Our friend MURS
In around 1997 (it was winter because I remember snow) we were in our garage playing ping pong when a red van rolled up to our college home in NW Reno filled with RAPPERS. The Living Legends poured out and immediately began throwing dirty snowballs at each other. It was LITERALLY the entire crew (except Arata whom I’d met at the HA mansion a week before) and we put down our ping pong paddles and proceeded to meet everyone. This was the first time I met Nick Carter aka MURS. After some quick intros we all went back to 2v2 ping pong and lifelong friendships were born. The Living Legends performed that night @ AREA 51 on 4th street to around 50 kids and after that night I was HOOKED.
We have maintained separate relationships with each member of the crew over the years and MURS has always been very supportive of everything we do. Every member of LL has always been amazing towards us but MURS really feels like a friend. I’ll never forget meeting him that day and thinking: Wow this kid (he is only 5yrs younger than me) has his SHIT together. Murs had tapes he had made at Kinkos (“F’Real” I believe) and loaded us up with his entire tape collection. (As did every member of the crew)
Fast forward to 2010 where my little brother from another mother is leveraging his hip-hop career into something that is impacting humanity.
Some words from the the man himself –
“This summer I had the privilege of traveling with Ordinary Hero to Ethiopia to do some volunteer work. We worked in various villages and orphanages. This is footage of the beautiful children and wonderful people we met in place called Korah (a leprosy colony). We are currently raising funds to build a well and a new orphanage for this community.”
(via www.900bats.com)
For more info or to donate visit www.p61.org or www.ordinaryhero.org
Thank you, MURS.
MURS & 9TH WONDER – “I USED TO LOVE HER (AGAIN”)
Directed by JON MAZYCK. From the Murs & 9th Wonder album FORNEVER, available at http://mursworld.com.
From Wikipedia:
MURS aka Nick Carter, (born March 16, 1978), professionally known as Murs, is an American rapper. His name is an acronym that he himself has created multiple meanings for such as “Making the Universe Recognize and Submit” or “Making Underground Raw Shit.” He is signed to the independent label Record Collection and is a member of the hip hop groups Living Legends, Felt, and the 3 Melancholy Gypsys. Murs is also part of a punk fusion band called The Invincibles with Jacksonville, Florida’s Whole Wheat Bread as lead vocalist. Murs is a vegan.
MURS IN ASSOCIATION WITH GUERILLA UNION PRESENT
PAID DUES INDEPENDENT HIP HOP FESTIVAL 2011
SATURDAY, APRIL 2 AT THE NOS EVENTS CENTER IN SAN BERNARDINO, CA
2011 HEADLINERS REVEALED, INCLUDING
MOS DEF AND TALIB KWELI AS ‘BLACK STAR’, IMMORTAL TECHNIQUE AND MURS
FULL LINE-UP DETAILS TO BE ANNOUNCED JANUARY 2011
GUERILLA UNION PRE-SALE STARTS FRIDAY, DECEMBER 10
GENERAL ON-SALE STARTS SATURDAY, DECEMBER 11
PAID DUES TEAMS UP WITH HABITAT FOR HUMANITY
MURS (Living Legends) in association with Guerilla Union (Rock The Bells, Cypress Hill SmokeOut) have announced the date for the sixth installment of the PAID DUES INDEPENDENT HIP HOP FESTIVAL. The annual festival will return on Saturday, April 2, 2011 to the NOS Events Center in San Bernardino, CA. The premier independent festival showcases the best and brightest in independent hip hop. “From conscious to gangsta, freestyle to written, jazzy to grimy…”, URB.com described PAID DUES 2010 as a festival that “showed what hip-hop is like at its most influential, diverse, and creative.” PAID DUES 2011 will feature its most powerful headlining performances to date. MOS DEF and TALIB KWELI will come together to reprise their roles as BLACK STAR for a very special reunion show. Social and politically charged lyricist and activist, IMMORTAL TECHNIQUE will also headline in addition to MURS, celebrated independent artist and festival creator. The complete 2011 line-up will be unveiled January 2011. Festival organizers encourage fans to check the PAID DUES website regularly and subscribe to the Guerilla Union newsletter for the latest festival news and updates.
yo man like yourself i am a huge murs fan, along with all living legends, atmosphere, and really liked felt with murs and slug. i was wondering if there was any way that you could give me like an email or a number that i can reach him at, cuz i had some questions for him about how he got started in the game. i am trying to become a dj/rapper so i was just gonna see if i could ask him some questions.
Thank You,
Big O