Verizon Executive to Speak at AllHipHop.com Social Lounge Panel, to Be Held Aug. 9

Verizon Executive to Speak at AllHipHop.com Social Lounge Panel, to Be Held Aug. 9

NEW YORK, Aug. 7 /PRNewswire/ -- Jeff McFarland, director of multicultural marketing for Verizon, will serve as a panelist for the AllHipHop Social Lounge, a roundtable discussion of important issues to the Hip Hop community, such as the business of Hip Hop, artist responsibility and politics. Verizon is also a major sponsor of AllHipHop Week 2006, one of the largest annual gatherings in the country of artists, music industry insiders, TV personalities and marketing executives. The event began Saturday and will run through August 10 at various locations throughout the city.

Verizon recently demonstrated its appreciation of the Hip Hop movement by launching the Verizon Beatbox Mixer, an online tool for creating original beatbox mixes using performances by top beatboxers (go to http://www.richerdeeperbroader.com/beatbox or http://www.beatboxmixer.com/).

WHEN: Wednesday, Aug. 9
7 a.m. - 11 p.m.

WHERE: BB Kings, 237 W 42nd St. (between 7th & 8th Aves.)

WHO: Jeff McFarland, director of multicultural marketing, Verizon
Roy Innis, civil rights activist
Luke, Miami recording artist and entrepreneur
Melyssa Ford, model and TV personality
Host: Chuck "Jigsaw" Creekmur

Source: Verizon

CONTACT: Christopher Brown IV of Burrell, +1-908-559-3496,
ebrown@burrell.com, for Verizon; or Ellen Yu of Verizon, +1-312-297-9864,
ellen.yu@verizon.com

Web site: http://www.verizon.com/
http://www.richerdeeperbroader.com/beatbox
http://www.beatboxmixer.com/

Company News On-Call: http://www.prnewswire.com/comp/094251.html

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