On Saturday night I was privileged to watch the ‘Rebuilding the Bridge’ charity event at Pace University, to raise money for Chinese earthquake victims.  Talk about an AMAZING show loaded with huge stars.  I finally got to see why Phil Lam and Hoc Poeng (fearless generals of Ningin) were so busy the past few weeks working to put the show together, and this extravaganza definitely didn’t disappoint.  There were lots of logistics not to mention controversies that I’ll let other people comment on if they want.

The show was largely hosted by Miss Info of Hot 97, who was clearly passionate about this charity and used her Rolodex to pull in some amazing and talented names from around the entertainment industry.  The show included appearances or performances by Beau Sia (you might know him from this eloquent video), J-Lim, JYP, Ryan Leslie, Rik Cordero, DJ Cipha, DJ Delinger, Nas (!!), and also a meet and greet with the JabbaWockeez.

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On top of these appearances or performances, there was a DJ battle on stage, as well as a B-Boy dance battle between two of NYC’s best crews.  Also, there was an extremely interesting story that JYP gave about Jackie Chan, who encouraged and inspired him to try to make it in the American music industry, as well as was one of the driving forces behind putting together a star-studded music video in support of Chinese earthquake disaster relief. 

Another extremely interesting story was about how Fox twisted and demonized Nas after he supported Asians regarding V-Tech (big surprise from Fox), but I love the response video from Nas directed by Rik Cordero on the subject.


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Aw Alvin I didn’t even see you there! :(


Omg I can’t believe I missed it! URGH!


Wow That’s so many celebs. How did you guys do it?


I can’t wait to see more photos! Thanks Alvin.


I showed up for the show but missed the VIP (and backstage!).  A good college friend recently got engaged and his engagement party was 2 hrs before the show, so I was running around the city all day, not to mention trying to cover the AA International Film Festival earlier in the day.


Amazing it was! I can’t believe how many people showed up, SOLD OUT!!! Awesomeness!

And all of the celebrity talent that came out to show their support was really cool too. I didn’t stay for the Jabbawockeez meet-n-greet, but I enjoyed everything about the event. Great job to all of the organizers, performers, and everyone else involved. I can’t even imagine how chaotic it must’ve been to get everyone in one place on such short notice.


Damnit...I missed it.


Haha There’s vids on facebook.


Thanks to all for your feedback. We’ve gotten a lot of it. I’m still in somewhat of a dazed from all this. Today was the 72 Hour Shootout awards and I had to be there to give out the Ningin awards, so I still haven’t had much time to relax/sleep let alone process all the photos and videos of the event. Will get to all of it soon though!


OMG JABBAWOCKEEZ WERE THERE?!


Hoc - 07/14/08 3:46 am

Thanks to all for your feedback. We’ve gotten a lot of it. I’m still in somewhat of a dazed from all this. Today was the 72 Hour Shootout awards and I had to be there to give out the Ningin awards, so I still haven’t had much time to relax/sleep let alone process all the photos and videos of the event. Will get to all of it soon though!

How do you have time to breathe? haha


dang i wish I were on the East coast for once lol good job you guys :D


Haha I can’t wait for the videos and pictures. smile


It’s now about 33 hours after the show ended, and I’m still wiped out...!

The most amazing thing about this event IMHO was the energy level from the audience.  It was absolutely nuclear!  One of the coolest moments was when Miss Info and Ric Cordero announced that Nas was coming on stage.  There was this split-second murmur from the audience that was like “did they really just say Nas was here?” And then he walked on stage, and the place just erupted....

Thanks all for coming!  And if you weren’t able to make it, you can still make donations to the Mercy Corps China Earthquake Relief Fund here:

http://www.mercycorps.org/chinaearthquake/


Miss.Kang - 07/14/08 3:48 am

OMG JABBAWOCKEEZ WERE THERE?!

Yeah, 3 members of Jabbawockeez showed up towards the end to say some words on stage to support our cause, then stayed and did a meet-and-greet/autograph session for 30 minutes after the performance.  They were really great!  Funny thing: they called and said they were on the way, so we told Miss Info “10 minutes” to give her a heads up on when she should introduce them.  Little did we know that their driver couldn’t find the theater, so he was driving around forever...finally, one of the event staff had to run out and find them...got them, brought them backstage with literally seconds to go before Miss Info introduced them to the audience...!

Also a nice suprise… Dominique, a b-boy from last season’s “So You Think You Can Dance” show was with the Jabbas hanging out during the autograph session.  But after I introduced myself to him and told him I was a fan, he called me “sir”...I felt so old...lol!


The night was filled with funny stories like that. There’s talks about a movie being made about this. I find that hilarious.


CONGRATS ON A SUCCESFUL EVENT!!


Good to hear it was a great show. smile


hey, the event was great!!! well, i was just browsing around google to find pictures of the event, and came across this website...i was fortunate to perform with such talented and known artist in the industry @ rebuilding the bridge, i just wanted to say thanks to everyone who was there, and thanks to those who enjoyed what i have done for the event.

if you dont mind, i just wanted to post my myspace page up for those who like hip hop, i made a couple of remixes, and always post new ones up…

http://www.myspace.com/deejaydel

thanks!!!!!


Sounds like a great event! Congrats HOC, PHIL and everyone who have worked so hard to contribute to the success of this charity event.


Dj Delinger - 07/14/08 2:40 pm

hey, the event was great!!! well, i was just browsing around google to find pictures of the event, and came across this website...i was fortunate to perform with such talented and known artist in the industry @ rebuilding the bridge, i just wanted to say thanks to everyone who was there, and thanks to those who enjoyed what i have done for the event.

if you dont mind, i just wanted to post my myspace page up for those who like hip hop, i made a couple of remixes, and always post new ones up…

http://www.myspace.com/deejaydel

thanks!!!!!

DJD...you totally rocked!  And you *saved the show* by stepping in when we all realized that the B-Boys didn’t have their own DJ with them...thanks for being awesome!


OMG Dj Delinger is on Ningin. :O How awesome is that! Haha

You had everyone talking about how great you were. Thanks for letting me take your picture. smile


PLam - 07/14/08 1:23 pm

Yeah, 3 members of Jabbawockeez showed up towards the end to say some words on stage to support our cause, then stayed and did a meet-and-greet/autograph session for 30 minutes after the performance.  They were really great!  Funny thing: they called and said they were on the way, so we told Miss Info “10 minutes” to give her a heads up on when she should introduce them.  Little did we know that their driver couldn’t find the theater, so he was driving around forever...finally, one of the event staff had to run out and find them...got them, brought them backstage with literally seconds to go before Miss Info introduced them to the audience...!

Also a nice suprise… Dominique, a b-boy from last season’s “So You Think You Can Dance” show was with the Jabbas hanging out during the autograph session.  But after I introduced myself to him and told him I was a fan, he called me “sir”...I felt so old...lol!

Wow, lol that’s funny about the Jabbawockeezz. And even more awesome because none of us in the crowd even knew how crazy it was behind the scenes before they came out. (well at least I didn’t lol)

And I thought I saw Dominique on the side. That’s cool that he came. =)

Hoc - 07/14/08 1:37 pm

The night was filled with funny stories like that. There’s talks about a movie being made about this. I find that hilarious.

I’d watch it. Especially if it’s made by one of the FilmLab crews ^___________^ w00t!

Dj Delinger - 07/14/08 2:40 pm

hey, the event was great!!! well, i was just browsing around google to find pictures of the event, and came across this website...i was fortunate to perform with such talented and known artist in the industry @ rebuilding the bridge, i just wanted to say thanks to everyone who was there, and thanks to those who enjoyed what i have done for the event.

if you dont mind, i just wanted to post my myspace page up for those who like hip hop, i made a couple of remixes, and always post new ones up…

http://www.myspace.com/deejaydel

thanks!!!!!

You rocked. Haha, that was funny when you played JB’s song. Was that planned?


Here’s a clip with Nas’ appearance at Rebuilding The Bridge:

http://content.onsmash.com/archives/1394


Thanks!


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