[dropcap]2[/dropcap]7-year-old Cleveland, Ohio, LVfromCLE followed the footsteps of his older cousins and started rapping at the age of 9. Growing up in the inner city of Cleveland, he was surrounded by poverty and violence — but persevered. A...
[dropcap]B[/dropcap]orn in the center of a slum named Agadir in Morocco, Poe Hussle migrated with his mother and father to New Jersey at the tender age of 4. He soaked in his surroundings becoming attracted to the street...
“I want people to connect on an emotional level and also be able to have fun while listening to this new wave we’ve been working on.” – Manny Major [dropcap]L[/dropcap]ife is full of trials and tribulations, and moving...
“Culture precedes politics. For more liberty from political systems, we first need to see more freedom in the arts.” —Alex Vidal [dropcap]F[/dropcap]reenauts—a political rap group—first bleeped on our radar last year when their searing anti-Clinton videos reached over...
[dropcap]I[/dropcap]ndie El Paso, Texas, music label Sick.Life has carefully curated producers, rappers, and singers together from the city and surrounding areas for their debut album Contagion; it features Elia Esparza (The Voice) and Chi Bully (2015 TeamBackPack champion)...
[dropcap]D[/dropcap]esmond Lamar Sumpter; known as his rap name Kyng KD. Is an American Hip-Hop artist born and raised in Durham, North Carolina December 8th 1992. KD moved to Charlotte, North Carolina to pursue college. After graduation, KD took...
[dropcap]S[/dropcap]treet Noize CoCky is no new jack; born in Detroit, the multi-talented performer has over 25 years in the industry in multiple capacities. He thrived as an engineer, working on —aside from his projects—tv production among other things....
[dropcap]J[/dropcap]DP Thee Official–also known as Blaqk–is a creative hailing Pittsburgh; ranging from the chill, meditating tracks to turn-up music, he’s as versatile as they come. Covering everything from women to modern day life–thematically– JDP is clever in the...