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TULSA, OK:
All of Oklahoma showed up to the Cox Business Services Center for Deja Vu Entertainment and Wild 104.9’s 1st Annual Holiday Fest starring Lil Wayne, Gorilla Zoe, Juelz Santana, and Yung Berg. 1st Saturday’s at Club Hive is completely ladies night and DJ Ramao continues to shut the club down spinning the latest club bangaz. Tulsa has caught on to the contagious vintage 80’s clothing trend; Quickie Mart is the spot to shop for the tightest Hip Hop vintage garments for the streets. Kanebeatz produced new tracks for Baby, Flo-Rida, and Rob G’s new albums. - DJ Civil Rightz (Myspace.com/DJCivilRightz)
BAY ST. LOUIS, MS:
2007 has come to a close and there was no place to be for New Year’s Eve but Nel’s Sports Bar & Lounge. Everybody and their momma came out including the Block Burners, Gotty Boi Chris, Shine Baby, T-Byrd, and of course the Swamp Root Klik whose single “You Know the Sound” is tearing up the streets. Carlos Cartel, Pimp G, Lil Hound, Greg B, Big G, and Mississippi O are also holding it down for Mississippi. - DJ Deliyte (unodasound@yahoo.com)
LOUISVILLE, KY:
Hurricane has been hosting the Kentucky U.S.A. (Unsigned Artist) nights every Thursday at Club Stages. This is where local talent gets seen and heard. SOLO had his hit single “EEEH” added to the radio format on B96.5 fm. Plies came to town and shut it down! Wild Style/ Wild City Entertainment opened up for Plies and it was a sight to see. That crew has showmanship. Wild Wayne showed his ass as always though. John Doe of Johnsdomain T.V. Show dropped his documentary DVD titled Is Hip-Hop Dead or Alive? It was sponsored by Unstoppable Sound Agency. - Divine Da Instagata (OuttaDaShopEnt@hotmail.com)
DALLAS/FT. WORTH, TX:
Lil Will dropped the remix to “My Dougie” featuring Tum Tum. Speaking of Lil Will, the K104 Morning Team spoke on a beef with him and Soulja Boy that just got squashed. Word is Soulja Boy stole the “My Dougie” dance for some of his own moves. Lil Shine from Big Wheel Records has a fire club singled called “Check Out My Lean.” DJs K-Roc and C-Note stay breaking local hits at Club GG’s. The Trap Starz’ video “Get It Big” is rotating on BET. BoBo Luchiano lost his bro Pimp C; DFW still reps Boleg & Twisted Black. - Edward “Pookie” Hall (www.urbansouth.us@gmail.com)
OKLAHOMA CITY, OK:
The New Breed is a ménage of talent from the middle of the map (PDA, Drakdee, MeduNetr, Playya1000 and Deeksta, MistaCain, Hotlink) to the East coast with acts such as Big Rec, LEWN, and Ntrepid. The New Breed mentality is a new fresh perspective on the Hip Hop nation. From beat to beat, lyric to lyric, The New Breed uses Hip Hop to show the world the good and bad in all of us. Oklahoma City is quickly becoming a breeding ground for The New Breed of Hip Hop. The City Boyz (Myspace.com/CityBoyZok) have some sure crowd pleasers with “The American Dream” and “Holla.” - Marshlynn Bolden (Marshlynn.Bolden@uscellular.com)
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CLEVELAND, OH: The area’s homicide rate rose 10% from 2006. This has the community leaders in an uproar. The King of Cleveland, Scratch Master L, has returned to WENZ. L-Soprano will return to his daily 5 p.m. slot. High school b-ball is off and running. Top-ranked player Delvon Roe is out for the season thus opening the door for #2 ranked Garfield. Sonny Johnson’s team is led by Carl Jones and Robert Wilson (Wis). Coach Wojciechowski’s VASJ Vikings (#5) led by Nate Barnes will have a say as the season rolls on. The Browns returned to respectability by posting a 10 win season. - “X” Allah (X@NuBludManagement.com)
CHICAGO, IL:
The Hittsquad DJs are a new crew in Chicago dedicated to breaking records in clubs and on mixtapes. DJ Shotime is the official club-rocker of Chicago. He continues to break records at Club D’Vine. Jak Frost has a mixtape release party at Zentra hosted by Freeway and Beanie Sigel. L.E.P. has a new banger with Fabolous called “We Ain’t Playing.” Hot to Def just shot a video for “Walkin Around the Club.” Superpromoter Donski had his Capricorn bash at RedNoFive. DJ Timbuktu, from WGCI, just launched GO ILL Radio on Saturday nights. Hymalaya’s new single “Let Me Get That” is building in the clubs. The Chicago Music Conference went down in February. DJ KCPerfect, DJ Predator, DJ Averi Minor, and DJ Shotime were just made CORE Streetz DJs. - Jamal Hooks (JHooks@tmail.com)
KANSAS CITY, MO/KS:
Cash Image is now the number one played indie artist in rotation on HOT 103 JAMZ with his banger “In My Chevy.” He’s also been added to Fat Man Scoop’s Full Throttle Radio and SupeRadio’s syndicated mix show Club Jams. Mon E-G wrapped up his video shoot in Miami for “Chevy Anthem Remix” featuring Rick Ross. It has cameos from down South and BET heavyweights. Bodyworks Phase II will be closed until April. When it re-opens it will hold 1,500. Kenny Diamondz’ mixshow Underground Heat on HOT 103 JAMZ now has two days to break new music in KC. - Kenny Diamondz (KennyDiamondz@gmail.com)
ST. LOUIS, MO:
A-Verb and Street Status DVD brought back the battle scene in STL with World War. The battles can be seen at Myspace.com/averb. Ruka Puff had a nice turn out at Dante’s for the premiere of his DVD Grind or Die. Tech Supreme dropped his mixtape Hip Hop Ain’t Dead in STL. It features Tech Supreme, Tef Poe, Family Affair, and a few others. 2 Gun Trust of the ALL STARS has his solo mixtape Da Campaign out in the streets. TOP TEN TUESDAYS and DJ Shock have just dropped the TOP TEN TUESDAYS mixtape. It features County Brown, Family Affair, Dutch Jackson, Phillthy Rich, EQ, and a whole bunch more. - Jesse James (JesseJames314@aol.com)
AUSTIN, TX: The 2008 SXSW (South by South West) is just around the corner. Basswood Lane dropped their new single “The A” featuring J-Kapone. Tosin and TheScrewShop. com just dropped the Stop Stealin’ Our Style mixtape. Every Thursday night, the Light Bar turns into the Soul Lounge. VIP, Set 4 Life, Slim Gutta, and more held down their performances at Karma. DJ Grip headed down I-35 to San Antonio to join Kyle Lee, Fade Dogg, and Question for an autograph signing at SupaFly. Paul Wall came through town for a show at Fuze. Rest in peace Chad “Pimp C” Butler. UGK for life. - O.G. of Luxury Mindz (LuxuryMindz@gmail.com)