DJ BlacqueStarr & The Halftime Hip Hop Show

If you’ve been following our weekly beat contest, you may be familiar with one of our judges DJ BlacqueStarr. So far, BlacqueStarr has been wildly impressed with the magnitude of production coming out of this site. As host of the Halftime Hip Hop Show on WUOG 90.5 in Athens, GA, DJ BlacqueStarr is constently looks for new tunes to put into rotation. This is where YOU come in. DJ BlacqueStarr wants you to send him your beats. He’s got a new segment called “Diamonds in the Rough” where we would like to start incorporating the producers and other instrumentalists from this site into his show.

The HHHS: Halftime Hip Hop Show is broadcast from the University of Georgia’s radio station WUOG 90.5FM and you can listen online by going to www.wuog.org/live.

Here’s more info on DJ Blacquestarr and you can submitt your music to him below.

Name: Akeeme “DJ BlacqueStarr” Martin, Host of the HHHS: Halftime Hip Hop Show (WUOG 90.5FM Athens, Georgia)

Hometown: Gainesville, Georgia

Current Location: Athens, Georgia

Influences: a New Orleans style gumbo of different genres of music and artists

Affiliates: ATHFactor Entertainment, TNEB-RCP Music Group, Mantooth Music, S.T.A.C. Entertainment, Urban College Radio Alliance, Area 51 Management, Avala-DSF Music Group, Wu-Tang Affiliates, Sic Wid It Records, Loyalty Records, Royal Krown Entertainment, Hip Hop Canada.com, KrucialKeys, and Global Soul Entertainment. 

Accomplishments: co-creator of “Crunk in the Lobby” concert series, live poetry series “T.R.I.N.I.T.E.E.,” co-founder and Southeast Division Leader of the Urban College Radio Alliance (The Alliance), Diamond in the Rough Vol. 1, and the HHHS.

Current Projects in Progress: Diamonds in the Rough Vol. 2, Crunk in the Lobby X: The Last Stand, Please No Bacon Mixtape, T.R.I.N.I.T.E.E. Vol. 4, Fade 2 Blacque Concert, and more TBA.

Brief Biography: “Music is the soundtrack of my life.” That basically sums me up in a nutshell. Every song whether it’s on CD, cassette, vinyl, MP3, or even 8-track, reflects a certain aspect about me. I have a passion for music and it has been that passion that has helped me push the Halftime Hip Hop Show into a whole new atmosphere in such a short period of time that I’ve been hosting it. It may say it’s a hip hop show, but I focus on other urban music genres as well like jazz, reggae, reggaeton, soca, etc. The show is about giving people an alternative to what is currently on mainstream radio. Not saying that mainstream is bad, but the mainstream does not define what is all out there. The HHHS is a platform, a mouthpiece if you will that gives people the opportunity to get their music heard minus all the b.s. but also giving a nod to the pioneers of urban music because without them, all this wouldn’t be possible. I pride myself on being able to help push artists to the next level and many have taken that next step even further. People are drawn to the show not just because of the music, but also the voice behind it. Listeners can hear the passion and love for the music and they know that they are guaranteed to hear a great show. I do what I do not just for me, but more importantly the people because at the end of the day, that’s who the HHHS and I cater to.

Email your music to DJ BlacqueStarr at halftimehiphop@gmail.com.

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