Jay Byrd – Entrepreneurship
“How you supposed to win if you can’t take a loss?” —Jay Byrd Skilled — and determined – rapper and entrepreneur Jay Byrd, started out at the age of 11 creating mix tapes and recording singles. The Columbus,...
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Nicolas Soul drops a new EP Called Summer Break
Meet Nicolas Soul, a self-professed 18-year-old genre bender. Originally from Kenya, raised in Nashville, he fell in love with hip-hop music at 8 and started recording at 14. He cites his inspirations as Kanye West, J. Cole, Drake,...
VA Rapper Trew Drops A New Camp-Lo Assisted Single
Prince George, VA, rapper Trew is dropping some indie heat from his label, Clocked Out Records. Early on, he gained notoriety for writing songs for soundtracks on Sony Motion Pictures, as well as jingles — on top of...
Queen — God Blessing All The Queens (EP)
Queen, who happens to be the cousin of Facemob head-honcho and legendary Houston rapper Scarface, first made a splash featuring on the Billboard 100 record “You Ain’t Bout That Life,” by Beat King. Since then, she’s stepped out,...
LA Fresh: Nick Taylor And A.Mar Team Up For A New EP
[dropcap]I[/dropcap]ndependent [LA-based] hip hop artist Nick Taylor and producer/DJ A.Mar met each other in the university dining common at Sacramento State University; I’m sure at the time they never imagined they’d be living in the land of palm-trees...
GiANT, The Artist — The Ocean EP
“Writing is the best way I know how to communicate.” –GiANT, The Artist [dropcap]T[/dropcap]he term “alternative hip-hop” is a blanket used to categorize acts that don’t quite fit into an easily defined box; like trap, horror-core, etc. Acts...
EJ — Get To The Money
Rapper EJ has been off to a great start! Firstly, he defeated all of the previous Stylewars (the largest freestyle battle in Baltimore city history) winners, to be named the Stylewars Champion. He’s had high-profile interviews and song...
Restless Gang: The New Orlando
Orlando-based Restless Gang [also known as Restless Co.] has a lot going for them. For starters, they have a hefty catalogue of quality street music; for the past year or so they’ve dropped lots of solid visuals. Secondly,...