Recap: Holy Hip Hop for Hunger 2011

On Saturday, November 12 members of Houston’s vibrant and active Christian rap community joined together for a concert and awards show that raised both food and awareness for Houston’s hungry.

The Holy Hip Hop for Hunger event was organized by Von Won and handed out awards to local hip hop ministries for their efforts throughout the past year. Attendees were asked to contribute 5 canned goods (or more) for entry.

The artists and staff gathered for prayer before the event

The night's music started off with a worship set

Von Won, wife, and son

Rev Rob got things going

The dynamic duo of 007 and Gifted da Flamethrowa also performed

As far as the awards go, there were over 700 online votes for a variety of categories. Nominees are listed below with the winners' names in bold.

Male Artist of the Year:

Bizzle
007
Gifted
Foe
Corey Paul
Reconcile
Von Won
Govenor
J-Flo

Female Artist of the Year:

Hilary Pradia
Christ Clear aka Rage
Zeeda
Raishein
HillaryJane
K Mor

Album of the Year:

Govenor - True Seed
F.O.E. - The Word
S.O.M. - The Next Chapter
Bizzle - Tough Love & Parables
Gifted da Flamethrowa - Bulldoze City
Von Won - One City Under God

Single of the Year:

Von Won - "Bow Down"
F.O.E. - "Which Way"
Frontline - "U Rydin"
S.O.M. - "On My J"
Corey Paul - "Go Girl"
J Flo - "Filled With Fire"
Govenor - "Another Chance"

Music Video of the Year:

Frontline - "U Rydin"
The W.A.R.R.I.O.R.S. ATX - "All Good"
Bro Blessed - "It Hurts Me"
Von Won - "Bow Down"
Bless't - "Dope Tales"
Bro Joseph - "Forgive Me"
2 Crunk - "Jesus On Da Mainline"

Producer of the Year:

Bruce Bang
Sypreme
Cameron Giddings
Jimmie Natural
Josh Paul

DJ of the Year:

DJ Primo
DJ Hope
DJ 808
DJ Wiz
DJ Revelation
DJ Nonchalant

Mixtape Series of the Year:

2 Crunk - Struggle Muzik
Bizzle - The Messenger
Corey Paul - No Snooze Buttons
Gifted da Flamethrowa - Monsters Do Exist
GS - Warning Before Destruction

Group of the Year:

S.O.M.
Frontline Movement
Second Entertainment
The W.A.R.R.I.O.R.S. ATX
Youth In The Booth
S.T.C.

Hunger for More Honors:
Pastor Terrence Levi

Tre9 played host

Second shows off HillaryJane's FAOY trophy

A small sampling of the canned goods that were collected

Bless't and bigAL

And here's my brief (and nowhere near exhaustive) video recap:

Saturday's Christian rap concert and awards show used to raise food and awareness for Houston's hungry

Houston's vibrant and active Christian rap community will join together this Saturday, November 12 for a concert and awards show that will raise both food and awareness for Houston's hungry.

The event is being organized by Von Won and will hand out awards to local hip hop ministries for their efforts throughout the past year. Attendees are asked to contribute 5 canned goods (or more) for entry.

On his personal Facebook page, event host by Bobby "Tre9" Herring recently posted:

"I can't express how proud I am of Christian hip hop artists when they put together events that serve others less fortunate. Hip Hop for Hunger is a good thing that I hope all of you make plans to attend. God Bless ya Von for keeping the faith and serving others in spite of your own needs."

A similar event was held in 2009 and included a surprise performance by former Geto Boy Bushwick Bill.

Details on Saturday's affair are below:

When:
November 12, 2011
7pm - 9pm - Preshow begins at 6pm

Location:
Park Temple Baptist Church
4027 Irvington
Houston, TX 77009

Admission:
5 canned goods or more

Performances by:

Bizzle
Corey Paul
Von Won
Gifted da Flamethrowa
Second
007
Trevor Lee
Dulo
Govenor
The W.A.R.R.I.O.R.S. ATX
Jericho Falls
J-Flo
S.O.M.
Hilary Pradia
Lil Sizzle
DJ DMD

Recap: Holy Hip Hop 4 Hunger (9/11/09)

I was going through my notes recently and realized I'm behind on a few photo recaps.

So here are some pics and details from the Holy Hip Hop 4 Hunger event organized by Von Won that took place on 9/11/09 at the prestigious Rice University in Houston, Texas.


SXE's Trevor Lee started things off with his brand of acoustic rap and worship.


DJ Wiz from Praise 92.1 FM held down the mixing board.


The Holy Hot Boyz brought some (gulp) "Crunk & Praise."


S.O.M. fought sound problems to perform "Fiyah Starter" and Chizzle reminded us that this event was meant to combat both physical and spiritual hunger.


Tre9 rocked out with the band Southerland and did a couple of live throwback joints like "The Godfather."


Yessir, Bushwick Bill was in the house and somewhat freestyled his set with the band. He spit "Takin' It Back" and "Spiritual Warfare" from his Testimony of Redemption Christian rap album (available now here) and kicked a verse acapella.


Von presented a "Local Servant" award to Pastor Sam Harris (aka J Xavier's father/manager.)


J Xavier brought some of his Christian remakes to mainstream songs like "Always Strapped," "Best I Ever Had" and "Rhythm Nation."


Tre9 was spotted with a custom Ginosko tee.


The W.A.R.R.I.O.R.S. came down from Austin to push their "For Christ I live / For Christ I die" anthem.


Gifted da Flamethrowa did a stellar rendition of "Want Some/Get Some" with punk rockers The Shiny Darks.


Von Won's set with The Shiny Darks even brought out some masked krump dancers.


Big Al got us all clappin' to hits like "Get Low," "Get High," and "Rest of My Days."


Al showing off his "Big Boy Dance."


That night, Von debuted the video for and performed his touching "I Missed That Day" song. Watch the final version here.


Afterward, everyone headed downstairs for meet-n-greets and to turn in their canned food donations.


Holy Hip Hop 4 Hunger brought in the goods for the needy.

This was Von's 3rd HHH4H event. It looked to be a success and something he'll organize again in 2010.

UPDATE: I just found this video of Still Trill Christians performing their "No Sex" anthem (you might have seen on BET's 106 & Park). Enjoy.

Event: Holy Hip Hop for Hunger - 9/11

If you're in H-town next Friday night, September 11 be sure to join us for the 3rd Annual Holy Hip Hop for Hunger event organized by Von Won.

It's only $5 to get in or you can roll for free with 5 canned goods. All food will be donated to the Houston Food Bank.

As you can see by the flyer, the lineup includes heavy hitters like:

• Bushwick Bill
• Big Al
• Tre9
• Von Won
• J Xavier
• And many others