COMPETITION: Become a Hip Hop Legend with Global Rap Superstar

Online platform Fame Music are launching a hip hop music competition titled Global Rap Superstar.

An all-star line-up of hip hop artists and music producers have joined the movement to help find the next big thing. Names include super producer Damon Elliott, (P!NK, Mya, Destiny’s Child, Bone Thugs-n-Harmony) multiplatinum producer Battlecat, (Dr. Dre, Snoop Dogg, Xzibit) legendary female rapper MC Lyte, Naughty by Nature’s Treach, as well as underground hip hop sensation Hopsin.

The winner of the competition will be flown to Las Vegas, USA, and record a track at the Palms Studio with Damon Elliott and Hopsin. In addition to the single, the artist will shoot a music video and perform the track live at an event in Los Angeles, California.

Hopeful contenders are being asked to upload one original track and a 30 second video to Fame Music where users vote for their favourite track, before 15 finalists are chosen. The winner will be announced on 15th December after votes are recorded by both the public and the professional panel.

Damon Elliott said, “If you think you have what it takes and you’re on some authentic real hip hop, check out FameMusic.com and sign up”

Hopsin added, “I’m really excited to be a part of the Global Rap Superstar competition, especially as I’ll be co-producing the winner’s track. Fame offers such a versatile platform for young musicians, and I hope we find some really talented rappers out there.”

To give you an idea of the prizes on offer and to get up to speed on all the panelists, check out our detailed info below…

Prizes

1st Prize

– Production of winning track by Damon Eliot in Los Angeles and Hopsin to co produce track (flight and accommodation included)
– Music Video clip
– Live performance in Los Angeles
– Official Fame Sol Republic Headphones

2nd prize

– $1,000 in professional kit
–  Official Fame Sol Republic Headphones

3rd Prize

– $600 in professional kit
– Official Fame Sol Republic Headphones

Competition dates:

Enter: 30th October 2014
Finals – 1st December 2014
Winner announced – 15th December 2014

The Panelists

Hopsin, is an American rapper, record producer, director and actor from Los Angeles, California. In 2007, he was signed to Ruthless Records, and has since founded his own record label, Funk Volume, in 2009. Hopsin has released three studio albums, Gazing At the Moonlight through Ruthless Records, Raw and his latest album Knock Madness along with the mixtape Haywire (with SwizZz) through Funk Volume. He is due to release a collaboration extended play with Travis Barker.

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Damon Elliott the son of pop musician Dionne Warwick, is a writer, producer, composer and recording artist. Damon’s first production project was with artists Bone Thugs-n-Harmony in 1996. Since then, he has also worked with several artists including Destiny’s Child, Beyoncé, P!nk, Gwen Stefani, Jessica Simpson, Christina Aguilera, Macy Gray, Britney Spears, Mýa and Deana Carter. He has sold over 150 Million Records, earned seven Grammy Award Nominations, and won one Grammy Award for his rendition of “Lady Marmalade” featured in the film Moulin Rouge.

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MC Lyte is an American rapper who first gained fame in the late 1980s, becoming the first solo female rapper to release a full album with 1988’s critically acclaimed “Lyte as a Rock’. She has long been considered one of hip-hop’s pioneer feminists. Her follow up album “Eyes on This” was release a year later. Both discs are considered to be the finest of the rapper’s career, especially her sopohomore effort, which spawned the hit single “Cha Cha Cha” which peaked at number one on the rap charts. In 2013, MC Lyte received the Lifetime Achievement Award at the 2013 Hip Hop Inaugural Ball, and she also received the BET “I Am Hip Hop” Icon Lifetime Achievement Award, making her the first female solo hip hop artist to receive the honour from the network.

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Battlecat is an American Hip Hop producer from Long Beach, California. He is well known for producing artists such as Snoop Dogg, The Game, Xzibit and Tha Eastsidaz along with a number of other West Coast rappers and he is also the concert DJ for Snoop Dogg. His aesthetic is a progression from the early-’90s G-Funk sound pioneered by Above the Law, characterized by fat synth bass lines and soulful keys.

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Treach is an American rapper and actor, but is best known as the lead rapper for the hip hop group Naughty by Nature. With Naughty by Nature, Treach worked with fellow group members Vin Rock and DJ Kay Gee. Examples of some of the group’s most well known singles from their self-titled second album are “O.P.P.,” and “Ghetto Bastard”. Treach has worked with other artists such as Queen Latifah, Da Youngstas, Tupac Shakur, Apache, Road Dawgs, Rottin Razkals, Eazy-E and many more.

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So if you fancy yourself as the next Jay Z or Nas make sure you get involved and enter the competition here; it could change your life forever!

Matt Tarr
@MattTarrJourno

Matt Tarr

Matt Tarr

Urban Music Editor
With grime and hip hop being major influences on him growing up in South East London, Matt's passion is urban music but over the years he has gathered a hugely diverse taste, ranging from Wiley to The Smiths by way of Machine Head, that has made him a very open minded individual.
Matt Tarr
Gigslutz Urban
About Matt Tarr
With grime and hip hop being major influences on him growing up in South East London, Matt's passion is urban music but over the years he has gathered a hugely diverse taste, ranging from Wiley to The Smiths by way of Machine Head, that has made him a very open minded individual.