Basement Made
Northern Culture, Art, Hip Hop & Working Class
A few hours ago, the popular downtown Madison, Wisconsin venue announced a “1 year ban from the genre for third fight at differing Hip Hop shows over the last two months” (March 3, 2016). The attack on local Hip Hop continues. I don’t see this as a solution, I see it as an unwillingness to...
Mad City Hip Hop is a fucking mess. Government officials force heavy sanctions onto local Hip Hop events and employ other scare tactics to discourage people from the genre. Frank Productions, who books all performance spaces in town, banned local acts from their venues a while back. They told me this when I tried to...
UPDATE: The “Elevation” record has been awarded “Hip Hop Song of the Year” at the Madison Area Music Association Awards (MAMA) and nominated for a Wisconsin Area Music Industry Award (WAMI). — Soul singer Anthony Lamarr features Beef, Smokes & DLO The Iceman on the mic for an uplifting “Elevation” single (December 21, 2012). He...
