WhatsTheT.com is proud to sponsor the MANUAL LABOR CYBER MIX this Friday, September 3rd at the Loews Hotel from 5pm-9pm in the Midtown Bar Lounge area. WhatsTheT readers, friends, and followers are invited to come socialize, tweet & greet, and enjoy Loews 5 Star bar selection. The event is free to the public. Laptops will be set-up for visitors to log on line and browse the net for free and a special guest artist will perform at 7pm.

Just in time for the largest black gay pride in the world, DJ Small Wonder releases the official Traxx Atlanta/TraxxGirls “Pure Heat” mix-tape that will keep you rocking in your cars, your hotel rooms, and at Piedmont park! The mixtape includes Traxx Atlanta featured artist of the weekend including Nicki Minaj, Ciara, Jazmine Sullivan, Travis Porter, and WhatsTheT’s new featured artists Shyori!

DOWNLOAD LINK- http://www.mediafire.com/?6c5wn5dhf8qm42b

Who is DJ Small Wonder?

D.J Small Wonder is far from a new comer, but one who has always managed to remain a bit more underground. The Brooklyn, New York native started his career in the early 1990’s before moving to Atlanta in 2000.

DJ Small Wonder started in Atlanta as an intern at Wild 96.7 FM and moved up to mix show DJ before the station changed formats. He then branched off in the field of production and Artist Management with his company “Small World Entertainment” , he is responsible for the careers of The Pop It Off Boyz (”Crank Dat Batman”) which he got signed to Universal/Motown in 2007, dance group “Crank It Boyz” and The R&B group “Nephu”.

Right now, Small Wonder is currently working on several project for itunes radio as well as DJ’ing thru out the Atlanta area at Club Obsessions Thursday Nights/ Club Mansion Every Friday/ Inferno Every Saturday/ Scores Night Club Every Sunday,
Follow Me On Twitter @DJSmallWonder1

To Book DJ Small Wonder or to inquire about Artist Management You can contact him at: DJSmallwonderatl@gmail.com

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The 2010 FlavaMen Blatino Awards® will be held on Friday, September 3, 2010 from 9:00pm – 11pm at Club ATL @CLUB ATL (Atlanta Peach Ballroom) 3365 Buford Highway Atlanta, GA 30329-3735 with an after party from 11pm – 4am at the same venue with a  hosts of pornstars, bloggers, and celebrities.

The award show which honors ethnic clubs, adult performers, and websites in a variety of categories is administered by Flava Works and is expected to draw thousnads in attendance with celebrity hosts Raz-B from the R&B boy band B2K, Shanell aka SnL from rapper Lil Wayne’s Young Money Entertainment, D. Woods formerly from the group Danity Kane and CJ Wright, straight male porn actor, director, and owner of the company CJ Wright Productions.

Award presenters include Bloggers Adam B. Irby, Drama Dupree, Sir Daniel, Newnue, and Romeo Redwine. Singers; Marck Angel & Anye Ellite; Celebrity Hair Stylist Dariel Pulliam, Safer Sex Activist Kenneth Johnson, and Publisher Rameses Fredrick.

Tickets to the award show are $10 online before August 31, 2010 ($20/at the door). Red Carpet VIP Tickets are $25.00 online before August 31, 2010 ($30/at the door) Red Carpet VIP Admission to the Blatino Awards includes seating on the main floor in front of the stage with the Award Nominees, photo ops with Porn Stars and Superstars, and hors d’oeuvres. Tickets are available online in advance at www.BlatinoAwards.com.

The after party sponsored by the mega Atlanta promotional group Wassup N ATL will feature several live performances by major recording artists including: Kelly Rowland, Fantasia Barrino, and Dondria. Entry to the after party is included with Award show ticket purchase (No-Re-Entry).

The FlavaMen Blatino Awards ® will be broadcast live on the internet at http://www.BlatinoAwards.com and the winners announced on twitter at http://www.twitter.com/BlatinoAwards. Members of the public nominated and voted for their favorite ethnic clubs, adult performers, and websites in a variety of categories. A list of the 2010 nominees and winners from last year’s awards are available at http://www.BlatinoAwards.com

The event is being organized by Dwight Allen O’Neal who is also the creator behind the hit video series Christopher Street TV, which shares the tale of four young men of minority descent and the challenges that they face daily growing up in a world of poverty, sickness, alienation, racism, sexism, and prejudice. www.ChristopherStreetTv.com and www.OnealAppeal.com

WhatsTheT.com has exclusively learned that American Idol winner Fantasia Barrino and Grammy Award winner Kelly Rowland has been confirmed to perform live Friday (09/03) of Atlanta Pride Weekend at Club ATL (Atlanta Peach Ballroom) along with So So Def recording artist Dondria.

Stay tuned for further details…..

The announcements and celebrities keep rolling in for Atlanta Black Pride weekend. Fresh off the heels of her “Pay Homage” tirade on Nicki Minaj, Lil Kim will be in Atlanta, GA  performing at Vita nightclub on Saturday, September 4th for WassupNATL’s MAN-U-AL Labor weekend.

This will be Lil Kim’s second time performing for Atlanta Black Pride weekend, last year she gave a remarkable performance at Traxx Atlanta nightclub.  Lil Kim recently signed a brand advertisement deal with Proximo Spirits to be the face of  the company’s new Three Olives vodka flavor, Purple. Last week, Lil Kim took her show International to Tanzania for one of the popular music festival in East and Central Africa, Fiesta bash.

Lil Kim is one of many celebrity talents lined up for the MAN-U-AL Labor weekend. Other confirmed artists include So So Def Recording artist Dondria who will perform Friday night of Pride at Club ATL and sassy R&B princess Teairra Mari who will be performing Monday at Club Opera for the Ultimate White Party. Pride attendees can purchase a 10 event club hopper pass for $99 at www.wassupnatl.com and enjoy the entire weekend with no waiting in line.

After last week’s rumors around Ciara’s alledged reluctancy to perform for the kids Atlanta Black Pride weekend, the official T is in and Ciara wants the kids to know that she’s IN for the kids and will be performing Atlanta Black Pride Weekend.

The Grammy award winner will be  performing back to back events on Sunday, September 5th in Atlanta, one show for the boys at Club Europe for The Lions Den Atlanta annual “Main Event”, a signature event that has become a staple during Atlanta Black Pride for the past eight years, and one show for the ladies at Mansion Elan aka Atlanta Live for Traxx Girls.

Last week it was rumored that Ciara had backed out of Atlanta Black Pride due to the reluctancy in performing for the lesbians citing her picture next to Amber Rose on Traxx/Traxx Girls pride website and while no official word had came why Ciara picture was taken off of the website, an email from The Lions Den promotional group cleared up things yesterday,

There have been some questions and rumors regarding Ciara’s attendance at Atlanta Black Gay Pride.  Well just to clear up the rumors, Ciara is confirmed to be the Special Guest Artist For The Lion’s Den on Sunday, September 5, 2010, for the Return of Club Europe.  She will also be the Special Guest Artist for Traxx Girls on Sunday, September 5, 2010, at the Mansion aka Atlanta Live.

This is Ciara’s first appearance at a Black Gay Pride Celebration and she is extremely excited about being a part of Atlanta’s Black Gay Pride as Atlanta, GA is her home town.  We are certainly excited to have the opportunity to work with her and make this first experience a very special one for both her and the LGBT Community.  So don’t get it twisted, CiCi lives for the kids.

So there you have it. The kids can “Ride the Beat” with Ciara come Atlanta Black Pride weekend. For more information on Traxx and Traxx Girls All-Star Event and Celebrity line-up log on to www.atlantaprideweekend.com. For more information on The Lions Den Atlanta events & celebrity line-up log on to www.southernxplosionatlanta.com.

Today we are proud to announce an Official Media Sponsorship with In The Life Atlanta (ITLA). ITLA is a non profit organization that has spearheaded many of the Atlanta Black Pride events for the past fourteen years. ITLA is an advocate of promoting black LGBT people of African descent and their families, providing safe, open, and cultural events for Atlanta’s LGBT community, building relationships with the diverse LGBT organizations that can support the Black LGBT community, increasing the visibility of issues that affect LGBT communities of African descent, and mobilizing African American LGBT communities for positive programs in education, health, and advocacy.

During the past few years, the organization purpose and events have been overshadowed by nightlife events and celebrity entertainment. This year WhatsTheT.com hopes to bring a more balanced share of media coverage of some of the important events ITLA sponsors including the Black Pride Marketplace which is an event held on Friday, September 3rd where vendors and exhibitors that target the LGBT community with their products and services. Also on Saturday, September 4th, ITLA will sponsor a free health expo which provides FREE individual health screenings valued at over $1000 per person. One can take advantage of the Beauty and Barber Salon and other holistic services as well as free rapid HIV testing. Sunday, September 5th ITLA will co-sponsor a “Prevention Pool Party : Bring You Swagger” along with Traxx Atlanta and NAESM at the Greystone and Aquatic Center at the famed Piedmont Park from 4pm-11pm with a headlining performance by past American Idol contestant Frenchie Davis along with Niesha Dupree, a FlavaMen Models Miami $1,000 Hot Body Contest and a FlavaMen cover model photo shoot. ITLA will end their weekend Sunday evening with their 14TH ANNUAL BLACK GAY PRIDE Fashion Show titled “MAKE ME OVER” featuring 16 OF Atlanta’s Prominent Designers.

These are just some of the community events that will happen during Atlanta Black Pride weekend. For full list and any admission prices that may come with some of the eevents, readers should visit www.InTheLifeATL.com for the latest details.

WhatsTheT.com is proud to be a media sponsor for In The Life Atlanta and will be covering many of the community events planned for the weekend.

Well no less than two days after we exclusively reported that Ciara would be part of the All-Star entertainment line-up for Traxx’s “Pure Heat” Atlanta Black Pride Weekend which is September 2-6, word comes that Ms. Cici may be having a case of COLD FEET.

Is Ciara having a case of WALEphobia? If you recall their was so much drama Memorial Weekend in Washington, DC when Hip-Hop star Wale suddenly dropped out of DC Black Pride shortly after DC Pride made the official announcement that Wale would be the headliner for their Annual Health & Wellness Expo? The drama carried on for a week with Wale explaining he had no knowledge that he had been booked for DC Black Pride and eventually coming anyhow to clear his name from any speculation of prejudice or homophobia to the LGBT community.

As of today Ciara’s picture which was on the official Pure Heat website, www.atlantablackweekend.com , just yesterday was snatched down. We had a few of our sources make a call to Ciara’s camp and heard from our own ears that Ciara would be there although it was an abrupt and one word answer. One source says Ciara may be a little more concerned about the lesbian affiliation moreso than the gay males and was in awe after seeing her face next to Amber Rose on the website. Ciara would have been the Sunday night special guest for the Pride weekend. Amber has been scheduled only  for Saturday day events. (Dear Ciara, At this moment and whatever the case, Lesbians could only HELP your music career! That Is All!).

Nicki Minaj is still scheduled to perform Saturday night (September 4th) at Traxx Atlanta and Amber Rose is still slated to be a part of day time WEThim and WETher daytime events scheduled for Pure Heat.

I didn’n know female artists could have cold feet about a Gay pride. Whats The T Cici? Stay Tuned as I’m sure more will come from this fiasco…

It’s going to be a triple Diva threat this Atlanta Black Pride weekend as Traxx Atlanta and Traxx Girls are bringing some of the most baddest chick in the entertainment industry to perform during Atlanta Black Pride weekend (September 2-7). The Traxx promotional group has been in the promoting business for now over 20 years and each year continues to raise the bar and bring quality entertainment to both local Pride attendees and those who come to Atlanta from around the world.

Last year, Lil Kim performed during Atlanta Black Pride weekend at Traxx and ironically this year, Nicki Minaj will take the throne. This is Nicki’s first Pride event and first performance since the BET Awards. Nicki has been working the media and in the studio gearing up for what some believe could be the biggest debut of 2010 next to Eminem’s “Relapse” album debut. Nicki will perform Saturday night (September 4th) at Traxx nightclub for the boys in decatur and the Freight Depot for the girls.

Supermodel, Vixen, and yes Kanye’s ex, Amber Rose is no stranger to the kids. Last year she partied hard at Atlanta Live for Atlanta Pride. This year Amber will be hosting Traxx Boys WET-Him party at E.R. Lounge on Saturday, September 4th from 2pm-8pm co-sponsored by Tempted 2 Touch.

Last but certainly not least, Atlanta’s own Ciara will be rocking with the kids for the first time ever during Atlanta Black Pride weekend. With her highly successful club banger “Ride” and her much anticipated album “Basic Instinct” nearing, Ciara is expected to give the kids a show they will never forget. Ciara will perform Sunday, September 5th.

These are a few of the artist that have been announced for Traxx Atlanta and Traxx Girls Pure Heat weekend. More special announcements and surprises will come during the next two weeks. Traxx has sold out three hotels includng the brand new four diamond Loews Midtown which is the Host Hotel for Atlanta Black Pride, the Georgia Tech Hotel, the Holiday Inn, and has now added the five star Kimpton hotel, Palomar, for guest to book their rooms. You can book your room online right HERE for the special rate of $169/night.

Weekend party VIP passes and the entire event lineup can be found at www.atlantaprideweekend.com

Check Out These Past Videos of PURE HEAT with Traxx Atlanta…

2009 – Lil Kim

Miss Sophia Clowning with the Sexy City Gym Boys of NYC

Keri Hilson

2008 – Danity Kane

The beautiful Candy has done it again! She’s brought back the famous Sweet & Greet meet. Some of you may have attended last year during Labor Day weekend or you may have seen the pictures on twitter and on various blogs after the event. Sweet & Greet, founded by Sweet Addictions TV, last year brought together nearly 20 bloggers and YouTubers along with an additional 20 supporters and friends to Grant Park for a day of fun, relaxation, and good Bar-B-Q. A donation of $5 to eat buffet style benefited the Annual Pink Party which is an annual event in Atlanta that raises money for Breast Cancer awareness and research.

This year’s Sweet & Greet is expected to trump last years numbers and bring not only the bloggers and YouTubers but their followers and subscribers to the park this year for more fun, fellowship, and food. Join Sweet Addictions Labor Day Weekend on Saturday, September 4th at Dave & Buster in Marietta, GA for an evening of games, food, and drinks and then on Sunday, September 5th at Grant Park for the OFFICIAL Sweet & Greet with scheduled bloggers/YouTubers Skorpion, Makael, JoWorkTV, Brian Bee, BlueEyedSimba, AfricanoBoi, JiaTV, DramaDupree, WhatsTheT, YoBoiNewnue, 4 Degree Black, Coach Couture, Warren,  MissTp90, and more.

For more info contact Candy at ATLSweetTV@gmail.com and of course we will be keeping you updated on the 411 as well!