Brooklyn’s Shorty Roc has released a new single and video for the track “Wha’d U Like (Lavish Life)”. It’s from his forthcoming album, “Live.Love.Swagg”. The CD will be released in November 2010 and Shorty Roc will be having a sweries of webisodes leading up to it. We could not help but notice he is wearing a crown in this video…Shorty Roc’s New Single (Video)
Out Hip Hop artists were featured in several key categories, primarily the rap category (we will have the nominees listed below) but perhaps the biggest achievement for out hip hop was the nomination of out Lesbian mc Melange Lavonne in the categories of Outstanding OUT Musician of the Year and Outstanding Music Video of the Year. Congrats to all the nominees!

INFINITE ft baron - Why U Hate Me I.K.P. (The Infamous King of Positivity) - Let It B. Known Foxxjazell - Ride or Die Boy (Pride remix) Tim’m West Fly - Brotha Chad D - Human Link
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Set to premiere his new web-series, Shorty Roc joined Dj SirRah on OUTing The Music Industry to discuss all things concerning the NY rapper. After 8yrs in the OHH game, Shorty Roc had a lot of great advice to give from the different learning experiences that he has gone through. Recording artist Deeper Soul called in to show support for Shorty Roc and also discuss the OUTmusic Awards and some things that we can do to support the OUTmusic awards. You can listen and download the show here.

While it’s uncertain everyone will agree with the title, Shorty Roc was the subject of an in-depth profile on NewYorkWorld.com called “Shorty Roc - NYC’s Gay Hip Hop Legend”. Joseph Pulitzer’s New York newspaperThe World, which ran from 1860 to 1931, inspires the spirit of The New York World. The contributing writers and managing editors of this website are graduate students at the Columbia University School of Journalism, also founded by Pulitzer, and home to the prizes that carry his name. You can read the article on Shorty Roc here.
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