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"...is where competition meets celebration, where rivalry surrenders to friendship, where a shared culture blossoms into community. This is..."

"...today marks the official start of Austin’s first queer hip-hop festival. Aiming to be the largest festival of its..."

"...Oprah’s Master Class, rap giant Jay Z postulated that hip-hop had done more for race relations than most civil..."

"...the electric and contagious energy of performers and avid hip-hop supporters...."

"...kickoff, organizers have pulled the plug on Weird City Hip-Hop Fest. The cancellation comes as a result of poor..."

"...of the black dollar, and I’ve always felt like hip-hop is the musical extension of that,” Rebecca “Dimplez” Ijeoma..."

"...Weird City Hip-Hop Fest can't catch a break. Saturday's unrelenting rains washed..."

"...Great launched its comeback after a three-year hiatus with hip-hop...."

"...“Hip-hop sucks nowadays” – you’ve seen it on various local..."

"...Austin’s rap scene is one of immense growth and..."

"...Photography, the Los Angeles trio co-headlines the Weird City Hip-Hop Festival on Saturday at the weekend’s headquarters, Empire Control..."

"...The Weird City Hip-Hop Festival returns for a second year with a vengeance,..."

"...The four elements of Hip Hop culture – DJs, MCs, breakdancing, and graffiti –..."

"...a strong, no-frills performance. Guilty brings Detroit and its hip-hop history everywhere he rocks a mic. Friday night at..."

"...girl group Cooly Girls. Alongside taking over Manners' longtime Hip Hop Hooray broadcast this year, Blake works as an..."

"...of legend and serves as the ceremonial birthdate of hip-hop...."

"...NickNack, Tee-Double, DJ Phyfteen, Gerald G. Through his weekly Hip-Hop Humpdays at the Mercury (now Parish), he and MCs..."

"...crowd, especially those sporting chains and wife beaters. One hip-hop pop-up showcased recently at a dubious strip mall in..."

"...date back to her formative years in a youth hip-hop program and exploits with longtime musical group Mindz of..."

"...is exactly what Independence Brewing and the College of Hip Hop Knowledge (CHHK) crew have in common...."

"...This feels more like a hip-hop studio than a traditional classroom environment, which is fitting:..."

"...Austin's most appropriate ambassador of a rich and burgeoning hip-hop culture, a thoroughly self-made embodiment of the scene's oft-tempered..."

"...broadly, in poverty-stricken neighborhoods across the country, where coffee shops open instead of the grocery stores residents have been..."

"...was to create music, becoming one of Austin's foremost hip-hop producers. Full-circle, Herrera now builds a large, multiuse recording..."

"...Hip Hop Hooray host Leah Manners – aka Miss Manners..."

"...Austin’s only dedicated hip-hop festival floundered this month when poor pre-sales and headliner..."

"...Rising. A confluence of Afrocentric individuality, Parliament Funkadelic funk, hippie rhymes, and mercurial samples, it welcomed hip-hop to the..."

"...Today, sitting in an Austin coffee shop, Duke recalls that conversation. Her mother said she could..."

"...the Houston rapper born Bernard Freeman built a Southern hip-hop franchise with Trill (2005), II Trill (2008), Trill OG..."

"..."The connection between Martin Luther King and the hip-hop audience is pretty obvious," asserts local MC Bavu Blakes...."