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Seattle’s premier hip-hop label, Sportn’ Life Records, has two new artists officially joining their roster. The first is local R&B singer Marissa who’s already been doing vocals on songs by Fatal Lucciauno and D. Black for awhile now. You can hear her all over Fatal’s The Only Forgotten Son album and based on the work she’s already done for the label, the Sportn’ Life folks have decided to market her as a solo artist. They’ve also signed an MC by the name of SK who’s been working as a hype man for fellow Sportn’ Life artist Spaceman for roughly a year now. SK is actually D. Black and Fearce Vill of Dyme Def’s cousin.

For the seventh consecutive year, Seattle’s music community will come together to show their support for all-ages music and art at The Vera Project by throwing back a few drinks at their neighborhood bar and checking out a great show. ADFTK 2009 happens Sunday, July 5th -Saturday, July 11th 2009. Folks can visit any of these several fine host-establishments, order the special A Drink For The Kids beer or cocktail, and the proceeds go to support the Vera Project. 

Starting July 1st, small live music venues in Seattle will no longer be charged a 5% admissions tax by the city. The Seattle City Council voted May 26th to waive the tax for all venues that have a maximum occupancy less than 1,000 people and offer live music at least three days per week and have at least 16 musicians perform per week.  This will help clubs during these tough economic times, make it easier for people to go out and hear music, and allow musicians a greater opportunity to play and earn a living. This is a great success for Seattle music and will help to truly make Seattle the City of Music!

Remember 2008? All the “Don’t Miss” concerts and events Seattle had… and to think as many nights as you enjoyed, there were probably still a hand full of moments you heard about far too late. Well, in 2009 and beyond, ReignCity is here to make sure that doesn’t happen again! We’ve compiled all that is happening in Seattle and put it here in one place with detailed descriptions and rating systems, categorized to give you a better quality of nightlife. Working directly with promoters and artists alike, ReignCity strives to stay on top of all Seattle’s urban culture has to offer. If you know about something that is going on in this city and we don’t, let us know. Seattle is King and we know it here at ReignCity!

Seattle’s own Laura “Piece” Kelley-Jahn, recent recipient of the Hollywood Music Award for Best RAP/Hip Hop Artist, has been selected as a feature on the URB Magazine website’s next 1000 for 2009!  You can vote for Piece’s song, “Street Smartz” on urb.com.  Top scoring artists earn placement on the Next 1000 Top Movers Spotlight, and have the potential to be featured in the URB Ezine, URB.com homepage, and even URB Magazine.

Want to know what it’s like to help create Bumbershoot, and work on the inside of your favorite festival? One Reel is now accepting applications for a wide range of spring/summer internships. No matter if your interests lie within marketing, sponsorship or accounting, programming or legal, production or HR, chances are there’s an internship that’s just right for you! Apply today!

Education is the key to unlocking the future for the next generation of Hip Hop entrepreneurs. In honor of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., this year’s MUSICA Festival engages ALL youth to become socially conscious, college-conscious, and college-ready. The festival includes presentations of the 2009 Pierce County Executive’s Awards for Excellence in Hip Hop and the 2009 Martin Luther King County Executive’s Awards for Excellence in Hip Hop (nominations still accepted). Don’t miss this special event at the Columbia City Theater on January 17th.

Like all citizens of Washington State, artists and musicians need affordable health care.  Starting in January 2009 the new Artist Clinic at Country Doctor Community Clinic is offering artist and musician-focused hours every Wednesday from 5:30pm-8:30pm as part of Artist Trust’s Washington Artists Health Insurance Project.  The Washington Artists Health Insurance Project is made possible by many community organziations and agencies, inc luding: Artist Trust, Seattle Musician’s Association, MusiCares, 4Culture, Seattle Mayor’s Office of Arts & Cultural Affairs, Seattle Office of Film + Music, Pratt Fine Arts, Robert Stumberger, Friends of On The Boards, Friends of the Henry Art Gallery.  Under the Washington Artists Health Insurance Project, low-income and uninsured artists and musicians can qualify for a wide variety of low cost health services.  The project will serve as a model for development of state-based health insurance expansion that benefits artists working in all disciplines.