Office of Mayor Thaddeus Kirkland                                             

 

Date: Wednesday, June 27, 2018                                                                      

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE                                                                                  

 

contact: Aigner Cleveland

Press Secretary

acleveland@chestercity.com

 

                                                                                                                                             

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City of Chester to Present Nationally Recognized Music Producer Jahlil Beats with Key to City, Declare June 30th ‘Jahlil Beats Day’

 

 

(CHESTER, PA) – Mayor Thaddeus Kirkland and Chester City Councilmembers will present Chester native and nationally recognized music producer Orlando “Jahlil Beats” Tucker, with a “Key to the City” on Saturday, June 30, 2018 at 2:30pm.

 

The small ceremony honoring the music producer will take place during Tandem’s Block Party/Concert event that day. Tandem is a Philadelphia-based recording label and real estate enterprise company founded by Jahlil Beats and David Elliott. 

 

City officials will also officially declare June 30th as ‘Jahlil Beats Day’ in the City of Chester.

        

Beats, 30, who is best known for producing Philly rapper Meek Mill’s "Ima Boss" and "Burn" songs, started investing in real estate along Avenue of the States in the City of Chester’s Central Business District in 2016. Thanks to those investments, a new nationally recognized retail store will be opening its doors in the city. 

 

On June 30 at 9:30am, Tandem will host an official Grand Opening Ceremony for a ‘Jahlil Beats’ signature store powered by DTLR (Downtown Locker Room)/Villa.  The retail store is one of several projects Beats’ Tandem company has been working on in the City of Chester. 

 

WHO: Mayor Thaddeus Kirkland and Chester City Council Members

 

WHAT:  Will present Jahlil Beats with a Key to the City of Chester

 

WHERE:  Chester City Hall

                   1 E. Fourth Street 

                   Chester, PA 19013

 

 

WHEN: Saturday, June 30, 2018 at 2:30pm

 

 

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION:

Tandem is Philadelphia-based recording label and real estate enterprise founded by Jahlil Beats and David Elliott.