Hip Hop 101 contacted my artist AWKWORD, asking him to perform on April 17, as well as to reach out to other artists to be added to the bill. Che Grand, Ruste Juxx (and Marco Polo), Poison Pen, Dujeous and others all expressed interest... And then the Hip Hop 101 representative stopped returning phone calls and e-mails... Guess that's how it works over there -- if they find someone "better" than you (e.g., Big Daddy Kane or J. Cole), they burn the bridge to you... And this is true, despite the fact that AWKWORD graduated from Vassar in 2003. Wow. Shame. Fail.