Defamation League Wins 2006 San Diego Music Award For 'Best Hip-Hop'

SAN DIEGO, CA. Ocean Beach's Defamation League is riding high after receiving the "Best Hip-Hop" award at the 2006 San Diego Music Awards at Viejas Concerts In The Park on Monday, September 18th. The Def League opened a new chapter in the San Diego music scene by unseating the previous SDMA "Best Hip-Hop" band who has held the crown for the last three years. Past San Diego Music Award winners include Blink 182, Switchfoot and POD.

According to Def League's Nick Sleezin', he and the boys were involved in a scuffle backstage with another award recipient, which led to the Def League requiring a Police escort to the shuttle bus and ultimately off the Viejas Indian Reservation.

"We were getting our picture taken holding the award when some fool started grabbing our trophy. Is this a trophy? Anyway, we got in a shoving match and exchanged some heated words regarding our lack of respect for anyone until it reached about a DEFCON 2 when the casino cops showed up and escorted us off the property. By the way, those casino cops are way too old to be carrying guns." commented Nick.

"They were pissed off that our speech had nothing to do with hip hop and we only thanked different brands of booze. But fuck it, I can't get drunk on hip hop." added Dune Murderous.

Defamation League's "Grit-Hop" lifestyle is explored in a two page interview in the upcoming Holiday issue of HUSTLER Magazine in an interview where Hustler's Tom Farrell comments "Grit-hop" may become a musical standard...if they live long enough."

The San Diego Reader called Def League's swirl of assaulting rhythmic and verbal intensity "a mix of hardcore/punk guitar with hip hop beats and lyrics." All of which can be experienced via the 12 tracks on their full-length debut The Anatomy of Grit Hop.