Compared to his early days as a rapper, Beetyman’s growth and overall development of his craft are readily apparent.
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It’s no secret that a large hip-hop scene has developed in Oklahoma City over the last five or 10 years, but often lost in the shuffle are those behind the scenes.
It’s no secret that a large hip-hop scene has developed in Oklahoma City over the last five or 10 years, but often lost in the shuffle are those behind the scenes.
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Viral marketing campaign earns Emmy for local rapper, design group
Local musician Jabee, a constant in the Oklahoma City hip-hop scene, is now an Emmy Award winner.
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Local rapper booted from TV show
Local hip-hop musician Jabee says he was booted from a local TV show on Monday after he was told “I could be in trouble if I have someone like you on the show.”
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Oklahoma City rapper L.T.Z.’s improbable story is best told atop a beat
Love, trust and Zion. After an asthma attack put him in a coma for nine days back in 2001, those were the words that kept popping up in the prayer book left beside the hospital bed of a then-11- year-old L.T.Z. It felt like a sign.
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Chevy Woods bleeds black and yellow, cut from the Terrible Towel cloth with a mind like a steel trap. And the rapper can’t help but let his humble, blue- collar, hard-working hometown star in just about every song he writes.
Chevy Woods bleeds black and yellow, cut from the Terrible Towel cloth with a mind like a steel trap. And the rapper can’t help but let his humble, blue- collar, hard-working hometown star in just about every song he writes.
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Web and flow
Photo: Mark Hancock There’s a lyric from Josh Sallee’s new album, Know Society, in which the 26-year-old Oklahoma City rapper confronts this very issue: “Who is he?/ Is he who he sees?/ Is he everything that he ever liked or seen?/ Is the game of fame influencing?” The song — “TLD – Technologicallogicaldreams” — serves […]
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Willis — The Understanding
From the opening R&B samples and powerful horn section that triumphantly blasts the arrival of a new hero on the scene, Willis’ The Understanding perfectly captures the inner-city swagger of a blaxploitation movie icon. Strutting through these dirty streets like he is God almighty, Willis unashamedly kicks the doors in and sits at the head of […]
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Magna Carta Holy Sh*t
The former is, of course, met with deafening applause, wild cheering and a palpable sense of excitement, as is the latter. But the icon is greeted with something more, this sort of split-second pause, wherein that uncontainable anticipation is temporarily supplanted with an awestruck, almost audible gasp of, “Oh my god. He is real.” That’s how […]
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Don’t get it twisted
Twista — the rapid-fire emcee who once held the title of World’s Fastest Rapper — has kept relatively quiet lately. Born Carl Mitchell, the Chicago-based artist has been rapping for nearly 30 years, releasing his first album two decades ago and eventually finding widespread fame with his platinum-selling 2004 album Kamikaze and its smash single […]