’” — Kathy Iandoli, HipHopDX Music Editor “The one and only AWKWORD [makes] quality music that deserves to be heard.” — Chuck D of Public Enemy on ANDYOUDON’TSTOP Radio “AWKWORD is as much an activist as an artist, channeling the idea of conveying a message and a viewpoint through rhyme and attempting to cause a change in the world around him.” — The Village Voice, Sound of the City “Though his mission is serious, AWKWORD’s got a quicksilver wit that permeates most of his tracks… Stay on his good side; it’s a pretty inspiring place to be.” — MTV OurStage “It’s always good to hear some MCs rap about our nation and its current state.” — HOT 97 “Awkword is putting his words where it matters.” — The Smoking Section “Refreshingly, Awkword is trying to blaze his own trail (what other White guy quotes Maya Angelou in any industry?) by releasing music with a message.” — The Urban Daily “This is the for the grown, the mature, the wise, the thinking crowd. For people who believe music is about more than trying to make money, but rather a medium to share a viewpoint.” — DJ Z, The DJ Booth “The kind of rap that’s not afraid to truly let listeners inside.” — Kevin Nottingham “Awkword is definitely one of those MCs that should be on your radar.” — Hip Hop Game “We’ve come to expect the smooth delivery and second-take wordplay from this cat… Awkword continues his pattern of quality work that sets himself above the rhyming masses.” — Loon, Crane, & Heron “By now you know that we fuck with Awkword heavily at the LCH headquarters; he’s one the of premier artists perpetuating pure hip-hop. His flow is consistently classic with rhymes that cut with a modern edge. It’s not fair to say that Awkword is on the come up because it seems like he’s already made it to an extent. Be on the look out for his forthcoming project “World View”, the first ever 100% for charity rap album.” — Loon, Crane, & Heron “If you’re not familiar with the grassroots hero AWKWORD then you’re way outta of the loop. This dude has been killing everything and blazing trails for a grip. Just calling him a rapper is an injustice; he’s a philanthropist, humanist, and progressive artist that has gained well-deserved recognition by some of the biggest hip-hop outlets in the game.” — Nikki Siixx “AWKWORD is a social advocate and a musician. With each release he puts out it becomes more and more apparent that his name deserves to be recognized for the talent he possesses.” — Hip Hop Dependency “I’m always, always going to be a big supporter of CT local (now NY), Awkword. Even though it seems like the term ‘keeping it real’ has been overused to the point of always making it completely invalid, there are still people out there (mainly within the underground scene might I add) that actually keeping meaning to that phrase, and Awkword’s one of those people… Along with being a real dude, a fantatastic wordsmith he’s also a rapper that only seems to feature, or be featured with with equally solid artists… If you’re fan of Doomtree, Atmosphere and Fashawn then you should check this.” — Hip Hop Life And Times “Better get down with AWKWORD’s movement, he’s doing something very positive for the Hip Hop community.” — Donuts And Milk “NYC has really stepped up these past couple years [with] the emergence of dope artists/producers such as A$AP Rocky (& his Mob), Action Bronson, Maffew Ragazino, Harry Fraud, AWKWORD, Mr. Muthafuckin eXquire, OnCue, T. Shirt, Vinny Cha$e…” — Dope Music Blog “This is what hip hop is about… Underground hip hop is alive and well.” — Dope Music Blog “At its best hip-hop offers both an escape and reflection of our actual lives, so in that spirit I’m going to turn things over to AWKWORD from here on out.” — Nathan S., Refined Hype “AWKWORD has a very intriguing image, as a result of his slightly gangster exterior which collapses when you start talking to him. This guy is smart, intelligent with a great story, plus he’s good looking! Line up ladies!” — Sofia Topsy, Revolt Radio “Spittin’ that raw street journalism to open a few eyes.” — WeUpOnIt.com “An artist that actually presents value in his music… AWKWORD, a New York based emcee, is an activist! AWKWORD music is based on the presentation of a message. You, the audience, will get acquainted with his artistry and his activism.” — Praverb.net “Make sure you check out World View, there are a lot of ill cuts on the project.” — Kevin Nottingham “Don’t let the stage name fool you — when it comes to rocking the mic… AWKWORD is anything but.” — The DJ Booth

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professional-quality monitors; 2 professional-quality (preferably hand-held, cordless) microphones; DJ table with all necessary wiring, including ipod hookup.

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