JAYDEE BEAT BATCH WARS ft. 16 producers battling head-to-head in honor of the late, great J DILLA

Empire X

Minneapolis, Minnesota’s EMPIRE X are living proof that raw talent, ambition and honesty can still prevail in an ailing music industry. Ruthlessly tearing boundaries of hip-hop music in the heaviest...

SHYLEE

DJ FRANCISCO

A Minneapolis native who has been breaking through since 1995 with the Rhyme Sayers and Los Nativos, Francisco has found a home with SP Style and his group D.A.P.O. (Fly...

DJ SCIPREME

Urban DJ/Producer SciPreme (aka Omar Kareem, Science, Science Omega)

Chadwick “Niles” Phillips

Chadwick “Niles” Phillips attended Michigan State University where he was involved in many student activities, performances, and activist work around campus. After graduation he moved to New York City to...