I was home in Charleston, SC at Fashion Week a few weeks ago and attended Damon Dash’s BluRoc party. At the time I didn’t really understand why Dame Dash was throwing a party in Charleston, of all places… I mean, I know he signed McKenzie Eddy, who’s a singer/songwriter from Hilton Head, SC, to his label, so it made a little sense, but I didn’t think much of it other than that. And when we saw the dude, it was still a reaction like, “what the f-ck is he doing here?”

Fast-forward to this week and I stumbled on a Dame Dash interview that pretty much detailed Dame’s mastermind plans to relocate to and takeover Charleston.

It’s still random but read his quotes for yourself:

“This is what my friends say about Charleston, all of them, ‘I love Charleston, I’m going to retire there’. I feel like why do people want to wait to live a good life when their older. Why wait? That should be the trick… to live a really good life and kind of monetize having fun. So I think that also can happen in Charleston. So I want it to be the new New York. ” – Dame Dash

If you read the entire article is does make sense. Dame is looking to build his DD172 company around not only music, but art and fashion too. And believe it or not, Charleston is growing city with a strong influence in fashion and art, seeing as though events like Charleston Fashion Week and Spoleto are some of the biggest fashion and art events in the country. Not to mention, Charleston is ranked annually among the top cities in the US for tourist and travel. Dame might be on to something…

I tell people back home all the time that they need to get the hell up out of Charleston and SC in general, in order to prosper but who knows, maybe I’m wrong.

Of course, he hasn’t been in the limelight since his split from Jay-Z, but you have to respect his track record and his time as CEO during the Roc-A-Fella dynasty. I’ll have to keep an eye on what Dame has planned for my hometown. And if any of you are interested, hit the link below to see what Dash has planned for Chucktown, SC.

Interview: A Conversation With Damon Dash & Local 172 Pops Up In Charleston

Still having technical issues with the site. I’ll get things back 100. Peep this new Big K.R.I.T. video in the meantime. He dropped his new mixtape 4EvaNaDay this week, so you all can download that below if you missed it.

Download: Big K.R.I.T. – 4EvaNaDay (Mixtape)

I know everyone has been wondering what’s going on with The Block… for the last week the site has been down due to the host server getting hacked, and it took a few days to get things back in order.

I’ve been running this site for about 6 years now, and this has never happened before, so I apologized to all the folks that support The Block on the regular but weren’t able to log on since last week. I appreciate everyone’s patience and I hope you all will continue to rock with us over here.

Thanks for all the text messages, phone calls and emails…The Block is back bizzack. We’re get right into the proceedings…

For my readers that are familiar with Boss G’s music and haven’t heard the news, read below:

A well-know Columbia rap artist was sentenced this afternoon to 17 years in prison for his role as lieutenant in a large cocaine operation.

Darnell Rodriguez Mealing, whose rap name is Boss G, pleaded guilty last fall to one count of distributing crack cocaine and one count of possession of a firearm in U.S. District Court. Today, prosecutors used Mealing’s role as a mid-level leader in the Folk Nation gang to convince a judge to give him more time in prison.

(Read the full story here).

TheState.com: Rapper’s prison sentence hurts S.C.’s hip-hop scene

I’m posting up all the Grammy performances that an urban audience would want to see. If you want to watch the Beach Boys performance video, you’ll have to go to another site. Sorry.

More performances are posted in the cut.

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