On Saturday night, rapper G-Eazy took the stage with the New Orleans band, The Soul Rebels, for an energetic set in front of a sold-out crowd at New York City’s iconic venue, The Blue Note Jazz Club.
The rapper, who knew the band growing up in his native New Orleans, told the crowd, “Ya’ll are hearing one of the greatest bands of all time tonight!”
The band, an eight-piece ensemble that blends funk, soul and jazz with traditional New Orleans brass, attracted an A-List set of guest hosts over their four-night residency at the club including Ja Rule, Rakim, Big Daddy Kane and comedian Tony Woods.
“Performing a Blue Note Jazz Club residency is the holy grail of artistic experiences for our band. This opportunity brings together our favorite artists including our long-time friends and collaborators Rakim and G-Eazy and marks our debut performances with Big Daddy Kane and Ja Rule.
The rapper, who knew the band growing up in his native New Orleans, told the crowd, “Ya’ll are hearing one of the greatest bands of all time tonight!”
The band, an eight-piece ensemble that blends funk, soul and jazz with traditional New Orleans brass, attracted an A-List set of guest hosts over their four-night residency at the club including Ja Rule, Rakim, Big Daddy Kane and comedian Tony Woods.
“Performing a Blue Note Jazz Club residency is the holy grail of artistic experiences for our band. This opportunity brings together our favorite artists including our long-time friends and collaborators Rakim and G-Eazy and marks our debut performances with Big Daddy Kane and Ja Rule.
- 9/26/2023
- by Erik Meers
- Uinterview
The Adapt Leadership Awards took place on March 9th at Cipriani 42nd Street in New York City. The awards gala raised $750,000 to support the important ongoing work of Adapt Community Network.
The Adapt Leadership Awards.
Credit/Copyright: Gary Gershoff/Getty
The 2023 Adapt Leadership Awards honored: Willie Geist, host of NBC News’ Sunday Today with Willie Geist, and co-host of MSNBC’s Morning Joe; John D. Kemp, Esq., President & CEO of Lakeshore Foundation, co-founder of the American Association of People with Disabilities, and author of Disability Friendly: How to Move from Clueless to Inclusive; Jeanine Salvatore, philanthropist, and Louis Salvatore, co-Head of Blackstone Credit’s Performing Credit team.
Abigail Hawk, star of the CBS series Blue Bloods, hosted the awards gala for the first time.
Willie Geist was honored with the Adapt Leadership Award in a special presentation by Ali Stroker, Tony award winner, 2022’s Adapt Leadership Award honoree, past Adapt Co-Chair,...
The Adapt Leadership Awards.
Credit/Copyright: Gary Gershoff/Getty
The 2023 Adapt Leadership Awards honored: Willie Geist, host of NBC News’ Sunday Today with Willie Geist, and co-host of MSNBC’s Morning Joe; John D. Kemp, Esq., President & CEO of Lakeshore Foundation, co-founder of the American Association of People with Disabilities, and author of Disability Friendly: How to Move from Clueless to Inclusive; Jeanine Salvatore, philanthropist, and Louis Salvatore, co-Head of Blackstone Credit’s Performing Credit team.
Abigail Hawk, star of the CBS series Blue Bloods, hosted the awards gala for the first time.
Willie Geist was honored with the Adapt Leadership Award in a special presentation by Ali Stroker, Tony award winner, 2022’s Adapt Leadership Award honoree, past Adapt Co-Chair,...
- 3/20/2023
- Look to the Stars
Tiffany Haddish’s Netflix stand-up series, featuring six comedians personally chosen by her, is returning for a second season and is set to film with an audience this weekend.
The streamer has renewed Tiffany Haddish Presents: They Ready and Deadline understands that it is shooting in Long Beach, California. It will air in 2021.
Deadline understands that audience members will be tested for Covid-19 before they are cleared to attend the event with testing provided by production. They will subsequently have their temperatures tested upon arrival, after a negative Covid result, and will be required to wear masks and adhere to social distancing.
Comedians involved this time include Godfrey, who voices President Obama on Showtime’s Our Cartoon President, Tony Woods, one of Dave Chappelle’s main influences, Barbara Carlyle, who has appeared on Apollo Comedy Hour and Def Jam, Erin Jackson, who has appeared on Late Night with Seth Meyers and Conan,...
The streamer has renewed Tiffany Haddish Presents: They Ready and Deadline understands that it is shooting in Long Beach, California. It will air in 2021.
Deadline understands that audience members will be tested for Covid-19 before they are cleared to attend the event with testing provided by production. They will subsequently have their temperatures tested upon arrival, after a negative Covid result, and will be required to wear masks and adhere to social distancing.
Comedians involved this time include Godfrey, who voices President Obama on Showtime’s Our Cartoon President, Tony Woods, one of Dave Chappelle’s main influences, Barbara Carlyle, who has appeared on Apollo Comedy Hour and Def Jam, Erin Jackson, who has appeared on Late Night with Seth Meyers and Conan,...
- 10/2/2020
- by Peter White
- Deadline Film + TV
Tiffany Haddish has assembled more of her favorite comedians — and now, with a second season order for Tiffany Haddish Presents: They Ready, she will be able to shine the Netflix spotlight on all of them.
The new batch of episodes, set to premiere in 2021, will introduce six more comics of Haddish’s choosing. The new group includes Dean Edwards (Saturday Night Live), Kimberly Clark (Last Comic Standing), Tony Woods (Comedy Central Presents), Barbara Carlyle (Def Comedy Jam 25), Godfrey (Our Cartoon President) and Erin Jackson (Late Night with Seth Meyers).
As was the case season one, it’s a collection of women, people of ...
The new batch of episodes, set to premiere in 2021, will introduce six more comics of Haddish’s choosing. The new group includes Dean Edwards (Saturday Night Live), Kimberly Clark (Last Comic Standing), Tony Woods (Comedy Central Presents), Barbara Carlyle (Def Comedy Jam 25), Godfrey (Our Cartoon President) and Erin Jackson (Late Night with Seth Meyers).
As was the case season one, it’s a collection of women, people of ...
- 10/2/2020
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Tiffany Haddish has assembled more of her favorite comedians — and now, with a second season order for Tiffany Haddish Presents: They Ready, she will be able to shine the Netflix spotlight on all of them.
The new batch of episodes, set to premiere in 2021, will introduce six more comics of Haddish’s choosing. The new group includes Dean Edwards (Saturday Night Live), Kimberly Clark (Last Comic Standing), Tony Woods (Comedy Central Presents), Barbara Carlyle (Def Comedy Jam 25), Godfrey (Our Cartoon President) and Erin Jackson (Late Night with Seth Meyers).
As was the case season one, it’s a collection of women, people of ...
The new batch of episodes, set to premiere in 2021, will introduce six more comics of Haddish’s choosing. The new group includes Dean Edwards (Saturday Night Live), Kimberly Clark (Last Comic Standing), Tony Woods (Comedy Central Presents), Barbara Carlyle (Def Comedy Jam 25), Godfrey (Our Cartoon President) and Erin Jackson (Late Night with Seth Meyers).
As was the case season one, it’s a collection of women, people of ...
- 10/2/2020
- The Hollywood Reporter - Film + TV
Photograph by Benjamin Lowy
Opportunity: After fleeing marriage to a Taliban husband, Samiya Amiri found work--and the beginning of a new life--as a renewable-power engineer. | Photograph by Benjamin Lowy
In Afghanistan, living off the grid isn't a tree hugger's dream -- it's reality. but a renewable-power startup called Sustainable Energy Services Afghanistan is lighting up Afghans' lives, with help from the sun and the wind.
On A Pleasant Autumn Day, Shakibullah Hedayat Rustaqi and his colleagues began to prepare for their next job. They grew out their beards. They stopped showering a week before their start date. They chose their most raggedy clothes. "We had very dirty shawls that we turned into turbans," he recalls.
Their destination was Paktika, an Afghan province just over the border from Waziristan, the lawless Pakistani region that's said to be home to Taliban and Al Qaeda bases. Their mission: to install four windmills.
Rustaqi...
Opportunity: After fleeing marriage to a Taliban husband, Samiya Amiri found work--and the beginning of a new life--as a renewable-power engineer. | Photograph by Benjamin Lowy
In Afghanistan, living off the grid isn't a tree hugger's dream -- it's reality. but a renewable-power startup called Sustainable Energy Services Afghanistan is lighting up Afghans' lives, with help from the sun and the wind.
On A Pleasant Autumn Day, Shakibullah Hedayat Rustaqi and his colleagues began to prepare for their next job. They grew out their beards. They stopped showering a week before their start date. They chose their most raggedy clothes. "We had very dirty shawls that we turned into turbans," he recalls.
Their destination was Paktika, an Afghan province just over the border from Waziristan, the lawless Pakistani region that's said to be home to Taliban and Al Qaeda bases. Their mission: to install four windmills.
Rustaqi...
- 4/7/2011
- by April Rabkin
- Fast Company
Us comedian Tony Woods has revealed that he skipped a court appearance to fly to Australia for the Sydney Comedy Festival earlier this year. The stand-up comic was supposed to be facing a judge for traffic offence charges but decided to leave the country to perform a gig instead. The Daily Telegraph quotes Woods as saying: "I thought, 'Should I go to the festival or show up for court?' So, I came to Australia." He continued: "When (more)...
- 8/12/2009
- by By Rebecca Davies
- Digital Spy
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