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Kwame, The Beat Makers Are Your COVID-19 Weekend Winners

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This weekend was another win for Club Quarantine.

Instagram Live has moved past the phenomenal moment DJ D-Nice gave us and has now become a breeding ground for new entertainment experiences.

Last weekend, musicians decided to go head-to-head against each other in a sound vs. sound matchup featuring the world’s top R&B hitmen.

First some of the industry’s most renowned hip hop beatmakers set it off, from Timbaland versus Swizz Beatz to Hit-Boy versus Boi-1da. However it turned up when the R&B producers faced off.

The-Dream and Sean Garrett took it there and made it personal along the way. They faced off on Saturday night and once locked in it was awesomely cordial. The two Atlanta based hitmakers went song for song brandishing every hit that they’ve penned.

Celebs that snuck into the virtual session was everyone from Rick Ross and Fat Joe to T.I. and Wale.

This set up Ne-Yo and Johnta Austin who were next up.

“Y’all requested. My brother & I will oblige,” Johnta wrote on Twitter. “Great night ahead!” Ahead of their duel, Austin took to Twitter to share some of the ground rules he and Ne-Yo had laid down for their night’s match on Sunday.

Kwame Took Us Back And Forgot The Polka Dots

Forget Biggie’s infamous verse that seemingly places Kwame in polka dots forever. The early nineties MC took his IG Live followers back in time and brought the era with him.

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Today breakfast was SERVED !!!! I just had a idea and had NO CLUE it would work ! We had some kinks but we had some FUN ! I want to thank allllll the artists who showed up !!! Especially those who waited for HOURS to get on !!!! I hope I didn’t forget anyone. CAN WE DO THIS AGAIN??? Let’s do a Hip Hop Saturday Breakfast & a R&B Sunday Brunch ? Who’s with me ?!?!? Drop a comment below !!!! I need to give a MEGA SHOUT OUT to @stormpragency @jovialpublicist FOR THE IRREPLACEABLE HELP you gave to make this pop !!! SPECIAL THANKS TO @blacksheepdres @darealmonielove @djtatmoney @doitalldu @tasha_mabry @dal_mgnt @moneyb69 @kingtla @yoyofearless @yokangol @sweetteethemc @mastaacepics @maldillah @mrtraychaney @danadanemedia @bobbyjfromrockaway @VivianGreen @officialcolbycolb @karenvaughn @dorianmissick @simonemissick @specialedmusic @chubblive @j.j.fad @legendary_dj_kool @imroxanneshante @sweetteethemc @ras_kass @melba1moore @kidfromkidnplay @hakimgreen @brelyevans @princemarkiedee @danadanemedia @thesupernon @roperjoel @officialbizmarkie @officialbigdaddykane @llcoolj @realkillahpriest @yoyofearless @Dnice @questlove @funkflex @Datwan @diondeezy @samthehypebeast @youngguru763 @mannynorte @neektheexotic @manniefresh @kidcapri101 @therulernyc and so many others FOR SHOWING UP AND SUPPORTING!

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On Saturday from 11 AM to 5 PM, Kwame Holland treated the world to live performances on Instagram from some of the top artists from the Golden Age of Hip-Hop. The producer also celebrated his birthday social distancing style and it was epic.

The “One Song Classic Hip-Hop Breakfast Jam” had over 10K followers joining within the first five minutes. He uniquely meshed theme songs from weekend cartoons from the 80s and the 90s and fused them with music from the time period.

The artist line-up was a who’s who of old school fandom. Featuring Chubb Rock, Dana Dane, Dres of Black Sheep, DJ Kool, Kangol Kid from UTFO, Kid from Kid ‘n Play, King Tee, Sweet Tee, Mad Skillz, Master Ace, Monie Love, Nonchalant, Roxanne Shanté, Special Ed, and many more.

Of course, the viewership was just as lit with Big Daddy Kane, Black Thought, D-Nice, Kay Gee from Naughty by Nature, Kid Capri, Mannie Fresh, Melba Moore, Charlie Mack, Ralph McDaniels, and many more in “attendance”.

As the world pulls together to get through the COVID-19, the music is contining to save the day and the weekend one IG Live at a time.

 

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