Author: Nanci O Is Hip Hop

E and the crew are back with another event! Mile Hi Club Ent are becoming known throughout the Triangle for having the best parties at the most unique locations. The last event was in the penthouse of the University Club in Durham, NC. This Saturday’s event will be at the Raleigh-Durham International Airport General Aviation…

All underground/indie/unsigned artists listen up… Who Got Next? Thursday Night FeatureJune 11, 2009 9PM-12MNWXYC 89.3 FM Chapel Hill, NC & worldwide via web streaming @ www.wxyc.org Now that summer is here and things have slowed down a little around these parts it’s high time for another feature night show bka Night Of The Living Grind.…

In this episode R.E. and I discuss the most talked about albums to drop in the past week including Tanya Morgan, Busta Rhymes, Eminem, and Red & Meth. The album that got me (us) the most was the Eminem album. It got one hot spin in my .mp3 player and is now officially ancient history.…

Reading a post titled ‘Hip Hop Needs Some P*ssy’ over at Maurice Garland’s website today and having had a recent conversation with some folks about females in hip hop inspired this post. There’s a ton of femcees out here grinding but as usual they get overlooked. Glennisha Morgan over at The Fembassy has the most…

The Dreamer, Tuki, The Love Crusader and Stagolee called into the show last week and made this was the weerdest interview I’ve ever done. Beyond the fact that the fellas said they were holed up in a storage shed (does that warrant a *pause*?) because they had to get away from everybody [which is why…

Check out this new track from Winston-Salem, NC native DaJaun. He’s been grinding it out for a minute and I love this dude’s voice. Greenville, NC native Monica (MU) actually wrote this track; she used to work at Power 95.5 FM in Rocky Mount, NC but has since gone on to greater things like getting…

Lil Buna (R.I.P.) tribute party and benefit for the Smalls family. Friday May 29, 2009 @Sin City 412 W. Davie Street Raleigh, NC Music by DJ Barry Bee, DJ Chuck T, DJ Lil B & Ski Money.

Between the new album cover for ‘Suicide Music’ coming next month, the video for the lead single ‘Bang In Technicolor’ which brought back memories of the movie ‘Hostel’, and the NC Chainsaw Massacre mixtape that dropped a couple of months ago L.E.G. is continuing on the horror core rap tip. Somebody get this boy some…

As mentioned last week Iyanna is the Executive Producer of ‘Disappearing Voices: The Decline Of Black Radio’. Many people wonder if black radio is worth saving. Corporate radio entities continue to exist and play crappy music because people somewhere are still listening. I run into people all the time who claim they don’t listen to…