A sold out Gibson Amphitheater played host to the hottest end-of-year hip hop concerts in the country last Friday. Headliners Clyde Carson, Cash Out, The Weeknd, Rick Ross, Meek Mill, Big Sean, 2 Chainz, and Kendric Lamar graced the stage alongside special guests like E-40, Too Short and Lil Wayne (to name a few).
With the earlier tragedies of the day, both Cash Out and Big Sean took a moment to reflect and ask for a moment of silence for the families and lives lost at Sandy Hook Elementary in Newton, Connecticut.
"We send our kids to school everyday," Cash Out lamented as he and audience members raised their cell phones in the air, "you never think something like that would happen."
Local hero,"Yes, I'm from Compton," Kendric Lamar closed the show to a thunderous crowd amped up on the potential of the 25-year-old's West Coast revival whose sophomore album, "good kid, M.A.A.D City" racked up 242,000 sales it's first week out in October and entered at Billboards album chart at No. 2.
Miss the show? Watch the recap HERE.
Power 106's Cali Christmas 2012
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Open Image ModalCash Out at Power 106's Cali Christmas. Photo by Joel Marasigan, Flashpoint Graphics.
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Open Image ModalThe Weeknd serenades a crowd at Power 106's Cali Christmas. Photo by Joel Marasigan, Flashpoint Graphics.
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Open Image ModalFans enjoy Power 106's Cali Christmas. Photo by Joel Marasigan, Flashpoint Graphics.
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Open Image ModalRick Ross and Meek Mill at Power 106's Cali Christmas. Photo by Joel Marasigan, Flashpoint Graphics.
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Open Image ModalTrinidad James at Power 106's Cali Christmas. Photo by Joel Marasigan, Flashpoint Graphics.
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Open Image ModalMeek Mill at Power 106's Cali Christmas. Photo by Joel Marasigan, Flashpoint Graphics.
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Open Image ModalBig Boy and Big Boy's Neighborhood at Power 106's Cali Christmas. Photo by Joel Marasigan, Flashpoint Graphics.
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Open Image ModalBig Sean at Power 106's Cali Christmas. Photo by Joel Marasigan, Flashpoint Graphics.
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Open Image ModalBig Sean and Meek Mill at Power 106's Cali Christmas. Photo by Joel Marasigan, Flashpoint Graphics.
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Open Image ModalMeek Mill at Power 106's Cali Christmas. Photo by Joel Marasigan, Flashpoint Graphics.
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Open Image ModalBig Sean at Power 106's Cali Christmas. Photo by Joel Marasigan, Flashpoint Graphics.
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Open Image ModalCell phones raised in honor of families at Sandy Hook Elementary at Power 106's Cali Christmas. Photo by Joel Marasigan, Flashpoint Graphics.
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Open Image ModalFans enjoying Power 106's Cali Christmas. Photo by Joel Marasigan, Flashpoint Graphics.
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Open Image Modal2 Chains at Power 106's Cali Christmas. Photo by Joel Marasigan, Flashpoint Graphics
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Open Image Modal2 Chains at Power 106's Cali Christmas. Photo by Joel Marasigan, Flashpoint Graphics
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Open Image ModalCompton's own Kendric Lamar at Power 106's Cali Christmas. Photo by Joel Marasigan, Flashpoint Graphics.
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Open Image ModalE-40 at Power 106's Cali Christmas. Photo by Joel Marasigan, Flashpoint Graphics.
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Open Image ModalToo Short at Power 106's Cali Christmas. Photo by Joel Marasigan, Flashpoint Graphics.
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Open Image ModalKendric Lamar at Power 106's Cali Christmas. Photo by Joel Marasigan, Flashpoint Graphics.
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Open Image ModalJ Cole Power 106's Cali Christmas. Photo by Joel Marasigan, Flashpoint Graphics.
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Open Image ModalProblem at Power 106's Cali Christmas. Photo by Joel Marasigan, Flashpoint Graphics.
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Open Image ModalLil Wayne at Power 106's Cali Christmas. Photo by Joel Marasigan, Flashpoint Graphics.