@AWKWORDrap Named @Schmap "Editor's Pick" for #MarsBar Commentary (ft. HD #HipHop #Music Video)

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The Gog Log: Is there life after Mars? (ft. East Village Emcee AWKWORD)

[Behind-The-Scenes: AWKWORD - "The People's Champ" (HD Music Video)]


[Behind-The-Scenes: AWKWORD - "The People's Champ" (HD Music Video)]

R.I.P. Mars Bar. (And that scenester hive Max Fish, too.) They're saying this is the end of the East Village. (At least the end of an era.) For me, it's not the end of the world — that is, if they really are building AFFORDABLE housing. But it is sad, and it is scary. It signifies the whitewashing of our neighborhood — and that aint Hip Hop. There's a reason I shot my video for "The People's Champ" outside the Mars Bar. Once it's gone, it's doubtful I'd do much of anything on the corner of 1st & 2nd.

**READ A PERSONAL — AND INFORMATIVE — ESSAY ON THE INEVITABLE CLOSING AT THE GOG LOG**

(It features my take on the subject, as well as the youtube video for my workingman's anthem "The People's Champ", shot at the Mars Bar and featuring local street artists!)





Written by AWKWORD.

XXL Featured Banger: AWKWORD - "The People's Champ" [Video]

Monday Nov 1 7:15 AM CDT posted by xxl staff -- AWK goes for the title!



To watch the video via XXL, click the image above. Or, just watch it here:

VIDEO: AWKWORD - "The People's Champ" (HD) (Monstar Films / VLAD TV)

** UPDATE ** Now watch the video at SPIKE TV!

AWKWORD links up with VLAD TV's Monstar Films team in the East Village (New York City) to shoot the HD video for his revolutionary rap anthem "The People's Champ" (prod. J. Glaze)... And they got even more than expected, with all the creatives and crazies who hang around the legendary Mars Bar!... Cameos from R.H. Bless, Ashy L Bowz, Fanesha Fabre, Whatzisface, ATG, model Maggie Wall and pop artist Jamelah.



To watch the video with scrolling lyrics, click here.

For behind-the-scenes pics from the shoot, brought to you by The Hip Hop Chronicle, click here.

To download "The People's Champ" (mp3) for free, click here.

Click here to download "WE ARE THE BASTERDS (The 9/11 Edition)", the mixtape on which the song appears, also featuring Asher Roth, B.o.B, Rapper Big Pooh, Crooked I, French Montana, Jadakiss, Joe Budden, Joell Ortiz, Kanye West, KiD CuDi, Lupe Fiasco, Nipsey Hussle, Sean Price, Wiz Khalifa & more.

EV Grieve x AWKWORD: Street Views

Recently, our friends at EV Grieve partnered with GYMR resident emcee AWKWORD for an ad-hoc Street View series. Completely INformal, AWKWORD submits when he sees something on the streets, and the good folks at EV Grieve post it if it's worth posting.

Click the screen-grab below to see EV Grieve's feature on the music video VLADTV/Monstar shot for AWKWORD's "The People's Champ" outside the East Village landmark Mars Bar and in the graffitied alley known as Extra Place.



Click any of the links below to see the first few AWKWORD scoops for EV Grieve:

• Mourning Edition (September 24, 2010)
• No sleeping by the Food Emporium (September 22, 2010)
• Spreading the fear of bed bugs to the F train (September 15, 2010)
• Four months in the tumultuous short life of the Shepard Fairey mural (August 26, 2010)