- 2009 HUMA’s Winner (Hawaii Underground Music Awards) - Best Hip-Hop/R&B Category-2008 Honolulu Weekly’s “Best up and coming local group”-Opened for Mos Def, Blue Scholars, Eric Hutchinson and the Elevaters “The Deadbeats have something interesting to say and an interesting way of saying it…The Deadbeats’ album positions them as potential winners in at least two categories at the 2010 Hoku Awards. They should hit it commercially well before that” -Excerpts from Honolulu Star-Bulletin album review (July 10, 2009) www.myspace.com/thenewdeadbeatswww.youtube.com/thedeadbeatstvwww.twitter.com/thedeadbeats