By Sami Dugdale Program Director Other Side Drive hosts April Gutierrez and Iris Gonzalez chat with Texas State hip hop dance crew, Kidz Nxt Door. Represented by director and founder Prince Imo and member Emilee Engelhardt they discuss the diverse … Continue reading Kids Nxt Door Sit Down With KTSW
By Guarionex Molina Martinez Rap Music Director For College Radio Day, the KTSW Rap Department has decided to put together a playlist with all of our favorite rap artists. Ranging from names from the ATL/Chicago scene like Key! and Joey … Continue reading KTSW Rap Dept. Gives a Gift for College Radio Day
By Isaac Muñoz Rap Journalist Undoubtedly, the rap genre has grown from something that only influences neighborhoods where popular rappers were from to where a rappers influence has control over neighborhoods across the world. Rap influences people of all ages, … Continue reading Rap Influence in Pop Culture
By Mariah Whitley Other Side Drive Host Hip-Hop DJ’s of Central Texas serves the best talent involving Hip-Hop and Club DJ’s in the central Texas area. It will work as a target for listeners who may be interested in learning … Continue reading Hip-Hop DJ’s of Central Texas: DmoCobb
By Conner Yarbrough Blog Content Contributor Part three of a four part series. For those of you that don’t know, March is Women’s History Month here in the good ol’ U.S.-of-A, and March eigth was International Women’s Day. Each of … Continue reading Fav Females: Hip-Hop/Rap
By Mariah Whitley Other Side Drive Host Hip-Hop DJ’s of Central Texas serves the best talent involving Hip-Hop and Club DJ’s in the central Texas area. It will work as a target for listeners who may be interested in learning … Continue reading Hip-Hop DJ’s of Central Texas: DJ TuReel
By Conner Yarbrough Blog Content Contributor It’s that time of year again! Music festivals left and right are announcing their lineups and starting general ticket sales. No newbie to the game is Texas’s own travelling hip-hop fest, JMBLYA! The festival returns … Continue reading JMBLYA
By Mariah Whitley Other Side Drive Host Hip-Hop DJ’s of Central Texas serves the best talent involving Hip-Hop and Club DJ’s in the central Texas area. It will work as a target for listeners who may be interested in learning about … Continue reading Hip-Hop DJ’s of Central Texas: DJ E-Phlat in San Antonio
By Brittney Hemmands Blog Content Contributor As the second performer of day one at Mala Luna, Kurt Rockmore took the stage with energy that was unique and quite unlike anything I’ve seen before. After quickly introducing himself, he began his … Continue reading Kurt Rockmore at Mala Luna
By David Baugh Videographer Proz Taylor is a musical artist who we were happy to experience, as he was our first-ever musician to rap in a Studio C session. Although every artist brings us something new and unique, Taylor was … Continue reading Live in Studio C: Proz Taylor
By Nora Jones Music Journalist Artist: Deem Spencer Album: Sunflower EP Release Date: January 11, 2017 Website: https://soundcloud.com/deemspencer/sets/sunflower Deem Spencer, an emerging artist from Queens, is one of the more exciting rappers from New York. Similar to Frank Ocean or … Continue reading Meet the Newest Artist Blending Hip-Hop and Soulful R&B Deem Spencer
By Asia Daggs Web Content Manager Underground Excellence is a showcase for local poets, hip-hop artists and others to perform their music. Check out the Underground Excellence promo produced by Jourdan Bazley and Patrick Vande Hey here to find out … Continue reading KTSW 89.9 Promo: Underground Excellence
By Madison Tyson Photographer These photos were taken at Underground Excellence presented by The Cypher at KTSW. The event occurred on Friday October 21, 2016 from 8 p.m. to 12 a.m. at Wake the Dead Coffee House in San Marcos. … Continue reading Rap Takes Over at Underground Excellence
By Natalia Glenn Music Journalist Originally published on Feb 15, 2016. Artist: Anderson .Paak Album: Malibu Label: OBE, Steel Wool, ArtClub Int’l, EMPIRE Release Date: January 15, 2016 Website: http://www.andersonpaak.com/ Anderson .Paak came back to us with his sophomore album, Malibu January … Continue reading Anderson .Paak: Malibu Review
By Kristopher Tondre Music Journalist Rappers and the film industry have had a long standing relationship since the early days of hip-hop and its portrayal on the silver screen. There’s been documentaries (Style Wars, My Vinyl Weighs a Ton and Rhyme … Continue reading Music Videos and Movies Like it’s Vimeo
By Kendra Sells Hip‐Hop Journalist Originally published on April 11, 2016. We’ve always known SoundCloud to be an essential platform for underground artists and labels to share their music free of charge. With the installation of SoundCloud Pro, a paid … Continue reading ‘SoundCloud Go’ And The At-Risk Future Of Music Sharing
By Natalia Glenn MR Fest Press Team At the stroke of 5:00 pm, Valentino’s resonated with the mesmerizing scent of freshly baked bacon cheese pizza. It’s disturbingly hot. Everyone is sitting down waiting for the first MR Fest performer to … Continue reading Valentino’s Is Filled With Great Hip Hop Performances During MR Fest
By Kendra Sells Hip-Hop Journalist Grid Squid is responsible for hosting popular hip-hop events held monthly throughout San Marcos like Will Sing For Coffee at Wake the Dead Coffee House and Boom Baps and Daps at Triple Crown. They also … Continue reading MR Fest Artist Profile: Grid Squid
By DeMarcus Cobb Music Journalist On Wednesday, we lost yet another hip-hop icon. Phife Dawg has passed away at the brisk age of 45 after battling with long, chronic health issues for some time. Although the assumed cause of death was … Continue reading Phife Dawg, Co-founder of A Tribe Called Quest, Passed Away At the Age of 45
By Jasmynne Flores Photographer On February 26th, KTSW teamed up with The Cypher in yet another collaborative effort to launch the second showcase of a new series called Underground Excellence. In this new series of events, held every last Friday … Continue reading Underground Excellence Showcase
