2013 OHHA SHOWCASE AT EARTH NIGHTCLUB!!!!

Okkkkk Soooooo The OHHA is not only known for the most amazing awards show in Cleveland, but OHHA weekend is also known for the SHOWCASE EVENT!!!! Yeah....just from the name "showcase" it would almost make you cringe. Ya know... thinking there would be different acts that no one has really ever heard of performing, and the crowd kinda just staring up at the stage...faces showing no warm and receptive facial expressions. Well...not this time! OHHA SHOWCASE EVENT at times has almost been larger than the awards itself. This 2013 OHHA SHOWCASE was no different. There were at least 45 acts expected to be performing at EARTH nightclub. Don't get it twisted! When I heard that all of these acts all had slots to perform.....I felt overwhelmed. (Like *damnnnnnn we gone be there all night"). Even as I found myself gettin dressed in my hotel room with my manager @Kickagirl , we both did what can only be described as "farting around", possibly dreading a long endless night. Yet as my phone began to vibrate , with texts and calls from numerous friends and artists...I could feel the energy start to accelerate through my body. (*Kinda like that feeling I get when SCANDAL is about to come on) Needless to say...we began our mission to EARTH!!!! After a few final checks in the mirror, and a quick...phone, lighter, tree, gloss,gum, money, and i.d check....I finally decided to jump out the car. Fidgeting around with my camera I was last to leave the parking lot....as I was walkin towards EARTH I noticed a large group of guys, all in a tight circle... (S/0 to HIGHLY PAID)"rehearsing" for the SHOWCASE. I thought it was so coooool to see people actually putting in a lil extra effort to make sure all their sh*t was tight before hitting the stage. 

Walking into EARTH was CRAZY!!!! It was like a "who's who" of artists all walking around! MS.CREAM OF THE CROP was looking super cute with her huge baby like smile. Zima Luv looked like delicious arm candy...and they were both warm and welcoming! SHUICIDE HOLLA was in a dark corner ...you would have almost missed him...if it wasn't for his infamous hightop. Young Shon had obviously spent time coordinating his outfit. MOoKiE MOTONIO was here and there...and every damn where. Splash Rob and Dame B were the life of the party as usual, PAPER PAULK looked like he was worth bout a million bux, like he had just got drafted...yeah he was huge!!!! ZAIRE and LOTUS B THE MODEL were doing live tweets which was dope, Kickagirl was working the room, always networking like a mofo!!!! BSMOOTH was sooooooo cool and laid-back, MZ.CRAZY TEE was looking pretty damn fine, and seemed to be happy from the "spirits", BIG HEFF had the same "Big Heff" look like he usually has  (*yeah...that look) he kept the show moving , 1 half of WRECKIN SQUADD #2Dz was in attendance, EZ THE AMBASSADOR literally shut Earth down when he turned on his EXCLUSIVE AIR MAGS!!!!!!!!!!!! WTFFFFFFFFFF  EMO MOSLEY was looking like..."try me if you wanna...cuz I kno you dont really wanna" and soooooo many more ...were all at EARTH!!!!!!! 

I started to feel a lil nervous for all the artists. As time ticked by, I started to smell the competition in the air.  I mean damnnnnnn. *Honestly I'm still not exactly clear on what was going to be awarded, but I do know that the artists were goin hard like OHHA was given away Bentleys or ....free hotel stay*wait...were they? It seemed as tho each artist grew hungrier watching other artists perform. There were sooo many performances, and eventually the SHOWCASE reached a point where each artists was trying to "out turn up" the previous artists!(*yeah I just said"out turn up"*headroll fingasnap )Judging from the time and amount of acts in the building, I was at 1st feeling overwhelmed. Later I noticed that I was feeling super stoked to see who was coming up next! All the artists pulled out all the extra stops performance wise, and it was as if CLEVELAND was alive with a room full of its finest artists ready to show-off!

Between SPLASH ROB damn near hanging from the rafters, to KING COBRA having his pet snake look as if at any moment it was gonna strangle him, to friggin CHARLES RAMSEY coming out on stage (*wit his fine as*, I love him) ...gud lawd it was AWESOME!!!! The SHOWCASE was packed, the energy was magnetic, everyone looked good, EARTH was INSANE!!!!! The higlight of the night was...TAYE TAGS performing!!!!!!!! Don't get me wrong, I respect everyone who performed, but seeing TAYE TAGS ...was...DOPE!!! He was spittin with his chest out, it's like as soon as he hit the stage he grew a few inches, and was walking like he had the biggest kahunas ever!!!! His music was catchy, and even though he didn't win, he mos def found a new fan....ME!!!! 

I'm ashamed to say I'm still in the dark...wondering who exactly won the whole SHOWCASE. Blame it on the herbal refreshments, or chilled tequila...either way I had soooo much fun! EARTH embraced me with so many peeople who I never knew were fans. There was constant swapping of music into strangers hands, hella pics, and lot's of words of praise ad encouragement were whispered all throughout the event. Not only was the SHOWCASE the biggest party of the year so far, it was a well respected party if anything! CYA NEXT YEAR!!!! XOXO

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All Pics were taken by @JennyPooh2 for Sparkplug Ent.!!!!!