In an effort to spread information on the AIDS epidemic, Houston hip-hop radio station 97.9 The Box will be rewarding the community with a free star-studded concert for local residents that get tested for the disease.
The station has joined forces with The Houston Department of Health and Human Services, and Amerigroup Community Care as well as the city’s AIDS Foundation and NAACP branch to launch the “Hip Hop For HIV Awareness” campaign in hopes to consult and screen 15,000 people in the area.
As an incentive, every person that gets tested will receive a ticket for a concert next month starring a slew of Southern rap heavyweights and R&B favorites. Plies, Bun B, Twista, Yung L.A., Gorilla Zoe, Day 26, Bobby Valentino, LeToya Luckett and Ginuwine are all slated to hit the stage on July 11 at H-Town’s George R. Brown Convention Center.
Free testing and consultation starts today (June 22) and will continue for the next four days at the NAACP’s Family Technology Center, along with other locations throughout Houston. For more information on the campaign, visit www.kbxx.com - Elan Mancini
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June 22nd, 2009
at 11:48 am
Pierzy says:
“As an incentive every person that gets tested will receive a ticket for a concert next month starring a slew of Southern rap heavyweights and R&B favorites.”
What do you get if you test positive? A frown? A tombstone?
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June 22nd, 2009
at 12:12 pm
latino heat says:
ha ha. real talk Pierzy. that’s what you get for going raw on people you don’t even know though.
i wish they would do something like that out here in the Bay. i would go get a test to see Bun B and Twista for free. the rest of the line up, not so much.
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June 22nd, 2009
at 1:39 pm
BeerGangsta says:
Dam I wish I could be there. I might try to see this free Concert. Ginuwine is going to take the show over. Ladies will be hot and wet. Peace to Twista and Bun B. They will do a good job to. I will love to see what Lotoya have on. I know that azz is going to be phat.
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June 22nd, 2009
at 5:31 pm
geico lizard says:
Wear a condom everytime if you want to live.
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June 22nd, 2009
at 7:33 pm
EmCDL says:
Thats right do that and get tested on the regular. Chicks out here nasty as hell! I’d never go raw on a chick even if I was married to her real talk…
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June 24th, 2009
at 10:21 am
lady m says:
this is something postive for the community TEXAS dont play Rappers setting a example for young people today good way to start off the summer for 2009.
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