Prototype Issue
Urban Hang Suite
Trends come and go, but there’s no denying the evergreen cool of Garth Trinidad, the mellifluous host of “Chocolate City” on KCRW 89.3, for the last decade and Music Supervisor for the hit HBO show Entourage.
Fade to Blacc: Genre-busting MC Aloe Blacc Breaks New Ground
LA native Aloe Blacc straddles multiple identities as easily as he slips from English and Spanish, the piano to the trumpet.
Delivering Messages Through Hip-Hop
A new generation of Latinos in LA are picking up mics faster than they would arms, in an effort to express their lives more effectively through hip-hop.
Hip-Hop's Future is Ill
It's rare to stumble across a hip-hop duo in LA who are born and raised in Hollywood and can justly represent the city of devils, I mean angels.
Kanye West Can Glow In The Dark
There are certain opportunities in life you just don’t turn down. A chance to check out the “Glow in the Dark” tour from the comfort of a box-seat is one such opportunity even if it’s all the way up in Sacramento.
We The People Festival Brings Hip-Hop Full Circle
Just when I thought I was over hip-hop for a minute and began cruising the streets of LA to a strict soundtrack of 60s and 70s soul and R&B, I fell back in love with it; hardcore. I thank April's We The People festival for reuniting me with the genre.
Turf Talk Fuses LA and The Bay
Turf reps a whole new breed of West Coast rappers, who not only give props to the birthplace of hyphy—the Bay Area—but to California and the West Coast as a whole.
