Friday 16 March 2012

New festival fuses hip-hop, DJ dance beats

FILE - In this Feb. 11, 2012 file photo, Wiz Khalifa performs onstage at the Pre-GRAMMY Gala & Salute to Industry Icons with Clive Davis honoring Richard Branson in Beverly Hills, Calif. With hip-hop artists increasingly collaborating with electronic dance music producers, an event production company in New Orleans is launching a new music festival devoted entirely to those two genres. Hip-hop artists such as southern rapper Big K.R.I.T. and Pittsburgh rap star Wiz Khalifa will share the stage with disc jockeys Skrillex, Diplo and A-Trak during the Buku Music + Art Project, a two-day music festival being held Saturday and Sunday at Mardi Gras World, the studio in New Orleans where Carnival floats are made. (AP Photo/Vince Bucci)With hip-hop artists increasingly collaborating with electronic dance music acts, a new music festival is launching this weekend that is devoted entirely to those two genres.


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