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This is the first time I've blogged anything in a long ass time. The 9-to-5 life had me all but discard of this domain name, but alas, we're still alive! I came back here to announce that we're proud to present our next show, featuring DC's own Fat Trel . Check the flyer out above! Crazy, right!? I blogged about Trel pretty in-depth a little over a year ago (check that here ). While bigger names Wale and Tabi Bonney have worked diligently to put DC hip-hop on the map, Trel has [...]

This is the first time I've blogged anything in a long ass time. The 9-to-5 life had me all but discard of this domain name, but alas, we're still alive! I came back here to announce that we're proud to present our next show, featuring DC's own Fat Trel . Check the flyer out above! Crazy, right!? I blogged about Trel pretty in-depth a little over a year ago (check that here ). While bigger names Wale and Tabi Bonney have worked diligently to put DC hip-hop on the map, Trel has [...]

Well actually, that's just one flyer. 3,000 looks like this: Shout out to all of the people who have shown love as far as spreading the good word. From the blogs to the tumblrs, from the publications to the tweets, from traditional (and frankly the most powerful communication method) word of mouth, we see it all, and are EXTREMELY appreciative. You have no idea how much you've done for us! We're aiming to sell this bad boy out. I think this is an important concert for [...]

Well actually, that's just one flyer. 3,000 looks like this: Shout out to all of the people who have shown love as far as spreading the good word. From the blogs to the tumblrs, from the publications to the tweets, from traditional (and frankly the most powerful communication method) word of mouth, we see it all, and are EXTREMELY appreciative. You have no idea how much you've done for us! We're aiming to sell this bad boy out. I think this is an important concert for [...]

You've probably seen all the $#!t I've been talking online about how vicious this concert will be. Frankly, if you break it all down, August 12, 2011 can be seen as a historic day in DC as far as hip-hop is concerned. Before we booked this concert, the 9:30 Club (voted one of the top venues in the nation by Billboard Magazine a couple weeks ago ) had no hip-hop concerts until like November. The spot is 1200 people, and honestly, most hip-hop shows these days can't pack a venue that size unless it's a mainstream superstar [...]

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You've probably seen all the $#!t I've been talking online about how vicious this concert will be. Frankly, if you break it all down, August 12, 2011 can be seen as a historic day in DC as far as hip-hop is concerned. Before we booked this concert, the 9:30 Club (voted one of the top venues in the nation by Billboard Magazine a couple weeks ago ) had no hip-hop concerts until like November. The spot is 1200 people, and honestly, most hip-hop shows these days can't pack a venue that size unless it's a mainstream superstar [...]

We were fortunate enough to recruit Top Dawg Entertainment recording artist Kendrick Lamar for a much anticipated performance at the 9:30 Club, making it his first-ever public show in the nation's capital. The Compton standout is expected to sell out the 1200 capacity venue thanks to his loyal following in the DC metropolitan area. Kendrick will be joined on stage by fellow label mate Schoolboy Q as he cycles through his hits spanning from his early career to his most recent project, the critically acclaimed #Section80 . Also sharing the spotlight for the evening are [...]

We were fortunate enough to recruit Top Dawg Entertainment recording artist Kendrick Lamar for a much anticipated performance at the 9:30 Club, making it his first-ever public show in the nation's capital. The Compton standout is expected to sell out the 1200 capacity venue thanks to his loyal following in the DC metropolitan area. Kendrick will be joined on stage by fellow label mate Schoolboy Q as he cycles through his hits spanning from his early career to his most recent project, the critically acclaimed #Section80 . Also sharing the spotlight for the evening are [...]

Dilla fans, rejoice! DC to BC is a proud media sponsor for the 6th Annual J. Dilla Tribute and Fundraiser, featuring some of DC's most prominent hip-hop acts and headlined this year by Pharcyde . I honestly thought I'd never get to see these left coast legends rock a show, but this was a pleasant surprise. At the 9:30 Club, too. Talk about trill. I can't believe it's been 6 years since the incredibly influential producer's passing. I wasn't even hip to how influential Dilla was until after he departed; I found out he produced [...]

Dilla fans, rejoice! DC to BC is a proud media sponsor for the 6th Annual J. Dilla Tribute and Fundraiser, featuring some of DC's most prominent hip-hop acts and headlined this year by Pharcyde . I honestly thought I'd never get to see these left coast legends rock a show, but this was a pleasant surprise. At the 9:30 Club, too. Talk about trill. I can't believe it's been 6 years since the incredibly influential producer's passing. I wasn't even hip to how influential Dilla was until after he departed; I found out he produced [...]

I hit NY every once in a while to check in with my folks out there. Since graduation, probably 75% of my really good childhood friends have relocated there. I also gotta dap up those who held me down when I was a newbie to NY, living in Aris' cozy apartment in the back room and taking the J train to Complex every day, almost always late. I miss NY just typing about it. One of the guys who looks out the most for me in [...]

I hit NY every once in a while to check in with my folks out there. Since graduation, probably 75% of my really good childhood friends have relocated there. I also gotta dap up those who held me down when I was a newbie to NY, living in Aris' cozy apartment in the back room and taking the J train to Complex every day, almost always late. I miss NY just typing about it. One of the guys who looks out the most for me in [...]

I hope so. I've kept the DC to BC name alive through my prolific tweeting , but now that we've started throwing legitimate events that people really appreciate, I think it's time to get back to the blog world. I know what you're thinking. I say that like every four or five months. But this time I have to do it, because once you work in corporate America, you gotta make an extremely conscious effort to ensure that your 9-to-5 doesn't swallow your brand (all hetero). If my job is Moby Dick (another all hetero can go [...]

I hope so. I've kept the DC to BC name alive through my prolific tweeting , but now that we've started throwing legitimate events that people really appreciate, I think it's time to get back to the blog world. I know what you're thinking. I say that like every four or five months. But this time I have to do it, because once you work in corporate America, you gotta make an extremely conscious effort to ensure that your 9-to-5 doesn't swallow your brand (all hetero). If my job is Moby Dick (another all hetero can go [...]

I know. I haven't blogged in a bit. And I'm completely fine with it. Just gearing up for the summer, man. That's a whole 'nother blog post, though. My man Ken Consor over at Syracuse University and the kind folks over at 'Cuse's University Union are throwing the Block Party 2011, featuring KiD CuDi, Nas and Damian Marley, and Tinie Tempah on April 29 (Friday) , and he's been kind enough to throw me 4 tickets to toss around to any DC to BC readers in the tri-state area [...]

Major, major shout out to Howard University's Zon D'Amour as well as all of Endustry Power Players for inviting me to kick it with them and chop it up with whoever shows up to this event, OPEN TO THE PUBLIC , about whatever's on their minds. I invite and encourage anybody who rocks with me to come through. It's at 7pm, and the address is below: Howard University Armour J. Blackburn University Center 2397 Sixth Street, N.W. Washington, D.C. 20059 202-806-5983 Bingo. Any problems, [...]

Thank you, WKYS! I appreciate it. Check the article here , and browse the site out too; they just started going IN on their content. Hopefully, it'll be a whole new market for them since terrestrial radio is evolving. Thanks again guys!!!

That's right ! Tomorrow Night at 201 Lounge in NE DC! Music By DJ Spicoli and the Section 8 Band! Happy Hour from 9-11pm! Semi-Formal attire required, like back in the days when people wore 3-piece suits to the club. Click the flyer for tickets.

Chip covers my favorite Bone Thugs song, "Days Of Our Livez", and sounds just like his Ohio forefathers, almost to a T (Editor's Note: NO idea what "to a T" means, but felt like I should throw it in here!). This is a smooth way to round out Friday. His harmony game is kinda tight; sounds a lot like CuDi in the beginning of the track. DOWNLOAD: Chip Tha Ripper - Don't Come Into My Hood (Bone Thugs Cover)

Welcome to the third edition of Singles Awareness Day . This year's S.A.D. will be celebrated a couple days early, allowing you to ride into the weekend with 31 songs that say all the things that you've been thinking about love, lust, or anything in between. Most of these tracks you've never heard, and if you have, you won't mind, because they just work so well on this compilation. Don't think this just some sappy ass depressing music, either. Singles Awareness Day isn't a day of mourning; it's simply a time where you're made aware of the single life, [...]