Category: Travel
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5 Non-Tech Tips From The Phat Startup’s (@ThePhatStartup) #Tech808 D.C. #BossUp (Video)
The Phat Startup is a New York City-based startup that provides education for aspiring entrepreneurs. This is done via events, interviews and various media resources (blogs, tweets, etc.). I’d been following The Phat Startup for some time on Twitter (they share alot of great content there) and attended their first #tech808 event in NYC…
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Local Durham, NC Student Needs Help To Travel To China #GetNoah2China
David Noah Thompson, IV is a student at Hillside New Tech in Durham, NC and is hoping to travel to China this year. He’s now in his third year as a member of the Hillside High School Drama Department. He has been in several productions including “Dreamgirls”, “In the Heights” and “A Raisin in the…
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#RapOnTheRun: Black Thought (@BlackThought) & GrassROOTS (@GrassRootsFound) #RootsRockRun5K Race Review #RunChat
Photo: via @eargasmentLLC This past weekend I was extremely grateful to be able to travel to Philadelphia, PA for the 7th Annual Roots Picnic. The event was created by the legendary hip hop band The Roots and is presented in conjunction with their brand okayplayer.com. This is the first year I’ve attended the Roots…
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Carolina To East Africa: Pierce Freelon (@Durhamite) & Apple Juice Kid’s (@AppleJuiceKid) Beat Making Lab: Goma, Conga (Video)
(L) Pierce Freelon, (R) Apple Juice Kid Back in May 2012 UNC-Chapel Hill’s Beat Making Lab presented one of it’s first musical projects, Tar Heel Tracks. Students enrolled in the Lab created all thirteen of the album’s instrumental tracks. It was their final project of the semester. Every beat on the album sampled a North Carolina…
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Phonte (@Phontigallo) & 9th Wonder (@9thWonderMusic) Perform Live + BTS In Johannesburg, South Africa (Video)
Earlier this Spring Urban Phenomenon Entertainment brought Phonte and 9th Wonder to South Africa for the first time ever. While there the duo hit the streets of Johannesburg, held a Q&A session for fans and then performed to a sold out crowd. Phonte also sat down for an interview where he talks about Charity Starts…
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Herfection Diaries (@herfection) & King Mez (@KingMez): NYC (Video)
Heather over at Herfection.com has began a new video diary series based on the premise of MTV’s Diary, in which cameras follow a featured artist on their day-to-day endeavors. One difference is her version is chopped down to 5-minutes. The inaugural episode follows King Mez to NYC for a promo run prior to the release…
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Ryshon Jones (@RyshonJones) — “40PiLLs” Trailer (Video)
Ryshon Jones has the trippiest video trailers ever. Here’s the latest creepy short, which is for a track off of his recently released Basqui mixtape. Check out the "40PiLLs" trailer after the jump! Run That Back: Ryshon Jones — Happily UnHappy Mixtape Trailer (Video).
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Bluroc Festival DVD Trailer Ft. Curren$y, Nesby Phips, Big K.R.I.T., Ski Beatz & More (Video)
The Bluroc machine continues with the release of unique and creative content, this time around by dropping The Bluroc Festival DVD later this month. The media project documents a concert that took place June 21st, 2010 at the Brooklyn Bowl in Brooklyn, New York and was organized by Damon Dash’s DD172 media collective. The event…
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Take Flight Episode 3 In Los Angelos (Video)–LoKeys (@LoKeys910)
More footage from NC’s Lo Keys as he puts in work out on the West Coast. The Green Hornet is coming, date TBD. Run That Back: Lo Keys’ Scandolous Social Club & Shocking Goat Watches Photoshoot BTS (Video).