Paid Dues

Paid Dues was an annual hip hop festival that took place in California, until the summer of 2006, when it was announced that the festival would travel to multiple locations. The last festival took place in 2013.

Paid Dues Independent Hip Hop Festival
Genre	Hip Hop music
Dates	March, Summer
Location(s)	United States
Years active	2006 - 2013
Founders	Guerilla Union, Murs
Website	Official website

Paid Dues was an event presented by Murs 3:16 in association with Guerilla Union.

On March 11, 2006, the first Paid Dues festival sold out, with over 5,000 concert goers packing the Shrine Expo Center in Los Angeles. The line-up for the Paid Dues 2006 Festival included the debut live performance from Felt (Murs of Living Legends and Slug and Ant of Atmosphere).

Paid Dues Festival 2006

Date	City												Venue												Lineup
March 11	Los Angeles, California												Shrine Expo Center												Felt, Aesop Rock, Living Legends, El-P, Brother Ali, Cage, The Grouch, Blueprint, 3 Melancholy Gypsys, 2Mex, Chingo Bling, DJ Rhettmatic, Mr. Dibbs.

Paid Dues Festival 2007

Date	City												Venue												Lineup
March 24	San Bernardino, California												National Orange Show												Felt, Sage Francis, Blackalicious, Brother Ali, Jean Grae, Visionaries, Cage, Mr. Lif, Zion I & The Grouch, Devin the Dude, Evidence of Dilated Peoples w/ The Alchemist, Pigeon John, Los Nativos, Hangar 18.

Paid Dues Tour 2007

Following the success of the second annual PAID DUES festival in Southern California promoters MURS 3:16 in association with Guerilla Union (Rock The Bells, Cypress Hill's Smokeout) have announced they will tour.

"The national touring of PAID DUES is a dream come true. It’s what I had in mind when I first brought the idea to Guerilla Union--something like a Warped tour for underground hip-hop, where my friends and I could be outside in the daylight enjoying summer with our fans instead of cramped up in some dark smelly nightclub worried about staying up too late and being too tired for work the next morning,” states MURS. “It also provides a safe and comfortable environment in which the younger fans can be introduced to a proper live hip-hop show."

PAID DUES hit over 10 major markets across the country. It will pass through various sized venues ranging from 1,000 to 40,000 capacities. In New York City (July 28 and 29) and Los Angeles (August 11), PAID DUES will merge with the Rock The Bells festivals featuring headliners Rage Against the Machine and the Wu-Tang Clan.

Date	City												Venue
July 25	Chicago, IL												Congress Theater
July 27	Baltimore, MD												Pier Six Concert Pavilion
July 28	New York, NY												Randall's Island with Rock The Bells
July 29	New York, NY												Randall's Island with Rock The Bells
August 1	Minneapolis, MN												First Ave
August 4	Eugene, OR												Secret House Vineyard
August 5	San Francisco, CA												Bill Graham Civic Auditorium
August 7	Morrison, CO												Red Rocks Amphitheatre
August 9	Santa Fe, NM												Paolo Soleri Amphitheater
August 10	Mesa, AZ												Mesa Amphitheatre
August 11	San Bernardino, CA												Glen Helen Pavilion with Rock The Bells
August 12	San Diego, CA												Chula Vista Amphitheater parking lot with Rock the Bells
August 18	San Francisco, CA												McCovey Cove parking Lot with Rock The Bells
August 10	Mesa, AZ												Mesa Amphitheatre

Lineup
Felt, Living Legends, Sage Francis, Brother Ali, Cage, Mr. Lif, The Grouch & Eligh, Blueprint, Hangar 18.

Paid Dues Festival 2008

Date	City												Venue												Lineup
March 22	San Bernardino, California												National Orange Show												Sage Francis, Little Brother, Dilated Peoples, Jedi Mind Tricks, Living Legends, Hieroglyphics, Visionaries, Boot Camp Clik, Kool Keith, Busdriver, P.O.S, Mac Lethal, Fatlip & Omnil, Yak Ballz, B. Dolan, Isaiah.

Paid Dues Tour 2008

Date	City												Venue												Lineup
June 4	New York, NY												Nokia Theatre Times Square												Rakim, GZA, Blackalicious, Murs & 9th Wonder, Buckshot (Boot Camp Clik), Supernatural and Scratch, Kidz in the Hall, Yak Ballz.
June 7	Ft. Lauderdale, FL												Club Cinema												Rakim, Little Brother, Blackalicious, Buckshot (Boot Camp Clik), Supernatural and Scratch, Kidz in the Hall, Solillaquists of Sound.
June 13	Denver, CO												Fillmore Auditorium												De La Soul, Blackalicious, Sage Francis, Murs & 9th Wonder, Supernatural and Scratch, Kidz in the Hall, Yak Ballz, Braille, B. Dolan.
June 14	Berkeley, CA												Berkeley Community Theatre												**EVENT WAS CANCELED** Mos Def, De La Soul, Blackalicious, Little Brother, Sage Francis, Hieroglyphics, Supernatural and Scratch, Kidz in the Hall, Braille, B. Dolan.

Paid Dues Festival 2009

Date	City												Venue												Lineup
March 28	San Bernardino, California												National Orange Show												Atmosphere, Tech N9ne, Living Legends, Slaughterhouse (Joe Budden, Royce da 5'9", Joell Ortiz & Crooked I), Brother Ali, B-Real, The Grouch & Eligh, Cage, Eyedea & Abilities, Blu & Exile, LMNO, The Bayliens, VerBS. Hosted by 2Mex

Paid Dues Festival 2010

Date	City												Venue												Lineup
April 3	San Bernardino, California												NOS Events Center												Ice Cube, Freestyle Fellowship, Murs & 9th Wonder, Tech N9ne, Raekwon, Tha Dogg Pound, Jay Electronica, Dilated Peoples, Psycho Realm, Necro, People Under The Stairs, Del tha Funky Homosapien, Freeway, Jake One, Random Axe, R.A. the Rugged Man, Strong Arm Steady, Shape Shifters, Curren$y, Doomtree, Mac Lethal, Potluck, Redrapper, Afro Classics, Dom Kennedy, Hopie Spitshard, DJ Rowdy A, MC Prototype. Hosted by Angela Yee & DJ Wonder, DJ Val the Vandle & Dumbfoundead and The LA Leakers

Paid Dues Festival 2011

Saturday April 2 at NOS Events Center[1]
Paid Dues Stage	Dues Paid Stage	GrindTime Now Stage
Black Star Immortal Technique Bun B Sage Francis Asher Roth & Nottz are Rawth Heavy Metal Kings P.O.S Dead Prez Krizz Kaliko Binary Star Tabi Bonney Eternia Sab the Artist aka Musab Hosted by Hollywood Holt and Million $ Mano	E-40 MURS Andre Nickatina Nipsey Hussle Lil B the Based God The Shock G Trio Eligh Mistah FAB The Visionaries Black Hippy Dom Kennedy U-n-i King Fantastic Skeme Casey Veggies Droop-E Noa James Hosted by Sunspot Jonz and the Marksmen, DJ Mark Luv and DJ Nu-Mark	Slaughterhouse DJ Muggs vs. Sick Jacken, Bambu & Planet Asia DJ Exile vs. Blu & Fashawn Grieves w/ Budo Opio Chino XL Invincible Machina Muerte Intuition Dee-1 Blame One GrindTime Now All Stars Johnny Storm vs. Dizaster Real Deal vs. Dirtbag Dan DJ Freshh

Paid Dues Festival 2012

On the afternoon of December 13, 2011, Murs once again hosted a live chat session on uStream to announce the headliners for the next edition of the Paid Dues Festival: Wu-Tang Clan and Odd Future topped the bill, with more acts announced leading up to the festival. It continued the annual tradition by once again taking place at the NOS Events Center in San Bernardino, CA.^[2]

Saturday April 7 at NOS Events Center
Paid Dues Festival 2012
Wu-Tang Clan Odd Future Mac Miller Living Legends Dipset Three 6 Mafia Kendrick Lamar Brother Ali DJ Quik Psycho Realm Dilated Peoples People Under The Stairs Hieroglyphics Boot Camp Clik Lecrae Cunninlynguists Alchemist & Oh No are Gangrene Macklemore & Ryan Lewis LA Symphony Crooked I Mac Lethal RA the Rugged Man Ras Kass Ab-Soul Self Scientific Overdoz Swim Team Surf Club K-Flay Rah Digga Los Rakas Psalm One Oldominion Trek Life Tayf 3rd Tiron & Ayomari Moe Green Alexander Spit Rapsody Curtiss King Reverie Kosha Dillz Curtiss King Moe Green Hosted by Hollywood Holt x DJ Bizzy x Noa James X DJ Mark Luv x 2Mex x Madd Illz x DJ Foundation

• Grind Time Battles
• Dirtbag Dan v. Isaac
• Jonny Storm v. Real Talk

Paid Dues Festival 2013

Saturday March 30 at NOS Events Center[3]
Paid Dues 2013
Black Hippy Macklemore & Ryan Lewis Tech N9ne Immortal Technique Trinidad James Talib Kweli Hopsin Juicy J Nipsey Hussle Scarface Dom Kennedy Mobb Deep De La Soul Murs & Fashawn Freddie Gibbs & Madlib Grouch & Eligh Souls of Mischief Vinnie Paz and Ill Bill are Heavy Metal Kings Joey Badass Killer Mike WC Suga Free Swollen Members Problem & Badlucc Smoke DZA Jean Grae Grieves Binary Star Grouch & Eligh Skeme The Internet Ugly Duckling Styles of Beyond Chevy Woods Elzhi Vince Staples Prof Berner & Equipto Speak Flatbush Zombies Sunspot Jonz & Boac Terrace Martin MED Ellay Khule Stevie Crooks Dirtbag Dan First Dirt Hosted by Holywood Holt Black Cloud Music Tayf 3rd & 2Mex DJ Mark Luv Monalisa Jansport J DJ R-Tistic

See also

• List of hip hop music festivals
• Hip hop culture