The 4th Annual TC HIP HOP AWARDS
The TC Hip Hop Awards is an event organized to recognize the efforts of local hip hop and R&B artist in the Twin Cities for the year of 2009. This years marks the 4th Annual event. This year we have 27 different award categories. 10 nominees per category. Including The TC Legends Award which has been presented to the Abstract Pack and Micranots prior years. Winners are determined by a online voting process. We hope to attract more attention for the contributing artist who strive to establish our region as a viable player in the national music scene. This is a non-profit event that reinvests its proceeds to grow each of the following years event into a more effective resource for the nominees who have invested in themselves throughout the preceding year.
Performers include: I Self Devine Unknown Prophets Lil Buddy Guante Trama Illuminous 3 A&R Slink Proper Ale Kredentials Chevy Boy Margeaux Davis Sick Studio & G-Rize TC Legends Honorees: RL of Next Travitron Hosted by Boima Freeman & Special Dark Red Carpet at 8:00pm Hosted by Ms. Georgia
I SELF DEVINE
I Self Devine returns with his highly anticipated sophomore album The Sound of Low Class Amerika. You can feel the passion I Self Devine delivers on topics of community, class and social injustice in America as he spits truths to inspire the masses. The album is both a narrative for the current state of the world and a telling history as to how we arrived here. I Self Devine's truly unique voice and style create a sense of urgency and call to action while leading and equipping the listener with the tools necessary to act and dissent.
UNKNOWN PROPHETS
Most hip-hop fans around the country know there's something strangely special about the Twin Cities scene. They can flash their indie cred like a fanned out fistful of Franklins just by rattling off a few of the most recognizable names -- Atmosphere and Eyedea & Abilities come to mind. But there's another duo that has quietly helped define their city's place in hip-hop culture since the turn of the millennium: The Unknown Prophets.
GUANTE & BIG CATS!
Guante & Big Cats! are a hip hop duo. Guante raps and Big Cats! produces. Sometimes they perform as a duo, and sometimes they play backed by a full band. Their new album, An Unwelcome Guest, is a concept album that mixes radical politics, superhero mythology, zombies and a continent-spanning love story. Buy it here. Guante is a rapper, spoken-word artist, activist, writer and educator. A 2008 City Pages Artist of the Year, URB Magazine "Next 1000" pick, multiple Independent Music Awards nominee and 2009 National Poetry Slam champion, he is signed to Tru Ruts/Speakeasy Records.
TRAMA
Hailing from Queens, NY, Trama started rhyming at age 13. In a recent interview with the rapper, he states that he was heavily influenced by old-school Hip-Hop. The late 80s and artists like Rakim, Kool G Rap, Big Daddy Kane, Public Enemy, NWA, and Run DMC helped Trama find his merit as a musical artist.
ILLUMINOUS 3
Well known in Minnesota and the midwest for their live stage shows and raw energy, Illuminous 3 (Freez, Mavin MC & Franz Diego) has proven that you can have it all; hard beats, smart raps, rep Minnesota and still have fun all at the same time!
