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Thursday - May 4, 2006
Marc Ecko, founder of Ecko Unltd (which dons a rhino logo), has announced the line-up of his Marc Ecko's Save the Rhinos 2nd Annual Benefit Concert, which will include Common, Rakim, Lupe Fiasco, DJ Z-Trip, Rhymefest, DJ Kid Capri and other surprise guests.
The show follows up last summer's sold out event, which featured The Roots, De La Soul, and MF Doom and raised $150,000.
"Last year, we welcomed an extraordinary crowd to our first annual Save the Rhinos benefit concert, raising much needed awareness of the plight facing these majestic animals," said Ecko. "Building on the success of that event, I am delighted to bring another great line-up to Central Park this June."
The 2nd annual concert will be held rain or shine in Central Park's Rumsey Playfield on June 8th with the first performance beginning at 6:00 p.m.
Proceeds from the event will go directly to the International Rhino Foundation as part of Marc Ecko and Ecko Unltd's multi-year financial commitment and overall partnership effort to double the populations of the Indian, Black, and Sumatran rhinos -- three of the planet's most endangered species. As a symbol of this program, a baby Indian rhino born at the San Diego Zoo's Wild Animal Park in January 2005 was named "Ecko" after the well-known designer.
Tickets for the June event will be available through www.ticketmaster.com.
— Miles Bennett
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