Wednesday s installment of
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Reaux Marquez and
Daisha McBride, plus
DJ Walt spinning between sets. His selections were heavy on turn-of-the-millennium cuts by Southern wordsmiths Gucci Mane and Lil Wayne, with some early Jay-Z in there for good measure. Hovaâs legendary âDead Presidents,â released circa his 1996 debut
Reasonable Doubt â which turned a quarter-century old last week â was playing as I made my way into the show space through Exit s sister bar Hurry Back.Â
Around 8 p.m., there was a nice breeze coming through when McBride hit the stage. After 16 months of paused shows, the Knoxville-born MTSU grad and local hip-hop hustler is picking back up where she left off â right at the stage of her development where gigging with regularity to increase her fan base is paramount. She noted the significance of this performance being her first for a live audience in more than a year, but content-wise it didn t deviate too much
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Speaking as a Tennessee transplant and admitted rockist, I’ve yet to quite get a bead on Nashville hip-hop. I know there’s a long-standing scene, and though it lacks the cachet of scenes in Memphis or Atlanta, a growing cast of talented artists and outlets to highlight them exists here in town, working to build that social and commercial infrastructure. Some recent additions to the media landscape deserving shout-outs include Black-owned internet radio station Streetz 99.3 and Nashville Public Radio station WNXP.
But beyond some scattered sets at Spewfests past, I can’t say I’ve experienced the conglomeration of crews and individual artists enough to know the array of sounds and styles inside and out. COVID hasn’t helped much with any of those musical blind spots. However, Friday’s
Sponsored by BMI and BMG, H.O.M.E., in partnership with Nashville Is Not Just Country Music, presents The Best of Nashville Hip-Hop Livestream
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The Best of Nashville Hip-Hop Livestream Event We re ecstatic to bring more visibility to the diverse music scene that is being cultivated here in Nashville. - Logan Crowell, Founder & President of H.O.M.E NASHVILLE, Tenn. (PRWEB) April 22, 2021 In an effort to revitalize the economy for Hip-Hop artists in Nashville and share the talents of Music City’s best artists with a global audience, Helping Our Music Evolve (H.O.M.E.) in partnership with Nashville Is Not Just Country Music (NINJCM), presents ‘The Best of Nashville Hip-Hop’ showcase. The virtual experience, professionally produced with the help of Underground Music Collective, will feature performances by 11 of Nashville’s top emerging Hip-Hop artists including Nate Rose, Byron Juane, Daish