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@TheNicheMag Volume 4, Number 2 Featuring @KingMez @HeySkyBlew @Nikki2Hot4Radio + More (News)
The new issue of The Niche Carolina Magazine is now available. The edition features several people from the RDU hip hop scene, including K97.5’s Nikki Nicole, Durham emcee SkyBlew, Raleigh emcee King Mez and yours truly. Nikki Nicole has done a tremendous amount of work in building her brand and is featured as a…
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“Politics At Its Best” Trailer (Video)–@SwayzeJones Prod. By @EquinoxEnt
Greensboro’s Swayze Jones will be releasing her next mixtape in a 2nd part of the 3 part Swayze Nation series, with several new tracks, beats and visuals. This trailer for "Politics At Its Best" is one of the new tracks that will be on part two, and is produced by G’boro’s Equinox. The next edition of Swayze…
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“Ciroc Money (Hello!)” Video–@BettieGrind Prod. By @IAmDrumma
I saw this on Bettie Grind’s twitter. He’s been making some extraordinary moves down in Charlotte over the past six months, and this video is no exception. Off Bettie and DJ Chuck T’s street album, T. G. F. C. (Thank God For Crack). And that’s music crack y’all, not dope. P.S.–Call me basic if you…
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Where Is Hip Hop? Episode 88 w/ @Randy_Roper x @NanciOIsHipHop
Let me preface this by saying Randy and I recorded this segment a few days before Jeezy announced that he was dropping a new mixtape before TM103. In the latest episode of Where Is Hip Hop?, Randy and I discuss Young Jeezy, the TM101 6th year reunion concert in NYC and the real is back.…
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The Local Buzz: Sucker Free Sundays w/ @EarGasmEntLLC @AngieLuvara Farewell Edition
SUCKER FREE SUNDAYS returns again tonight August 7, 2011 to Shakedown Street in Raleigh, NC on NC State’s campus. Tonight the local hip hop community will be bidding farewell to one of NC’s most beloved hip hop photographers, Angie Luv. Drique London, Lazarus, Jones Andrews, Full Time Hustlers (FTH), Azon Blaze and S. Gold…
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“Stoner’s Night” (Video)–@TheRealJuicyJ
This video dropped on Friday but I’ve been gearing up for Ink Fest. The track is off Rubbaband Business 2, one of my favorite party mixtapes of the summer. The internets have been buzzing that even though Juicy J has money, he still releases some of the most low budget videos these days. Clearly, he…
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Dear @OfficialTM103, Fans Don’t Want Another Mixtape (Video)
Dear Young Jeezy, Your fans do not want another mixtape. And right before your new album TM103 is supposed to drop? Why? You’re confusing us something serious. Randy over at The Block breaks down the economics of dropping a mixtape before a highly anticipated album and why it does not work.
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“Brace For Empact” (Video)–@StEvenISP Prod. By @DoloJustice
Columbia, SC’s St. Even drops visuals to go along with the James Brown-sampled track, off the emcee’s debut EP, On My Way Up. Run That Back: Download "Brace For Empact".
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Steve Stoute x ‘The Tanning Of America’ (News)
One of my favorite industry businessmen, Steve Stoute, will be releasing a new book, The Tanning Of America, on September 8. He is the founder of Translation Advertising, which is an advertising, marketing, branding and consulting firm. The Tanning Of America will focus on the impact hip hop culture has had on the global economy. In…