Author: Nanci O Is Hip Hop
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Local Durham, NC Student Needs Help To Travel To China #GetNoah2China
David Noah Thompson, IV is a student at Hillside New Tech in Durham, NC and is hoping to travel to China this year. He’s now in his third year as a member of the Hillside High School Drama Department. He has been in several productions including “Dreamgirls”, “In the Heights” and “A Raisin in the…
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Today In Carolina Hip Hop History: February 8, 2005 Rapper Big Pooh (@RapperBigPooh) Releases ‘Sleepers’
Today In Carolina Hip Hop History, Rapper Big Pooh released Sleepers on February 8, 2005. In February 2005, Rapper Big Pooh was still part of the trio Little Brother, which included Phonte and producer 9th Wonder. Sleepers was Rapper Big Pooh’s debut solo album. It was released on 6 Hole Records. Rapper Big Pooh’s Sleepers…
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Today In Carolina Hip Hop History: January 13, 2009 Rebellious (@RebelliousMindz) Release ‘Rise To The Occasion’
Today in Carolina Hip Hop History, Rebellious released Rise To The Occasion on January 13, 2009. Rise To The Occasion was Rebellious’ debut album, which came out on their label Southern Groove Entertainment. The group is comprised of two members, Shawt & G. The duo hails from Edgefield, South Carolina. The majority of the…
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#TBT Carolina Hip Hop Archives: 2010 Boss G (@BossG2516) Interview, Business Relationships, Beef With Lil Ru + More
Columbia, SC’s Boss G, his music, history of beef with Def Jam’s Lil Ru and more is the focus of this edition of the Carolina Hip Hop Archives. At one point, Boss G was the hottest rapper with the biggest buzz coming out of South Carolina, secondary only to Lil Ru. In 2009, what…
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Matt Monday (@_MondayMusic) — “Get It Wrong” (Video)
“Get It Wrong” is produced by Larry Ford Jr. and appears on Matt Monday’s Before The Filth mixtape. Before The Filth dropped right near the end of 2014, as a precursor to the Charleston emcee’s upcoming album, Filthy. Mind y’all, we were looking for Filthy to have a release date by now. Let’s just…
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JSWISS (@JSwissHere) & J57 (@J57) — “Déjà Vu”
“Deja Vu” will appear on JSWISS’s new EP ALLCAPSNOSPACES, which will be released on January 13. The UNC-Chapel Hill graduate’s EP is coming out on Soulspazm records and is available for pre-order on iTunes now. “Deja Vu” is produced by J57 of the Brown Bag Allstars. This track is jammin’. The electric bass on…
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#TBT Carolina Hip Hop Archives: 2009 J. Cole (@JColeNC) Interview, Talks Classic NC Hip Hop Group The Bomb Shelter, Growing Up In Fayetteville + More
J. Cole has had a phenomenal week, music-wise. 2014 Forest Hills Drive, his third major label album project, sold 354,000 copies in it’s first week of release. This makes J. Cole’s third #1 album on the Billboard 200. In July 2009, J. Cole’s star was beginning to rise. Right at the beginning of that…
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#TBT Carolina Hip Hop Archives: 2009 Kooley High (@KooleyHigh) In Studio Freestyle + Upcoming 12/13/14 Show At Pourhouse Raleigh
September 2009 (L-R clockwise: Foolery, Charlie Smarts, Synopsis, DJ Ill Digitz, Rapsody, Tab-One, Me). Kooley High is one of my favorite hip hop groups of ever, and it just so happens that they are from North Carolina. Tab-One, Sinopsis, Foolery, Charlie Smarts and DJ Ill Digitz now split their time between Raleigh, NC and…
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Elevator Jay (@ElevatorJay) “This Ain’t Life”
On “This Ain’t Life”, Elevator Jay dons his producer hat in order to rhyme about the various pressures of a young man’s life. “This Ain’t Life” is the Charlotte, NC emcee’s latest track since October’s “Doin Us”. “This Ain’t Life”– Run That Back: Elevator Jay — “Doin Us”.