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Hip-Hop
Hip-hop in North Carolina
The Triangle metropolitan area also boasts a long-standing and diverse hip-hop scene. During hip-hop's golden era in the mid-90s, both the Lords of the Underground, who met while attending Shaw University, and Yaggfu Front were acclaimed for their jazz-influenced, socially conscious rap.[1]
A decade later, Little Brother, comprised of Rapper Big Pooh, Phonte, and 9th Wonder, met while attending North Carolina Central University. The successful alternative hip-hop group co-founded the Justus League collective, which featured other important North Carolina emcees, including L.E.G.A.C.Y., The Away Team, Darien Brockington, Edgar Allen Floe, Chaundon, and Cesar Comanche.[2].
Other major label rappers and producers from North Carolina include J. Cole, Kaze, Ski, and Petey Pablo. Well-known underground acts include Kooley High, The Beast, Harvey Blount, and The Nobodies.
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From indyweek, "Blues, bluegrass and power pop" <http://www.indyweek.com/gyrobase/Content?oid=oid:20050>:
Triangle hip hop began to surge in the '90s as well, as Shaw University's Lords of the Underground broke through in 1992 with their socially conscious raps. The trio fielded several rap hits, like "Funky Child" (with its hilarious, afro-and-diapers music video), and won BET's Rap Group of the Year in 1993. Local rappers Yaggfu Front made a national rap-world impact with their jazzy, self-consciously comical 1993 debut (their first underground single was called, appropriately, "Lookin' for a Contract.") But after becoming the talk of the rap world, the trio quickly faded from sight.
From Kaze interview <http://www.indyweekblogs.com/scan/2009/09/kaze-first-in-flight-a-mixtape/>:
It’s on the map. I just want to be my own dot on the timeline. I want N.C. to go toward outerspace. I feel like it’s been on the map with Little Brother, 9th, Peedi, Tyfu. You can go back to Yaggfu Front and even further back than that with Lords of the Underground and all the people that lived down here. I think that for me, if I wanna do anything for the area, it would be to rep North Carolina like it hasn’t been repped before. If I wanna do anything for the area, that’s what it is. I wanna open up some artistic freedom to what it means to be an artist from around here and from the South in general.
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References
- Brian Millikin, "Blues, bluegrass and power pop". Independent Weekly
- Cordor, Cyril "Hall of Justus Biography", Allmusic