For all those hip-hop heads that planned to travel down to Atlanta next month for the Second Annual Hip-Hop Summit, pay close attention. It’s been postponed. Several of the problems Russell Simmons and the Hip-Hop Summit’s Action Network were encountering were where to schedule the exact location of the event as well as another event that is scheduled for the same weekend.
The city felt they might have been overrun with too many tourists. Russell Simmons issued a brief statement to the media saying, “We love the people of Atlanta and we respect Mayor Shirley Franklin and other city officials. We look forward to selecting a later date for convening the Atlanta Hip-Hop Summit, as well as other related concerts and events.”
The mayor of Atlanta, Shirley Franklin also issued her own statement to the media stating, “Atlanta is in the business of hospitality, and we welcome events that are well-managed and meet all of the required criteria. Atlanta maintains a reputation as the cradle of hip-hop and we are proud of the young people who call Atlanta home that have excelled in the industry”. The event may be rescheduled for a later date this year.
