As 2010 comes to a close, members and observers of the D.C. hip-hop scene are debating who's the hottest MC, and whether or not we have a great one. The year also saw a seemingly endless stream of mixtapes—from D.C. Don Juan and UCB, to Kingpen Slim and Raheem DeVaughn. In 2011, listeners should expect [...]
It’s a Tuesday night at LIV nightclub on U Street NW, and Mambo Sauce vocalist Black Boo has broken into a reggae-tinged Waka Flocka Flame mash-up. The crowd is feeling it, but standing on stage, Demont “Peekaso” Pinder is facing the other way.
In one hand he holds an iPad, displaying the worn face of Miles [...]
Tabi Bonney is one of the few regional hip-hop acts with credentials that resonate outside the nation's capital: He had a radio hit ("The Pocket") and runs a video production company and clothing line. He's one-third of The Crybabies, a pop trio that will sign a record deal next year, although Bonney's not ready to reveal the [...]
Kriston Capps leads off this week's arts section with his look at the territorial tensions between D.C.'s commercial galleries and nonprofit art spaces—the former sometimes donate works to the latter for art auctions, but at a cost. Now the galleries are getting organized.
Andrew Noz reviews the latest full-length from D.C. rapper Tabi Bonney, while David [...]
You never know when it might happen. A normal day at work turns into a hostage situation and after saving everyone in the building you have to walk away coolly as the kidnappers' helicopter blows up in the background. You get caught in enemy territory and you have to rock the dynamite supply to evade [...]
The last time we heard from Kokayi, he and fellow D.C. natives Tabi Bonney and Alison Carney had written, recorded, and performed "Higher Stars" in one day. This time, Kokayi goes at it alone on "RoxTar," a genre-blending, mind-splitting, pop-rock fusion that pays homage to his favorite rock bands, and dispels any myth that black [...]
Head-Roc used it conspicuously last week. Tabi Bonney promises that he'll ask Lady Gaga why she is doing it so hard. YU and Oddisee titled a track with it. It is "lunchin' " or "lunching," and it is old in the DMV. But it is eminently useful and still quite awesome, in the way that [...]
A few days old, this. But this video shot by Chris Keener, featuring a song created in one day by Tabi Bonney, Kokayi, and Alison Carney, as well as some somehow-related street art, is worth noting because: 1) It totally reminds me of NPR's excellent (and now defunct?) Project Song series, only with less time, exposition, [...]
DJ Stereo Faith, a staple of D.C.'s DJ scene, has spun at and attended plenty of benefit concerts over the last decade. But tonight, he'll be the guest of honor.
"Keepin' the Faith," which starts tonight at 9 p.m. at the U Street Music Hall, was organized shortly after a doctor told Stereo Faith that he [...]
Good morning, everyone! Wednesday's looking at temperatures in the 90s and a 40 percent of thunderstorms. I'm hoping for rain.
U Street Music Hall is hosting "Keepin' the Faith" tonight, a benefit for local DJ Stereo Faith, who's been recently diagnosed with a brain tumor. There's no cover charge, but a $5 donation is requested and [...]
