Paid Dues
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Paid Dues Independent Hip Hop Festival | |
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Hip Hop music | |
Dates | March, Summer |
Location(s) | United States |
Years active | 2006 - 2013 |
Founded by | Guerilla Union, Murs |
Website | Official website |
Paid Dues was an annual
Paid Dues was an event presented by Murs 3:16 in association with Guerilla Union.
On March 11, 2006, the first Paid Dues festival sold out, with over 5,000 concert goers packing the Shrine Expo Center in Los Angeles. The line-up for the Paid Dues 2006 Festival included the debut live performance from Felt (Murs of Living Legends and Slug and Ant of Atmosphere).
Paid Dues Festival 2006
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March 11 | Los Angeles, California | Shrine Expo Center
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Felt, Aesop Rock, Living Legends, El-P, Brother Ali, Cage, The Grouch, Blueprint, 3 Melancholy Gypsys, 2Mex, Chingo Bling, DJ Rhettmatic, Mr. Dibbs. |
Paid Dues Festival 2007
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March 24 | San Bernardino, California | National Orange Show | Felt, The Alchemist, Pigeon John , Los Nativos, Hangar 18.
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Paid Dues Tour 2007
Following the success of the second annual PAID DUES festival in Southern California promoters MURS 3:16 in association with Guerilla Union (
"The national touring of PAID DUES is a dream come true. It’s what I had in mind when I first brought the idea to
PAID DUES hit over 10 major markets across the country. It will pass through various sized venues ranging from 1,000 to 40,000 capacities. In
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July 25 | Chicago, IL
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Congress Theater | ||||||||||||||||||||||
July 27 | Baltimore, MD
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Pier Six Concert Pavilion
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July 28 | New York, NY
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Rock The Bells
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July 29 | New York, NY
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Rock The Bells
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August 1 | Minneapolis, MN
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First Ave | ||||||||||||||||||||||
August 4 | Eugene, OR
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Secret House Vineyard | ||||||||||||||||||||||
August 5 | San Francisco, CA
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Bill Graham Civic Auditorium | ||||||||||||||||||||||
August 7 | Morrison, CO
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Red Rocks Amphitheatre | ||||||||||||||||||||||
August 9 | Santa Fe, NM
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Paolo Soleri Amphitheater | ||||||||||||||||||||||
August 10 | Mesa, AZ
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Mesa Amphitheatre | ||||||||||||||||||||||
August 11 | San Bernardino, CA
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Rock The Bells
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August 12 | San Diego, CA
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Chula Vista Amphitheater parking lot with Rock the Bells | ||||||||||||||||||||||
August 18 | San Francisco, CA
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Rock The Bells
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August 10 | Mesa, AZ
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Mesa Amphitheatre |
Lineup | |||||||||||
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Felt, Living Legends, Sage Francis, Brother Ali, Cage, Mr. Lif, The Grouch & Eligh, Blueprint, Hangar 18. |
Paid Dues Festival 2008
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March 22 | San Bernardino, California | National Orange Show | Visionaries, Boot Camp Clik, Kool Keith, Busdriver, P.O.S, Mac Lethal, Fatlip & Omnil, Yak Ballz, B. Dolan , Isaiah.
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Paid Dues Tour 2008
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June 4 | New York, NY
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Nokia Theatre Times Square
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Rakim, GZA, Blackalicious, Murs & 9th Wonder, Buckshot (Boot Camp Clik), Supernatural and Scratch, Kidz in the Hall, Yak Ballz. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
June 7 | Ft. Lauderdale, FL
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Club Cinema | Little Brother, Blackalicious, Buckshot (Boot Camp Clik), Supernatural and Scratch, Kidz in the Hall, Solillaquists of Sound .
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June 13 | Denver, CO
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Fillmore Auditorium
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De La Soul, Blackalicious, Sage Francis, Murs & 9th Wonder, Supernatural and Scratch, Kidz in the Hall, Yak Ballz, Braille, B. Dolan. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
June 14 | Berkeley, CA
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Berkeley Community Theatre
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**EVENT WAS CANCELED** . |
Paid Dues Festival 2009
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March 28 | San Bernardino, California | National Orange Show | Royce da 5'9", Joell Ortiz & Crooked I), Brother Ali, B-Real, The Grouch & Eligh, Cage, Eyedea & Abilities, Blu & Exile , LMNO, The Bayliens, VerBS.
Hosted by 2Mex |
Paid Dues Festival 2010
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April 3 | San Bernardino, California | NOS Events Center | , Hopie Spitshard, DJ Rowdy A, MC Prototype.
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Paid Dues Festival 2011
Saturday April 2 at NOS Events Center[1] | ||
Paid Dues Stage | Dues Paid Stage | GrindTime Now Stage |
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Binary Star
Tabi Bonney Eternia Sab the Artist aka Musab
Hosted by Hollywood Holt and Million $ Mano |
E-40
Mistah FAB
The Visionaries
Black Hippy Dom Kennedy U-n-i
King Fantastic Skeme Casey Veggies Droop-E Noa James Hosted by Sunspot Jonz and the Marksmen, DJ Mark Luv and DJ Nu-Mark |
Slaughterhouse
Opio
Chino XL Invincible Machina Muerte Intuition Dee-1 Blame One GrindTime Now All Stars Johnny Storm vs. Dizaster Real Deal vs. Dirtbag Dan DJ Freshh |
Paid Dues Festival 2012
On the afternoon of December 13, 2011, Murs once again hosted a live chat session on uStream to announce the headliners for the next edition of the Paid Dues Festival: Wu-Tang Clan and Odd Future topped the bill, with more acts announced leading up to the festival. It continued the annual tradition by once again taking place at the NOS Events Center in San Bernardino, CA.[2]
Saturday April 7 at NOS Events Center | ||
Paid Dues Festival 2012 | ||
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Wu-Tang Clan
Dipset
Three 6 Mafia Kendrick Lamar Brother Ali DJ Quik Psycho Realm Dilated Peoples People Under The Stairs
Hieroglyphics Boot Camp Clik Lecrae Cunninlynguists
Macklemore & Ryan Lewis LA Symphony Crooked I Mac Lethal RA the Rugged Man
Ras Kass Ab-Soul Self Scientific Overdoz Swim Team Surf Club K-Flay Rah Digga Los Rakas Psalm One Oldominion Trek Life Tayf 3rd Tiron & Ayomari Moe Green Alexander Spit Rapsody Curtiss King Reverie Kosha Dillz Curtiss King Moe Green Hosted by Hollywood Holt x DJ Bizzy x Noa James X DJ Mark Luv x 2Mex x Madd Illz x DJ Foundation |
- Grind Time Battles
- Dirtbag Dan v. Isaac
- Jonny Storm v. Real Talk
Paid Dues Festival 2013
Saturday March 30 at NOS Events Center[3] | ||
Paid Dues 2013 | ||
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Black Hippy
Binary Star
Grouch & Eligh Skeme The Internet Ugly Duckling Styles of Beyond Chevy Woods Elzhi Vince Staples Prof Berner & Equipto Speak
Flatbush Zombies Sunspot Jonz & Boac Terrace Martin MED Ellay Khule
Stevie Crooks Dirtbag Dan First Dirt Hosted by Holywood Holt Black Cloud Music Tayf 3rd & 2Mex DJ Mark Luv Monalisa Jansport J DJ R-Tistic |
See also
- List of hip hop music festivals
- Hip hop culture
References
- ^ "Paid Dues Festival 2011 / LINE UP". Paid Dues Festival website. Retrieved January 31, 2011.
- ^ "Paid Dues Festival 2012 / LINE UP". Paid Dues Festival website. Retrieved January 15, 2013.
- ^ "Paid Dues Festival 2013 / LINE UP". Paid Dues Festival website. Retrieved January 15, 2013.