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(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…

I know this is supposed to just be a parody, but ya’ll know them Odd Future Wolfgang Kill Them All kids be wildin’ the hell out for real. Run That Back:Odd Future On MTV’s Rap Fix.

West Covina, Cali’s Dice The Nicest has some of the funniest album artwork and videos around. The last time he re-did Domino’s “Sweet Potato Pie” track and video, the time before that it was classic scenes from the movie Shaft for his video “I’m Dope”. This go round Dice The Nicest releases a mixtape going…

This episode of Where Is Hip Hop? is actually from a fews weeks ago but I never got around to posting it. In this episode Randy and I discuss when is it smart for an artist to sign to another artist? Pretty much the whole hip hop world now knows that Wale and also Meek…

Durham, NC’s J. Gunn steps up to the microphone to represent for the East Coast in Ludacris’ Trojan Magnum Project as part of the recently launched “Magnum Live Large” Campaign. Run That Back:“Pinot Noir” (Video) off J. Gunn’s Earl Manigault mixtape.

Director Kent Willard of Depth of Sound Productions brings the “Rae Intro” to life. This track is from Kooley High’s album Eastern Standard Time which is being released via Fat Beats worldwide distribution. This video and track is so dope. But wait a minute. Ain’t nobody gonna say anything about why Kooley released this video…

Glennisha Morgan, founder of The Fembassy.com made the trip down from NYC to attend last Friday’s women in hip hop website launch party. She put together this recap video of the night’s events. Glennisha keeps her blog updated with news on female rappers from around the globe. Her website is the #1 site on the…

“I had a wonderful time and the event was awesome!!! I truly loved the whole set up and the implementing of all 4 elements. I’m looking forward to future events.”–Glennisha Morgan, Founder/Publisher of TheFembassy.com Yes posting has been kinda slow this past couple of days, I’m still getting rested up from B-Girl South’s women in…

On Wednesday March 2 NYC native, current NC resident and UNC-Chapel Hill student J. Swiss drops his latest project Out Of State Intuition. “My Way” is the final leak off the project and features singer Maya Azucena. The full mixtape track listing is below and the back cover is after the jump. Out Of State…