Most people think of Brooklyn and the first thing that comes to mind is the over population of MC's and some damn good pizza. Well BK's got a new mascot now, Okai.
Born in East Flatbush, Okai began beating on anything he could get his hands on at the age of five. By the time his twelfth birthday came along hip hop had exploded and his ears were infected by the conscious sounds of collectives like The Natives Tongues, Leaders of The New School and Haitian band Boukman Eksperyans, to say the least. Okai is working on an album with the Regime Change Set. He is also working on the Negus World Order album along with Negus Bennchoumy and Negus Johwell. Okai is featured in the documentary Diamonds in the rough, and is part of the Diamonds In The Rough International Hip Hop Tour; they recently performed in California at The Roxy. He is currently working on the film “NOTORIOUS” based on the life of the Notorious B.I.G. which will be released in 2009. Okai played the Djembe along side Mecca a.k.a Grimo at Summer Stage, Central Park. He also played the Djembe at the 2006 Latin Grammy's at Madison Square Garden on stage with Louis Fonsi. He also performed with percussion group the Drumadics at the Fire House Theater in Portland, Oregon. He has opened for Bilal at CBGB's NY and ?uestLove, of the Roots at S.O.B's.
Although most MC's pass around the term conscious like a blunt in a cipher, Okai is the one that actually inhales. As an immediate descendant of Haitian immigrants, Okai has an ear to the world and is tuned in to the struggle of the less fortunate. He recently gave a lecture at the United Nations on Haitian immigration and politics and also performed in Toronto, Canada at Gulu Walk, a fundraiser for the children of Uganda. Okai chose his name as homage to his homeland; it's the name of the city his family is from. While on the grind Okai got offered a deal on independent label in early 2004, and got up with legendary hip hop producer Ayatollah to create Dekonstruktion of the Mind.
Dekonstruktion of the Mind features hiphop soulstress Vinia Mojica on “No Question”, and West Coast G Planet Asia on “face/off” which is the b side to the 12” “Bout That”. The “Bout that” 12” is out now, and hit number one on college radio charts.
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Download the new mixtape, show friends, and repost on your myspaces, facebooks & emails (the mixtape is free for download so anyone can have it). Come to the
show celebrating the mixtapes release this Friday (May 22) @ Harpers Ferry. Featuring performances by Little Brother, Skyzoo, M-Dot, Torae, Marco Polo, Joe Scudda, Chaundon, EMS & more. You can get hard copies at the show.
The mixtape Money Doesn't Own Thought was mainly released to hold you guys over till M-Dot's album M.usically
D.riven O.ver T.ime comes out (late Summer, early Fall). With 2 years in the making, with over a 1,000 radio spins (national & international) for 4 of the singles, 200 shows in promotion, and a countless amount of newspaper/magazine the album is sure to deliver. M.usically D.riven O.ver T.ime will feature production from 7L, SnowGoons, DC the Midi Alien, DJ
Jean Maron, Explizit One & more. The album will have guest appearances from Masta Ace,
Krumbsnatcha, Big Shug, Akrobatik, Edo G, Sha Stimuli, Jaysaun & more.
So please enjoy this mixtape and know that the album is coming soon. Any help showing friends the mixtpae would be appreciated ya'll.
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With a diverse array of influences, Seattle-based Shai PoeNt (lyricist) and Vanessa Stone (vocalist), cogitatively expand the canon of their artistic liberation. Drawn to hip-hop, jazz, rock, funk, house, and trance, the duo deliberately tease out every strand of their experiences and turns them into something others can relate to.
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New York, NY & World Wide (May, 2009) – Javelot Music/EarthStrong Productions is slated to release. The Epitome shows H.A.P.H.’s musical range as a producer, with both feel good music and hard hitting street bangers. The 14 tracks feature super producers VSharp, S Class and Nic Diamonds. H.A.P.H., along with these visionaries, crafted this masterpiece. The Epitome is an original, innovative, long-awaited release from H.A.P.H.
About H.A.P.H. During the mid-90’s, The Ranjahz were affiliated with a collective known as Team Roc – a group of rappers associated with Roc-A-Fella Records. At the time, this included Jay Z, Sauce Money, Memphis Bleek, and Jaz-O. The Ranjahz made their debut on “If I Should Die” off of Jay Z’s Hard Knock Life, Volume 2. Since then they’ve made countless records, one of their most popular being “Insp Her Ation”, featuring Cee-Lo (of Gnarls Barkley)
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We wanting to share our new underground video for Mair's upcoming release "Who AM I?" And because of your support our singles are doing well in sales but we can use your help by down loading one of her songs. You can find Mair everywhere music is sold online and on all major wireless providers. We have to grind this shit out without a radio push, just connecting with you. So this video was done using parts of Mair's trailer for her soon to be release movie short about finding yourself.
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