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T-Weaponz Joins R.I.C.A.N. Tour to Bring Urban Music

and Community Awareness to Five National Puerto
Rican Day Parades
Rocking Inner City Awareness Now (R.I.C.A.N) Tour Will Start
Sunday, June 9 in New York City and Also Cover Rochester,
Chicago, Philadelphia & Bridgeport
New York, NY / May 15, 2008 - Rocking Inner City Awareness Now (R.I.C.A.N)
Tour unites the Lambda Alpha Upsilon Fraternity and Billboard Top Ten Hip
Hop group T-Weaponz and aims to spread messages of community
empowerment and higher eduction, while at the same time entertain prospectors
with college step and musical performances.

Sponsored by C Four Energy Drink, the R.I.C.A.N Tour kicks off at the
National Puerto Rican Day Parade in New York City on Sunday, June 9. As
the largest ethnic parade in the county it claims over 12 million telecast viewers
and over 2 million spectators; Bridgeport, Chicago, Rochester and
Philadelphia parades have also grown in popularity and numbers as the Latino
population has grown in each of these cities.

Lambda Alpha Upsilon Fraternity is a brotherhood of professional men whose

mission is to promote the development of the Latino community throughout
colleges and neighborhoods across the nation.

"We've been involved in the New York Puerto Rican Day Parade for years but
this is the first time we've expanded our involvement to a tour. We've teamed up
with some great people to make this happen and are looking forward to reaching

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more young men with information about our organization" says Juan Rios,
National Executive Director of Lambda Alpha Upsilon Fraternity, Inc.

T-Weaponz is no stranger to the Puerto Rican Day Parade either; this will be the
group's third appearance on a float.

"We're really excited to be part of this tour. Being from New York we always try
to participate in the NYC parade because it keeps us connected to our
community, but this tour offers us a chance to bring our music to other
communities" says Izreal of T-Weaponz.

"I think our community is hungry for uplifting urban music and this tour gives us
the perfect platform for our new single 'Xtra Ordinary' which is an ode to the
women who love hip hop, we're raising them up, not holding them down and can't
wait for feedback from the crowds" adds Pslamz of T-Weaponz.

Tour Dates/Locations:

New York City, NY – June 9, 2008

Chicago, IL – June 14, 2008
Bridgeport, CT – July 12, 2008
Rochester, NY – August 3, 2008
Philadelphia, PA – September 20, 2008

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About T-Weaponz

T-Weaponz is an explosive lyrical trifecta hailing from the streets of Brooklyn's

East New York, composed of brothers IzReal and Arkitek and their neighborhood
friend Psalmz. After meeting at an impromptu neighborhood 'CIPHER' (term used
to describe a circle of emcees rhyming together) and later discovering how many
similarities they shared both in terms of their life experiences and their ideals
they soon came together under the moniker Tomorrow's Weaponz, which they
later shortened to T-Weaponz, representative of how the trio lives for today and
hopes for a tomorrow using their own weapons-thoughts and wits.

Over the years, T-Weaponz's unique lyrical style, catchy beats and desire to
bring truth, hope and justice to the streets has garnered the group many
successes, among them:

2007: T-Weaponz released their digital full-length debut entitled Just Begun..,
which features production from hit-maker Fingazz of Streetlight Music. With this
highly anticipated released, the group was featured in two consecutive issues of
The Source Magazine: Off the Radar (Dec. 2007) and Tale of the Tape (Nov.
2007).

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LATV segment following T-Weaponz to their album release aired to exceptional
viewer ship. It beat out Mun2's "One Nation Under Hip Hop," MTV Tres's
"Karlifornia," and came in slightly under MTV's "The Hills" in the Los Angeles
Area.

2006: In December 2006, T-Weaponz released the bounce-laden single Dem

Boyz, featuring Houston rapper Trae, which debuted at No. 7 on Billboard's
Top R&B/Hip-Hop Singles chart, and where it remained for six consecutive
weeks.

2005: T-Weaponz's audience skyrockets with the release of the catchy bilingual
anthem Mira Mira. The wildly popular "spanglish" track, which features Cuban
rapper Pitbull and Notch, formerly lead singer of the Born Jamericans, bridges
the gap between English- and Spanish-speaking people with its witty fusion of
English and Spanish words. In a matter of months, the song became an
international hit catapulting T-Weaponz into the mainstream. Mira Mira garnered
over 15,000 radio spins nationally and surpassed 50,000 in digital download
sales.

This summer, the group will release a new single and video "XtraOrdinary" a
dedication to the ladies who love hip hop.

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