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Merc The Big Body Benz Talks Pursuing Music as a Profession, Being a Woman in ...
Merc The Big Body Benz, a Queens raptress, is taking the New York City underground rap scene by storm with her lyrically charged verses, powerfully delivered metaphors, tongue-twisting double entendres, ... -
[Interview] Akinyemi: The New York Rapper Who Is Immune To Distraction
Akinyemi is a full-time rapper, full-time band member, and full-time student. At only 22, he has established himself as a respected talent on the New York rap scene, with growing ... -
[Interview] Why Khaliq: Expansion and Creativity Personified at Summer Set Music Festival
Summer Set Music Festival played host to a slew of local Minnesota talent, maybe none more exciting to watch than Mr. Why Wednesday himself. In just a year of being ... -
[Interview] Jack Trash Talks Challenges, Artists, Fans and Everything Else That Makes Summer Set Music ...
In the past six years, Summer Set has grown to be one of the biggest midwest music festivals. Bringing together hip hop and electronica, with the occasional blue grass and ... -
[Interview] Latasha Alcindor is Taking Rap in a New Direction, from Brooklyn to Beyond
Photo credit: Erika Dickstein Brooklyn born and raised, Latasha Alcindor (A.K.A. LA) is a multimedia performance artist who happens to be a rapper, although she could have been many other ... -
[Interview] Slug of Atmosphere: Future of Soundset, X Games, and the Growth of a Legend
There was plenty to be thankful this past weekend in the Twin Cities. The X Games came to town, the weather was amazing, even the birds were bumpin' and I ... -
[Interview] Julieta Venegas: What's So Hip Hop About Folk Music?
Photos by Samantha Petersen Instagram.com/samanthaaleeann In the past couple decades, genre-bending has become more and more prevalent. Whether it's a band like Skindred combining the calm, chill reggae sound and mashing ... -
[Video Premiere] Chase Royale - "Conquest" ft. Ozzy
Chase Royale lands on UpcomingHipHop.net for the first time with his first video from his The Gemcutter's Prism mixtape. The Richmond, VA hip-hop artist is looking to make a name for himself ...
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