Mario, Kanye West and T-Pain are among those who receive linked up to musical accompaniment the Negro Leagues Baseball Museum in Kansas City.
Entitled "True to the Game," the digest CD features a commixture of hip-hop and R&B songs including Mario's "Ghetto Love" and T-Pain's "Beam Me Up." Due for release October 21st,"True to the Game" distributed
by Pyramid/Fontana/Universal, is the kickoff project from Stadium
Entertainment, a privately financed fellowship that aims to
aggregate music, social consciousness and philanthropy.
A percentage of the payoff from "True to the Game" will
be donated to the Negro Leagues Baseball Museum in Kansas City,
Missouri, which will use the proceeds to help fund a $15
million education and inquiry center within the historical
landmark building where the Negro Leagues were established in
1920.
The caller also has signed a licensing manage with T-Pain's
Miami-based Nappy Boy Digital label for the project's first
single, "Beam Me Up." The song, featuring T-Pain, Rick Ross and
introducing Nappy Boy artist Tay Dizm, is only available
digitally through Nappy Boy Digital.
Other notable tracks on the digest include "Make Your Way to the Dance
Floor" (Ziggy Nina featuring Chingy), "Around My Way" (Young
Cash featuring Akon), "The Pursuit of Happiness" (GLC featuring
West), "Knock It Outa Da Park" (Yung Joc) and "Ghetto Love"
(Mario).
Stadium plans to release deuce more compilations and a
best-of CD under its agreement with the 18-year-old museum.
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