Road to Iowa Summer Jam at CSPS Hall on Saturday, April 6, 2024 @ 6PM T1 Entertainment presents its Summer Jam Showcase Series Cedar Rapids edition! There will be […]
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Whatever happened to the Riverview Music Festival?
Something has been conspicuously missing from Central Iowa’s fall festival lineup for the past two years. The Riverview Music Festival was held in Des Moines for the first, and likely […]
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Englert hosting 50 Years of Hip Hop celebration on Friday
From hip hop’s roots in DJ Kool Herc’s Sedgwick apartment in the Bronx, to its countless iterations across coasts, countries and decades, the Englert Theatre plans to celebrate “50 Years […]
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The hip-hop horizon: Iowa rappers’ fall releases explore drug culture, punk and ‘ascension music’
This fall will see a wide range of releases from Iowan artists spanning the diverse rap and hip-hop spectrum. While this is far from a comprehensive list of what’s on […]
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Album Review: FlyLife — ‘A Different View’
FlyLife · A Different View “Cause who the fuck gon’ save your family if it isn’t you?” raps FlyLife on the title track from his recently released album. “I know […]
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A beginner’s guide to breaking
Hi everyone! Local dancer and author Chuy a.k.a. Bboy Original BEATS here. In this article, All The Way Up Studio co-owner Joel Sorenson a.k.a. Bboy Keitsu and I are going […]
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Interview: Hip-hop collective Doomtree on Midwestern living and the upcoming Witching Hour festival
Doomtree The Englert Theatre — Saturday, Nov. 7 at 9:30 Indie hip-hop collective Doomtree could be dubbed an artistic smorgasbord. Comprised of five emcees and two producers, the band has […]
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Hip-Hop Poetics: Kevin Coval reads from “The BreakBeat Poets” tonight at Prairie Lights
First, two points of fact: 1. Very little poetry is Hip-Hop, but all Hip-Hop is poetry. 2. “Hip-Hop is the Hip-Hop is the largest youth culture in the history of…
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Chicago’s Sidewalk Chalk are hippin’ and hoppin’ over to the Mill this Thursday
Jazz and hip-hop fans alike will be wise to catch Chicago’s Sidewalk Chalk when they play The Mill this Thursday. The eight-piece group, which includes an emcee, jazz…
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Cedar Rapids rappers release Vodka Samm-inspired single
Cedar Rapids based rap group Big Bang released their new single, “Vodka Samm (Iowa Fuckin’ City)” today, professing their love for Iowa (fuckin’) City, hot girls and ridiculous amounts of […]
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Hip hop for the holidays this Friday at Gabe’s
For those of us wishing to give back this holiday, and to hear some music devoid of the treacly sentimentality of traditional holiday fa-la-la, Gabe’s presents the 1st Annual Hip […]
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Hip hop house show: Chicago’s Pivot Gang to put on first-ever Iowa City performance
Chicago’s hip-hop collective Pivot Gang will be visiting Iowa City this Friday at 10 p.m. for a house show at 125 N Gilbert St. Hot off the release of a new mixtape…
