Drumma Boy & Shawty Lo

 

After witnessing the second inauguration for President Barack Obama (and celebrating Martin Luther King Jrs birthday), the excitement continued on Tuesday night (Jan. 22) at the Atrium. Located on the east side of Atlanta, hundreds of DJs, artists, and music notables packed the club in honor of DJs.  Salute The DJs Awards, founded by Lady Shack, honors the men and women who rock the clubs, break records, and keep the streets bubbling with new music.  This year marked the fourth year for this event.  For it being STACKS Magazine’s first year attending, I can say it was a real cool experience.

 

The official emcee for the evening was local funny man Crum.com. Also, in the building were many Atlanta notables such as Ms Debra Atney (Mizay Ent), Shawty Lo, Bone Crusher, Drumma Boy, DJ T-Roc, DJ Bigga Rankin, DJ Demp, P. Brown (Streettalk), Wingo (Jagged Edged), DJ Unk, DJ Kutt Throat, Travis Porter, Jack Thriller (ThisIs50.com), Tex James, DG Yola, Mykko Montana, Suga Shane, Rich Homie Quan, Tight and even a surprise visit from Trinidad James.

 

As part of the show, independent artists/groups had the opportunity to perform.  Some included a childrens group called The Hard Team, YNV, Jewlz, Deacon Uly, Deja Vu, and DDS (pardon me if these names are spelled incorrectly).   There were also a couple of very special performances by Shawty Lo, Rich Homie Quan, and Tight.  The actual DJ awards were given out later in the evening. Some of the categories and winners included:

 

DJ To Take Most Risks – DJ Blue

Best Show DJ – DJ Prime Time

Most Overlooked In The World – DJ Such-N-Such

Hottest Female DJ – DJ Nina9

DJ Of The Year – DJ Demp

 

Here are a few pics and videos from the event…

 

 

 

Shawty Lo’s “Petition”

 

 

Rich Homie Quan’s “Difference”