Let’s be honest: most local summer music guides read like they were written by someone who’s never been to a show. A few safe headliners. Maybe a festival or two. So we made our own and put it all in one place for easy reference. This is RVA Magazine’s...
Veteran Virginia rapper Pusha T has been known as King Push for a while now, and he's been proving exactly why he came by such a royal sobriquet in recent months as he returned to the spotlight with his latest solo album, It's Almost Dry. Having started out as one half of the legendary hip hop duo Clipse, along with his brother No Malice, Pusha...
Richmond's Butcher Brown has been on a roll as of late, which is impressive considering the worldwide lockdown, but they kept their music out there and grew their fanbase. Not easy. The guys launched their YouTube series #MothershipMonday and stayed connected during the pandemic. They hit national level news when ESPN reached out to create the...
On Halloween night, thousands gathered at the Greek Theatre in Los Angeles for a tribute concert dedicated to the life of artist Mac Miller, who passed away in September from a rumored overdose. Miller’s closest musician friends hit the stage to perform his favorite songs and the songs they'd made together. John Mayer, Chance the Rapper, Miguel,...
The song of my generation just came out, and it's Drake's "Emotionless." It's one of the most notable songs on the rap side of his newest album, the double-sided "Scorpion," and cleverly samples Mariah Carey's 1991 "Emotions." The title of the song is both a reference to the source material and an ironic statement, because if you have followed...
Last time we checked in with Richmond hip hop artist Fly Anakin it was around spring of last year and he had just dropped Chapel Drive, a collaborative album with Koncept Jack$on. And since then, the Southside native has yet to sit back and relax, in fact, he's been steadily toiling away in the studio to deliver Backyard Boogie, his new album,...
Mix And Meet is an event created by recording artist Money Makin Campaign, his producer, The Few, and business partner Adolphus Ingram. It’s an industry mixer open to the public, and to any genre of music and arts. Richmond artist Campaign had done some touring with AddVentures Music, a company that provides production and promotion help in...
New life is being breathed into Richmond's rap community with the introduction of the RVA Lyricist Lounge, hosted by Radio B. The monthly event is meant to be a platform for local rappers and emcees to showcase their lyrical talent on stage and against each other in battles. Taking inspiration from the classic nature of hip-hop and rap cyphers,...
For over a decade now, Richmond has had a varied hip hop scene supported by a small group of OGs that took it upon themselves to make a scene. Richmatic at the old Twisters (now Strange Matter) comes to mind as a good example of how it worked in the early 00s -- the creation and trading of cassette mix tapes, pinned up fliers on telephone poles,...
Five years ago, unknown artist Nu3ra Ness performed at The National, the sold-out venue’s crowd were in awe of the up and coming hip hop performer, loving every bar from him. At least that is what Nu3ra Ness (pronounced New Era) thought until he turned around and saw Future standing behind him and realized that’s who the crowd was really cheering...
