Hylife Media Group always finds a way to hustle up Free Press. Check out these articles highlighting our local events.
Artomatic 419 Lite Breathes Life into Fort Industry Square
by Micheal Hayes
The Sojourner’s Truth (Toledo, Ohio)
published September 18th 2007
…. Spoken Word heavyweights Imani Lateef and John Dorsey blessed the spot as well as a newcomer … I can’t remember her name (sorry) [ed. note: That's Jaime by the way!!!!]– but she was amazing.
She’s a regular at Hylife’s Monday night Poetry at Club Prestige… she does this piece called “C.O.P.” – my favorite official favorite poem of 2007…
Livin’ the “Hylife”
by James Fowler
The Toledo City Paper
published August 8th 2007
It’s shortly after 9 p.m. on a Monday night and the crowd at Club Prestige (in the former Park Hotel (located near the train station at 201 Knapp St.) is growing restless. Sensing the anxiety, Sara Lopez, one of the event’s founders, takes the stage and grabs the mic; she wants to kick things off with a bang.
“Everybody, welcome to Hylife Poetry Night,” she says. “All right, on the count of three, I want everybody to scream ‘F—yeah!’ Ready? 1, 2, 3…”
The Tipping Point; The Definitive Hip Hop Experience
by Staff
The Toledo City Paper
published May 2007The Tipping Point
Four DJs, seven MCs, two slam poets and one great salute to T-town hip hop. Dubbed The Tipping Point after the social history book by Malcolm Gladwell, which is defined as “that magic moment when an idea, trend, or social behavior crosses a threshold, tips and spreads like wildfire,” this is Toledo creativity at its peak….
WWID (What Would Imani Do)
by Ortho
OutHereInOhio.com
WWID (What Would Imani Do?)
A: put together a posse called The Hylife and throw a spoken word-rapper sound clash party tonight deep into the East side near the Oregon border at Rick’s Music Cafe artists like Ms. Fortune, Organic Canvas…
