Author: Nanci O Is Hip Hop

Starting this weekend, Fat Beats will be holding a monthly “pop-up shop” in it’s Brooklyn Warehouse from Noon to 8pm. Also be on the lookout for Kooley High’s Fat Beats re-release and global distribution of their album Eastern Standard Time. If you’re going to be in Brooklyn on March 11, you should stop through Kooley’s…

K. Dot is going to let you into the world of a kid from Compton, California who just wants to be heard. This is just the trailer from his upcoming documentary The Kendrick Lamar Experience. There’s cameos from his fellow Top Dawg Entertainment family including School Boy Q and Ab-Soul as well as NC’s J.…

This is a never released track produced by Bonnie Mayfield from Chapel Hill’s SkyBlew, it was supposed to be on his last album Earth Is Just My Airport but didn’t make the final cut. Be on the look out for SkyBlew’s Clouds Are My Everlasting EP dropping soon, co-presented by www.nancioradioshow.com. “Take You On My…

Here’s video footage from Eternia’s first headlining show of 2011, which took place last Friday 2/25 in NYC during the “Ladies First” concert. In this set she performs with a full band and then joins Rah Digga on stage for their first live performance on American soil of “The BBQ”. See Lil Kim, Rah Digga…

My Million Dollar Dreamz fam put me up on The Mad Violinist about a year ago. The Prynce of G.O.O.D. Music headlined FADER Magazine and Vitamin Water’s “Uncapped Live” in Atlanta earlier this week. On this version of “Sideways” Ashanti “The Mad Violinist” Floyd joined CyHi on stage for a remix. The Mad Violinist was…

Man people really need to wake up to K. Hill. He drops off this heater from his upcoming Motivational Speakers project, dropping later this month. “The Declaration Of An Independent”– Download. Run That Back:“Millions” (Video)–K. Hill.

On the most recent episode of Where Is Hip Hop?, Randy and I discuss the Queen Bee dropping her Black Friday mixtape, in an attempt to keep the Nicki Minaj beef going. Meanwhile back at the ranch, Nicki Minaj is continuing to cement her legacy as one of the top selling female rappers of all…

After several leaks and a couple of videos NYC native, current NC resident and UNC-Chapel Hill student J. Swiss drops his latest project Out Of State Intuition, co-presented by www.nancioradioshow.com. J. Swiss is proud of this new project and handled production on a few of the tracks as well. The full mixtape track listing is…

(L-R) Asa Fleming, King Mez, Dr. Derek Greenfield, yours truly This past weekend I had the honor of being invited to sit on a panel during Movement Of Youth’s 5th Annual Hip Hop Symposium. Movement Of Youth is a Durham, NC based mentoring program for youth in RDU. They do alot of great work in…