Illmaculate on OPB
In a recent interview with Portland rapper Illmaculate and public information officer Sgt. Pete Simpson, OPB’s Think Out Loud delved into the increasingly documented Blue Monk incident. Definitely a good…
28Hundred Presents: Luck One
The same folks that brought you the in-depth interview with The Flavr Blue (Seattle’s 206Up.com & NYC’s J. Change) introduced an interview with Portland rapper Luck One at his new…
Police Come To Hip Hop Show, Ruin Night For Everyone, Including Themselves
So, Luck One was in town on Saturday. When he got on stage at The Blue Monk around 11-ish, he was definitely in his element. The crowd was already hyped,…
Portland Duo 7hirdwav3 Interviewed By PG Monthly
Homosexuality and Hip-Hop have history… So do Jordan and Neka, the married lesbian couple that makes up the group, 7hirdwav3. The pair recently sat down with KizMet of PQ Monthly to…
Portland Teachers Vote To Strike + Khaki Dance Video
Photo by Emily Jan | ejan@oregonian.com In case you haven’t heard, Portland Public School teachers met last night at the Arlene Schnitzer Concert Hall and overwhelmingly voted to approved a…
What Sherman & Bieber Have To Do With Hip-Hop
Unless you live underneath a rock in some backwoods, middle-of-nowhere town, I’m sure you’ve heard the names Richard Sherman and Justin Bieber no less than 200 times in the last few…
Luck One Tells Portland Rappers, “Stop biting my style.”
Before Luck One dropped True Theory, he announced that it was the greatest rap album to ever come from Portland and proclaimed himself King of the Northwest during a live…
Portland NYE Party Looks to Avoid Problems
It’s no secret that Portland Police and the OLCC have been waging war on hip-hop in the town. It’s also no secret that some hip-hop parties have been shot up.…
Esperanza Spalding – We Are America
A little PDX trivia for you… Long before her Grammy win, jazz artist Esperanza Spalding rocked with the now-defunct Blak Science Tribe alongside PDX rapper iLLA. Nowadays, the young starlet…
Jessie Sponberg Talks About McMuffins in the MODA Center
“Ding dong the witch is dead! Oh wait, here’s comes an even worse witch.” Upon learning of the demise of the Chalupa giveaway program I found myself confronted by equal…