Scribble Jam was an annual

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hosted in

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. Dubbed "America's largest hip hop festival", sort of like Woodstock. It was co-founded in 1996 by "Fat" Nick Accurso, and Jason Brunson, founders of

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magazine ''Scribble'', and DJ Mr Dibbs, in the

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of a local nightclub. The following year's event benefitted from better publicity, and included MC, DJ and

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CityBeat In 2000, with the addition of new partners Tony Heitz and Pase Rock, the festival grew in popularity, as tens of thousands of hip hop fans flocked to its grounds in early August. It has been known to attract up to 20,000 fans. In early April 2010, Scribble Jam organizer Kevin Beacham confirmed the persistent rumors that the event would no longer continue, citing the struggling economy and difficulty in securing funding as reasons. For most of its existence, Scribble Jam refused corporate sponsorship, which Accurso explained as an attempt to keep the festival from being run by "those who don't understand ip hopculture", adding that outside marketing or promotion would "defeat the purpose" of the festival. By 2003, however, the festival had started accepting some corporate sponsors; that year's event was backed by

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Competition

The centerpieces of the Scribble Jam festival are the five competitions, four of which are designed to highlight the main aspects of

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. They include the emcee competition or freestyle battle, the DJ battle or

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battle or

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, Mr Dibbs, Little Brother and Living Legends which greatly increased the festival's popularity.

Past winners

As of Scribble Jam's conclusion in 2008 there have been thirteen emcee champions, eleven DJ champions, thirteen B-Boy champions, and six beatbox champions.

Emcee battle

*1996 - Vendetta *1997 -

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*1998 - Adeem *1999 -

*2000 -

(as Xaul Zan) *2001 - Adeem *2002 - Mac Lethal *2003 -

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*2004 - illmaculate *2005 -

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*2006 - The Saurus *2007 - Nocando *2008 - The Saurus

DJ competition

*1998 - DJ Precyse *1999 - DJ Precyse *2000 - DJ Precyse *2001 - DJ Sprite *2002 - DJ Skwint *2003 - Skratch Bastid *2004 - Skratch Bastid *2005 - Spare Change *2006 - I-Dee *2007 - Skratch Bastid *2008 - DJ T-Lo

B-boy competition

*1996 - Forrest Getemgump (individual) *1997 - Self-Explanatory *1998 - Phase II *1999 - Midwest Junkie Cats (group with members of the Junkwartz and the Battlecats) *2000 - Junkwartz *2001 - Motion Disorderz *2002 - Motion Disorderz *2003 - Motion Disorderz *2004 - Motion Disorderz *2005 - Brickheadz *2006 - Brickheadz *2007 - Motion Disorderz *2008 - Brickheadz

Beatbox battle

*2003 - A Train *2004 - A Train *2005 - J.Beetz (from SICK.SOUND.SYNDROME) *2006 - DJ Snuggles *2007 - Poizunus *2008 - Scott Jackson There are only two production champions listed on the official Scribble Jam website: *2008 - Optiks *2007 - X:144

External links

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References

{{Hip hop festival Music festivals in Ohio Hip-hop music festivals in the United States Music festivals established in 1996 Music of Cincinnati Festivals in Cincinnati