LONDON, UK (By Janice Spence/ Phuturehype Publicist) - On Saturday 10th June 2006 the Phuturehype Female Rapper/MC semi-finals held court at the London Welsh Centre,
Kings Cross, London, UK. This time the ten contestants selected at the April auditions to go through to Saturday's semi finals were whittled down to five. This year the five selected to show off their skills at the
September final, where only one will go on to be crowned 'Phuturehype Female Rapper/MC 2006', were Lexus, V
Double E, Lioness, R Dot C and Oracle.
Phuturehype Founder/ CEO Denise Destini said of the day's event, 'again the standard was extremely high and the judges had to make some difficult decisions, but I am pleased with the selection of ladies chosen to go through to the September final. The five will now go on to record a single together, and I am proud to announce that the single will be produced by respected female producer CocktTailMixer. The shooting of a video is also in the pipeline'.
Denise also announced that Phuturehype has now entered in to a distribution partnership with UK based company putitonline.net. She says 'putitonline.net is a burgeoning company that allows artists, producers, and songwriters to upload their profiles, music, pictures and videos online. The company is steadily becoming one of the fastest growing musical entertainment networks out there, and I am happy to announce that putitonline.net will be the place to visit if you wish to download the up and coming Phuturehype single and view the video'.
This year Phuturehype's media partners Write On Point Magazine and Rago Magazine will be conducting interviews with each of the five finalists, which will then go on to be featured in their respective publications.
The first Female Rapper/MC Competition took place in May 2004 and generated immense media attention. British weekend entertainment show T4 featured the finals in the documentary, Chancers which also featured Fat Man Scoop, Damon Dash, Ashanti, Wyclef, Lloyd Banks and Young Buck. The aim of the documentary was to find six talented artists, fly them over to New York, and see if they were able to succeed in cracking the hardest music market in the world, all under the watchful eye of Fat Man Scoop.
The competition has helped to launch the careers of 2004 runner up Lady Sovereign, who then went on to sign with Universal / Def Jam Records, and 2005 finalist NChyx who is featured in female rapper, Baby Blue's music video "Sometimes".
Phuturehype has also been featured in The New Nation (Britain's number 1 black newspaper), Dazed & Confused, The Voice Newspaper, and on the BBC One Music website, WriteOnPoint.co.uk, Rapnews.co.uk, Ragomagazine.com, and 360-x.co.uk
For further information on the 2006 Female Rapper / MC Competition please visit: www.phuturehype.com / www.myspace.com/phuturehype
If you are interested in conducting an interview with Phuturehype Founder/CEO Denise Destini, then please contact:
