Rapper/Lyricist Tha Realest Gives Hometown Fans First Taste Of New CD In Special Juneteenth Performance

LOS ANGELES (Omerta Ent./Tommy Boy) - Tha Realest (Jevon Jones) is out the gate large and strong, with the vision, talent for collaboration and supreme confidence of an NBA point guard running a fast break with Witness Tha Realest, his debut release on Omerta Entertainment/Tommy Boy. Due for a July release, Tha Realest will give his hometown fans a pre-release taste of the new CD in a special performance this Friday at the Juneteenth celebration being held at the MLK Community Center at 2922 MLK Blvd in Dallas.

Tha Realest is one of the most versatile, controversial and engaging artists to emerge from the West coast in the last ten years and as he celebrates his freedom from Death Row Records nee Tha Row, he felt it was only fitting that he premiere some songs from his new CD at this years Juneteenth celebration in his hometown. The theme for this years Juneteenth is "Let Freedom Ring."
The event will take place from 1 till 6 PM. Tha Realest will close the show with his performance at 5:45 PM. The event is free.

"I call myself Tha Realest, and I kick phat rhymes pertaining to what's happening today. They say: 'good things come to those who wait,' the position I was in at Death Row wasn't right for me. I didn't always get the due credit I believe I deserved and I finally got out of that deal. I am so proud of this CD and I'm looking forward to performing on Friday. So many people have been waiting so long for my CD to drop. The wait is almost over and my hometown will get to hear from the CD first.
've got so much talent doing their thing on this CD: Aaron Hall, Dub C, Fat Joe, Richie Rich, B-Legit, Dru Down, Napoleon (from the Outlawz), Devin Tha Dude and Jay Valentine flow on 10 of the 18 tracks, as well as C-Bo, Swoop G, Val Young and "Kola Locc," (formerly of Doggy's Angels), " says Tha Realest.

About Juneteenth Juneteenth is oldest known celebration of the ending of slavery, and June 19 of this year marks 138 years of freedom for southern blacks. Although President Abraham Lincoln abolished slavery when he signed the Emancipation Proclamation on Sept. 22, 1862 (it became official on Jan. 1, 1863), the news didn't reach Texas for another two years and nine months.
When Union Gen. Gordon Granger arrived in Galveston on June 19, 1865, he announced the end of the Civil War and the abolition of slavery. Since that day, blacks in Texas, throughout the South and in other cities across the United States have celebrated their independence from slavery on June 19.