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Wood-Star Music Festival | Photos
Posted in Audio File blog by Emelia Fredlick on Aug 21, 2012 at 3:11pm
Wood-Star Music Festival
Hosts Sway and Janell Snowden | Wood-Star Music Festival | August 19, 2012
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Wood-Star Music Festival | August 19, 2012
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BeBe O'Hare | Wood-Star Music Festival | August 19, 2012
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BeBe O'Hare | Wood-Star Music Festival | August 19, 2012
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BeBe O'Hare | Wood-Star Music Festival | August 19, 2012
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Wood-Star Music Festival | August 19, 2012
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Wood-Star Music Festival | August 19, 2012
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MC Lyte | Wood-Star Music Festival | August 19, 2012
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Wood-Star Music Festival | August 19, 2012
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MC Lyte | Wood-Star Music Festival | August 19, 2012
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MC Lyte | Wood-Star Music Festival | August 19, 2012
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MC Lyte | Wood-Star Music Festival | August 19, 2012
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MC Lyte | Wood-Star Music Festival | August 19, 2012
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MC Lyte | Wood-Star Music Festival | August 19, 2012
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MC Lyte | Wood-Star Music Festival | August 19, 2012
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Host Ed Lover | Wood-Star Music Festival | August 19, 2012
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Wood-Star Music Festival | August 19, 2012
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Naughty By Nature | Wood-Star Music Festival | August 19, 2012
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Naughty By Nature | Wood-Star Music Festival | August 19, 2012
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Naughty By Nature | Wood-Star Music Festival | August 19, 2012
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Naughty By Nature | Wood-Star Music Festival | August 19, 2012
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Naughty By Nature | Wood-Star Music Festival | August 19, 2012
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Naughty By Nature | Wood-Star Music Festival | August 19, 2012
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Naughty By Nature | Wood-Star Music Festival | August 19, 2012
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Naughty By Nature | Wood-Star Music Festival | August 19, 2012
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Naughty By Nature | Wood-Star Music Festival | August 19, 2012
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Naughty By Nature | Wood-Star Music Festival | August 19, 2012
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Naughty By Nature | Wood-Star Music Festival | August 19, 2012
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Naughty By Nature | Wood-Star Music Festival | August 19, 2012
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Naughty By Nature | Wood-Star Music Festival | August 19, 2012
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Naughty By Nature | Wood-Star Music Festival | August 19, 2012
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Naughty By Nature | Wood-Star Music Festival | August 19, 2012
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Naughty By Nature | Wood-Star Music Festival | August 19, 2012
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Naughty By Nature | Wood-Star Music Festival | August 19, 2012
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Naughty By Nature | Wood-Star Music Festival | August 19, 2012
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Naughty By Nature | Wood-Star Music Festival | August 19, 2012
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Host Ramonski Luv | Wood-Star Music Festival | August 19, 2012
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Rakim | Wood-Star Music Festival | August 19, 2012
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Rakim | Wood-Star Music Festival | August 19, 2012
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Rakim | Wood-Star Music Festival | August 19, 2012
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Rakim | Wood-Star Music Festival | August 19, 2012
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Rakim | Wood-Star Music Festival | August 19, 2012
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Rakim | Wood-Star Music Festival | August 19, 2012
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Rakim | Wood-Star Music Festival | August 19, 2012
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Rakim | Wood-Star Music Festival | August 19, 2012
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Rakim | Wood-Star Music Festival | August 19, 2012
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Rakim | Wood-Star Music Festival | August 19, 2012
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Rakim | Wood-Star Music Festival | August 19, 2012
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Rakim | Wood-Star Music Festival | August 19, 2012
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Rakim | Wood-Star Music Festival | August 19, 2012
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Doug E Fresh | Wood-Star Music Festival | August 19, 2012
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Slick Rick | Wood-Star Music Festival | August 19, 2012
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Slick Rick | Wood-Star Music Festival | August 19, 2012
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Slick Rick | Wood-Star Music Festival | August 19, 2012
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Doug E Fresh | Wood-Star Music Festival | August 19, 2012
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Slick Rick | Wood-Star Music Festival | August 19, 2012
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Doug E Fresh | Wood-Star Music Festival | August 19, 2012
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Slick Rick | Wood-Star Music Festival | August 19, 2012
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Slick Rick | Wood-Star Music Festival | August 19, 2012
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Doug E Fresh | Wood-Star Music Festival | August 19, 2012
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Doug E Fresh | Wood-Star Music Festival | August 19, 2012
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Doug E Fresh | Wood-Star Music Festival | August 19, 2012
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Doug E Fresh | Wood-Star Music Festival | August 19, 2012
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Doug E Fresh | Wood-Star Music Festival | August 19, 2012
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Doug E Fresh | Wood-Star Music Festival | August 19, 2012
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Doug E Fresh | Wood-Star Music Festival | August 19, 2012
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Doug E Fresh | Wood-Star Music Festival | August 19, 2012
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Doug E Fresh | Wood-Star Music Festival | August 19, 2012
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Doug E Fresh | Wood-Star Music Festival | August 19, 2012
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Doug E Fresh | Wood-Star Music Festival | August 19, 2012
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Hosts Sway and Janell Snowden | Wood-Star Music Festival | August 19, 2012
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It feels like we've known him forever, but Shannon Brown only first appeared on the NBA scene in 2006, when he was drafted straight out of college to the Cleveland Cavaliers. Since then, he's played for the Charlotte Bobcats, the LA Lakers, the Phoenix Suns and the Bulls (no identifying city needed for that one), along the way becoming an NBA champion twice.
But you never forget where you come from: Brown certainly hasn't. He's always maintained a strong connection to his hometown of Maywood—so in an effort to give back to neighborhoods like his own, Brown launched the Shannon Brown Foundation, a not-for-profit organization which benefits violence prevention and educational and recreational programs for disadvantaged children.
It always makes it a little bit more fun to give back with a party, though. This weekend marked the second annual Wood-Star Music Festival, Brown's Union Park-based extravaganza full of music, food and basketball. Hosted by VH1's Janelle Snowden and MTV's Sway, the festival's performances featured Robin Thicke, Estelle, American Idol winner Fantasia, MC Lyte and Brown's wife Monica, among many more, while Brown's Dream Big Contest gave three aspiring singers the opportunity to perform as the opening act at those concerts. The festival also included a basketball clinic for high school students (which Brown personally taught) and a charity celebrity basketball game.
It's okay to be a show-off.
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