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Dominique LaRue is poised to be the next Queen Of Rap
Earlier this month NPR.com posted an article by University of Richmond Hip Hop Culture educator Erin Nielson which poised the question: Where Did All The Female Rappers Go?
Well, Columbus emcee Dominique LaRue is having her…
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Legendary Mixmaster Speaks On Hip Hop History
Whether you speak on his work as UTFO’s deejay,his influence on the technical development of the scratch or current presence in deejay culture Mixmaster Ice is a Hip Hop legend. The Harlem born, Brooklyn Bred deejay has been an Ohio resident since…
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Sucking up to Johnny Thunders' ghost and other tales of woe
As Cleveland's sadder sister city to the west, Detroit, has been struggling to be reborn so it can rejoin the great American Midwestern civilization. Does one of its newest bands, Dale Earnhardt Jr. Jr., indicate there is vital life and future…
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John Petric interviews Columbus' own Zachery Allan Starkey
Zachery Allan Starkey will go down as one of Columbus's stranger homegrown musical exports. A blackhaired, Hitler Youth haircutsportin' dude who embraces the latter end of British postpunk electropop, he can sing offkey for hours and yet can…
// Opinion