Local R&B Singer MAZ Preps for Her First Official Release
Local R&B singer MAZ says that she’s been creating since birth. Her mother was a portrait artist and her father a producer, so it would seem almost predestined that she would always follow a creative path in her life. She…
Hip-Hop Duo FreshProduce Keeps It ‘Fresh, Local & Equitable’
On a calm Tuesday evening in the Westside’s Hingetown neighborhood, local artists Brittany “DJ Red-I” and Samantha “Playne Jayne” Flowers are working on sprucing up their newly acquired record shop, Young Kingz. Playne Jayne hangs up album covers on the…
Bang Messiah’s New Mixtape Captures the Feel of an Era
Local deejay and producer Bang Messiah has been a fixture on the local hip-hop scene for quite awhile. To put things in a better perspective, he has credits that go all the way back into the early ’90s when he…
Rapper Kanye West Keeps It Tame and Inspirational at the Q
There are few entertainers that are as polarizing as Kanye West. The people who despise him will roll out a laundry list of reasons why they do, but on the other side of the coin, his endearing fans will unfurl…