Category: Commentary
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Book Review: Charlamagne Tha God’s (@CThaGod) Black Privilege: Opportunity Comes To Those Who Create It
Moncks Corner, South Carolina native and media personalty Charlamagne Tha God released his first book last week. In that short time, it has become a New York Times best seller. I’ve been a fan of Charlamagne’s personality for several years. While at many times controversial and downright irritating, he comes across as brutally honest. Black…
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#RapOnTheRun: It’s Your Fitness Journey #RunChat
This #RapOnTheRun blog about your fitness journey is inspired by a post I saw while scrolling Facebook last week. Over the past couple of weeks, a friend has been posting workouts and meals, in addition to writing about how she’s making small changes to live a healthier lifestyle. She also talks about how those changes…
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#RapOnTheRun: Thank Y’all + New Health & Fitness Direction #RunChat
I wanted to take a post to thank y’all for sending in feedback about the newly added category of #RapOnTheRun. The positive emails, tweets and facebook feedback have been so much more than I expected. I also wanted to take a moment to explain the new direction and what prompted me to incorporate health &…
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The Top 5 Ultimate A3C (@A3C) Hip Hop Festival Survival Tips #A3C (Updated for 2013!)
Well y’all, the air is getting cooler and it’s almost time to break out the butter Timbs and triple fat gooses. Better still, A3C Hip Hop Festival 2013 is upon us. A3C stands for “All Three Coasts” and is the largest hip hop festival in the Southeastern United States. Every year, thousands of hip hop…
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Commentary: The Revival Of The RDU Hip Hop Scene, Where Hip Hop Culture Lives & Prospers
Every so often I like to dedicate a post to the Raleigh-Durham-Chapel Hill (RDU) hip hop scene and all the cool stuff happening here. Even though I travel fairly regularly, Durham, NC continues to be my home base. I love the Bull City and feel really proud when really awesome things related to hip hop…
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5 Project Managements Tips For Getting Your Album Release (Project) Back On Track When Things Go Wrong
Last month, I’d posted some project management tips catering directly to artists and brands. [READ: 5 Project Management Tips For Your Next Album Release] These were based on my project management/project leader experience in corporate IT and for private customers. Since that time, a couple of y’all mentioned either on Twitter or at events where…
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Guest Commentary: A. Robb (@EargasmEntLLC) #FactsOnly: North Carolina Hip Hop
It’s been such a long time since I posted commentary from someone other than myself. Ironically (or not), the last time it happened was way back in March 2011 when 9th Wonder addressed the North Carolina hip hop scene and cleared up a lot of misinformation that was being spread about him not helping anybody…
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5 Quick Non-Conventional Tips For Networking At Events Where You Don’t Know Anyone
Networking is an essential element of building a brand and growing your business as an artist. Actually, networking well is an essential element of building a brand and growing your business as an artist. It is very important that you regularly take time to attend different events, connect and build relationships with various types of…
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Commentary: 5 Favorite Carolina Hip Hop Releases Of The Last 5 Years (2008-2013)
This past Saturday June 8, 2013 my blog turned five years old. On Sunday June 8, 2008 I wrote my first blog post. Shawty, I was so good and terrible at blogging back then. When I look at some of those early posts, I cringe. I was just so excited to have an opportunity to talk…