Tag Archives: Pennsylvania

Triumph and Tragedy, Right and Wrong, Freedom and Oppression. Without one aspect the other is not able to be fully appreciated. In everyday life we face internal battles within ourselves, just as society continues to fight a civil battle within itself. Coming from the Mon Valley in McKeesport, Pennsylvania, right outside of Pittsburgh, R.A.R.E. Nation recording artist JKJ displays these …

Portland, Oregon’s Mike Bars collabs with Philadelphia producer John Versace to tell a story about temptation, lust and betrayal in “Dance With The Devil”, featuring a smoothly sampled hook from pop sensation Lana Del Rey.

Michael Gadiva is a female rapper from Philadelphia (born and raised) but based in Atlanta and she just put out a visual mix tape series called “Damn… She Got Bars” The videos consist of an 8 part biweekly visual mixtape series from Michael Gadiva. Here’s episode 3, freestylying over Joey Bada$$’ “Christ Conscious” beat.

New remix from producer/ clothing designer Gianni Lee. After winning the Vfiles x Def Jam DJ Championship, Gianni has been back in the lab cranking out remix after remix gearing up for his debut EP in the coming months. The Philadelphia native has recently teamed up with long time collaborator and Baltimore based producer HI$TO to craft a remix to …

B Real TV’s Heavyweights Radio presents an exclusive freestyle from Rostrum Records emcee Boaz over the instrumental to C-Zar Van Gogh’s “Wayans Brothers” song.

With help from Eastside POP films, JKJ presents another impressive visual to his song “Where I Come From” off his latest project “JORDAN”. A track about his life and growing up in a poverty-stricken steel mill town of Mckeesport, Pennsylvania. With an assist from Young Ice and production from Roscoe WIKI, “Where I Come From” is an ode to every …

JKJ is an artist whose message is focused on social commentary, intelligent discussion, and his own life experiences, with a versatility that allows him to execute effectively over anything from dark, soulful samples to powerful, guitar-driven rock influences. Boasting an impressive musical catalog, wonderfully interactive live show, strong chemistry with Palermo and veteran leadership as an artist, JKJ is a …

Philly vet Cassidy is known to go insane on remixes and this one is no different. First rhyming over an altered version of Drake’s “Worst Behavior” then the lyrical assault continues as Cass spazzes out on the “Trophies” instrumental.      

Guns, rabbits, mysterious men and suicide all find a meaningful home in “Drifter,” the climactic fourth volume of “Data Recovery”; a short, music-centered film and alternative hip hop album released in April 2012 by Pittsburgh music and video producer HITTofMCM. Self-produced by HITTofMCM at MCM Studios in Pittsburgh’s South Side, “Drifter” seeks to answer questions raised in the first three …

R.A.R.E. Nation artist JKJ releases “Ribs Touchin”, the first music video for his upcoming project, “JORDAN”. The video, directed by Blue Lens Films, captures the lively, bass-heavy production from Nate Kodi as JKJ boldly states his determination to stake a claim in the hip hop world. “JORDAN” is an album comprised of unleashed aggression and careful introspection, and this video …