12K+ IN CASH PRIZESWELCOME TO THE HIP HOP EXPERIENCE OF BEHIND THE MUSIC!
***TABLES ON SALE NOW***
COMMENTATORS: JACK MIZRAHI GORGEOUS GUCCI & SNOOKIE WEST
SOUNDS BY: DJ ADORE CHANEL
GRAND PRIZE
DRAGS REALNESS $2000 LEGENDS VS NON-LEGENDS
Your name has created a lot of buzz and now it’s time to see. Will your name still have that same buzz while you pay homage to the “Queen Bee”? Lil’ Kim is one of Hip-Hop’s greatest rappers and is also known for her fashion. Although she has created many moments, for part 1 you must be dressed as a boy in all black like the omen! For part 2, can you make us have a crush on you? Choose 1 color and you must match from head to toe and let’s see if you have what it takes to be seen in the video! Accessories count! No Black! No Icons! $1500 for the winner and $500 for the runner up! 2T
MINI GRANDS
TRANSMAN VS BUTCH REALNESS $1000
The Source Awards honors the best in hip-hop culture and tonight we will do the same. You’ve been nominated for artist of the year so bring it in a fashion forward suit, sneakers, a bouquet of roses and be prepared to read your ‘Thank You’ speech! 3T (Transman/Butch/Legends)
OTA RUNWAY $1000 – The highest grossing hip hop tour in history is the “Watch the Throne Tour” (Jay-Z/Kanye West). Tonight, if you get dethroned you will be sent home! Bring it as royalty and don’t forget your crown but there can only be 1 winner that will run this town! 9T (Tall/Small/Big/Women/FQ/Drags/GNC/American/Legends)
SAFE SEX AS A TEAM $1000 – Music has been the soundtrack to sex and there’s nothing like the perfect song or mix to set the tone. Tonight as a team of 3 or more, bring to life a song or recreate a video that promotes sexual health. You may create a mix of songs from different artists. Productions and safe sex props are a must and may not exceed 3 minutes.
BEST DRESSED $1000 – The Roc Nation brunch is the premiere pre-Grammy event. You must stand out in style at this springtime affair, but will your floral prints turn heads everywhere? 3T (MF/FF/GNC)
MALE FIGURE SEX SIREN $1000– You look so sweet that they wanna eat the wrapper! Bring it with bare feet and high-end designer trunks/briefs and sell sex with a Lollipop (Lil Wayne ft. Static Major). 5T (Sr/Jr/Catboy/Transman/Big Boys). No solid white or black trunks/briefs
PERFORMANCE CATEGORIES
REALNESS w/a TWIST $250 – Get your 10’s in your BIG “White Tee” and be prepared to dance in your BIG “White Tee” (Dem Franchise Boys). Don’t forget your hat!
OTA LEGENDARY PERFORMANCE $500 – “If I Ruled the World” (NAS) has been referred to as one of the greatest rap songs of all time. Show us why you rule performance in a gold or platinum look
FEMALE FIGURE PERFORMANCE $400 – We want to look at them girls with the “Daisy Dukes” on. (69 Boyz/Deuce)
3T (Women/FQ/Drags)
OLD WAY vs NEW WAY – Serve your performance in a classic Adidas (Run DMC) tracksuit and sneakers. 2T
BQ PERFORMANCE $800 – You talk big shit with an attitude and your performance is nasty. Show us why you are a “Savage” (Megan Thee Stallion) in a blinged out/bedazzled army fatigue look. Make sure you are shining bright so you don’t get a savage chop for your effect.
FACE CATEGORIES
FEMALE FIGURE FACE $500 – Hip-Hop wouldn’t be what it is today without fearless women. Tonight is the night where fearless meets fashion! Bring us a new look that shows why you deserve to be the next woman to grace the cover of Harper’s Bazaar magazine! 4T (Women/Fq/Drags/Big Girls/Legends)
MALE FIGURE vs GNC FACE $400 – ‘Hollywood’ is the most addictive drug in the world” (Jay-Z). Will you become the next superstar? The look is up to you, but you must wear a pair of BIG FRAMES to ensure the paparazzi doesn’t catch you! 6T (Transman/Light/Caramel/Dark/Big/GNC)
FASHION CATEGORIES
SNEAKER – Choose a shoe from any hip hop artist collaboration and bring it to the main stage.
STREETWEAR – Style Wars was a documentary that captured the look and feel of graffiti battlegrounds. Your look must incorporate graffiti to earn the grand prize like this documentary did at the Sundance Film Festival.
OPEN TO ALL CATEGORIES
BAZZAAR $250– Your “Dark and Twisted Fantasy” (Kanye West) is what we want to see tonight. Just make sure your effect is extra bright so we can see it under “All of the Lights”. The lights will be dimmed for this category.
HAND PERFORMANCE IN A CHAIR $300 – Let me see what you got for me and “Put all your hands where my eyes can see!” (Busta Rhymes). Bring it in the look of any animal of your choice!
COMMENTATOR VS COMMENTATOR – Rap City’s “The Basement” produced some of the hottest freestyles and rap battles. Tonight, you must choose something that is happening in real time at the ball for your 10’s and be prepared to bring our best chants for the battle zone!
REALNESS CATEGORIES
PRETTYBOY REALNESS $200 – Do you have what it takes to impress an “Around the Way Girl”? (LL Cool J) Bring it in a Kangol bucket hat and gold chain.
EVERDAY REALNESS $500 – Attention! You must be prepared for battle now that you are now part of the “No Limit Soldiers” (Master P). Bring it in a full Army combat uniform.
SCHOOLBOY REALNESS – Kanye West’s “Graduation” album debuted at number 1 so tonight in your cap in gown show us why you are the top of the class.
FQ REALNESS $250 - All your dreams and inspirations should lead us to find someone real! The Queen of Hip-Hop Soul, Mary J. Blige, is known for wearing boots, so tonight you will do the same. The boots must be up to the knee or higher!
THUG REALNESS – Spike Lee demonstrates hip-hop as a function of Black expressionism in the film “Do the Right Thing”. Bring it in Radio Raheem inspired look and don’t forget your boombox!
LEGENDARY/ICONIC REALNESS $250 – Hip-hop has been an influence in many projects in the film industry. Bring it as a character from any hip-hop influenced movie/show/biopic and don’t forget your 8x10 or larger picture of the character along with the title.
EXECUTIVE REALNESS $200 – With the unfortunate scandal of Diddy, you are the new host for the White Party in the Hamptons. Bring it in all white and don’t forget your guests’ unique invites. You are turning over a new era tonight so make sure to add the name of someone you don’t see on your invites. (please have 9 invites)
BODY/SEX CATEGORIES
OPEN TO ALL BODY $500 – The “Twerk” video raised eyebrows as the artwork on the City Girls and Cardi B was amazing. Amaze us tonight with your body painted like an animal. 5T (BQ Models/ BQ Muscular/Transman/Women/FQ)
FEMALE FIGURE SEX SIREN $500– It’s time to lay it on the line and bring out the freakiness inside. You are the ultimate freak in the sheets so sell sex in your “T-shirt & Panties” (Adina Howard). 3T (FQ/Women/Big Girls)
BEGINNER CATEGORIES (Walking 1 year or less. 1 Trophy each)
NEW REALNESS MF – The look is on you, but you must have on some fresh “Air Force Ones” (Nelly)
NEW REALNESS FF - Bring it in a solid color dress with a matching flower in your hair as you pay homage to the hip-hop opera “Carmen”.
2 Chainz created an Atlanta landmark and tonight is your chance to make your mark at the Trap House. Bring it in a combination of pink and black for the following categories:
New Face *** New runway ***New performance.
THANK YOU TO THE SPONSORS FOR MAKING THIS POSSIBLE
DONTE, CHRIS, TYREE, TIM, JANTAN, BLAQUE, MARCO, KENDRICK
*LEGENDS/ICONS MUST WALK WITHIN THIER RESPECTIVE CATEGORIES UNLESS NOTED IN THE DESCRIPTION*
Event Venue
American Legion Shawnee Post 193 Louisville Kentucky, 2800 W Main St, Louisville, KY 40212-1837, United States,Louisville, Kentucky
