Aurora, Illinois emcee JayQuan drops his “MCMXCVII” mixtape via Datpiff that features nine tracks with no guest features, ensuring Jay’s talents are properly showcased. Bolstering production from Roca Beats, Nova, StonedZoo & others, the project is available to for streaming and free download now. Download Mixtape | Free Mixtapes Powered by DatPiff.com

Aurora, Illinois up & coming rapper Young J connects with fellow comrades Done Wright & CO Escobar for a slick remix to the classic Biggie joint “Who Shot You” to offer as an appetizer for J’s upcoming “CoKane County 3” mixtape dropping sometime next year.

Aurora, Illinois production duo JCA Beats Productions teams together with Chicago underground emcee Big X to deliver a powerful anthem aimed at those individuals that came from struggle and overcame the adversity. Filled with clever sample chops and large instrumentation, the guys provide a warrior like theme for the seasoned lyricist to unleash his aggression over. Cover art was supplied …

Danny Jams and Chicago’s rising star Mick Jenkins link up to prove their profession of word play and lyricism. Danny is a 21 year old rapper from Tucson, Arizona. His upcoming project “2 DOAP” is dropping on January 1st, 2015.

Just in time for the holidays, rap veterans Sivion, Sareem Poems, Kinetik and Sojourn spit some bars over the Imperial produced beat for “12 Bars of Christmas”. Each emcee waxes about their favorite holiday memories as a child centering around Christmas with some slick sample cuts from Nice & Smooth.

At the end of 2013, OneTwoKno sent Andrew Moore of Watch City fame an email with a few beats that had him more inspired to write than he had been since the “White Men Can’t Rap” writing process. “23” was written over the course of winter 2013/ spring 2014. I wrote the last lyrics on the morning of his 24th …

Hagerstown, Maryland emcee C-Trox drops his “Perspective” EP which carries features from Marvin Divine, Hi-Rez, Klouds Music & Nate Good with production from Tido Vegas. Investing over 2k and 5+ months of hard work into the production of the album all while attending WVU for an engineering degree, C-Trox hopes you appreciate the music put forth.

Born and raised in North Carolina, Chris Jordan started rapping in the 7th grade but didn’t take it serious then. He was involved in basketball and all his focus was on hoop dreams until his senior year in high school where he quit his school team and ended up rapping the summer after his graduation. From then on he’s posted …

Chicago’s BanksThe Genius drops a video to his single “Promise” which was shot by Chicago filmmaker J Krown and the instrumental was laced by OneTwoKno. The track has received praise for it’s emotionally significant and raw nature. The content of the song and the video embodies a reflective and personal testament to Banks not only as an artist but also …

Ben Oakes releases his music video for his new single “Evolution” featuring Bobby Dub. Ben stands up for the youth with a new perspective on stereotypes in society, even stripping completely naked to prove a point in the video.