Scion has made it a point to go after the hip-hop market with its advertising and marketing. Therefore it’s not a surprise that the folks over at Scion came up with an idea of holding a national contest to find the best “Hypeman”. Now we know the illustrious history of hype (we guess) from Favor Flav and 2 Bigg MC (MC Hammer) to hypemen of today such as Arab (Soulja Boy) or some might even say Tony YaYo with 50 (but that’s a different story). Any whoo sometimes being a Grownhead makes you a “Kinda Late Head”, Scion held this contest a year ago in 2007, it was so popular we haven’t seen any mention of ANY try-outs for 2008. Try-outs were held in three sites from around the country Atlanta, Chicago, and Los Angeles. This week we will feature all the try-outs Los Angeles. We’ll do the other cities each week. Enjoy, maybe.
Los Angeles Part 1
Los Angeles Part 2
Los Angeles Part 3
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Priest Forever was one of the competitors in last year’s “Scion Hypeman” contest. Although he has been a Hypeman for KRS-ONE as well as a member of BDP, he is more emcee than he ever was Hype Man.
Go to youtube.com and type in “Priest Forever” or “Tha Gecko Brothas” to see what I am talking about. Check out the videos for the singles “New York Minute” “Tonight” and “Tha Buckdown”. This is real emceeing for people who love real Hip Hop.