One Be Lo hasn’t performed in Pontiac since 2015.  Born and raised in Pontiac, Mi as Raland Scruggs aka Rahlo and rapping since Highschool, here comes Nahshid Sulaiman aka One Be Lo, full circle.

After graduating from Pontiac Northern in 1994, Lo fell of track and ended up going to prison that same year for armed robbery.  This is when he changed his name to Nahshid, and change his mind to use Hip Hop as a tool for change, starting with himself, close friends and ultimately people across the world.

After being released from prison, he cofounded a Group called Binary Star and performed on parole all across Michigan while releasing music independently.  In 2000 he founded Subterraneous Records and more artists joined the crew.  Since then One Be Lo has released 4  i ray Star albums (Masters of the Universe, Water World 3, Lighty and Ears Apart), 1 compilation album (Subterraneous Records Presents Water World Too), 8 solo albums (Fetus, Sonogram, Rebirth, Labor, Kick Push, Original Born Ones, C Section, Baby), 2 live albums (DL7, 10 G.r.a.m.s), 6 mix tapes (Stillborn, Laborhood 1-5), and 5 audio books (The Looma part 1-5).

One June 12th, One Be Lo will present The Art Official His Story of Hip Hop show at the Flagstar Strand Theater, hosted by Uncle P. The performances will highlight songs from his catalog, which feature Pontiac artists like Binary Star, Decompoze, Kodac, Malaki, Bubby Ro Spit, Bubby Webb, Coko Buttafli, Binx Vader, Melanie Rutherford, Poopie Doo, Mic Phelps, Project Logic, Lon Won, Wil Black, The Tyrant, Jiggz; Detroit artists like T Calmese, Zhaoski, Guilty Simpson, Marvwon, Tate McBroom, Emily Rogers, Apollo Brown, Finale, Miz Korona, 87, A Minus, Journalist, Ron Dada; Flint artist Brenda Jae; Ann Arbor artist Buff1 of Athletic Mic League, Oak Park artist JBo Lean.

This Art Official event is a release party for One Be Lo’s latest album Baby, that features Ro Spit, T Calmese, Melanie Rutherford, Guilty Simpson, Black Milk, Royce da 5’9, Freeway, Devin the Dude, Phonte, Jean Grae and more.  To celebrate 20 years of hip hop, The Baby album is featured along with 14 other albums on a custom 16gb usb, inside of a Test Tube, with sign Birth Certificates.  The Art Official Test Tube Baby will be available at the show on June 12th.

Producers will go head to head in elimination rounds leading up to the winner. There will be 1st , 2nd and 3rd place prizes. Each producer that enters the contest will automatically receive $300 worth of drum/loop kits for participating. Each beat must be 1 minute long on a flashdrive in a folder labeled with your producer name for the Dj to save your information. You should bring at least 15 beats just in case there’s any tie breakers.

Judges will include the legendary @the_olympicks Detroit’s own @sino313 And last but not least the 🦍@primobeatss

Producers will have an entry fee to participate in the event, but all supporters are free at the door! So who will be the 1st to be crowned??????

The global celebration of music icon James ‘J Dilla’ Yancey continues this February with Dillatroit 2021, the 6th annual Detroit Hip Hop celebration of J Dilla’s life and legacy, presented virtually by The James Dewitt Yancey Foundation, Crazy Noise Productions, SPIN INC, and The Moorish Mudd Show. Hosted by Mudd of 5 ELA, the live stream event features exclusive music videos, live concert footage, dance performances, production workshops, and interviews with Detroit artists and community members.

Dillatroit 2021 debuts Friday, February 19 at 3:13pm, with continuing episodes on Saturday and Sunday also at 3:13pm. Tickets are $19.99.

Dillatroit 2021 is a fundraiser for the James Dewitt Yancey Foundation, the official charitable organization endorsed by Maureen “Ma Dukes” Yancey, the mother of J Dilla, and is coordinated DJ Butter of Crazy Noise Productions. The video production is a debut presentation of The Moorish Mudd Show, a show will explore Detroit culture and community development through the lens of Hip Hop with host Mudd, whose group 5 ELA (5 Elementz) included rap legend Proof and featured production by J Dilla.

Since 2017, SPIN INC has participated in the J Dilla Youth Day events coinciding with the annual Dillatroit concert festivities, providing valuable equipment and DJ workshops for aspiring musicians in the community. This year’s workshops are presented virtually, featuring dynamic mini-workshops from presenters with Ableton, Sweetwater Sound and Roland Corp. Detroit producer Merch Music will give a special Dilla tribute tutorial, plus an exclusive interview with one of J Dilla’s music mentors, P-Funk legend Amp Fiddler.

Exclusive footage for Dillatroit includes a rare interview with Maureen Yancey, a DJ set with DJ Dez Andres, performances by Jessica Care Moore, Phat Kat, Finale, D’etnam, Drew Green, and Dogmatic, interviews with T3 of Slum Village and FORCE Detroit, plus two original dance videos by Body Shop Xperts, choreographed by Damn Della.

https://hopin.com/events/dillatroit-2021