Popular New Jersey rapper Joe Budden has been a very busy man the last few years. He formed the Hip-Hop super group Slaughterhouse with fellow MC’s Royce Da 5’9″, Crooked I and Joell Ortiz and released a group album, went on a national tour with independent heavyweight Tech N9ne, published a lyric book and also put out three solo projects (Halfway House, Padded Room and Escape Route).

All that helped grow his already established fan base, which includes a die-hard Internet following. He’s rumored to be signing to Eminem’s Shady Records soon with Slaughterhouse and is also about to release the fourth installment of his critically-acclaimed “Mood Muzik” series on the 24th of October. (Order it here)

If you think he’s be too busy to dedicate time to his fans though, you’d be wrong. He organized a series of summer kickball games that were open to anyone (that lives on the East Coast) and he’d publicize the location and time via his @JoeBudden Twitter page.

If you couldn’t make it, don’t trip. You can get it on the fun thanks to this video and photo recap from DaFamInk.com

It looks like fun and the all-access pass given to his fans by Budden is definitely a step closer than a lot of other rappers allow. It was the last game of this summer, but according to his Tweets, he expects to do it all again next year.

- Will.

Will R. is a journalist/writer who covers sports, news and music for several websites. His music work can be found on www.WestCoastRydaz.com

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