PAPOOSE AND CLIPSE SET TO ROCK THE APOLLO

The Clipse and Papoose are scheduled to perform at the 10th annual Justo Mixtape Awards which are scheduled for December 7th at the Apollo Theater in New York City. Justo Faison, who founded the award show in 1995 to recognize the mixtape community, died in a car accident in Virginia in May 2005.

Papoose was able to secure a $1.5 million deal from Jive Records after the success of his mixtapes while the Clipse were able to keep their brand alive during a three year recordig hiatus because of their successful, We Got It For Cheap mixtape series.

“Honestly, I think that personally I’ve been watching the game from the outside for a long time. So being that you know I’m finally into the game. You know I’m on BET, MTV, Rolling Stone, Source, I feel like the game is in a good state cause I’m a pure to the heart artist. So the game is in a good state right now in my eyes.”

Papoose recently shared his thoughts on the state of hip hop. He said,

In related news, the Clipse will release their new album, Hell Hath No Fury, on November 28th. The latest single from the project is “What It Do (Wamp, Wamp)” featuring Slim Thug.