Category: 90’s hip hop

How I Shot Tupac

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In 1992, Tupac was another brotha in the game coming up and shining his light. Who knew what he would become in the span of his short career and beyond?

The Saga Continues…

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Twenty years ago, I was working for a magazine called Kronick, The Underground Chronicle. Everyone in L.A. - if they had any connection to the underground hip hop scene - knew about the Kronick. It got it's name from the official soundtrack of the West Coast dropped by Dr. Dre in '92, but the Kronick …

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Hospitalized: Redo

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The next song on my playlist was Deja Vu by Teena Marie. The words to that song took on a whole new meaning for me, and I cried my eyes out as I listened to it over and over again, until I decided that it was time for me to do something new...

The South-East Bounce

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I had a chance to travel away from L.A. for a couple of weeks. The first stop was Todd Mission, TX, where the first Middlelands music festival went down. Being Loupy D, I had the luxury of a golf cart and an all-access pass.