Category: Interview
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Shoot Dem Down: Bettie Grind (@BettieGrind) Dispels Rumors On His Background, The Importance Of Education, #ME & Success As An Independent Artist
Here’s something that baffles me often: the way people gossip and tell untruths on other folks. Especially people they don’t know. Hip hop, especially right here in the Carolinas, is good for that. I hear all kinds of stories about people, some so fantastical and in varying versions that there’s no way all of them…
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Rapsody (@RapsodyMusic) Shares Her Idea of Beautiful (Video)
Rapsody’s The Idea of Beautiful is hands down one of the best hip hop projects to drop in 2012. Don’t debate me on this bro. In support of her new album, Rapdiddy talks about her idea of beautiful, shares her health struggles on coping with Grave’s disease, breaks down the ongoing "femcee" tag, defines her…
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Bull City’s Running: Realer Music Group (@RealerMusic_NC) Chops It Up With Lamont Lilly (@LamontLilly)
L-R: Lamont Lilly, Jacobi, Laphelle, Free Agent Jasun, Lil Bob Doe, Trie, Fresh So last night I attended a private listening party for Realer Music Group’s (RMG) upcoming album, 72-10. RMG is a small collective of artists, producers and artist-producers (that’s not a typo) based out of Durham, NC. Members include Wreck-N-Crew (Trie & Fresh), Jacobi, Lil Bob Doe, Groove Theorist,…
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Rapsody (@RapsodyMusic) Talks With DJ Enuff (@DJEnuff) & Then Kicks A Dope Rhyme (Video)
Rapdiddy recently sat down with Hot 97’s DJ Enuff and talks about her upcoming debut album, The Idea of Beautiful, going solo from Kooley High, and the female rappers who tops her coldest emcee list (Nitty Scott, Ra Tha MC, Angel Haze, & Jean Grae). Rapsody also discusses the importance of investing in female emcees, why some…
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Life+Times (@LifeandTimes) Presents Diamond Way: Jacob Arabo (Video)
In their latest lifestyle series segment, Life+Times sits down with Jacob The Jeweler where he discusses visualizing designs before actually creating them, how a piece of jewelry helps fans remember an artist, and his primary goal when Jacob & Co. was began 30 years ago. We also get a look inside his New York City store.…
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Life+Times (@LifeandTimes) Presents Wildflower: Selah Sue (@SelahSue) (Video)
Life+Times recently sat down with Belgium singer/songwriter Selah Sue before her performance at The Bowery in NYC. During the chat Selah Sue discusses her influences which include Erykah Badu and Lauryn Hill, progression as an artist and working with J. Cole on the remix for her track "Raggamuffin." Check out Life+Times presents "Wildflower" after the…
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Ab-Soul (@AbSoul) On Being A “Human Dictionary”, Control System & The Healing Power of Music (Video)
Black Hippy’s Ab-Soul sits down with Fader and tells how he became the group’s "human dictionary", the complexity of his album Control System , the passing of Alori Joh and the power of healing through music. Check out Ab-Soul’s interview with Fader after the jump! Run That Back: ScHoolboy Q Performs “Nightmare On Figg St.”…
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AlLindstrom (@AlLindstromcom) Presents: Chasing Greatness w/ Charlamagne Tha God (@CthaGod), Angela Yee (@AngelaYee) & DJ Envy (@DJEnvy) (Video)
The hosts of my favorite morning radio show (The Breakfast Club) sat down with AlLindstrom.com to talk about how their #1 rated show came together, forming chemistry with people you’ve never worked with before, coming up with great ideas to keep listeners engaged, keeping their brand fresh, and if Power 105.1 FM can ever be…
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SCKNOWS (@SCKnows): French Montana (@FrenchMontana) (Video)
The #1 Coke Boy stopped in Houston recently for his first ever show in the city. Grant of SCKNOWS caught up with French on his tour bus, where the Bad Boy signee discusses transitioning from the mixtapes scene to releasing good albums and his projects with H-Town artists. French also clarified the joint venture between…