Hip-hop groups ready to tear up the stage

"Some of the rawest and realest hip hop ... One of the hottest sounds and styles out there."

-Entertainment World

If modern hip hop is your thing, Saturday night at the Veterans Hall in Grass Valley is the place you'll want to be - watching, listening, dancing. It's the huge Tech N9ne Everready Tour of 2007.

Opening acts are West Coast group Subnoize SoulJaz, featuring Potluck; Detroit-based Critical Bill; and Toronto's Dead Celebrity Status, with front men Yas and Bobby, formerly of the renowned rap group Project Wyze, who are teaming up with the famed DJ J-Tek, a known member of the Turntable Monks and Canadian DMC Champion. They'll be introducing their new album, "Blood Music," a Bodog Music production, which Rocknworld.com has called, "tightly-coiled, with melody and clever word play pouring out of every crevice."

Then Tech N9ne, the main act, takes to the stage, and all hell breaks loose.

Tech N9ne has had more than 400 live shows in the last few years. This tour alone, which began on Jan. 6, plans to hit 11 states by mid-February. His November '06 release charted No. two on Billboard's Top Independent Album chart and No. 50 on the Top 200. Joining him onstage are Big Krizz Kaliko and Kutt Calhoun. Groups pant to be on tour with him.

Says Dead Celebrity Status' Yas, "Tech N9ne is a role model for all independent hip hop artists; he has built an empire from the ground up and DCS has mad respect for him."

Tech N9ne fans, get ready to watch him tear up the stage.

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About Bodog Music

BodogMusic.com is a division of the international digital entertainment giant http://Bodog.com. With six offices worldwide, the label features a diverse and growing roster of talented musicians.

Bodog Music is searching for the top unsigned band in America with "Bodog Battle of the Bands," taking place in 17 major markets and featuring more than 300 live shows. Bodog Music founder Calvin Ayre, who is recognized as a world authority on branding in the digital entertainment industry, was featured on the cover of Forbes magazine's best-selling billionaires issue in March 2006. Check out the online magazine, Bodog Nation, under Bodog.com Entertainment. (BODOG is a registered trademark of Bodog.com Entertainment Group.)

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Where to find 'em on the Web

www.bodogmusic.com/

www.myspace.com/deadcelebritystatus

www.myspace.com/subnoizesouljaz (check out their album "Droppin' Bombs)

www.myspace.comcriticalbillmusic or www.critical-bill.com (check out "Downtown the World")



Know & Go

WHAT: An all ages hip-hop concert featuring Tech N9ne.

WHEN: Saturday, Jan. 27, 8:30 p.m. (doors open at 7:30 p.m.)

WHERE: Veterans Hall, 255 S. Auburn St., Grass Valley

ADMISSION: Tickets for $25 in advance are available in Grass Valley at the Record Connection and BriarPatch, in Nevada City at After the Gold Rush Records and in Auburn at Cherry Records. Or online at www.renegadeshows.com, tickets.com and jambasetickets.com

INFORMATION: Call 530-583-2801 for phone orders or more information.