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This talented bilingual star has already worked with artists such as Spice 1, Young Noble (Tupac's Outlawz), Goldie Loc (Snoop's Eastsidaz), Concious Daughters and Mr. Kee. Jen Ro she recorded a single for her upcoming album with American Idol contestant Alexandra Bachelier. Following a label switch in 2004, JenRo dropped "Unreleased and Uncensored, Vol. I on her own independent JenRO Music label,and followed by this summer's "Hate It Or Love IT".Jen Ro has performed at all six PeaceOUT events as well as PeaceOutEast I and II.

Mid*One is a emcee, singer/songwriter, actor, and artist hailing from San Jose. He is the co-founder of "Lyrical Discipline," the longest running freestyle hip hop show in the south bay which will complete it's 4th year running in October 2005. While working on a solo project he has kept himself busy singing with the "650 Connection," a jazz/hip hop/funk band that recently opened for the San Jose Jazz Festival. Mid*One has been blessed to open for legends like Blackalicious, The Last Poets, Goapele, Zion I, Micah 9, and Visionaries and has shared the stage with Whippa Whip and KRS ONE.

From the artists website:

"Julie Fucking Potter is a ball of sunshine and she will blind you with her beautiful comic glow. Julie was put on the planet to make you laugh, so take advantage of God's gift. She will make you moan with delight the second she steps on stage. Whether it's improv, stand-up, or rap, you will get the bang you so desire for your buck."

Given the impress hip-hop has had on culture internationally, the interventions lyrically and politically of a bunch of queer Negroes is bound to have ripple effects. The point is that D/DC represents a "coming out" in hip-hop about what some of us have known for a long time: that any black cultural Renaissance needs fags. The anti-gangster aesthetic of quasi-Nationalist "conscious" hip-hoppers and bohemian MC thrift shoppers pave a space for D/DC to articulate its word play. They represent a political lyricism that does not take itself too seriously. Overstand? It's not that deep

  Deep Dickollective's ubiquitous group and solo projects over the past six years have been crucial to the development and international perception of the growing community of out queer hip hop artists. Winners of the "Best Hip Hop Group" award in the SF Bay Guardian 2003 readers poll, their third CD "The Famous Outlaw League Of Proto-Negroes" was named to Out Magazine's Top 10 Gay Albums of 2004  and was a 2005 Outmusic Award double nominee. Their fifth disc "On Some Other"  will be released in late 2006.