8.30.2010

Bye-Bye Fat Beats


A number of world renowned Hip-Hop artists and producers will gather in New York all this week, to pay homage to legendary record store Fat Beats (est. 1996).

Fat Beats announced they would close their remaining physical locations in New York and Los Angeles.

To celebrate the company, DJ Premier, Just Blaze, Ras Cass, Artifacts, J-Live, Pacewon and others will perform in-store at the New York location.

The free events begin today (August 30th) with Artifacts, Da Beatminerz and Immortal Technique and end on the store's final day on Saturday (September 4th), with Just Blaze, A-Trak, Pete Rock and DJ Premier.

Organizers are in the process of launching a similar farewell event later this month, leading up to the stores' final day on Sept 18th.

All performances will be from 4-9PM.

The schedule for the New York location is as follows:
Monday, August 30th: Artifacts, Da Beatminerz, Immortal Technique, and more
Tuesday, August 31st: Ras Kass, Sav KIllz, DJ Ready Cee, panel discussion, and more
Wednesday, September 1st: Bobbito, Mayhem, Riz, Juggaknots, Sputnik Brown, and more
Thursday, September 2nd: Rob Swift, Torae, DJ Concept, DJ Amir, and more
Friday, September 3rd: Masta Ace, J-Live, Pacewon, Tanya Morgan, and more
*FINAL DAY* Saturday, September 4th: Just Blaze, A-Trak, Pete Rock, DJ Premier, and more

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