Category: Interview
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#TBT Carolina Hip Hop Archives: 2010 Boss G (@BossG2516) Interview, Business Relationships, Beef With Lil Ru + More
Columbia, SC’s Boss G, his music, history of beef with Def Jam’s Lil Ru and more is the focus of this edition of the Carolina Hip Hop Archives. At one point, Boss G was the hottest rapper with the biggest buzz coming out of South Carolina, secondary only to Lil Ru. In 2009, what…
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#TBT Carolina Hip Hop Archives: 2009 J. Cole (@JColeNC) Interview, Talks Classic NC Hip Hop Group The Bomb Shelter, Growing Up In Fayetteville + More
J. Cole has had a phenomenal week, music-wise. 2014 Forest Hills Drive, his third major label album project, sold 354,000 copies in it’s first week of release. This makes J. Cole’s third #1 album on the Billboard 200. In July 2009, J. Cole’s star was beginning to rise. Right at the beginning of that…
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#TBT Carolina Hip Hop Archives: 2009 Kooley High (@KooleyHigh) In Studio Freestyle + Upcoming 12/13/14 Show At Pourhouse Raleigh
September 2009 (L-R clockwise: Foolery, Charlie Smarts, Synopsis, DJ Ill Digitz, Rapsody, Tab-One, Me). Kooley High is one of my favorite hip hop groups of ever, and it just so happens that they are from North Carolina. Tab-One, Sinopsis, Foolery, Charlie Smarts and DJ Ill Digitz now split their time between Raleigh, NC and…
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Feature Night Thursday Returns 12/18/2014: Hip Hop Christmas Songs + Sonyae Interview (@JustSonyae)
What: Feature Night Thursday Hip Hop Christmas Songs Special Featuring Sonyae. When: Thursday December 18, 2014 9PM-12Midney (Interview with Sonyae airs at 10:00 PM) Listen Live: On the local dial WXYC 89.3 FM Chapel Hill,NC or live steaming on WYXC’s website. Feature Night Thursdays returns for the annual hip hop Christmas songs radio special!…
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It’s Bigger Than Hip Hop: An Interview With The Carolina Ghostbusters (@NCGhostbusters)
In the five years since I started this blog documenting Carolina hip hop culture (and beyond) [READ: 5 Favorite Carolina Hip Hop Releases Of The Last 5 Years (2008-2013)], between traveling and attending various events, I’ve met and/or interviewed lots of interesting people doing unique work. From Dr. Tammy Kernodle’s extensive research and documentation of…
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Dirty Dave (@DirtyDaveDDE) Talks Digital Branding Strategy, Building An International Multimedia Brand, The Beauty Of South Carolina Music & Culture + More
This weekend in Greenville, South Carolina the 6th Annual SC Music Awards celebration went down in grand fashion. The main event awards show at the Greenville Marriot was a sold out, standing room only event with 500+ attendees in the building. I’ve attended the SC Music Awards every year since 2009 and each time, The…
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Katie Got Bandz (@KatieGotBandz) Talks ‘Drillary Clinton’, Chicago Slang, Following Her Dreams + More
The female artist presence in hip hop is in such an interesting place right now. Just four years ago, the average hip hop fan would be a bit pressed to find independent and underground female rappers gracing the front page of major hip hop websites, starring in reality television shows and featured on mainstream programs.…
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R?§H?Ð (@RashadMusic) Talks Ohio’s Funk Roots, Black Music, Envisioning A Legacy + More
One time for Raleigh marketing and social maven S. Dionne. We were at a private birthday dinner for a business associate last month and the conversation turned to music. She adamantly exclaimed that Columbus, Ohio's R?§H?Ð (Rashad) Museum was THE best R&B project she'd heard in a long time. Her reasons were pretty convincing so…
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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…