NEW YORK, May 13 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- H3 Enterprises, Inc.'s (Pink Sheets: HTRE) President and CEO, Dr. Benjamin Chavis, announced today that Xbox 360(R) video game and entertainment system from Microsoft (Nasdaq: MSFT) has become an Official Sponsor of H3 Enterprises' HipHopSodaShop. In this multiyear agreement, Microsoft will partner with the HipHopSodaShop to enrich the experience at every HipHopSodaShop. Dr. Chavis emphasized, "We are proud to have Microsoft as an Official Sponsor and their leadership with Xbox 360 will better enable HipHopSodaShop to provide the best Restaurant Video Game experience in the country." As the first publicly traded hip-hop company, H3 Inc. is pleased that Microsoft has made this investment into the hip-hop community. H3 Inc. looks forward to expanding this partnership as HipHopSodaShop grows into new regions in the U.S. throughout the year.

According to Mike Fischer, General Manager of Microsoft's Xbox Marketing, "HipHopSodaShop is a great example of bringing video gaming into a social environment to create a unique entertainment experience that people of all ages will enjoy. We are really excited to bring the Xbox experience to all of the people who go to HipHopSodaShop around the country."

About H3 Enterprises, Inc. and the HipHopSodaShop

H3 Enterprises, Inc. is the parent company of the HipHopSodaShop, with its corporate headquarters located at 116 John Street, New York, NY 10038. As the first publicly traded Hip-Hop company, H3 Enterprises, Inc. is dedicated to the mission of empowering young people through investment, education and economic development.

The HipHopSodaShops are a franchise restaurant operation that brings hip-hop music, sports and community involvement to every city where they open. The HipHopSodaShop comes complete with a healthy quick-service menu, merchandising, a state of the art recording studio, 30 giant LCD screens, the latest Xbox 360 live video games, and a large area dedicated to competitive on-line video gaming. The HipHopSodaShop in Tampa is over 11,000 sq ft and is a modern day cultural arts center where many forms of Hip-Hop can be expressed by patrons and embraced by the community. The HipHopSodaShops carry a message of giving back to the community in the forms of empowerment, investment, employment and the arts.

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SOURCE H3 Enterprises, Inc.