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Letter to Lil Wayne: Watoto from the Nile speaks

Watoto is a Kiswahili word that means children. There is a new group of preteen girls - sisters actually - who have formed a new culturally...

Yo! SD Raps: 'Young Mass presents The Best Of Daygo City'

It wouldn't make much sense to review this Best Of Daygo City compilation as an album because, well, it's a compilation (duh). Albums are like full...

A guide to the 'Best Hip Hop' nominees for the San Diego Music Awards '09

The nominees for the 19th annual San Diego Music Awards nominees were announced last week. Nudged in-between a slew of hippie folk singers and...

Rap shows in SD this Comic-Con weekend

It looks like closet-nerd (and not-so-closet-nerd) rappers are congregating in San Diego this weekend, likely to get in on some San Diego Comic-Con...

Son Of Ran reveals creative process on 'The Art Of Piece Keeping'

San Diego rapper Son Of Ran recently released a video project entitled "The Art of Piece Keeping." In the video, the rapper takes viewers...

Blame One re-releases select songs from catalogue digitally

Recently retired San Diego rapper, Blame One, leaves fans with a little parting gift before he bows out completely. Realizing that most of the hip...

Best rap albums of 2009: First half

Halfway through 2009 and rap is looking great. With the collapse of the music industry, it seems that the reward for selling out is shrinking. Many...