New Release: Beaatz –“Music Is Me”
Tobique First Nation hiphop producer and emcee Beaatz releases his newest album Music is Me this week as a free download. Beaatz is a young, talented emcee and hiphop producer based out of New...
View ArticleWinnipeg Indigenous Hip-Hop Coalition: 8th Fire
Indigenous hip-hop artists in Winnipeg recently gathered to create a coalition against the negative stereotyping of Indigenous rappers. The process will be a part of a new documentary series, 8th Fire,...
View ArticleSTREAM: Magic Touch & DJ Markflip –“Native American Idol”
Wikwemikong Ojibway artists Magic Touch and DJ Markflip‘s new single from their forthcoming album Native American Idol reveals a new electro/rock/hiphop sound. With a dancefloor groove and dirty synth,...
View ArticleRPM Podcast #007: “Native Hip-Hop”
Hip-hop is one of the most popular musical genres in Indian Country. In our seventh episode, we explore why the art of hip-hop is such a strong force in Indigenous music culture. Our host Ostwelve...
View ArticleRPM YouTube Playlist – Native Hip-Hop
As always, accompanying our RPM Podcast #007 is a YouTube playlist from our channel. This week we bring to you some Indigenous hip-hop music videos. Boom. Red Cloud featuring Pigeon John – Tapatio...
View ArticleManifesto Festival 2011 Indigenous Showcase
This year marked the first Indigenous hip-hop Showcase at Toronto’s Manifesto Festival 2011. Here are some great videos from the event. Manifesto Festival 2011 brought Toronto, Ontario, eleven days of...
View ArticleDOWNLOAD: Antithesis –“I See You”
Conscious Indigenous hip-hop group Antithesis collaborates with Blackfire’s Klee Benally for this track entitled “I See You”. Antithesis has been putting in work towards the conscious hip-hop movement...
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Nutly.net: Brad Crowfoot’s 5th Element Podcast and Hip-Hop Photography
Brad Crowfoot AKA Nutly uses his podcast series The 5th Element and his photography to showcase hip-hop talent on his website Nutly.net. For the past decade, Brad Crowfoot AKA Nutly from the Blackfoot...
View ArticleSPOTLIGHT: The Last Kinection
Our brothers and sisters from down under, The Last Kinection, just released their ever-deadly new album Next of Kin. The Last Kinection is a trio made up of brother and sister Joel (Weno) and Naomi...
View ArticleVIDEO: Quese IMC –“I Resist”
New video I Resist from Quese IMC (Pawnee and Seminole) features Casper and the beautiful brown faces of Indigenous youth from communities across Turtle Island. I Resist is a song off Quese IMC‘s...
View ArticleShining Soul: Phoenix Hip-Hop with a Purpose
We just got put on to the fresh stylings of Shining Soul, a Phoenix, Arizona-based hip-hop duo, composed of Franco/The Bronze Candidate, who makes beats and instrumentals with a distinct underground...
View ArticleDOWNLOAD: The #NationHood Mixtape
Combining the voices of many struggles, peoples and nations, the #NationHood Mixtape brings together an amazing array of hip-hop, spoken word, beats, ideas and sounds from artists across the world....
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DOWNLOAD: Tall Paul –“The Show (Act I & II)”
The prolific and talented Anishinaabe MC Tall Paul drops a new two-part track, “The Show (Act 1 &2)”, reflecting on Dave Chappelle, encounters with stardom, and maintaining integrity in the...
View ArticleVIDEO: ‘NiiMiDAA’ (Let’s Dance) – Idle No More Music Documentary
Multitalented Anishinaabe producer, MC and Detroit Raiz Up Collective member, Sacramento Knoxx, has produced a new short documentary, “NiiMiDAA” (‘Let’s Dance’ in Anishinaabemowin), in support of the...
View ArticleStream Samian’s new album Enfant de la terre
Algonquin hip-hop artist Samian returns with his third album of bold, creative hip-hop, Enfant de la terre. Samian has long held it down for his people and for hip-hop music, where he uses creative...
View ArticleStream Mob Bounce’s Hypnotic New Single, “Animal Spirit”
Mob Bounce drops “Animal Spirit”, the second single from their upcoming release, Mob Medicine. Hot off the melancholic longing of “Welcome to the Struggle”, Heebz the Earthchild and the Northwest Kid...
View ArticleDrezus Confronts the Legacy of Indian Residential Schools on “The Sequel”
Get your daily dose of truth to power: download Drezus’ “The Sequel”. Following the release of his acclaimed album Indian Summer last year, Plains Cree hip-hop artist Drezus has been dropping singles...
View ArticleDOWNLOAD: Wake Self’s “Different”, featuring Equipto, Miles Bonny, and...
Wake Self returns with the killer posse cut, “Different”. Aztec/Apache/Cherokee hip-hop artist, Wake Self, has been holding it down for a minute, and we’ll be the first to admit that we’ve been...
View ArticleListen to Joey Stylez’ New Track, “Pride of Lions”, featuring Dragonette
Cree/Métis hip-hop artist Joey Stylez premieres new track, “Pride of Lions”. Listen below. Joey Stylez has been quietly transforming his style with each album in his catalogue. “Pride of Lions”, the...
View ArticleWatch Tall Paul’s New Video for “Walk Rite”
Anishinaabe MC Tall Paul releases a new music video for the track, “Walk Rite”. For the past several years, Minneapolis-based, hip-hop artist Tall Paul has been dropping tracks as part of his...
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