Wordspit Takes His Music Experience to the Limelight

February 8th, 2012 | By Safiyyah

Christopher Dupree, or Wordspit, is born with that drive for Hip Hop, as his mother loved music and his father was also a musician. Combining these two childhood motivations of Wordspit, he indeed took music as more than just a passion, but a life dedication.

He had a talent to entertain, where he would freestyle with relative ease. During high school, he was known to be be good at “spitting”, which involved fast-paced rapping. Through this, he adopted the name “Wordspit”, as a testament to the rapping skill he is known for.

He has performed alongside legendary “Smooth the Hustler” and other underground artists like Mickey Fatz, Hi-Jnyx, Outasight, and Print.

Wordspit describes his style when he said that he was a lyricist with a broad imagination. Through this, he develops different perspectives and mixes all of these elements into a good song that provides the emotions he want to convey to the audience. Through this innovation, Wordspit combines high speed rapping with creativity to add that unique flavor he brings to the stage.

He produced “The coolest Bboi Stance Vol. 1″, which he is proud of. Through this, Wordspit continues to develop his music talent and creativity with continued dedication in the music industry.

Hip Hop, as Wordspit puts it, is going through a depression. He says that he heard people talking about how Hip Hop is dead, but he proves that, through his musical dedication, Hip Hop is indeed alive and on its way to becoming a strong industry of music.

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Tai Taylor – Innovating Hip Hop Step-by-Step

February 8th, 2012 | By Safiyyah

LA native Tai Taylor is known as an extra in “Malcolm in the Middle”, but has engaged in the music scene, making it big with his unique sound, personality, and creativity.

His project “Airplane Mode” was highly anticipated, which spearheaded the artist’s rise to Hip Hop recognition.

Taylor has been recording for 8 years, which amounts to the experience he has gained and the styles that he has developed. Through this, he has maintained a strong and independent position in the industry, where he believes that his music can captivate the industry through the innovation he brings.

Taylor told Urban Steez that, “It’s all over the place, some people are out and good and some of the music is just being made for people with the most money in their pockets,” when asked about what Hip Hop was to him. He plans to take his music and become one of those who perform because of the passion he has for Hip Hop.

Taylor is a man of music and ideals. He has God, family, and friends as motivations for him to achieve his dream. Continuing his career as an independent artist, Taylor slowly realizes this dream through the slow but sure steps into the Hip Hop industry.

Tai Taylor continues to produce mixtapes that have much meaning, where he expresses his talent and passion for Hip Hop. Through this and with a strong foundation of recording history, the artist is surely on his way to reach his goals in the industry.

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N.O. Capo – Taking Creativity to Hip Hop Innovation

February 7th, 2012 | By Safiyyah

Rapper Jason Watson, otherwise known as N.O. Capo has been hitting the Hip Hop scene since he was 13, providing him with that experience that makes him a huge contender in the industry.

Capo is known for his unique style among rappers, creating his name in the industry with his music creativity. He combines Hip Hop, blues, soft rock, jazz, and even the blues in his song that adds to the smooth tunes that makes his music an innovation.

Music is Capo’s comfort, which has been the means of getting out his emotions. He has been in the mix of a heavily crime-infested New Orleans with even close friends murdered. Since he was young, he was trapped in the streets, with only music as his key escape.

Capo told Urban Steez that the hip hop world is changing. He implies that he is going to be an active part of the industry, sharing his talent to enhance the industry in its every fiber as the years go on.

Pursuing his dreams as a hip hop artist, Capo continues to grow and he released “F.L.Y. Entertainment presents Capito the N.O. Capo… Creole Bled Vol. 1,” which automatically put the artist to Hip Hop fame all throughout the country. He also worked on “City Under Siege,” a very much anticipated mix tape in 2008.

N.O. Capo is one of the Hip Hop artists that take the Hip Hop experience through hard work and dedication. Through his passion for Hip Hop, he cultivates a strong force in the music industry that will truly make his name last a life time.

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Lil’ Kim Reported at $1M in Debt

February 7th, 2012 | By Safiyyah

It seems that Lil’ Kim is in a tight situation with a debt amounting to over $1 million in unpaid taxes.

TMZ reported that Kim’s tax issues amount to over $1,026,862.42, as indicated by the IRS. This has been the total amount of what the Queen Bee owed since 2002. It has been around $86,347.85 during 2009.

C.J. Kim’s publicist responded to the news claim in stating that, “It is a known fact that for some time TMZ has been running stories on celebrities or well-known persons of interest and providing the general public and media with publicly accessible information on random celebrities and their private matters with the internal revenue service, this [sic] does not come as a surprise, as it is Tax Season and is a sell-able media opportunity, it is for no other reason that Kimberly Jones (a/k/a: LIL’ KIM) is now the target of such random media scrutiny.

As it pertains to the story that was ran on TMZ(February 4,2012)regarding Lil’ Kim, we would like to inform fans, media, and the general public, that LIL’ KIM has hired professional attorneys to handle this matter(embellished by all standards via the media), and that she, along with her team of legal experts are working cooperatively and diligently with the I.R.S and federal authorities to amicably resolve the situation.”

Lil’ Kim was having money issues since 2002, where the amount owed increased as the years went by, without her settling her debt. However, the artist is taking measures to ensure the smooth flow of this debt in order to start anew.

O.N.I.F.C. Revealed by Wiz Khalifa

February 6th, 2012 | By Safiyyah

Wiz Khalifa is releasing his sophomore LP entitled, “O.N.I.F.C.”, where he explains what the acronym stood for, as many fans were puzzled by it.

The Pittsburgh rapper revealed that the title of his LP was an acronym for “Only N***a in First Class”.

“I’m just going to tell you what [O.N.I.F.C.] – it’s the Only N[igga] In First Class. It’s inspired by Prodigy’s H.N.I.C. When he dropped that, I felt like that sounded so strong and it really meant something and it had the n-word in it. I wanted to figure out something [along those lines] that was me, too…I said it on one of my songs, like, ‘Ain’t it funny when time pass?/Only n***a in first class,’ and I was just talking about me being a young, rich dude and being black,” Khalifa explained at an interview with MTV’S Sway.

He said that although the original was “Only N***a in First Class”, the edited version will be “One Night in First Class”. Khalifa also said that he thought of the title during an instance when the flight crew slightly doubted the appearance of a young black man flying with priority seating.

Khalifa attacked that instance when he plainly said, “It looks crazy to [the workers on an airplane] when I walk up to them and I show them a [first class] ticket, or I’m going to priority seating and they’re like, ‘You sure?’ It’s kind of like that feeling – it’s a good feeling, but it’s like it’s a bad feeling, like ‘Damn, why y’all even feel like that about me?’ When I look around and I see people in first class and they’re getting they’re dinners a little quicker than mine or they’re looking at me or I don’t get the pillow or extra [treatment] – or I get more because they know that I’m supposed to be there, so it’s like the positives and the negatives.”