The Year Was 2014: The Cheats Movement shares mixtape spotlighting best RVA hip hop of the year

by | Jan 5, 2015 | MUSIC

If you’ve been wondering what was going on in the RVA hip hop scene over the past year, The Cheats Movement blog is here to fill you in. Blog proprietor Marc Cheatham recently put together a mixtape featuring his personally-curated 2014 RVA hip hop favorites.

If you’ve been wondering what was going on in the RVA hip hop scene over the past year, The Cheats Movement blog is here to fill you in. Blog proprietor Marc Cheatham recently put together a mixtape featuring his personally-curated 2014 RVA hip hop favorites. From established artists like Nickelus F and Noah-O to underground favorites like Black Liquid and Gritty City, plus some worthy up-and-comers like Chance Fischer and Peter $un, The Year Was 2014 gives a wide-ranging and great-sounding overview of what’s been happening in the local hip hop scene over the past year. We’d tell you more, but Cheats’ spoken intro has the rest of the rundown covered, so stream the mixtape below, and head over to The Cheats Movement to grab a free download:

Marilyn Drew Necci

Marilyn Drew Necci

Former GayRVA editor-in-chief, RVA Magazine editor for print and web. Anxiety expert, proud trans woman, happily married.




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