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Atlanta Hiphop Film Festival Honors Rapper

The Atlanta HipHop Film Festival will award the HipHop Pioneer Award to the legendary Jack `The Rapper` Gibson. The festival committee is honored to once again rename the award to this phenomenal entertainment icon.

This year`s recipient of the newly named Jack `The Rapper` Award is Ice T. `It`s an extreme pleasure to honor Ice T with our first Jack the Rapper Award. Ice T has proven the ability to be an exceptional actor as well as being one of HipHop legends,` Gumbs shares. This award will be presented April 30, 2006 during the 2nd Annual Atlanta HipHop Film Festival.

Mr. Jack Gibson has been very instrumental in the careers of some musical icons and allowing unsigned talent a voice to be heard among the masses with the historical Jack the Rapper Conventions.` stated Shameka Gumbs, Founder. Awards Show Producer, Dee Dee Cocheta adds, `Without Jack `The Rapper" Gibson, Atlanta and the nation, for that matter, wouldn?t know the essence of the element `rap` or what it means to the culture. Jack was pure in his form of rap and beyond just being the father of black radio, he is one of the godfathers to our HipHop world.`