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TMOTTRadio’s “99 & Kato” to Feature Local Hip Hop and Soul, Too
As TMOTTRadio explodes into live programming, listeners will get more than what they’re used to from the online go-go radio pioneers of the Take Me Out to the Go-Go crew. Listeners will also hear local...
Chuck Brown Memorial Park Grand Opening
8-22-14. It was all LOVE. And the people were beautiful.
Flavors of DC Funk Rock Chocolate City Style at The Kennedy Center
“DC funk rock comes in different flavors, which are exposed by the bands’ front men whose voices point to telling undercurrents in the music. For example, where Head-Roc’s vocals pick up the go-go in GODISHEUS...
A Go-Go Story on MTV’s “True Life Unfiltered”
This video is straight POWER. Check out a young Moe Shorter (Junkyard Band, Go-Go Coalition, and everything good and right with the world), a young Mark Te’ago Ward (TMOTTGoGo, Fatal Attraction Band), and the 20-year-old...
This Award Goes to FOX 5…
In the interest of acknowledging journalism done well, this applause is for FOX 5 DC’s follow-up with Anwan “Big G” Glover after our hometown hero was stabbed while patronizing a DC restaurant and entertainment venue. Thank...
Where the @#$% is Zo Black?
Zo Black Da Rappa will make you dig that young shit. His debut album #WTFIZB Da Mixtape takes the Silver Spring, MD artist above and beyond same-age peers who are just skating by in the...
Dream Big and “CO-LAB”
In the midst of these elitist, co-opting DC snobs… you need this one right here. Peace, respect, prosperity, continued perfection in your self-expression, and LOVE to Integrity Entertainment for this rap co-lab by Killa Cal,...
Dear WHUR 96.3: Take Off that Go-Go Remix of “Royals” and Broadcast to Black People that “We’re Already Royal”
“I know a place / Ain’t nobody cryin’ / Ain’t nobody worried / Ain’t no smilin’ faces / LYIN’ TO THE RACES… Help me, come on, come on / Somebody, help me now… I’ll take...
Thaylobleu, the Truth and the Dare
“I come from a planet called Anacostia,” said Terence “Sub-Z” Nicholson into the mic, though D.P. did most of the talkin’ during Thaylobleu’s May 12th show at Black Cat. The best DC funk bands master...
“Countering the Story to Destroy Black Boys” Baltimore Narrative
The Baltimore Participatory Action Research group at UMBC will host an Open Mic Poetry Event with area poets and word artists.
Don’t Let Go [Our Girls]
#BringBackOurGirls all over the world, and in my city, and in my state. And how about… Don’t give us up in the first place. And don’t give up on us. Cherish us and respect us. ...
Whatchu Know ‘Bout “Mumu Fresh” Tho?
This gem represents just one of a hunnit reasons you should be at the Howard Theatre on Wednesday, May 14, 2014 at 8pm for The Reintroduction of Mumu Fresh Mixtape Release Concert. Maimouna Youssef a.k.a....
Art of Cool Festival… where DC represented in Durham, NC
Overheard in Durham, North Carolina at the Art of Cool Festival 2014: “I see you, DMV!” – DJ KEMIT to the crowd at the Friday night Spread Love afterparty at Republic “DC is deep down...