‘Cease Fire!’: Plies among performers at The People Matter Fest in Miami-Dade

MIAMI-DADE COUNTY, Fla. – This 12 months’s 24-Hour Stop Fireplace marketing campaign is on.

A group pageant with a concentrate on stopping gun violence kicked off on Friday afternoon with an inventory of occasions in northwestern Miami-Dade’s Gladeview and Westview neighborhoods.

Plies, Mellow Rackz, Ice Billion Berg, and Mike Smiff are among the many performers of the free hip-hop music pageant from 12 p.m. to 7 p.m., at Miami-Dade School’s Nathaniel Traz Powell Stadium, at 11380 NW 27 Ave., within the Westview neighborhood.

“We would like all of our residents and guests to really feel secure and luxuriate in a beautiful day of music and enjoyable with out worry,” Miami-Dade County Mayor Daniella Levine Cava stated in an announcement.

Levine Cava and Papa Keith, of 103.5 The Beat and Papa Keith 4 Individuals Matter Basis, are co-hosting the occasions to mark a ceasefire from 7 p.m., Friday to 7 p.m., Saturday.

“Hip hop can be utilized to do good in our group,” Keith stated.

The soccer match began at 3 p.m., and the basketball match begins at 7 p.m., on Friday, on the Gwen Cherry Park’s soccer and basketball fields, at 7090 NW 22 Ave., within the Gladeview neighborhood, south of West Little River, and north of Brownsville.

“The ceasefire is our largest success story,” Keith stated in an announcement. “We go immediately into the communities with gun violence points and ask them to respect the ceasefire to make sure a peaceable pageant.”

Keith’s nonprofit basis additionally counts on sponsorships from the United Lecturers of Dade, The Kids’s Belief, and Dunkin for the occasion that he promotes below The Individuals Matter Fest.

“I’m uninterested in seeing petty beefs being solved within the streets with firearms; I’m uninterested in my officers being shot at,” Miami-Dade Police Division Director Alfredo “Freddy” Ramirez III stated about his assist of the occasions.

The pageant organizers prohibit glass bottles or containers, meals, drinks, coolers, plastic luggage, blankets, laser pointers, glow sticks, musical devices, fireworks, umbrellas, tents, Sharpies, spraypaint, water weapons, bicycles, skateboards, iPads, tablets, and recording units reminiscent of zoom lens cameras, selfie sticks, Go-pros, and drones.

Clear small totes, clear fanny packs, small hydration packs with out pockets, clutch purses, small wallets, and seaside towels are allowed.

Watch the three:30 p.m. report