INTERVIEW BY JOE FITZPATRICK PHOTOS BY JASON BALL AND CRAIG ZIRPOLO Food is not defined by the end product but rather by the ingredients it takes to make something special. With a dash of funk, a cup of hip-hop, a… Continue Reading
INTERVIEW BY JOE FITZPATRICK PHOTOS AND VIDEO BY DJ FAM PRODUCTIONS AND JOHN SHORE It has been said time and time again that the youth are the future, and they will lead the way to better times. NODIS is no… Continue Reading
INTERVIEW BY JOE FITZPATRICK PHOTOS PROVIDED BY ROBERT MCFARLAND Taking inspiration from historical black leaders, such as Marcus Garvey, Martin Luther King Jr., and Malcom X, as well as religious and cultural influences in hip hop, ROBERT MCFARLAND is taking… Continue Reading
INTERVIEW BY JOE FITZPATRICK PHOTOS PROVIDED BY BWARD PHOTOGRAPHY AND JASON COFFEY Though he is relatively new to the Hampton Roads rap and R&B scene, vocalist Jason Coffey, who is also known as JAE, is a native of Newport News,… Continue Reading
INTERVIEW BY JOE FITZPATRICK PHOTOS AND VIDEO PROVIDED BY NATHAN SWIHART Though you probably haven’t heard of NAY NAY yet, this 20-year-old rapper from Virginia Beach is on the verge of breaking out of the underground and into the eyes… Continue Reading
Lost In Space by NAY NAY https://naynay.bandcamp.com/album/lost-in-space ALBUM REVIEW BY JOE FITZPATRICK Though he is no stranger to the rap game, 20-year-old Virginia Beach resident Nathan Swihart, who prefers to go by his nickname NAY NAY, is on the verge… Continue Reading
INTERVIEW BY JOE FITZPATRICK PHOTOS PROVIDED BY HOUSTON HEARD Though he is still an up and coming rapper from an unlikely music scene, HOUSTON HEARD from Williamsburg, Va. is a name you should know. Finding influences in the alternative hip-hop… Continue Reading
Above Below Average by HOUSTON HEARD https://houstonheardmusic.bandcamp.com/releases ALBUM REVIEW BY JOE FITZPATRICK On his debut, 11-track album Above Below Average, alternative rapper and composer HOUSTON HEARD delivers sharp, quick rhymes with a flow so eloquent you might forget that he… Continue Reading
INTERVIEW BY JOE FITZPATRICK PHOTOS PROVIDED BY FOOTWERK Founded in 2010, FOOTWERK is a group of talented, and strictly platonic, musicians from the Virginia and Washington, D.C. music scenes that have come together to create some “no strings attached” musical… Continue Reading
INTERVIEW BY JOE FITZPATRICK PHOTOS BY RAW ARTISTS WASHINGTON, D.C. Prior to forming THE DC GENTLEMAN, vocalist Ryan Lucas had a desire to create music with like-minded individuals. Therefore, through Craigslist, he began his search to find equally talented musicians… Continue Reading