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Dave Chappelle
February 8, 2010 at 7pm to February 14, 2010 at 2am – The New Parish, Oakland, CA
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De La Soul
February 12, 2010 at 10:30pm to February 13, 2010 at 12pm – Yoshi's, San Francisco, CA
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Leela James
February 14, 2010 from 7pm to 11pm – Yoshi's, San Francisco, CA
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dead prez, Umi, Pep Love
February 14, 2010 at 9pm to February 15, 2010 at 2am – Shattuck Downlow, Berkeley
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Erykah Badu w/ Goapele
February 19, 2010 from 8pm to 11pm – Fox Theater, Oakland, CA
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Eddie Griffin
February 19, 2010 from 8pm to 11pm – The Warfield, San Francisco, CA
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Sidestepper Plus Diego's Umbrella / DJ Stepwise
February 19, 2010 from 9pm to 11pm – Independent, SF, CA
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Brian McKnight w/ Lalah Hathaway
February 26, 2010 from 8pm to 11pm – Independent, San Francisco, CA
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Jay-Z
March 24, 2010 from 8pm to 11pm – HP Pavilion, San Jose, CA
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Black Eyed Peas, LMFAO
April 2, 2010 from 7:30pm to 11pm – HP Pavilion, San Jose, CA
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Rjd2, Busdriver...
April 7, 2010 from 8pm to 11pm – Independent, San Francisco, CA
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- As a bay area resident (by way of New York), Ren the Vinyl Archaeologist made his mark by curating top notch events featuring hip hop legends and supporting independent artists from the Bay and beyond. In 2000, his True Skool events won the "Best of the Bay" in the SF Bay Guardian. Ren has appeared on numerous publications, such as the XLR8R, 7x7, SF Weekly, SF Examiner, Mugshot and SF Magazine, to name a few. since True Skool's inception in 1999, his online magazine and newsletter has served as an information resource that covers hip hop history, politics, and events. As a DJ, he has shared bills with world-renowned artists such as Grandmaster Flash, Jazzy Jeff, Kool Herc, Afrika Bambaataa, Kool DJ Red Alert, Q-Bert, Cut Chemist, DJ Premier, Wu-Tang Clan, Ali Shaheed Muhammad (A Tribe Called Quest), Michael Franti & Spearhead, Masta Ace, KRS-One, Lupe Fiasco, Lyrics Born, Pharcyde, DJ Bobbito, DJ Cash Money and the list goes on. His diverse selections are influenced by his east coast background, from b-boying in the early 80s to attending house parties and New York City clubs. He experienced the New York City underground rave scene in it's heyday at legendary rave parties such as Nasa at the Shelter in the early 90s. Then, the acid-jazz scene at Giant Step parties and the soul/funk revival at Soul Kitchen. Ren is a professional party rocker who can put it down among the best of them with a vast arsenal of vinyl weapons to drop on any dancefloor, ranging from hip hop & soul to electro, house and breaks to trip hop and acid jazz. He has graced many venues with his non-stop seemless sets with regular appearances at DNA Lounge, Mighty, Club 6, Poleng Lounge and the Shattuck Downlow. He has also made appearances at Ruby Skye, 1015, Independent, Yerba Buena Center for the Arts and Sony Metreon, among a slew of venues in San Francisco. In addition, he has appeared at Michael Franti & Spearhead's annual "9-11 Power to the Peaceful Festival", TV-20's "Distortion2Static" hip hop show and KPFA's Hardknock Radio.
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- DJ, Promoter
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Posted on February 10, 2008 at 10:30am —
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- At 9:52pm on January 7, 2010,
Paul Lipsey said…
- BRAND NEW MIXTAPE RELEASED JAN. 1... OVER 3,000 LISTENS AND OVER 1,300 DOWNLOADS...
- At 1:25pm on July 6, 2009,
UNAGI said… - hey ren - big show on sat july 18th @ cafe du nord, come thru if you can
www.unagi442.com
- At 11:45am on April 7, 2009,
TOWNTRONIKS said… 
- At 10:57am on February 19, 2009,
Adia said… - I just got an e-mail that it's like all day long on Feb 28th at the Oakland Metro
- At 5:41pm on February 18, 2009,
Adia said…
- Do you know anything about the battle of the bay mc competition at the end of February?
- At 7:02pm on December 23, 2008,
kodac v said…
- yo wussup ren,got ur message on myspace...thanks for letting me know about qbert show..im trying to win these tix.
- At 12:17am on December 17, 2008,
DJ Platurn said… - whoa dooder - have to admit I haven't been on here in a minute - hope all is well and thanks for plugging my Kiss joint - talk to you soon.
- At 11:45am on November 18, 2008,
DJ Chicken Skratch said… - the graffiti remix flier 4 friday...
- At 1:33am on November 15, 2008,
RhoyalBaib'e said… - Ren Of Arc, I'm glad 2 see you're still diggin the scene Bra. Good work I dig's the new commune. Keep a bra posted as I will do the same. Good seeing you
Peace.Love,Blessings
Rhoyal~
- At 8:18am on July 25, 2008,
Art Barron said… - What up ren I won the dizzee rascal tix..Art Barron is the name you put on the guestlist. Thanx again!!!!
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