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Throughout his short time on earth Jonathan has been given opportunities to perform and record with Grammy award artists and producers such as Regina Bell, Tracy Pierce, Richard Smallwood, and many more. His opportunities have mostly come through his background work with gospel artist Rashad McPherson & DivinePURPOSE, his father-Stellar nominated, Ronald Hoard, and alma mater, Berklee College of Music. Moreover, his gift has allowed him to travel to Europe, Canada, and, most recently Puerto Rico. Most importantly, his skills as background member has cultivated his leadership skills as visionary of J. Hoard & The Greenhouse People, a band that formed to popularize a movement into soul pleasing, awakening music whom has now opened for artists such as Dwele. In conclusion, Jonathan Hoard is a background singer, songwriter, vocal arranger, and teacher who is crazy about music and head over heels for life.

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RABBI DARKSIDE is a Buffalo-born Brooklyn-based Hip Hop Artist/Educator, rocking the world as MC, DJ and Beatboxer. His new album, “Prospect Avenue,” reached #4 on CMJ Hip Hop Charts, where it remained in the Top 20 for 16 weeks and finished #20 Overall for 2013, and #1 on College Radio Charts Hip Hop. “Propsect Avenue” was featured on HipHopDx, 2DopeBoyz, MTVHive, URB Magazine, DJBooth and RapReviews while receiving heavy international radio and video play. With a discography spanning a decade and fresh completion of his 12th international tour, Rabbi D continues to grow his global reputation and fan-base. Recent performance highlights include the 2013 CMJ Festival, the 2012 WNYC Battle of the Boroughs and headlining the 2012 Atlantic Antic. The 2008 release of his internationally acclaimed debut LP, “Building the Better Bomb,” and starring role as Head Coach on MTVs “Made” bolstered his rep, while touring consistently has allowed him to connect with the Global Hip Hop community. He has performed at major venues and festivals around the world, and is responsible for bringing the Hip Hop Subway Series to Europe.

A renowned freestyle artist, Rabbi Darkside has won a number of prestigious MC battles and been repeatedly called upon as host for high-profile events (18-time Freestyle Mondays Off The Head Gameshow Champ; End Of The Week 2010 Challange of Champs Co-Winner; 2004 NYC Kool Mixx Finalist; 2-time Whose Rhyme Is It Anyway Champ; 2-time A to Z Emcee Champ). As DJ, he has spun from New York’s most esteemed clubs to multi-million dollar lofts to middle school proms. His beatboxing is featured on MTV.com in instructional tutorials, and in countless live performances online. In addition to his artistry, he has worked for 10+ years in the New York City Public Schools, evolving from History Teacher to Teaching Artist to curriculum specialist, most recently developing the groundbreaking rap-based test prep program “Fresh Prep” (as seen in the New York Times and CBS Early Show), featuring guest vocalists Talib Kweli, Sadat X and Dres performing his lyrics. He was honored this year by being selected as one of the first Hip Hop Education Fellows by the H2ED Center at NYU Steinhardt School.

On his global journey, he has appeared alongside Afrika Bambaataa, Antibalas, the Blue Man Group, Common, DMC, Fishbone, J-Live, Kanye West, The Last Poets, Rahzel, DJ Rob Swift, The Roots, Slick Rick, Talib Kweli, and Weldon Irvine, among many others. He has been featured in publications such as URB Magazine, TV Guide, the Village Voice and the New York Times, while appearing on CBS, MTV, MTV2, BET, NBC and Showtime’s “Nurse Jackie.” He is an ordained secular officiant and recently performed his first wedding, and is an official brand representative for BluBlocker sunglasses.

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The Wali Sanga Website

The Wali Sanga is a groove collective out of Brooklyn, NY fronted by multi-instrumentalist and songwriter Alexander “Sheriff” Ariff. What began in 2007 as a college band with a rotating cast of aspiring jazz’ers, The Wali Sanga has evolved into a sweetly concocted blend of pop-funk and indie-soul.

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Based in New York City and Vienna, THE RUFF PACK (TRP) consists of three musicians: Stephan Kondert, Matthias Löscher, and Daru Jones; blending together the improvisational nature and compositional complexity of Jazz with the rustic groove and frenetic energy of Hip-Hop.

Modeled after the “classic” jazz guitar trio, TRP visualizes instrumental Hip-Hop through live instrumentation. To date, TRP has released two Studio albums: “WITH YOU (2013),” and “Introducing THE RUFF PACK (2010),” and their live-concert DVD, “THE RUFF PACK LIVE” (2011). Since 2009 they have been touring regularly on both sides of the Atlantic and featured at countless jazz, hip-hop clubs and festivals, including:
the “Blue Note Jazz Club (NYC)”, “Catch A Fire Festival (Germany)”, the “Red Bull Brandwagen Geheimkonzerttour (Vienna)”, featuring Aloe Blacc, and the “Living Colour: VIVID 25th Anniversary at The Fillmore (San Francisco).”

As a musical collaboration between Kondert, Löscher, and Jones, the trio has succeeded at weaving together, high musical sophistication inside deep soulful grooves. THE RUFF PACK takes listeners on a journey that stimulates mind and heart; come join us.

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Sonnymoon is the brainchild of musicians Dane Orr and Anna Wise.

Their dynamic journey through an experimental approach to pop music began in 2009 when front woman Anna Wise and producer Dane Orr began making music together after meeting in Boston.

Sonnymoon has released three albums: Golden Age, Sonnymoon & The Courage of Present Times and an EP: 2012. They have shared the stage with The Roots, Shabazz Palaces, Flying Lotus, Teebs, Shigeto, and Gonjasufi. Anna also appears on Kendrick Lamar’s albums ‘Good Kid, m.A.A.d city’, ‘Untitled Unmastered’ and ‘To Pimp A Butterfly’, for which she won a Grammy in 2016.

Sonnymoon is currently located in Brooklyn