This past Mother’s Day Sunday May 11, 2014 RBMA hosted a street party in honor of legendary NYC Garage/House DJ Larry Levan. The event featured DJs David Depino, Francois K, Joey Llanos and other special guest performers like R&B Soul singer and House vocalist Jocelyn Brown. The event was also to promote a petition to the city of NYC to co-name a part of King Street (84th between Varick and Hudson), Larry Levan Way, in honor of DJ Larry Levan. …
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When you speak of Canadian Hip-Hop, people will mention the common names such as the more recent Drake to the older Main Source, but you gotta mention Swollen Members in the mix. Founding member Madchild, in the early parts of his music career lived in the San Francisco Bay Area (some of the early Swollen Members collaborations featured DJ Q-bert & Mixmaster Mike of the then ISP crew) before moving back to Canada and linking up with the other two …
Asian Americans in Hip-Hop, the overlooked story. Bad Rap is a documentary that follows four seasoned and up’n’coming Asian American rappers: Dumbfounded (aka DFD, PARKER), Awkwafina, Rekstizzy, and Lyricks. Guest cameos interviews include other Asian American rappers such as Jin, Far East Movement, Jay Park, Traphik, Decipher and more. Right now producer and director Salima Koroma and Jaeki Cho are trying to crowd fund through Indiegogo for some monetary support to finish up this documentary (film more artists, travel, editing, post-production, marketing expenses, etc). …
In Japan you can’t walk into a cafe without either hearing Bossa Nova or Jazz. It’s like a permanent auditory fixture in just about any shopping center or restaurant. Professor E. Taylor Atkins talks about how Jazz came to Japan. By Patrick Jarenwattananon [NPR] “Over the years a racialized component emerges in such language—basically a kind of model minority discourse that presumes that Asians have no soul and have no business trying to be artists, especially in proximity to Blackness, which is, …
Rapsody “Betty Shabazz” [Prod. 9th Wonder] -New track “Betty Shabazz” from North Carolina MC Rapsody featuring producer 9th Wonder from the album 9th Wonder Presents: Jamla Is the Squad. She’s spittin’ that science Yo! The album is available on iTunes. For more info on Rapsody check her website. Dag Savage E&J music videos Dag Savage (Exile & Johaz) “RoboCop” from The Warning Tape Dag Savage (Exhile & Johaz): The Warning Tape (mixtape in support of E&J) Free DL of The Warning …
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