Rap Turf War Erupts with Death Threat on 11 year-old White Pop Rapper Girl
Marty Bronstein
has seen death threats in the music industry before. But when the
music industry consultant discovered a death threat made to his client,
11 year-old
white pop rapper girl Dahv, he was completely shocked-especially since
the threat
came online on the Dahv.com website forum, and was able to be traced.
"I've seen
this happen before.turf wars between Tupac and Big, but this is an 11
year old
girl!"
As with most
online discussion forums, people have to register on the Dahv.com forum
in order to post and reply. The threat came on a Saturday in December,
and
Bronstein's World Class Media which manages the forum-was able to trace
the threat
back to an IP address in Lakeview, Iowa (rap isn't confined to urban
areas anymore).
Bronstein called the Lakeview police, provided all the registration
information and
the Internet assailant was apprehended two days later.
According to
Lakeview law enforcement officials, the death threat came from an
under-age Caucasian known to local officials (his name has not been
released and
County Attorneys are trying to decide on appropriate charges, either
stalking or
assault). A Lakeview law enforcement agent characterized the youth as a
"future
highway sniper."
Dahv, the 11
year-old white female pop rapper, had no comment on the threat, but a
lot of people are commenting. Since the incident, traffic to the Dahv
websites
rocketed from 300 people a day to 15,000 people a day and still rising.
Multi-platinum
rapper Lil Troy, who performed with Dahv this past summer at
Crunkfest, called it "a bit scary.but when people see a new artist
that starts to
catch on like wildfire, they act out and do stupid stuff. Just look at
the Vibe
Awards stabbing. Dahv's unique, different, and probably making a lot of
up and
coming rappers nervous.but come on, she's white, she's 11 years old, and
she's
hitting a much younger demo with this new pop rap, not gangsta
rap."
Dahv began
performing this summer at rap events like Crunkfest as well as Radio
Disney concerts, and recorded her first original six songs with music
industry
moguls like Gary Carolla (songwriter for Backstreet Boys and Nsync) and
Chris
Rodriguez (Paulina Rubio producer).
And rap is
getting hot and crowded. 6 of the top ten singles on Billboard this past
week are rap. And urban rappers like Nelly are branching out into new
demographic
channels, like country, as evidenced by his duo with Tim McGraw. When
rappers like
Nelly are reaching out to appeal to country fans-you know the rap scene
is getting
crowded.
Marshall Mathers
(aka Eminem) came into his own in the late 1990's by hitting a
young white male demo, being the only young white male rapper on the
scene (also
creating a lot of controversy). It may be that Dahv has cracked the
right
demographic code.a younger demo looking for a young female white rapper
with a pop
edge.
Bronstein said
that appealing to an 8-13 year old demo with pop rap wasn't by
design. "I've been working with Dahv as a consultant since she was
nine-we tried a
bunch of different things, and Dahv just liked the rap singing style.
She is the
demo. She likes what other girls her age like. Her friends like pop rap,
and she
gets booked at Radio Disney concerts. I think kids are looking for
something new
besides Hilary Duff."
Internet forum
threads both made fun of the death threat, and dissed the newcomer
rapper, Dahv. A forum poster on Underworld93.com called Dahv,"Like
Avril, Only More
Street and Less Punk.she be bustin' rhymes like tha' LAPD be bustin'
heads..atcha
wit' a funky fresh teenbeat style an' jammin' joints about grade school
an' slumber
parties.They dope!"
Another forum
poster from Somethingawful.com called her a pasty white girl with,
"forgettable pop numbers. a handful of hilarious inappropriate rap
gems. Song
("Daddy Don't Trip") secretly about her "daddy" Jon
Voigt. She's just horrible
enough that I think you can expect to see her playing at next years
Nickelodeon
Kid's Choice Awards. It will be further proof that kids have some f**ing
s**tty
taste."
But Dereck
Morris, publisher of 3rd Coast magazine said, "she gained the
respect of
over 4000 during Crunkfest and at the after party - all of the
performers felt that
she had a better chance of making it then most because she's hitting a
new demo with
a different sound. Take a little Avril, mix it with some Eminem, and you
got
Dahv."
Producer Chris
Rodriguez said "She may be the next female Eminem. The market and
demo is looking for something different than Hilary Duff. My daughter is
9 and she
loves Dahv's new pop rap style. I like it because it doesn't have the
gangster
element, and it's something that parents will play in the car."
The 11 year-old
Dahv from Boston is a little overwhelmed. Rumors even circulating
that she is the daughter of Jon Voigt, and both good and bad posts are
swirling
around the message boards. The family has decided to hire security
detail for tour
performances. County prosecutors aren't sure exactly what to charge the
assailant
with, but are at least glad this turf war is unfolding over the Internet
with
kilobytes versus on the streets with bullets for now.
Credit to http://www.pmpnetwork.com/ReviewsData/Music.htm
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DAHV BOMB Tweenage hip-hopper to threatening thug: ‘Don’t be silly’ BY MIKE MILIARD
Eleven-year-old Dahv (just Dahv) is a pop star from southern Maine via Danvers. She’s written several songs, and she’s toured a little, performing them with the Radio Disney road show. They’re glossy concoctions of bubblegum pop and hip-hop, with a smidgen of spunky mall punk tossed in. And she sings about the things you’d think a girl her age would sing about. "School" is about, well, school ("Gotta learn my ’rithmetic/French class makes me sick/At lunch is where I mix"). "Slumber Party" is a shout-out to sleepover sisterhood ("One more thing, no boys allowed/Tonight you’re my girls and I’ll say it proud").
Obviously targeting the tweenage demo, these songs aren’t exactly striving for hard-core hip-hop street cred. So it was a little strange when some dude showed up on Dahv’s message board (www.teamdahv.com) last week and called out her hip-hop bona fides. "[W]hat you all need to do is get off this site, pick up a gun, and have a suicide party, cuz this is the biggest joke ever, fuckin losers," he wrote. "[F]uck wanna be’s [sic]." Then, it got worse. The guy posted again with lyrics of his own: "wastin time, thinkin you it/so i waste ya, bit by bit/pick up my gun, and kill that bitch."
Jeff Greenfield, executive vice-president of World Class Media, the consulting firm hired by Dahv’s parents to help promote her, explains that "last week, out of the blue, someone found her site and posted it on one of the underground hip-hop message boards. They were saying, ‘Can you believe this girl thinks she’s a rapper? She can’t rap, yadda yadda yadda.’ But we’ve never marketed her as a rapper; she’s been marketed as a girl who sings pop-style music with age-appropriate lyrics. Rap is in every music these days, so she happens to rap a little. But she’s not a ‘rapper’ per se." Still, within a week, "she was being discussed on about 500 Web sites. As this started to accumulate, a person from Iowa went on her message board and posted death threats."
Greenfield tracked the guy’s IP address to Iowa Telecom, which in turn traced it to a library in a town called Lake View. An e-mail address is required to log onto computers there, so police were able to track down the individual. Greenfield says the cops were familiar with him, and that "they characterized the young man as being ‘a future highway sniper.’ "
When reached by telephone, Dahv just shrugs the whole thing off. "Yeah, it was kinda silly," she says, her chirping voice belying her maturity. "Some people that are older, and not age appropriate for my site, they’re just gonna go a little crazy and think I’m a little strange for being so young and performing. I just thought it was kinda silly."
The message-board malefactor — whose Yahoo profile identifies him as a 23-year-old "muthafuckinundergroundhiphopartist," with a photo depicting a hulking, tattooed thug — has been banned from the Lake View library, and Greenfield says police there have referred the case to county prosecutors, who will decide on further punishment.
Meanwhile, Davh is just gonna keep rapping. (Look for a debut album this spring.) "Hip-hop today, sometimes it’s about inappropriate stuff, like drugs and sex," she says. "That’s not what I talk about. I talk about what I do, like sleepovers and just talking about me."
Greenfield wonders why some fans find it so hard to tell the difference. "On certain boards, people have spoken up and said, ‘Hey, I think her music is supposed to be for, like, nine-year-olds.’ This kid didn’t seem to get that point. Music can make you happy or make you angry, but when it’s obviously not meant for you, you should just go away."
Dahv puts it more plainly. "Those 22-year-olds, they’re just kinda confused." So what would she say to the creep if she ever got the chance? "Oh, you mean the bad guy? Well, my manager made it so he couldn’t go back on the site. But if he tried to get on, I’d just say, ‘Hey, welcome to Team Dahv!’ or whatever. That’s what I usually say to people there who are a little crazy."
Credit to http://www.bostonphoenix.com
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C ROD -
Chris Rodriguez
As one of the youngest, most creative, and hottest producers -
Chris has produced #1 singles for artists such as Chayanne, OV7, Paulina
Rubio and NZ Idol Runner-Up Michael Murphy.
Along with Dahv, Chris co-wrote & produced Dahv's song 'School' and has committed to record 2 additional songs with Dahv.
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Gary
Carolla
In the mid 90's, Gary teamed up with Johnny Wright to help develop,
write and produce the Backstreet Boys. Several million units later, Gary
produced Aaron Carter, the younger brother of Backstreet Boy Nick.
Gary's success has continued with his writing and producing for
NSYNC, Britney Spears, Triple Image and Stevie Brock.
Gary wrote and produced Dahv's song '7654321' and has committed to record 2 additional songs with Dahv.
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Randall’s graduates nine black belts
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