Up-and-coming rapper Tha Crow is the winner of LOUD.com’s online rap-battle music competition. The California native will receive $100,000 along with an SRC/Universal recording contract. LOUD.com is a website founded by SRC Records CEO Steve Rifkind and partner Joe Safina, where registered users […]
Universal Music Group has acquired a stake in the hip-hop music marketing site Loud.com. The New York-based site serves primarily as a portal for users to create their own songs using pre-made beats for a competition against other would-be MCs. Users download the Loud Studio software, which comes with a handful of free beats, and must purchase additional beats in packages.[…]
SRC Records CEO Steve Rifkind — who also founded Loud Records in 1992 — is launching a new “battle rap” competition for aspiring MCs on his websites Battlerap.com and Loud.com. Contestants will be able to purchase original beats by some of hip-hop’s top producers for the low price of 99 cents a piece, and create original music using online editing tools and tips provided on the two community oriented websites.[…]
VICI Racing enters Lamborghini GTR at the 12 Hours at Sebring. Miami, FL -- VICI Racing announced today that they have entered a Lamborghini GTR in the 12 hours at Sebring. The car will be piloted by Ron Meixner, Cristiano Piquet and Joseph Safina. Ron Meixner, team owner said: "We are very excited to be the first to bring Lamborghini to racing in US. I have been developing and testing this car for over six months and we are ready to come to Sebring and win. Lamborghini finished first and second at the 24 hours of Spa, Belgium."[…]
Like a mirage rising from a Deco desert of stars, skin, and heat, Pure Records and its sole recording artist, a 22-year-old R&B singer from Ohio named Na'sha, emerged this past summer as a major new force in Miami's music scene. Until recently, few outside the industry had heard of Na'sha, and even fewer were aware of Pure — but suddenly they were everywhere: The vocalist's single "Fire" garnered spins not only on local radio but also in most major markets across the United States […]
Justin Bell and Joseph Safina to Drive Archangel SRPII at Homestead in Grand-Am Ft. Lauderdale, FL -- What may be called a home field advantage, 1998 Le Mans GT2 class winner Justin Bell and Joseph Safina are paired to enter the Nextel 250 Grand-Am race at Homestead-Miami Speedway, Saturday, March 2. Both drivers are South Florida residents. They will pilot the #22[…]
A best-seller in its category, The Winner's Circle II tells you how the crème de la crème of the securities world got where they are--in a first-time-ever inside look at how they work and play. You'll enjoy intimate portraits of these and other talented, remarkable individuals.[…]
