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...
As The Gemcutters Prism opens up, a warm string section welcomes you to an album that hopes to empower you with a positive message- a refreshing change of pace in the face of trap-heavy modern hip hop. Before long Cha$e Royale, the emcee who leads us on this musical journey, slides into your ears with the records opening verse. Born in Camaroon,...
As The Gemcutters Prism opens up, a warm string section welcomes you to an album that hopes to empower you with a positive message- a refreshing change of pace in the face of trap-heavy modern hip hop. Before long Cha$e Royale, the emcee who leads us on this musical journey, slides into your ears with the records opening verse. Born in Camaroon,...
Get ready to bob your head and break ya neck because hip hop star Busta Rhymes will make his way to Richmond this summer. From entertaining us in his early days by screaming "Woo Hah!!" to getting us hype with tracks like "Dangerous" and "Touch It" and "Break Ya Neck" his unique videos and stage presence always kept me bumping his jams from my...
In his forthcoming album, The Importance of Self Belief, Richmond rap/jazz musician McKinley Dixon broadens the scope of the challenging subject matter and sentimental dialogue indicative of his prior album, Who Taught You To Hate Yourself?. With an ensemble of gifted jazz musicians and an arsenal of talented collaborators, Dixon brings new...
When I first heard McChicken I knew there would be some challenges involved for some folks, but a new beat track record highlights the rapper and jazz musician's true talents. MC Chicken's "River Rat" days might be a bit in the past with a new full length, Grease Trap, that dropped earlier this year, but he hasn't slowed down. We picked up on...
When I first heard McChicken I knew there would be some challenges involved for some folks, but a new beat track record highlights the rapper and jazz musician's true talents. MC Chicken's "River Rat" days might be a bit in the past with a new full length, Grease Trap, that dropped earlier this year, but he hasn't slowed down. We picked up on...
I just keep rasping out my throat trying to make Lil Uzi Vert noises and I probably wont ever stop - and you can hear them in person (and from the real source) when the rapper comes to town later this Spring. Symere Woods AKA Lil Uzi Vert is a Philly-based rapper who has managed to tap into America's youth with his weird videos, relatable lyrics...
Rapper Boosie Badazz (FTK Lil Boosie) was forced to cancel a performance at a Dinwiddie car show last night after gun fire erupted in the crowd. The sold out motorcycle rally at Virginia Motorsports Park, called the Big 5 State Bike Rally, featured Boosie as a performer but was cut short when gun fire broke out. Local police said two people were...
Last summer RVA Magazine had the chance to sit down and chat in-depth with local hip hop artist Fly Anakin after he just released his album, The Grand Scheme of Things, and the young emcee hasn’t slowed down since. At the top of the new year, Anakin, alongside producer BSTFRND (Satellite Syndicate), dropped collaborative EP Yo Mama Boyfrnd and...
