X Records Teams Up with Hip-Hop’s A-List on the Dreamz 2 Reality Live Tour and Gives Unsigned Artists a National Platform

Veteran recording label aims to take the music industry in a new direction with a city-by-city tour endorsed by some of Hip-Hop’s most successful artists and executives.

February 16, 2009 (Richmond, VA) X Records, along with Smooth Dirty Productions and the Malaco Music Group will launch its Dreamz 2 Reality Live Tour next month in Richmond, Virginia in an effort to find the music industry’s next breakout star. Spearheaded by a team of veteran record label executives, the tour is designed to identify those artists that not only have the “it” factor, but can deliver on what music fans really want. For the one who is left standing, a slew of top-notch prizes along with bragging rights awaits them.

Scheduled to stop in seven additional markets across the nation including: Philadelphia, Orlando, Atlanta, Houston, Los Angeles, Chicago, and Cleveland, the Dreamz 2 Reality Live Tour will provide unsigned acts the opportunity to showcase their raw talent in front of certified music industry leaders. Nationally recognized artists like the Atlanta-bred Youngbloodz are slated to join the tour as judges, as well as the uber-successful and animated duo, Red Man and Method Man.

Dreamz 2 Reality Live is different from the run-of-the-mill talent searches that precede it. This tour will utilize the online social networking landscape in conjunction with a grassroots component that features live performances, sans the over-produced fluff to camouflage real talent. Superstar wannabes will get one shot at the audition in their city and top performers will go round for round until a champion is crowned.

“Music fans and artists, respectively, need this outlet”, says Thomas “FAT Thomi” Hairston, President of X Records. “X Records is about getting back to basics while still moving forward and this tour is a means for undiscovered talent to get a leg up…to move forward. We’re going to show the industry that fans still want [and support] good music…real Hip-Hop”.

For more information about the Dreamz 2 Reality Live Tour and to learn how artists may register, please visit the site at http://www.dreamz2realitylive.com.
About X Records

X Records was founded in 2001 and is manufactured and distributed by the Malaco Music Group. Founded by Thomas “FAT Thomi” Hairston after a ten-year career in the music industry with giants like Warner Brothers and Arista, X Records emerged as the creative outlet for his own roster of artists. After promoting major label projects for the Notorious B.I.G., TLC, Usher, Toni Braxton, Outcast, Tamia, Eric Benet, Tevin Campbell, Something for the People and the Wu-Tang Clan under FAT Thomi Promotions, Mr. Hairston has the knowledge and track record required to be an industry leader.



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