The KYS List: DMV’s Hottest Rappers 2010 Trailer

See this clip along with others at TMOTTMedia. KYSDC.com recently gathered influential DJs, jocks, bloggers and other DMV music insiders to make a list of DMV’s hottest rappers for 2010. These are the local rap artists that they felt had the hottest year. The KYS List: DMV’s Hottest Rappers 2010 is coming Dec 2010 WATCH VIDEO CLIP BELOW: Continue reading The KYS List: DMV’s Hottest Rappers 2010 Trailer

The BYB Influence Rocks The BET Stage (Wale, Gucci Mane, UCB, Tre & Weensey)

If you’re going to deliver to the world some of your homegrown flavor, why not give it to them live and not just samples of it?  At least that’s the way rapper Wale brought it when he took it to the BET Hip-Hop Awards’ stage.  Instead of flavoring the stage with sprinkles of Backyard Band’s Dope Jam shots, UCB let the keyboards do the talking.  And instead of filling the air with sampled hooks of Backyard Band’s vocalist Weensey singing “Pretty Girls,” the stage was greeted by Weensey himself. I can dig it! Watch video clip below:And also… here’s some … Continue reading The BYB Influence Rocks The BET Stage (Wale, Gucci Mane, UCB, Tre & Weensey)

Don Juan at Howard University’s Yardfest “Lookie Looky” w/ Pooch Dog, Nipsey Hussle, Kobe Gotti and more!! [Video]

Don Juan at Howard University’s Yardfest ’09 “Lookie Looky” w/ Pooch Dog, Nipsey Hussle, Kobe Gotti and more!! Watch video clip below: ———————— More in Entertainment: TMOTTMedia Network: Blog | Twitter | Facebook | YouTube Continue reading Don Juan at Howard University’s Yardfest “Lookie Looky” w/ Pooch Dog, Nipsey Hussle, Kobe Gotti and more!! [Video]

D.C. Hip-Hop: Can it Break the Hold of Go-Go?

By Chris Richards Washington Post Staff Writer Washington’s hip-hop community couldn’t have given itself a more Freudian nickname. “The DMV” stands for the District, Maryland and Virginia, but it feels like a big fat metaphor for a city that’s been waiting . . . waiting . . . waiting . . . for a national rap star to emerge. That wait officially ends on Nov. 10 with the release of Wale’s “Attention Deficit” — the oft-delayed debut album from a local rhymesmith whose degree of success could decide the future of Washington’s ready-to-burst rap scene. “I think every man has … Continue reading D.C. Hip-Hop: Can it Break the Hold of Go-Go?