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From crews like BlackCity, Six One Trïbe, and Third Eye & Co. to Mike Floss, R.A.P. Ferreira and beyond, great rap releases are in abundance

Talking with rising roots star Sierra Ferrell, counting down the year’s top Nashville albums and more

Lai MohammedThe readers may be wondering why I say again. It is to connect the past with the present. It is about Lai Mohammed’s unrelenting efforts to hamstring the media since 2017. It is not unusual in these climes to have spacecraft in readiness to transport leaders into the clouds for them to lose their heads. Exactly 32 years ago, I wrote in these pages, drawing the attention of President Ibrahim Babangida to the cheer orchestra and the clapping crowd around him. The piece was captione...

Tweet Chuck Indigo Speaking as a Tennessee transplant and admitted rockist, I’ve yet to quite get a bead on Nashville hip-hop. I know there’s a long-standing scene, and though it lacks the cachet of scenes in Memphis or Atlanta, a growing cast of talented artists and outlets to highlight them exists here in town, working to build that social and commercial infrastructure. Some recent additions to the media landscape deserving shout-outs include Black-owned internet radio station St...

Tweet Share 2020 was a landmark year for Nashville’s growing hip-hop scene, and it’s showing no signs of slowing down in 2021. Along with the sheer volume of talented artists releasing new music, one of the most exciting qualities of Music City’s hip-hop community is the emphasis on collaboration, and few releases demonstrate that better than Get the Loot, the first full-length release from $hrames. Get the Loot was released via Third Eye & Co., an independent organizatio...