PITTSBURGH, PA – In the days and weeks immediately following his honorable discharge from the U.S. Army National Guard, William Fowler (better known on stage as “Willfowl”) often found himself restless. He began working at the bank, and every day on his lunch break he would help alleviate that restlessness by taking a walk. At first, […]

GARY, IN – If there’s one message you could boil down Cairo Mitchell’s music to, it would be this: It’s not you, it’s God. That’s not to say that this diverse artist out of Gary, Indiana can be boiled down into any one thing. His flair for bringing a unique sound to a fusion of hip-hop […]

PHILADELPHIA, PA – When Nassir Evans was growing up with his mother in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, there was one thing he could always count on: that every desk and countertop and table would be covered with sheet music and leaflets with hand-written notes. That’s because his mother loved writing music and poetry. He said she always seemed […]

SACRAMENTO, CA – Like many others who have grown up in the foster system, Monte Stacks didn’t have the best of experiences. His father was in the penitentiary for most of his young adult life, and by age 8 he was in the world of foster care. As a result, he said he saw a […]

ATLANTA, GA – History has always been a favorite subject of the young hip-hop artist from Atlanta, Georgia known as Sphinx. When he went to college, History was always the thing he was most interested. While he was learning about things like Egyptian history, he was also learning how to advance a music career. He was […]