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
After spending the better portion of 10 years as one of the underground's favorite MC's, I Self Devine - Micranots front-man, half of Semi.Official and one of the founding members of The Dynospectrum with Slug, Musab & Gene Poole - I Self stepped out on his own in 2005 with his debut solo album, Self Destruction, his most personal and engaging effort to date. Self Destruction is 16 tracks of analysis of one's self, as well as the trappings of every day life.
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!
