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Saturday, Oct. 19: Ang P

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Saturday, Oct. 19: Ang P

Rapper Ang P has been grinding for a more then a minute in Olympia. If you follow the local hip-hop scene and haven't heard his name come up in the past, then you probably don't follow closely. This weekend, Ang will be releasing his new seven-track Chronic and Patron EP

Friday, March 29: Afrok's 30th Birthday Bash

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Friday, March 29: Afrok's 30th Birthday Bash

Friday at the Urban Onion Lounge, Afrok and his band, The Movement, will lead a musical charge followed up by plenty of other organic hip-hop talent he's bringing out for his 30th birthday celebration. Afrok handpicked local rappers Akeem, MC Swamptiger and Sky Hatter - who just

Afrok celebrates big birthday with a solid hip-hop show

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Afrok celebrates big birthday with a solid hip-hop show

Proud Olympia hip-hop vet Afrok will be officially old Friday March 29, He's throwing a talent filled party/show to celebrate. The big 30 is upon him, and while that makes me feel old as well - I've been watching him develop into the artist he is today for 14 years

Your Density: "Delorean Music" release party Nov. 3 in Olympia

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Your Density: "Delorean Music" release party Nov. 3 in Olympia

Olympia punker turned hip-hopper Doc Hollywood and his goofball/party rap group Hollywood Kill Krew broke onto the scene in 2009.  Since then, HKK and Hollywood have been busy playing shows and releasing multiple projects - and even earned themselves "best hip-hop group" in the Weekly Volcano's 2012 Best of Olympia. 

Olympia rapper has M.I.D.A.S touch

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Olympia rapper has M.I.D.A.S touch

Olympia rapper/entrepreneur Slo Poke, aka S.P., has been making powerful hip-hop moves in the South Sound since the mid 1990s, and while the common job titles placed next to his name in the past have been rapper and promoter, he has now decided to place club owner on his list

Sunday, March 25: Raekwon

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Sunday, March 25: Raekwon

Olympia will be blessed with an East Coast legend Sunday when Wu Tang Clan member Raekwon hits the state capitol for the first time.  Since officially joining Wu Tang in 1992, over the years Raekwon has become one of the more recognized names in the group and

Hip-Hop 4 the Homeless in Olympia

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Hip-Hop 4 the Homeless in Olympia

Founded in 2002 by Olympia DJ and hip-hop activist Luvva J - real name Jose Gutierrez Jr. - in Vancouver, B.C., the non-profit organization Hip-Hop 4 the Homeless has now been spreading awareness of homelessness for a decade. Once a year, Luvva J and friends host the two-day event that

Saturday, March 10: Hip-Hop 4 The Homeless Celebration Show featuring Afrok

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Saturday, March 10: Hip-Hop 4 The Homeless Celebration Show featuring Afrok

My first encounter with local Olympia rapper Afrok was in 1999 while he was DJ-ing under the name Spoons.  Afrok's weekly hip-hop night at Le Voyeur was catching a buzz around town because it was the only all ages hip-hop night in Olympia at the time. DJ Andrew James and

Olympia's Afrok is at the top of his game

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Olympia's Afrok is at the top of his game

My first encounter with local Olympia rapper Afrok was in 1999 while he was DJ-ing under the name Spoons.  Afrok's weekly hip-hop night at Le Voyeur was catching a buzz around town because it was the only all ages hip-hop night in Olympia at the time. DJ Andrew James and

Laundry Day

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Laundry Day

Indiana-native turned Olympian Double B is everywhere. I think it's because he doesn't shy away from the many music opportunities that come his way. One night you might catch him in Seattle competing in an emcee battle put on by the Zulu Nation; the next night Double B might be

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Sage Francis show hits Capitol Theater on Saturday

In 2003, New Hampshire hip-hop artist Sage Francis traveled to Olympia for one of the biggest hip-hop shows the city had seen at that time. Sage rapped and told stories to a near sold-out Capitol Theatre main stage and left Oly's hip-hop scene bubbling and eager for more. Shortly after, Sage's

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INTERVIEW: Kimya Dawson talks hip-hop

TEAMING UP WITH AESOP ROCK >>>   Kimya Dawson is (and has been) an icon in the Olympia music scene since the mid-1990s. Although Dawson has come and gone, she has now been back in Olympia for about five years and says she's here to stay.  The folk singer, who gained notoriety

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HIP HOP: Hollywood Kill Krew

GAINING STEAM IN OLYMPIA >>>   "I started rapping when I decided I wanted to make a rap album for my cat," Hollywood Kill Krew (HKK) frontman Doc Hollywood tells me. "I didn't know anybody that rapped, so I would just do it by myself for my cat, Mr. Cool."   Although Hollywood says

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HIP-HOP: Subdivision Studios

FAMILIAR NAMES OPEN NEW VENTURE >>>   Subdivision Studios is quite possibly the best thing ever to hit Olympia for up-and-coming hip-hop artists - at least when it comes to finding a legitimate place to record music or finding top-of-the-line production. On April 1, Smoke of Oldominion (Matt Smokovich), Booz E Collinz

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HIP-HOP: Eprhyme’s K Records release, “Dopestylvesky”

LIVE SATURDAY AT NORTHERN >>>   On Tuesday Olympia's legendary K Records released its first hip-hop album in over a decade.   Saturday, April 30, Olympians will get the chance to check out Eprhyme, the hip-hop artist Calvin Johnson and K decided would be a good fit for their popular indie record label. Eprhyme,

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