BORN IN LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA, DOM KENNEDY (BORN DOMINIC HUNN) IS AN ARTIST WITH A FIERCELY INDEPENDENT STREAK. WITH A STYLE THAT PAIRS SIMPLE LYRICISM WITH A KNACK FOR NARRATION, KENNEDY TOOK INSPIRATION FROM RAP LEGENDS SUCH AS DJ QUIK, 2PAC AND THE NOTORIOUS B.I.G. KENNEDY MADE HIS DEBUT IN 2008 WITH 25TH HOUR, FROM THE WESTSIDE WITH LOVE IN 2010, AND THE ORIGINAL DOM KENNEDY IN 2011. BY THIS POINT, HE HAD BEGUN TOURING ACROSS THE UNITED STATES AND INTERNATIONALLY, PLAYING A SHOW IN DJIBOUTI, AFRICA. NOT BEING ABLE TO FIND A FAIR DEAL TO SUIT HIM, THE TALENTED MC INSTEAD STARTED HIS OWN LABEL, THE OPM COMPANY, WHICH HE HAS USED TO RELEASE HIS OWN ALBUMS AS WELL AS FOR OTHERS. FROM THE WESTSIDE WITH LOVE II ARRIVED IN 2011 AND WAS A SUCCESS, HITTING THE TOP 100 OF THE BILLBOARD 200 ALBUM CHART. KENNEDY TOURED THROUGHOUT THE U.S. AND EUROPE IN 2012, AND RELEASED THE YELLOW ALBUM WITH THE LEAD SINGLE "MY TYPE OF PARTY", THIS MIXTAPE IS REGUARDED AS AN ALL TIME FAVORITE WORLDWIDE. 2013 SAW THE RELEASE OF HIS SECOND PROPER ALBUM GET HOME SAFELY BY THE END OF THE YEAR. THE ALBUM PROVED TO BE AN EVEN BIGGER SUCCESS, HITTING THE TOP 25 AND EARNING CRICITAL ACCLAIM. HIS THIRD EFFORT, BY DOM KENNEDY, WAS ISSUED IN 2015 AND FEATURED PRODUCTION BY JAKE ONE, J.LBS AND DJ DAHI, AMONG OTHERS. THE FOLLOWING FALL, HE RELEASED LOS ANGELES IS NOT FOR SALE, VOL 1. WITH A BEGINNING STORY FOR THE AGES ONLY TIME WILL TELL THE TRUE OUTCOME. FROM KENNEDY HIMSELF, "MY MUSIC HAS ALWAYS BEEN ABOUT EVOLUTION, RESULTS MAY VARY BUT I HAVE TRIED TO REMAIN RESPONSIBLE TO WHAT I WAS FEELING AT THE TIME. I WOULDN'T HAVE LASTED ANY AMOUNT OF TIME WITHOUT THE FANS SO I THANK THEM. OPM TILL IT'S OVER."

DJ. OH, LA. The shorty they warned you about.
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"La Musica De Harry Fraud"
IG/TW - @harryfraud
All inquiries - harryfraudbeats@gmail.com // mark@surfschoolrecordings.com

Midnight Crisis by Lex One Lucian White 
Available  now http://www.LexOne.Uno
Midnight Crisis  the Album Available NOW on iTunes, Google Play, Amazon, Spotify & More 
Lex Cruz a/k/a LexOne embodies the spirit of the modern-day Renaissance man with limitless ambition. The talented Miami-by-way-of-New York artist is a rapper, music producer, deejay, director, event promoter, and indie label owner, known just as much for his wild live shows, as his business acumen. Lex got his feet wet in the music industry in 2006 when he founded GTPS (Get That Paper Son) at the former Hi-Top Studios (a hybrid recording studio and sneaker boutique) in Fort Laude in Fort Lauderdale. When days were slow, he and his musical partner Mike Beatz locked themselves in the studio, perfecting their craft and steadily building a following. While living in New York in November 2009, he received a phone call from the U.K. about a track he cut with Mike and some other friends (under the name Wizard Sleeve) that was blowing up overseas. The song, “Riverside (Let’s Go!),” caught the attention of famed label Ministry of Sound Records, who signed the group for the single, had them re-record it, and asked them to fly to London to shoot a video. What was supposed to be a 12-day, 14-show tour in late 2009 grew substantially, blossoming into a whopping 33 shows in 23 days. At the same time, “Riverside” hit numerous milestones,including becoming a gold record (more than 500,000 copies sold), staying on the U.K. charts for more than 11 weeks, and hitting number-one in multiple countries. That same year, Lex dropped a solo album and a compilation with his Monsters Ink crew, in addition to appearing on another giant single with U.K. dance pioneers, Aquasky/Black Noise. Throughout his career, Lex has worked with a number of Hip-Hop greats both on his own, and as part of his side p and as part of his side projects (Major League, Wizard Sleeve, and Monsters Ink). They include Freeway, Rick Ross, and N.O.R.E. along with super-producers such as StreetRunner and Baby Paul (of Da Beatminerz), to name a few. He has also toured with the likes of Souls of Mischief, Bone Thugs-n-Harmony, Smoke DZA, and has shared the stage with a slew of notable acts, like Curren$y, AZ, KRS-One, Troy Ave, Trick Daddy, Method Man, Inspectah Deck, and Kool Keith, among others. As for his own work, the year 2016 was one of his biggest yet thanks to the release of his great Gold Plaque album, which features notable singles “Walk Alone,” “They Know” (which debuted on Sway In The Morning), and “I’ma Beast.” Those tracks made sizable dents on multiple platforms, including college radio, SoundCloud, and Spinrilla. The record built on what Lex had done with 2015’s solid Almost Gold project and the previous year’s No Prisoners, a collaborative album with Mike Beatz aka Thirdworld Don.

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