News Bits:Twista Holds Open House, Talib Kweli Rocks Vote

posted September 16, 2008 03:29:51 PM CDT | 3 comments

As reported last week [click to read], Twista will be hosting an event gaming event tomorrow in Chicago. The event, a Spoon, will begin a 6:30 PM CST. There, the legendary hometown emcee will be joined by Chicago Blackhawk Dustin Byfuglien.

As seen in his HipHopDX blogs [click to view], Twista will join fans and gamers in playing NHL 2K9 and NHL 2009 on several consoles, in a night filled with food, drink and gaming. The rapper told DX Monday night, "Were getting closer to the event now and Im puttin a little more time in on the game which Im really feelin so far. Definitely interested in seein what Dustin has to say about the game cause you know hes gonna be bringin a whole different kind of input to the review with him being a hockey player. Weve also reached out to some college hockey team players to come out so they can get involved with the event and weve got Kilo Kai rum holdin it down for the event so whoever comes is taken good care of."

DX readers will likely get a scoop as the week progresses.

In other news, rapper Talib Kweli [click to read] will be in Philadelphia Thursday, joined by Solange and Nikki Jean for Rock The Vote. Held at The Community College of Philadelphia's Winnet Courtyard, the respected emcee will help register voters and raise interest in this fall's forthcoming election.

The event starts at 3pm and is open to the public. Billed as Rock The Vote's "Road Trip '08," performance is expected.

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