The last weekend in Summer is always the most memorable! The Socialiastas’ Day Party at Hyde Park added to the great memories thanks to shots of Nuvo and some great music. Enjoy the gallery.

The first annual MKE FIT Fest took place at Moct on Aug 7 highlighting everything that’s fit and worth it in Milwaukee. Topping off the night was a fashion runway event showcasing Jockey’s new sport apparel line.

The first stage of the Tour of America’s Dairyland presented by Wisconsin’s Milk Marketing Board took place on the streets of Shorewood, June 17. Shorewood residents and spectators lined Oakland Ave. and cheered and bikers sprinted down the straights. The Men’s Pro 1/2 raced featured 133 riders that came to a fantastic finish by Ryan Freund taking 1st place to start off the tour.

I’m bleacher surfing and tunneling through the aisles like a mere cat trying to get closer to the front of the stage. I pop up on an open bleacher and this faux hip-hop teapot statured dude with a chinstrap beard is jibber jabbering something about “if you get up, you gotta get down”. I tell this dude “Bro, you been listening to too much 88-9.” The look on my face is saying, fool don’t you know we at a Public Enemy concert and you can get a smack for that. For pushing twenty-five years in the art of boom-bap, Chuck D, a second generation patron rebel of rap, and trusty entourage lead by the antic laden Flavor Flav, still can rock a crowd at any coordinate on the world map. From the looks of the turn out Friday night, you would have thought Drake had just parachuted on to the US Cellular arena stage.

Stuck in the main walk way of the festival grounds, I peer over frocky banged girls, spike mohawk haired guys and nodd with old school players, enjoying a deep remix groove version of Black Steel in the Hour of Chaos, simultaneously urging my Madisonian friends to venture into the fray. Just then PE broke into Anti N**GA Machine. Exhorting every lyric that still comes to my mind, the abrupt fade into Burn Hollywood Burn confirmed the set recapped, in sequence, several tracks from each of PE’s albums, which suited the tracks from PE’s third album Fear of a Black Planet particularly well.

By the time, I excavate my way into the center stage area with surprising ease, Power to the People rhythmically churns and I double back to the outskirts of the masses, to find my feeble Madisonians had already sought refuge from the exuberance. I grab college co-eds at will that chirp about trying to get a better look at Flav, in the spirit of Harriet Tubman, and guide them through the canals of seating to a better vantage point. The vintage hits Bring the Noise, Terminator X to the Edge of Panic, Can’t Trust It and Fight the Power played, but the show’s highlight was Flavor Flav’s rendition of I Can’t Do Nuttin’ For Ya Man, which I recited in time, miming the patented Flav dance, only to notice those around looking at me like I had the holy ghost and was speaking in tongues. I was truly possessed and so was everybody else. Possessed enough to chant “f*nk separatism” and “f*ck racism” on Flav’s cue after he improved a verse of Sly Stone’s Thank You For Letting Me Be Myself Again. Some visual irony could be witnessed if you scanned the audience. For being in Milwaukee that showed how good of sports we are.

It wasn’t the headlining flashing red X-shaped DJ table show of the glory days, noticeably absent was Terminator X who left the group in ‘99, but well worthy of a Friday night. The sea of people was probably more of a testament to Flavor Flav’s new found pop appeal than their love for the PE message, but an overall worthy effort on the part of Milwaukee’s party goers to do justice to the music legends.

On Saturday, May 29, the Brewers organization paid tribute to the Negro Baseball League by hosting a few events at Helfaer Field. Former Negro League players were on hand to sign jersey’s, t-shirts and hats as patrons made it into the park. Jammin’ 98.3′s Shatavia B was on the mic all afternoon hosting giveaways and providing updates on the activities. Even though no ball in the Home Run derby actually made out of Helfaer Field, there was much entertainment as it came down to a mother and son battle in a “Best of 10″ batting exhibition.  The activities were capped off with a Luther Vandross like rendition of all of big Luther’s hits. It was a great afternoon leading up to the Brewers vs. Mets game at Miller Park, where all of that free beer was exercised accordingly, lol.

]The judges were ready, the crowd was hyped and only one contestant hit the floor lol for this year’s first Buckini Contest at Buckhead Saloon. Nick Taylor from Ill Mil had front row action as well as Brandon Brown of 4pm Magazine and Local Celebrity Patrick Kolz. Here’s a taste of the action from Thursday night!

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Mad Planet had that fire Saturday night thanks to Hot Pop and WMSE’s Hip Hop Series. MKE Wired was on hand to capture The Hollowz first on the mic to get the crowd started on a good night of classic Milwaukee Hip Hop. DJ D Wood keep the crowd moving throughout the night with some very nice turntabling skills. Prophetic moved the crowd with his “Pharrell tested and Jay Z approved” flows. Grape Street was on deck providing some fantastic on the spot stenciling and art work. Check out the photos, baby!!!

Much support came out to Suite, Saturday April 3 for The Socialistas’ first “Day Party.” Sponsors Nuvo and North Milwaukee Bank were received well by the crowd who came to participate in this new event. MKE Wired looks forward to more Day Parties in the near future.

The Midwest Championship Wrestling took house at the Mirimar Theater February 28th with some major wrestling action! Here’s the highlights that we caught!