Drew Mason has been booked to perform at two high profile San Francisco Bay Area HIV/AIDS fundraiser benefits for the Elizabeth Taylor HIV/AIDS Foundation (ETHAF). The benefits will be in the form of two concerts that will take place April 23^rd and 24th at The Oakland Opera House’s brand new Club X in Oakland.

The show will also feature Salvimex, Tori Fixx, dance music artist Xavier Toscano and comedian Xebic.

The artists were selected by the event’s promoter, BYE Entertainment Foundtation. BYE Entertainment Foundation is a 501(c)(3) non-profit which will produce Benefit Concerts, Benefit Festivals, and other special events to bring awareness and raise funds for important causes. For more information on BYEE and to purchase tickets to this fundraiser, please go to their website, http://www.byeentertainment.org/

The Click List: Top 10 Videos is an hour length music video show that airs on the television channel Logo. Viewers vote for their top ten favorite videos at LOGOonline.com and each week the winners are counted down in a new episode. The episodes are usually comprised of Indie and big label LGBT artists alike.

The video for “This Music’s In My Soul” debuted on Logo’s New Now Next Show on November 15^th and was re-broadcast on their year end show on December 22, 2009. The Click List rotation marks the fourth month in a row that Drew Mason’s video has had exposure on this network.

Logo is an American digital cable television channel owned by Viacom's MTV Networks division. Launched in June 2005, the channel's programs are geared towards the gay, lesbian, bisexual, and transgender (GLBT) community. Logo was available in an estimated 35 million homes as of February 2009 and is in the 25 largest media markets in the United States.

Drew Mason was interviewed on Tim Corrimal's definitive gay music podcast, GoRainbowRadio.com. His interview was posted on Sunday, February 21 and featured three tracks from his CD, “The Paradigm Shift”.  You can listen to it here.

In addition, NYC dance music/vocalist Farrad ranted and raved about Drew after seeing his video on Logo. He said: “…on comes this fly ass beat taking me back to the days of REAL Hip-Hop. And suddenly the MC’s flow is as potent as any I’d admired during the days of Native Tongues. But the video is this fantastic animation, and the lead is an out, white, gay male… serving shit up with more realness than a number of my brothers currently on the scene only serving up baffoonery. Ladies and Gentleman, I give you Drew Mason…”.

Read the full post here: http://farrad.com/?p=210

"This Music's In My Soul", from the Big Milo Records release "The Paradigm Shift" debuted on MTV's LOGO network's Top 10 countdown, The Click List at Number 5! Thanks for all your support!

Please keep voting for Drew on The Click List by going here. Click the link and scroll down to just below Billy Dortch and to the right of Gregory Douglass and vote for "This Music's In My Soul" by clicking Submit (at bottom of page) after selecting the radio button for it. Thanks!

Drew Mason was the special guest on Friday January 15th's episode of Random Talk Radio. To listen to the broadcast on demand, go here.

Rex Stone, a Houston based journalist and hip hop critic for OutHipHop.com named Drew Mason's "The Paradigm Shift" the best CD of 2009, stating "so far this rookie has made an impact on the game that has not been challenged." He also named Drew Mason Best New Artist, stating " this Houston native very well could become the face of Homo-Hop! With his energetic rhyme flow and lyrical ability, Drew is a force in the homo-hop game!"

The queer community of Drew Mason's home state of Texas continue to show him love. The Dallas Voice named Drew Mason's "The Paradigm Shift" one of the Top queer CD releases of 2009. You can read what they say on their site here.



Drew Mason was one of the 2 Texas born out hip hop artists featured in a recent Dallas Voice article called "Hip Hop Homos". The Dallas Voice is the number one Texas LGBT media source. Check out the article here.

The music video for "This Music's In My Soul" premiered on LOGO's New Now Next music show Sunday, November 15, 2009. It follows being mentioned in the AfterElton blog here and also being up on both the VH1.com website (above) and also on Spike's website here.

Drew Mason's "The Paradigm Shift" was called a "very strong contender for finest rap album of the year" by blogger and music afficiando Jim Allio. Allio made the statement in his blog called "On A Day Like Today", and his full commentary on Drew's CD and music video can be found on his site here.