KJ AND HIPHOSSIP COVERED WEDAY 2010

Founded by Craig and Marc Kielburger, Free The Children’s We Day is more than just one day of celebration and inspiration. It’s a one-of-a-kind event and part of an innovative year-long program created to celebrate the power of young people to create positive change in the world.

We Day is a day-long event with speakers and performers that kicks off a year-long program of action called We Schools in Action. The program helps students develop and implement one local and one global project to help youth who do not have access to basics like food, clean water and education. The goal is to encourage young people to take local and global action throughout the year.

KJ THE KID REPORTER was the only kid media present and also one of the 6 media outlets privileged to cover the red carpet interviews alongside media greats like The Canadian Press, MuchMusic, MTV Canada, Aux TV and CTV. He was also interviewed by MuchMusic. KJ got to interview musicians "Down with Webster", K'naan, the cast of MTV's Buried Life, Olympic skier Alexander Bilodeu, Ghanaian singer Rocky Dawuni, the Kielburgers Craig and Marc who founded WeDay, young singing phenomenom Greyson Chance and also Jacob Hoggard of Hedley.

Several dignitaries and speakers include Rev Jesse Jackson, Former US VP Al Gore, Former British first lady Cherie Blair, Spiritual leader Deepak Chopra and more. The event lasted from September to November 2010 in three Canadian cities Toronto, Montreal and Vancouver. Enjoy KJ's pics.

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THE LATEST ON MISSING CANADIAN RAPPER DY.

MuchMusic's Red Hot Blog writes...."Yesterday we brought you a video of Danny Fernandes mourning the disappearance of his friend, collaborator and CP labelmate DY (aka Forrest Schab). Today, the missing Vancouver rapper’s family issued a statement.“We knew Forrest was not going to be available for 2 weeks, and we didn’t know if he was coming home or staying down there. We didn’t want to draw unnecessary attention that may embarrass him”, expressed his sister Jessica Schab, “We just kept thinking give it one more day and we’ll hear from him. We never expected that he was missing.“We thought Forrest might turn up any day and didn’t want to negatively affect his career while he was gone.”

“Forrest has always wanted to inspire others in challenging circumstances to make it and he would want to continue to inspire people and get his music out to the world,” she added.In keeping with what they felt DY would have wanted, both his family and his record label CP have agreed to resume with the release of DY’s second single “That’s My Spot,” which also features D Woods formerly of Danity Kane.In a statement Tony Sal, CEO of CP Records, said, “We have spoken with the Schab family and sympathize greatly with them. At their request, we will continue with the release of DY’s single ‘That’s My Spot’ immediately as his family believes there is nothing more important to DY than to have his music heard.”

DY will come home one day. Remember what that kid Beiber says...Never say Never. Our thoughts and prayers are with him and his family.

WOW! MUCHMUSIC TELLS US VIA TWITTER THAT MUCHVIBE IS NOW ON TWITTER!

Twittering urban music is here on MuchMusic's MuchVibe and we were excited to see Much notifying us of this great development. MuchVIBE TV is Canada's only ALL urban music TV station! Tune in for a hype mix of the old school, true school and the new school in contemporary urban music.

The source for all fans of the exploding urban music scene. We bring you topmusic videos featuring an array of stellar artists, interviews, weekly specialty shows and exclusive concerts-24/7! Available across Canada, via digital cable and satellite. Call your local provider now!

CANADIAN EXPLOSION: Cover Girl - BLAZE feat. JAY Z & CHRIS JACKSON

Cover Girl - BLAZE feat. JAY Z & CHRIS JACKSON
Produced by ANTHEM. Download "BORN AGAIN" mix tape FREE NOW http://www.mediafire.com/?8rc6b6wr1io...
BLAZE, JAY Z, CHRIS JACKSON, JIM JONES & more.

Chris Jackson has done it again. This is one of Canada's unsung heroes of R&B should we say?
AWARDED “2009 GTA MALE R&B ARTIST OF THE YEAR” by Buffalo, NY’s very own 93.7WBLK & JIVE RECORDS…Nominated in THE HAMILTON MUSIC AWARDS for “R&B/Soul Recording of the year for 2008” for his self written & produced album ‘FINALLY’… Having 2 hit’s making the top 10 countdown on Buffalo, New York’s 93.7WBLK UNSIGNED HYPE…one being a feature on Kuda’s “You’re So Sexy” & the other, a smash hit single, “Suffocate feat J Reyez” go on to 1…

Having a ‘record breaking’ 6 songs in the TOP 10 at the same time on the hip hop based website “the CANADIAN INDIE MOVEMENT”…He has shared the stage with Busta Ryhmez, 112, Usher, Serani & many more… Chris Jackson is being heard world wide…& is taking the music industry by storm! Born in New Orleans, LA & raised in the Mile High City of Denver, Co. Chris moved to Canada at an early age to pursue his dreams of music. Performing in different groups as well as being a feature act himself, he gained recognition for his smooth vocal abilities. Never having any vocal or musical training, Chris credits his talents from his father Kevin Jackson Sr. While working with local & well known acts abroad Chris is presently working on the much anticipated double disc collection “ACTION” set to be released 2010.

Nominate Chris Jackson for 2011 R&B Artist of the Year & People's Choice Award here...
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NICK CANNON DENYING MIMI IS PREGGO WITH TWINS.

MARIAH CAREY's husband NICK CANNON has laughed off rumours his wife is pregnant with twins - insisting the singer simply made a slip-up in a recent interview. The pop superstar announced earlier this year (10) she is expecting her first child with the rapper/actor in the spring (11). Reports suggesting Carey is expecting a double bundle of joy later emerged after the Hero hitmaker referred to her baby as "they". But Cannon has now explained the slip, insisting Carey was just being careful not to mention the baby's sex -because neither of them knows what gender it is.

He tells Access Hollywood, "That (twins) rumour came from an interview Mariah did where she was talking about her Christmas album and how she's been singing so much, and she referred to her stomach as 'they'. She said, 'I hope they don't hate Christmas.' From there we heard all of these twin rumours... But we want to be surprised (about the sex of the baby). We were told that it's going be one of the biggest surprises of your lifetime to see what the sex of the baby is, so, we're trying to wait. But you never know."

DRAKE AND KARDINAL OFFISHALL HOST LINCOLN RUSSELL'S FUNDRAISING DINNER PARTY

The Lincoln Rising's Fundraising Dinner and Birthday Partyis a very special event in honor of Lincoln J Russell. Sunday, December 26, 2010, Director X, and friends are coming together in support of their long time friend, Lincoln J. Russell, at an exclusive Fundraising Dinner hosted by DRAKE, including a performance by Aion Clarke with Noah "40" Shebib on the Keyboard. To be followed by a Birthday Party hosted by Director X with a special performance by Kardinal Offishall. Lincoln, a former stunt man and rising star in the martial arts community of Toronto was diagnosed with CIDP (Chronic Inflammatory Demyelinating), an acquired immune-mediated inflammatory disorder of the peripheral nervous system.

This debilitating disease is believed to be due to immune cells, which normally protect the body, doing the opposite, attacking the nerves. Lincoln has gone from lost feeling in his legs to a wheelchair to a hospital bed and not being able to sit up, unassisted. This is an annual event in Celebration and support of our friend Lincoln. Canada's health care system is exceptional but does not cover the cost of all treatments or the operations that would allow Lincoln to get back on his feet again. Director X is asking for your help. Please come out and join Lincoln's friends and supporters...... we all look forward to the day of The Lincoln Rising.

WHAT: THE LINCOLN RISING'S FUNDRAISING DINNER and PARTY

DINNER HOSTED BY: DRAKE

BIRTHDAY PARTY HOSTED BY: DIRECTOR X

WHEN: SUNDAY, DECEMBER 26, 2010

WHERE: DINNER: 398 West (398 Eglington Ave. West, Toronto @ 7:30 PM)

WHERE: BIRTHDAY PARTY: LOT 332 (332 Richmond St., Toronto @ 10 PM)

TICKETS & AUCTION ITEMS: on line at www.thelincolnrising.com
MASTER OF CEREMONY: TAJ THE BLACK LION

MUSIC BY: D.J WICKED

INFO: 398 West, Special Performance by. Aion Clarke with music producer Noah "40" Shebib on keyboard
Lot 332, Special Performance by... Kardinal Offishall

If you will like to attend this event, you may purchase your tickets at http://www.thelincolnrising.com/ They thank you for your support.

DRAKE TELLS CNN ABOUT THOSE STEREOTYPES.

HERE IS THE STUNT THAT WENT WRONG MAKING BEIBER CANCEL APPEARANCE ON GERMAN TV.

BREAKING NEWS: DYNAMIC CANADIAN RAPPER DRAKE WILL BE HOSTING THE ICONIC 40TH JUNOS IN TORONTO MARCH 2011.

A decade after he got his start on the network, superstar recording artist Drake is coming home to CTV as host of THE 2011 JUNO AWARDS, ETALK revealed tonight. The announcement from CTV and The Canadian Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences (CARAS) was made just hours before Drake was nominated for four 2011 Grammy Awards®. The Toronto native returns to his hometown to host the 40th Anniversary of Canada’s Music Awards, and CTV’s 10th Anniversary broadcast, airing live from the Air Canada Centre on Sunday, March 27, 2011.

Tickets for THE 2011 JUNO AWARDS broadcast go on sale Saturday, February 5, 2011 through all Ticketmaster outlets.At 24, Drake becomes one of the youngest-ever hosts of THE JUNO AWARDS. Since getting his start on CTV in 2001, Drake, a.k.a Aubrey Graham, has gone on to take the music world by storm over the past few years, becoming one of the fastest rising newcomers ever in hip-hop. At last year’s JUNO Awards in St. John’s, NL, Drake brought down the house when he joined fellow Canadian pop phenom Justin Bieber on stage, and later took home two awards for Rap Recording Artist of the Year and New Artist of the Year.

Nominations for the 2011 JUNO Awards will be announced on Tuesday, February 1, 2011."I am beyond honoured to be hosting this monumental JUNO Awards in the greatest city on Earth,” said Drake. “I want to bring a youthful energy to the show and encourage people to be excited about what Canadian music has to offer. See you all at the show."