Third Verse: Episode 28 – Ghettosocks
We caught up with the one and only Ghettosocks to chat about his early beginnings, his process of art, rap and production, as well as the various crews he’s a part of.
Our new focus is the UGSMAG print edition. Feel free to peruse these archives though.
We caught up with the one and only Ghettosocks to chat about his early beginnings, his process of art, rap and production, as well as the various crews he’s a part of.
We checked in with Canadian coast-to-coast legend, Birdapres, now in Toronto, by way of Vancouver and Winnipeg.
We connected with mcenroe of Peanuts and Corn fame and got an extremely entertaining rundown of the history of his career. Starting with Farm Fresh 25 years ago, creating and distributing some of Canada’s greatest rap records.
In the first episode, DJ Hunnicutt (Tyler Sneesby), Pip Skid (Patrick Skene) and mcenroe (Rod Bailey) go through their first demo recordings from 1990-1992 and talk about the origins of Farm Fresh and how they managed to produce hip hop in Brandon, Manitoba.
We spoke with Fatt Matt from P.E.I. about his struggles with opioid addiction, rehabilitation, the drug crisis, Halifax, Vancouver, Low Pressure, early days as an mc and a lot more.
Interview with Nolto (Sideroad Records), speaking on his humble beginnings as an unsuccessful DJ, his three albums, touring, concept albums and a whole lot more!
We spoke with Def3 about his new record Small World, his early days in Regina, Dead Can’t Bounce, Side Road Records, Vancouver, touring, a potential tv show and a whole lot more.
We spoke with Winnipeg’s DJ Kutdown about his early days in Thunder Bay, moving to Regina, gear gear and more gear, Frek Sho, Foultone Records, touring and a whole lot more.
We spoke with MC Nestor Wynrush from Winnipeg about his early days, the first generation Canadian experience, multiculturalism, working with youth in Manitoba and a whole lot more.
We spoke with producer and Endemik Music label head Scott Da Ros from Montreal about his early days in Halifax as a producer/DJ/promoter, baseball, production gear, and a whole lot more!
Speaking with Thomas Quinlan aka Doogie Howitzer, whose label Hand’Solo Records has been releasing Canadian independent hip hop for over 20 years.
We had the pleasure of sitting down with Saskatoon Saskatchewan mc/producer soso. We spoke about Clothes Horse Records, running a label, Phonographique, production and more.