DETROIT, MI – To say that Juma Muqaribu’s life has been tumultuous is a bit of an understatement. His parents split soon after he was born, and he and his mother moved around a lot. His father died when he was 8, and his step father – Joseph Likowski – became a hug influence in […]

LOS ANGELES, CA – Don Rio has been hustling in his music career all along the east coast. A New York native, Don Rio began pursuing music professionally around four years ago. After starting out as a hype man for a fellow artist, he realized his passion for hip-hop was something he could later harvest. […]

MONROE, LA – LaQuintin Martez Jones – AKA Tez – remembers vividly the first time he started falling in love with music. Growing up he had an older brother who would set up his computer in the front room of their house and mess with beats and freestyle almost on a daily basis. Tez remembers his […]

LOS ANGELES, CA – Tarii may call Seattle home, but he might as well say the same for the recording studio. The talented rapper came upon his love for music like it was fate. He soon found himself surrounded by a group of people who shared the same passion, which is when he truly started […]

LOS ANGELES, CA – Mikey Smit needs to make a statement. Everything Obvious Evidence Isn’t Often. It’s a tongue twister, that’s for sure. But it’s a statement that he knows is thought-provoking and should make people consider something that he’s trying to pass along to the world with his new album, “You Don’t Know Me.” […]