FRIDAY, JULY 31
True Skool presents
The Big Payback
Paying back the SF Hip Hop community for years of dedicated support with a $5 party. The All-Star lineup will be spinning a diverse mix of hip hop, dancehall, old school, R&B, funk, breaks, and electro for the capacity crowd that converges at this San Francisco landmark event.

Featuring:
DJ Sake One (PST/Local 1200)
Fuze (Digital Underground)
Pam the Funkstress (The Coup)
D-Sharp (Quannum)
Ren the Vinyl Archaeologist (True Skool)

@ 330 Ritch St., 330 Ritch (between Brannann & Townsend), SF
$5 All Night, 21+, 9pm-2am
Info: http://www.true-skool.org

DJ FUZE
DJ FUZE is a hip-hop DJ / Music Producer known mostly for his work in the early 1990s with the multi-platinum, P-Funk inspired rap group, “Digital Underground.” Fuze co-produced several songs on digital underground’s first major release entitled “Sex Packets.” Most notable of these songs is the bay area classic “Freaks of the Industry." Fuze was the DJ for digital underground during the groups entire platinum period, and thus toured with the likes of Public Enemy, Big Daddy Kane, L.L. Cool J, Naughty By Nature, Kid and Play, Queen Latifah, Third Base, 2 Live Crew, Ice Cube, Ice T, Too Short, Heavy D and The Boys, The D.O.C., EPMD, BBD, etc.

PAM THE FUNKSTRESS
As one of the true pioneers of all female DJs, the Hip Hop community has embraced the Funkstress for more than a decade not only as a club DJ but as a performing artist. She busted out on the recording scene as a member of The Coup in 1993 with their debut album “Kill My Landlord”. Known for cuttin’ the wax with more than just her hands, she has been asked to grace the opening stage for the elite in Rap music. From KRS-One to Grandmaster Flash to Sean “Puffy” Combs in Europe, Pam the Funkstress has answered the call of duty to get the crowd fired up.

SAKE ONE
DJ Sake-1, born and raised in San Francisco, CA is a founding member of the (((Local 1200))) Sound System as well as an active member of the Bay Area hip-hop scene. Sake-1 brings a conscious, party-rockin approach to the functions he performs at, mixing a diverse cross-section of soul music forms from hip-hop to dancehall reggae to new soul.

D-SHARP
A skilled entertainer and triple threat, D Sharp can produce, DJ and rock his own mic. As a DJ, he has toured with the likes of Jay Z, Kanye West, Outkast, Common, Busta Rhymes, Snoop Dogg, The Game, Pharrell, Wu Tang Clan, and Jurassic 5. In ’99 he connected with an old friend, Lateef Daumont, with Quannum Projects, who brought DSharp’s awaiting talent into the spotlight, and since he has DJed for almost every Quannum act, including Blackalicious, Gift of Gab, Lifesavas and Latyrx.

REN THE VINYL ARCHAEOLOGIST
As a bay area resident (by way of New York), Ren the Vinyl Archaeologist made his mark by curating top notch events featuring hip hop legends and supporting independent artists from the Bay and beyond. As a DJ, he has shared bills with world-renowned artists such as Grandmaster Flash, Jazzy Jeff, Kool Herc, Afrika Bambaataa, Kool DJ Red Alert, Q-Bert, Cut Chemist, DJ Premier, Wu-Tang Clan, Lupe Fiasco, Ali Shaheed Muhammad (A Tribe Called Quest), Michael Franti & Spearhead, Lyrics Born, Masta Ace, Biz Markie, Dilated Peoples, The Coup, KRS-One, Pharcyde, DJ Bobbito, DJ Cash Money and the list goes on.