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Jus Nice (@JusNice) Ft. Scolla (@Scolla313) — “Ride”
See, for the past two years I’ve been telling Scolla that the people needs more sanging and less rapping from him. Looks like the Detroit native is listening, LOL. "Ride" will be featured on Moncks Corner, SC native Jus Nice’s new mixtape, Empty Throne, which will be dropping later on today. Empty Throne is Jus…
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Swayze Jones (@SwayzeJones) Ft. Young Dirt (@YoungDirt) — “Strip Club Muzik”
Now this is something we don’t see often in the Carolinas — a female rapper releasing a song strictly geared for the booty clubs and women on the naked hustle. Columbia, SC’s Lele aka Bad Bad dropped "Strip Club" back in 2010. Prior to that in 2009 Roper, NC’s Mica Swain had her regional hit "Body…
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Events: 40 Acres & a Mule: The Spike Lee Film Series Hosted By Lamont Lilly (@LamontLilly)
This sounds like it’s going to be super cool! Beginning March 16, Liberty Arts and The Durham Art Guild presents "The Spike Lee Film Series", where each week a different Spike Lee film will be screened. In addition to that there will be guest speakers to engage the audience in dialogue about the work. Guest speakers…
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Okayplayspace (@Okayplayer): Kooley High Interview (@KooleyHigh) Part 1 (Video)
Recently NC’s Kooley High performed at Public Assembly in Brooklyn, New York. Soon after the show Okayplayer sat down with the group sans Rapsody (Tab-One, Charlie Smarts, Foolery, Ill Digitz, and The Sinopsis) for an interview. In part one the fellas talked about how being from North Carolina along with East Coast and Down South…
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Alpha Male Society (@AMSOCMusic) — “Marvelous” (Video)
I was wondering when the NC/VA emcee collective of Alpha Male Society was going to put some visuals with their music. Over the course of 2011 and 2012 they released a couple of pretty dope EPs but if you weren’t familiar with what they looked like then you really didn’t know who you were listening…
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The NC State Cypher: An Important Part of North Carolina Hip Hop Culture & History #NCStateCypher
Photo by Nanci O. Taken February 18, 2013 at The Freedom Expression Tunnel in Raleigh, NC. Imagine if there’s somewhere budding lyricists could speak rhymes (new or written), without judgement, to better sharpen their rap skills. A training ground for rappers, a place to "shoot in the gym." What if there was a place where seasoned…
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Elevator Jay (@ElevatorJay) — “Give It To Em”
The fact that Charlotte, NC’s Elevator Jay is about to release a new EP is good news. Bar for bar, I think he’s one of the best rappers in North Carolina right now, up there with a couple others. His last EP, Ahead of Time, still gets many spins in iTunes. It was jammin’ for…
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2013 South Carolina Music Awards (@SCMusicAwards) Nominations Close May 6! (News)
It's almost that time of year again. 2013 South Carolina Music Awards season begins March 25th. Nominations continue through May 6th and voting kicks off May 20th. Last year's main event was a packed, standing room only crowd at Miami in Greenville, SC, filled with great performances and moments! The 2013 host city will be…
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Kareem Fort (@HUSTLENME) & Kevin Nottingham’s (@KevinNottingham) DEMOS Documentary: An Independent Artist’s Guide To Success (Trailer)
So glad to see the trailer for Kareem Fort and Kevin Nottingham’s DEMOS documentary. While at A3C in 2011, I had the opportunity to watch the duo film the interview with Skyzoo for this film. The documentary will be a guide to independent artist success and features appearances from Black Thought, Thurzday, No ID, Mack…