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Paid Dues Gears Up For Third Year - Tickets On Sale Now! - February 5, 2008 By : Rud

Following the success of the second annual Paid Dues festival in Southern California and national tour last summer, Murs in association with Guerilla Union (Rock The Bells, Cypress Hill Smoke Out) have announced the event will return to the NOS Events Center in San Bernardino, CA on Saturday, March 22.

Rolling into its third year, Paid Dues supports a fan base of a vibrant scene of underground hip-hop artists all on one platform.


Its tradition of showcasing the best in independent rap continues with its 2008 line-up of Sage Francis, Little Brother, Dilated Peoples, Jedi Mind Tricks, Living Legends, Hieroglyphics, Visionaries, Boot Camp Clik with Black Moon, Kool Keith, POS, A-Team, Mac Lethal, Fatlip & Omni, Yak Ballz, B. Dolan and Isaiah with Murs to host, plus a special surprise guest appearance.

"What we’re trying to do with Paid Dues as we go into our third year is: Number one is focus. Being that it's a festival birthed on the west coast we wanted to tailor the bill to appeal a little more to the region so we brought on local staples such as the A-Team, Omni and Fatlip. To knock it out of the park we added the three major west coast crews Living Legends, Hieroglyphics and the Visionaries," explained Murs.

He went on to state, "The second thing we are doing is expanding by grabbing more artists outside of the traditional indie hip-hop family (ie Def Jux, Rhymesayers, Living Legends) so we approached Dilated Peoples and Little Brother. We also wanted to show some love to the decorated veterans of the independent scene so we reached out to Boot Camp Clik and Kool Keith. Third and most importantly we wanted to give back to the awesome fans who've supported us over the past two years to make the is the biggest and best Paid Dues yet. My partner Chang says third year is always the greatest and it seems to be like he's going to be right, again."

Chang Weisberg of Guerilla Union explains "We are very proud to have partnered with Murs to build a true platform for independent hip-hop artists and their communities. The third annual episode combines the most notable artists from a myriad of labels, most of whom have new music or projects that can take advantage of our Paid Dues promotional platform. The Living Legends, Boot Camp Clik, Hieroglyphics and Murs all have special projects they will be showcasing for 2008. Sage Francis is working on his Strange Famous label initiatives and I can't wait to see Kool Keith and Yak Ballz! We are especially excited that SanDisk has partnered with Paid Dues to continue their efforts to educate and empower conscious music fans by encouraging our DIY audience to capture, share and distribute content by ‘Waking Up Your Phone.’ It is a very strategic partnership that will help shape the distribution of content that all these artists are capable of producing and sharing with their communities via mobile, on-line and social networking. As always, I'm sure Murs has a couple surprises up his sleeve. Murs for President in 2008. I think he could give the current candidates a run for their money--lyrically speaking at least."

Paid Dues as ever will be an all-ages show and will once again be supported by Dubcnn who will be proud media and partner sponsors for the events again in 2008. $35 pre-sale tickets are on sale now via Guerilla Union, Paid Dues MySpace and Ticketmaster.

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