Frank Taylor and Tay’lord Entertainment will host The Show Down, a celebration of the future of hip hop and R&B, on Thursday, March 22 at Sugarhill in Underground Atlanta from 9:00pm-until.

Featured performers include: David Tolliver (Men At Large), Hoodlum, along with various rated next hip hop and R&B acts. R&B songbird Asia, ATL/NY-personality Fort Knox, and hip hop rapper/teen heartthrob Tango Redd (Wobble & Shake, Let’s Cheat) will host the musical celebration. Besides performing and serving as host for the event, Tango Redd is inviting guests to celebrate his 21st birthday with him immediately following the show.

The Show Down will feature talented hip-hop and R&B artists from across the country with talent hailing from Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Michigan, The Carolinas, Tennessee, and Texas. Currently the RSVP list includes A&R’s and executives from numerous record labels including; Shalik Berry (A&R DefJam/NY), Gutta (A&R, Atlantic/NY), Ian Burke (A&R Purple Ribbon/ATL), London McGrew (Purple Ribbon/ATL), Rip Andrews (Purple Ribbon/ATL), X (Rowdy Records/ATL), Derrick (A&R Collipark Music/ATL). Other RSVP’s include reps from ShoNuff, and J Records. Other invited labels include Aftermath, Interscope, Russell Simmons Music Group and Nterface.

R&B acts will lead the evening’s festivities, taking the stage from 9:00p.m.-11:00p.m. Hip-hop acts will finish the night off performing from 11:00pm.-until.

Tay’lord Entertainment is known throughout the southeast for presenting some of the most progressive musical talent in the US; including pop, rock, hip-hop, gospel, spoken word, and classical. “We have done showcases for over thirteen years,” says Frank Taylor, “but we’ve never done one quite like this. This is going to be a great event for the artists involved and also the vast Atlanta music community.”

Tay''lord Entertainment’s Showcase of the South has had the privilege of collaborating with A-list talent such as: Damian Dayne, Duo (Laface Records), Speech (Arrested Development) and staff from BMG Records. Besides exposing such artists as B5, Latocha Scott (Xscape) and India, Tay’lord Entertainment’s showcases have received proclamations from the Honorable Bill Campbell, former Mayor of Atlanta, and the Honorable Mayor Shirley Franklin and most recently from the Atlanta city council. Showcase of South has been nominated for four consecutive amateur Grammy’s.

The Showdown looks to welcome a host of celebrity judges and VIP guests with a black carpet gala beginning at 7:30 and the show beginning promptly at 9PM.

Visit Tay''lord Entertainment at http://www.taylordentertainment.com

SESAC-Atlanta is the official sponsor for the Showdown.