From: www.Justin.TV
By: Tia Marie on 01/08/2010 at 12:42
Recently here at Justin.tv, we have been featuring some great hip hop talent, to the excitement of our users. It's been a lot of fun showcasing these artists, all with different styles, to expose the many different layers of hip hop culture.
We most recently featured Stones Throw artists Strong Arm Steady, who have long been a staple of classic West Coast hip hop. The group is comprised of Krondon, Phil Da Agony, and Mitchy Slick, with previous members including hard-hitting notables like Xzibit and Planet Asia. Strong Arm Steady was also joined by the legendary DJ J.Rocc of the World Famous Beat Junkies. During their broadcast, they chatted with fans, played some tracks, and spit some rhymes. Check out the embedded clip from their broadcast!
We have also featured Bay Area-local up and coming artists. Hopie Spitshard may not look like your typical rapper, but she embraces her identity as a female rapper and proudly announces her Filipina heritage: two significantly underrepresented groups in hip-hop culture. She played some classic and unreleased tracks, and had a blast chatting with fans, new and old.
DJ Platurn of the Oakland Faders came on and discussed some upcoming projects and collaborations he is working on, and also played some tracks for the viewers. Keno from hip hop duo The Otherside did some freestyling for the viewers, and was backed up by DJ Jun's beatboxing.
We also featured SWTBRDS, a hip hop collective that consists of emcees, DJs, producers, and artists. They discussed the state of Bay Area hip hop, influences, and upcoming projects. The broadcast had some guests, including da Vinci, Ammbush, DJ Strategy, DJ Teeko, and Stash Magazine. da Vinci spit a few rhymes and Teeko did a set for the viewers, which was a hit in the chatroom!
We have a lot of talent lined up, so stay tuned for more hip hop artists to be featured and don't forget to add these channels to be notified of their next broadcasts!
Posted by Tia Marie at 12:42 PM
