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Local Hip-Hop News: Portland Hip-Hop Week, a Green Hop Block Party, New Music from Raquel Divar, and More!

Raquel Divar Rose Leon As far as Portlandโ€™s hip-hop music calendar is concerned, August might just be the busiest month of the year so far. Between Portland Hip-Hop Week, Damian Lillard AKA Dame DOLLAโ€™s recent release of Big D.O.L.L.A. (pretty damn good!), and a bunch of other new releases from local artists popping up, thereโ€™s […]

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Local Hip-Hop News: Three Upcoming Shows and New Songs from Myke Bogan and Eso.Xo.Supreme

“Panic” Eso.Xo.Supreme There are more than enough hip-hop and soul acts to see at this yearโ€™s PDX Pop Now!, Portlandโ€™s free and all-ages music festival going down under the Hawthorne Bridge on July 20 and 21: Raquel Divar, ePP, Stevo the Weirdo, Brown Calculus, Danny Sky, and Adebisi. But if youโ€™re still hungry for more […]

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Local Hip-Hop News: New Drops from the Last Artful, Dodgr and Rasheed Jamal, Plus Upcoming Shows for Brown Calculus, Epp, and More!

Painting by Alexandria Becker-Black Photo by Elijah Moaning Ready or not, โ€œhot girl summerโ€ is here and itโ€™s time to jump into these cool soundwaves. Here are a couple of new releases from Portland-based artists, and a few shows to get you through to mid-July. โ€œGlory Glory,โ€ Rasheed JamalIโ€™ve been waiting for Rasheed Jamal to […]

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New Hip-Hop Releases from TROX, KayelaJ, SQVTCH, and more! Plus, An Update About Portland Hip-Hop Day.

Faithful Sneaker Wave readers, my babies. As the new Mercury music editor, Iโ€™m even busier than usualโ€”busy kicking ASS, while simultaneously trying not to drown in an infinite sea of emails. Luckily, Iโ€™m not the only person who can cover Portlandโ€™s hotbed of hip-hop music and culture. BEHOLD: a column guest-written by writer and The […]

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