DJ Grip, DJ Since, Young Spinna & DNSFAM official SXSW performers.
DJ Grip & Dollaz N Since BIO.
Born and raised in the Houston,TX DJ Grip grew up around music ever since he was a child. Being exposed to genres of mu...
3 independent hip-hop groups (Southern Made Click, Fiyah Boy Ent. & Throwed House Click) came together to form their own label DIE SLO ENT. We're focused on promoting innovation & creativity in hip hop -- not just in Aus...
Dat Boi T, Born & Raised In Houston, Texas In The Neighborhood Of Second Ward. The 27 Year Old Hispanic Rap Artist is affiliated with the Legendary Screwed Up Click Founded By The Late Great DJ Screw (RIP). He is known a...
UZOY (pronounced uzi) is a Nigerian-American female rapper and producer from the southeast side of Houston, TX. She began writing music in high school as a hobby and soon began to record her first songs.
Her passion f...
“I don’t sound like anybody; I sound like HoodStar Chantz”
Hailing out of Fifth Ward area in Houston,Tx HoodStar Chantz is an artist determined not only to be the next best thing out of Texas but in music peri...
KPAUL and PIMPIN PEN are maternal cousins that have been making quality music since 1999 as V.I.P. They were signed to a label Mentally Twisted Records in early 1999 then later that year dropped consitant hits earning th...
Gerald G was born in Compton, California, yet moved to Austin’s historic Eastside when he was merely 4 years old.Gerald G established Monsta Entertainment in 2003 as his self-owned vehicle for business ventures done on...
CHALIE BOY
Biography
Texas may be known as the Lone Star State, but the southern hotbed has been responsible for birthing dozens of rap stars. While Houston, and even Dallas, has gotten a majority of the national spo...
“How many of ya’ll are familiar with the League of Extraordinary G’z?” was the question posed by Bavu Blakes, indie rap veteran and reigning godfather of the Austin Texas Hip Hop scene, as he stood on a dimly lit...
Yung Nation is a 18 year old hip-hop duo from Dallas, Texas formed by Brandon Reed (B. Reed) and Kendall Johnson (Lil Faime). Yung Nation’s energy, creative rhyme scheme, unpredictable flow, and their indefinable vocab...
Doughbeezy was born in Cleveland, OH and moved to the Southeast side of Houston, TX at the age of 13.
In 2003 he hooked up with a classmate and recorded his first track.
Through features, youtube clips and local pe...
MARCUS MANCHILD
As the new school trailblazer for Houston’s burgeoning Hip-Hop revival, Marcus Manchild is on a mission. The skateboard swag rhymespitter grew up on the Southwest side of Houston, raised on local celeb...
Born and raised in Houston, Texas (Southside) and killing with some of the illest bars in the rap game. He’s better known as Killa Kyleon. Receiving his name Kyleon from Houston underground legend Big Pokey and being a...
THEESatisfaction are Stasia Irons and Catherine Harris-White. Stas was born and raised in Tacoma, Cat in Seattle and Hawaii. The pair live/laugh/love/dance and create in Seattle, WA. They write, produce and perform their...
All too often when people think of Little Rock, Arkansas, the first thing that comes to mind is HBO’s award-winning 1994 documentary Gang War: Bangin’ in Little Rock. Not any more. With the Rock on his back and a Raz...
The Cowboys, the Grassy Knoll, J.R. Ewing, the Stanky Leg… Dallas, Texas, is known for lots of things. Progressive, forward-thinking hip-hop has, until now, not been one of them. That’s all starting to change, thanks...
Almost a year ago, Moe Green released Rocky Maivia: Non-Title Match, earning the Vallejo, California native strong reviews and high acclaim, as well as a coveted Show & Prove feature in XXL Magazine to go along with his ...
Faith is something that MC, producer and Interdependent Media (iM) owner Evan "TRUTHLiVE" Phillips understands. Living through three heart surgeries, “Live truth. Truth life,” has become his motto and is evident in e...
Muldrow, a prolific vocalist, producer and multi-instrumentalist, comes from a musical family. Her father, the late Ronald Muldrow, was a jazz musician and her mother, Rickie Byars-Beckwith, a singer with the Pharoah San...
Since ancient times, the elders have taught us that a man is not merely someone who is born a male. It is he who rises to the occasion of protecting his community — he who assumes the responsibility of
setting a righ...
The Airplane Boys bring a unique energy and excitement back to the stage. This Toronto-based duo is on the verge of something big. Their band is a fresh sound on the scene, a trail-blazing cutting-edge movement for the...
BJ THE CHICAGO KID!
REAL MUSICIAN FIRST
Born, raised, and nurtured on the South Side
of Chicago in the early 80's, BJ's childhood was a fusion of elements from both the streets
and the church. With parents who served...
There is no comparison. What happens when soul meets swag? You get Dee-1, “The One Man Army.”
His style is literally so diverse that he creates his own lane in hip hop. Born & raised in the heart of New Orleans,...
“Music is my canvas …
What I feel, I paint.”
Some things are just meant to happen. If not, then we wouldn’t be graced right now by one of the most original and promising singer/songwriters to emerge on the ...
King Louie Bio
At the end of the day, there is only one-way to create a real musical following: Make good music. Lawless INC. recording artist King Louie has built his buzz from the ground up in Chicago and is transit...
If you haven’t heard the buzz yet, let it be known that Chicago native Rockie Fresh is quickly becoming your next favorite rapper. Only 20-years-old and starting his music career just a few years ago, this young up-an...
The Stepkids are futuristic electro soul recorded on a reel-to-reel; soaring harmonies sung by three singer/songwriters; Kandinsky-esque visuals that make for enigmatic live performances.
"A lot of what excites us abo...
Trae grew up in Houston, Texas. Born and raised a product of it’s south side streets. Among other notable distinctions, he’s a member of the Screwed Up Click and the ABN Gang. Since his first appearance on wax, on hi...
Travis Porter is a triple threat for hip hop.
Comprised of three unique 20-year-old MCs—“Strap” (Harold Duncan), “Quez” (Donquez Woods), and “Ali” (Lakeem Mattox)—the Atlanta rap trio is packing club-rea...
Rocky Rivera is a Hip-Hop journalist by day, MC by night, who found international acclaim by winning a Contributing Editor position on MTV's docu-series "I'm From Rolling Stone" in 2007. After lacking inspiration in the ...
In the evolving world of music, diversity is the key to success. When JON MCXRO came together, their mission was clear: put all of their talents to the forefront and merge them into one unique sound.
JON MCXRO is an a...
Also known as "The Writer." Born in Inglewood, raised in Watts, his entry into the music industry was working for Rodney Jerkins & Ricc Rude(Destiny Child's - Cater 2 You). Shortly after that he met artists fellow West C...
Born in Germany, raised in Compton, Problem entered the industry writing a verse for producer & friend Terrace Martin, on a song called "Be Thankful", featured on Snoop Dogg's compilation album "The Big Squeeze". The tra...
Do you and work hard,” says a laid back Skeme over lunch at a health food café in an affluent area of Los Angeles. “That’s the best advice I got from my big bro about the business and that’s what I do.” Spea...
Strong Arm Steady was formed in the shadows of the West Coast’s Death Row Records movement, which at one time, loomed large over much of the region’s talent. Many Los Angeles artists—themselves students and childre...
Self Scientific is DJ Khalil & Chace Infinite.
"Trials Of The Blackhearted" is the latest EP project from the critically acclaimed duo, Self Scientific. "Trials Of The Blackhearted" captures the societal angst and c...
Starting off the new year in good artistic fashion, Terrace Martin is in preparation to not only release some of his best work, but to also make more appearances on the show circuit. Over a 17-year span, this "young vete...
