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I first got put on to Columbia, SC’s Collard Green way back in summer 2008 when Charlamagne Tha God dropped South Crack: The Album. On the real, that album upped me to a lot of South Carolina artists, because before that time I wasn’t highly aware of what was going on down there musically. Tron…

I’m finally start to see ATL’s J. Nolan on some of the bigger hip hop websites. For the record, his material has been getting posted around these parts since July 2009, when he dropped “Chasing Cool”, a track about remaining drug free and in school. Based on that I’m going to take a page out…

Off the Raleigh rapper’s album, Chasing Pennies, dropping this summer. What do y’all think about the track and video?

Tonight NYC native and current UNC student JSWISS will be having his mixtape release party. The event will take place at Cafe Beyond in Chapel Hill and includes performances by Blaze The Sky (SkyBlew and Azon Blaze), Optimus Rhymes, Jones Andrews (Flight School Music) plus more. JSWISS will have free copies of his mixtape available…

I don’t think y’all understand. Durham, NC’s K. Hill is regarded as a young legend in the RDU hip hop scene, and the fact that he’s gearing up to release a new album, Motivational Speakers has really got folks buzzing. This video is produced by Depth Of Sound with photography by Angie Luv. The full…

SMKA’s The 808 Experiment: Vol 3 is sounding better with each leak. The final project is set to drop at the end of this month. ‘Certified Sh*t’–<a href=”http://smka.bandcamp.com/track/certified-shit-prod-smka”>Certified Shit (Prod. SMKA) by SMKA</a>Download.

Last night I had the opportunity to catch The Animal House Tour on it’s stop through Chapel Hill. The tour headlines XV, features The Dean’s List, Brenton Duvall and Machine Gun Kelly. Raleigh emcee Drique London was also on the bill for last night’s show, which was a really good look for him. I’ve had…

NC’s very dope resident hip hop and jazz band The Beast celebrates the late G.U.R.U.’s Jazzmatazz legacy with a remix of his classic, “Keep Your Worries”. The remix is produced by Dark Matter, features emcee John Robinson (of Jay Are) and vocalist Jocelyn Ellis (formerly of The Alpha Theory). The track will be featured on…

Left Of Black is a weekly webcast hosted by Duke professor Dr. Mark Anthony Neal, who teaches Black Popular Culture in the Department of African and African American Studies at Duke University. His weekly webcast is produced in collaboration with the John Hope Franklin Center at Duke University. In the latest episode of Left Of…