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Kosmic Kickz, your favorite local rare and exclusive sneaker store, will have the The Jordan 2011 Limited Quickstrike Warrior Pack sneakers available for purchase June 9, 2011. They will also have the Jordan 12 Low Quickstrike on 5/28 and the Jordan 3 Retro (True Blue) sneakers available on 6/4. For all of these special releases,…

  NC’s koolest kids performed at Fat Beats’ pop up shop in their Brooklyn warehouse in NYC this past Saturday, 5/21/11. And if you haven’t be sure to pick up Kooley High’s latest album, Eastern Standard Time, available everywhere worldwide. Video by Tone Riggz. Run That Back: Kooley High Performs At Shakori Hills Grassroots Festival…

The Edgefield Daily, the hometown newspaper of Edgefield, SC’s Shawt & G (aka Rebellious), recognized the duo for their 2011 South Carolina Music Award nominations with an article highlighting their projects and work they’ve put in so far: EDGEFIELD – Local hip-hop artists Mendez Curry (Shawt) and Thomas Glover (G) of Edgefield County have been…

    The coolest thing about this video is that it was shot in Durham, NC on the infamous 9th Street at city staple eatery, Elmo’s Diner. IWWMG could have selected numerous spots throughout RDU but they picked Durham and I think that’s ill. Despite all the great cultural happenings here, The Bull City continues…

  Raleigh’s King Mez represents for the 919 once again, this time spittin’ a hot 16 for the folks of The Source.com.   You can also peep King Mezatron’s video interview with The Source.com after the jump. NQM.   Run That Back: "Something’s Missing" (Video)–King Mez Prod. By Khrysis.

After much anticipation, SkyBlew’s new album is finally here. Last night at The Local 506 in Chapel Hill, the Above My Stars Is My Landing album release party went down. King Mez, Drique London, Azon Blaze, Tab-One (of Kooley High) and Flight School Music all hit the stage. Every emcee had a dope set so…

  On the latest episode of Where Is Hip Hop?, Randy and I discuss J. Cole. When this segment was recorded and aired last week during May’s Feature Night Thursday show, J. Cole had been noticeably on low profile on the scene. Randy notes the fact that J. Cole has been signed to Roc Nation…

Here’s another Carolina artist (representing SC) with a different sound. Nikkiya is produced by Will Power (Yelawolf “Pop The Trunk,” Eminem & Slaughterhouse, Yelawolf “2.0 Boys”), who happens to be an original Carolina kid himself (straight out of Irmo, SC, just in case you didn’t know). Anyway the homie International Rope sent over Nikkiya’s first…

  Motivated by the recent Esther Baxter vs. Joe Budden fiasco, Mr. Shadeed focuses this Hip Hop Bytes segment on key areas of consideration regarding ethics and integrity in covering local, national, and international celebs on your personal blogs. Highlights in the segment include information for local bloggers too, but the key points are applicable…