If you go
› What: Levitt Amp Grant Awards concert series featuring Kool Moe Dee› Where: Bessie Smith Cultural Center, 200 E. M.L. King Blvd.› When: 5:30 p.m. today, Aug. 24› Admission: Free› For more information: 423-402-0452› Online: levittamp.org
Kool Moe DeeKool Moe Dee, known for such hip-hop hits as “Wild Wild West,” “How Ya Like Me Now” and “I Go to Work,” is the headlining act for the inaugural Levitt Amp Chattanooga Music Series at the Bessie Smith Cultural Center.
The 10-week series is presented through a partnership with Jazzanooga, Urban League of Greater Chattanooga, Bessie Smith Cultural Center, Chattanooga Convention and Visitor’s Bureau and the city’s Office of Multicultural Affairs.
It is funded by Benwood and Lyndhurst foundations and a matching Levitt Amp grant, which is made possible by the Mortimer and Mimi Levitt Foundation, a national organization whose mission is to bring communities together through music. Chattanooga was one of 15 cities across the country to receive the grant.
Kool Moe Dee began his career in the early ’70s as part of the Treacherous Three with DJ Easy Lee, Special K and L.A. Sunshine.