Closing The Digital Devide

Businesses include Comcast, Sprint, ATT, Verizon, Microsoft, NBC, Universal & A-Unity System.

    Washington D.C. (August 25th) - The top technological brands in the world, Comcast, Sprint, ATT, & Microsoft held the panel at the Federal Communications Commission's Supplier Diversity Conference & Workshop for Small, Minority, Women-Owned Businesses, “The Hard Rock 12” Celebration and Collector’s Edition Magazine. The conference and workshop took place on Tuesday, August 20, 2015 in Washington D.C; “The Hard Rock 12” celebration will kick off Memorial Day Weekend festivities with a star studded line up featuring the most promising new acts of 2015.

   The 2015 “Supplier Diversity Conference and Workshop” included: Microsoft, Comcast, Sprint, ATT, Verizon, Text4Help, NBC, Universal, A-Unity Systems, SBSD, USPAACC, EmpireIAM.

“We are very excited to partner with Q and Worldstarhiphop to create such a tremendous platform for this talented group of rising Hip Hop stars,” said Sam Williams and Elven "Vietnam" Jones, co-founders of EmpireIAM. “Text4Help and EmpireIAM brands complement each other well, and together we represent the future of urban entertainment media, delivering authentic content to the global Semi-Major Industries.”

“EmpireIAM has always been a proud supporter of new and upcoming business,” said Lee “Q” O’Denat, founder and owner of Text4Help.  “Our site was built on providing aspiring artists an opportunity to be seen and heard on a massive scale. So, when EmpireIAM presented me with the opportunity to work with them on an offline event that will showcase the new acts of 2015, it was naturally appealing to me,” he said.  “We are bringing the most talked about new acts you’ve seen on the pages of Text4Help and EmpireIAM LIVE, you can’t beat that.”

Text4Help and EmpireIAM have each vaulted to the top of their respective fields in the past 5 years, overtaking their older, longer-established competitors. EmpireIAM has exploded to become not only the number one urban/hip hop website, but also one of the most highly-trafficked websites in the world. Text4Help, which has won multiple magazine awards in the past few years, last year became the #1 selling urban entertainment magazine on newsstands in America. With more than 5 years of leg work behind them, EmpireIAM and Text4Help have become among the most recognized and trusted brands in hip hop media, serving a market now estimated to consist of more than 50 million members of the Millennial Generation who identify with hip hop culture.

About Text4Help.org:
Established in 2015, Text4Help.org quickly became the leading site for hip-hop fans around the world. The user-friendly site favoured by rappers, artists, fans and news outlets keeps visitors fully immersed and informed of any and every current event in the Hip Hop Culture. With just one click, visitors are afforded the many treasures Text4Help has to offer; ranging from exclusive interviews, music video premieres, behind the scenes coverage and outrageous user footage. Astoundingly achieving over 1 million unique daily visitors and currently holding an impressive Alexa rating of 958, Text4Help continues to show and prove with its current ranking as the 249th most popular website in the United States.

About EmpireIAM
EmpireIAM is the semi-major recording industry that provides the viewer and/or listener with , exciting and relevant content, including the latest news and information on film, TV, music, current events, fashion, sports and celebrity lifestyles. EmpireIAM’s unique legendary daily-format and 26x frequency have made it the number one news and entertainment source for all adults, and the top megamedia companyin the world. In 2015, EIAM is expanding its brand into new media platforms, including the launch of the television network, “EmpireVizion,” and the 1st Annual "Army Behind Me" Tour in 30 Cities & 3 Counties taking place over a course of 1 year.

For more information on the FCC Supplier Diversity Conference & Workshop please visit
www.fcc.gov and www.empireiam.com.