According to the CEO of Charged Up Entertainment and local hip hop legend, Noah Oddo, the Cleveland Guardians have accused the company of infringing on their team's new logo. Oddo stated that the Cleveland Guardians' lawyers contacted him and demanded that he give up...
King Kaiju: Richmond’s King Of the Hip Hop Monsters
With the major shift in music since the start of the pandemic, sometimes it’s hard to keep up with all the music coming out. Here in Richmond there is a very deep underground part of the city if you know how to find it. That's where you'll find King Kaiju. King...
Hip Hop, Battle Rap, and Surviving COVID: Talking Rap Elite 2022 With Radio B
Hip hop is the only genre of music you will ever hear described as a game. The way people talk about "running the rap game," you'd almost think it was a sport. Here's the thing: it is, kind of. Or at least, it kind of started out as one. And here in Richmond, some of...
Everyone’s Got A Price
On Time Is The Price, Blackliq's first release for Sage Francis's Strange Famous Records, the veteran Richmond MC lays out his dark history, his bright future, and his methods for hacking life -- all overtop of the best production he's received in his career thus far....
Keeping It Gritty
Johnny Ciggs may regret the goofy name he gave himself at the start of his hip hop career, but with his new album, Lighters and Lightbulbs, the Gritty City Records label head shows that his talent is no joke. Before Johnny Ciggs became a rapper and owner of Gritty...
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