HOT 97 Summer Jam Concert Explodes With Major Performances by Nicki Minaj With Young Money, 50 Cent, Drake, Wiz Khalifa, The ...
June 02 2014 - 11:32AM
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HOT 97 Summer Jam Concert Explodes With Major Performances by Nicki
Minaj With Young Money, 50 Cent, Drake, Wiz Khalifa, The Roots,
Trey Songz and Iggy Azalea
Mobile Video Social Network Keek Hosts Unsigned Artists That
Performed at MetLife Stadium
NEW YORK, NY--(Marketwired
- June 02, 2014) - Last night, Keek (TSX-VENTURE: KEK) (OTCQX: KEEKF) was in the house as the exclusive
mobile video social network of HOT 97's Summer Jam
2014. Fifty-five thousand people were dancing and partying at
MetLife Stadium in New Jersey during WQHT HOT 97 Summer Jam
2014. Major musical artists performed including: Nas, 50 Cent,
Nicki Minaj with Young Money, Trey Songz, Iggy Azalea and many
more. There were also surprise guests that included Drake,
Chris Brown and Snoop Dogg, who joined Wiz Khalifa on stage to sing
"Young, Wild & Free"! Yo Gotti, Meek Mill and
rapper French Montana, who has recently been featured in the press
for his new relationship with Khloe Kardashian, also surprised
fans. The G-Unit reunion happened at the end of the evening
when Lloyd Banks came on to perform "On Fire," Tony Yayo
sang "So Seductive" and even Young Buck performed
"Shorty Wanna Ride." A Tupac tribute stirred the
crowd, performed by Mister Cee. The Roots, who just launched a
new album: And Then You Shoot Your Cousin, rocked the
stage with M.O.P. and The Lox. But in addition to the
well-known artists, a few stars were born, and also performed live
to thousands of screaming fans. Original content and concert
highlights can be found on keek.com.
Keek, a leading mobile video social network, known for its
"keeks" -- short 36-second video updates, was an integral part of
Summer Jam 2014 program, including a search for "Who's Next?"
artists, an effort to uncover the next big stars in Hip Hop and
R&B. Unsigned musical artists recorded themselves performing
for 36 seconds using the Keek app and shared it with 67 million
Keek members as well as the artists' fans on Facebook and Twitter.
The artists with the most "likes" performed on the HOT 97 Summer
Jam Festival Stage last night and competed for $1,000 cash and a
recording contract with Duck Down Music. Winners from the
competition included 20-year-old Staten Island R&B Singer
Mercedes Ruiz who sang Christina Aguilera's Impossible and
Eazie Does It, a 23-year-old Hip Hop and Pop Artist from Brooklyn
who sang "Mad or Nah."
Ruiz said: "It feels surreal to win. This is something I
have wanted for so long and I am so grateful to have been able to
fulfill one of my dreams to perform on the Summer Jam stage."
Eazie Does It said "Feels awesome. All this hard work is
paying off."
In addition to "Who's Next?" four separate winners from a
contest held in partnership with Toronto radio station Z103 were
hosted for a Summer Jam VIP experience in the Keek suite. Keek
also delighted concertgoers as they entered the stadium with the
"Keek Lounge" at the Summer Jam Festival Village, which included a
VIP lounge experience including charging stations, iPads, prizes
and giveaways. At the Keek Lounge, visitors could watch
interviews with their favorite "Who's Next?" artists and had an
opportunity to cool off, recharge and enter for a chance to win a
mid-concert ticket upgrade. During the concert, legendary HOT
97 DJ Angie Martinez did a "call out" to the winners and the Keek
team surprised a few lucky fans in their seats and upgraded them to
the VIP section, energizing the crowd around them. In the days
leading up to the concert, Keek fans from around the world also won
tickets to HOT 97's Summer Jam and Keek was backstage at MetLife
Stadium, bringing exclusive never-seen-before celebrity content
from behind-the-scenes.
Keek's partnership with WQHT HOT 97, the biggest and most
influential Hip Hop radio station around the globe. Keek was
the "Official Video App" of tonight's HOT 97's Summer Jam, the
largest annual hip hop festival in the world, with over 55,000
attendees on-site and over one million global fans tuning in
digitally every year.
The partnership positioned Keek as the "go-to" tool for video
sharing at the most influential Hip Hop event of the year. The
program involved cross platform activations on-air and online
through the station's website and across its social media channels,
submerging the millions of HOT 97 listeners with a truly authentic
content experience. Keek was infiltrated into the station's DNA,
with a presence on multiple broadcasts including the HOT 97 Morning
Show, DJ Camilo's New @ 2, Friday Nite Live with Mister Cee, and
the Funkmaster Flex show, placing Keek front and center with the
HOT 97 audience.
A portion of HOT 97 Summer Jam 2014 ticket sales went towards
the Hip Hop Has Heart Foundation for community programs and
outreach initiatives. HOT 97's Summer Jam is made HOT by Keek,
Beck's Sapphire, Pepsi, McDonald's Sweet Tea and MetroPlus Health
Plan, with partners XXL Magazine and Year Up.
About Keek: Keek is a leading mobile video social network with
over 67 million members worldwide. Keek is easy to use, fast and
personal. With Keek, members around the world create and interact
with videos up to 36 seconds in length and 111 characters of
accompanying text, in either public or private views. Keek makes it
simple for anyone to instantly create, distribute, discover and
react to content in real-time across mobile devices and the web.
The Keek app is available in over 190 countries across 6 global
regions, and in 36 languages.
About HOT 97: HOT 97 (WQHT FM) is the world's first all Hip-Hop
station and has held the dominant position in New York for over ten
years. HOT 97 is best known for its celebrity on air talent, such
as Angie Martinez (Grammy nominated artist) and Funkmaster Flex
(television host, multiple gold records), as well as being the
world's premier source for Hip Hop music culture. HOT 97 TV is an
online and mobile destination for original web series, celebrity
content, concerts and music videos. For more information, please
visit www.hot97.com, facebook.com/hot97official, or
twitter.com/hot97.
About Emmis Communications: Emmis Communications Corporation is
a diversified media company, principally focused on radio
broadcasting. Emmis operates the 9th largest radio portfolio in the
United States based on total listeners. Emmis owns 18 FM and 3 AM
radio stations in New York, Los Angeles, St. Louis, Austin (Emmis
has a 50.1% controlling interest in Emmis' radio stations located
there), Indianapolis and Terre Haute, IN and operates two
additional stations in New York (1 FM and 1 AM) pursuant to a Local
Marketing Agreement ("LMA") whereby Emmis provides the programming
for these stations and sells all advertising within that
programming pending its acquisition of the stations. In addition,
one of the FM radio stations Emmis currently owns in New York is
operated pursuant to a LMA by a third party.
Additional investor information can be found at www.sedar.com or
by contacting investors@keek.com.
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adequacy or accuracy of this Release.
For further information, please contact: Alexandra
CameronChief Executive OfficerKeek
Inc.416.639.5335alexandra@keek.comAdrienne Scordato (for Keek
Inc.)Atrium PR 917.402.5377adrienne@atrium-pr.com