HISTORY: Rip has been on the hiphop scene since 1994, writing/producing/breakin/scratchin//Rippel  is a  local  BC hiphop Legend .  shambhala music fest original hiphop ambassador since the festivals birth. while bouncing from clubs  festivals and venues  .with over 1500 live shows .all the while keeping a steady following with the likes of DJ Adept, jonny B, and DJ Switch, who were known as the Loki crew, as well as the other  local kootenay  originals such as Cypha.nex, DJ.Digs, VS, and State of Mind,and Deeper than Bottomless, Payne, My name is  JUNK and Depths.WT recs/ Rip can also be found killin' it with the likes of,aceyalone,abstract ,rude,zion-i,busdriver,atmosphere/beatnuts,del the funky homosapian/blackalicious/lyrics_ born/buku-one,killa kella, mike relm MTA/Awol one/masta ace/cuninlyngust,wordswerth,2LIVE CREW!!!!JUST!!! to name a  FEW!!, and is now on a solo trip making' and producin' all his own music as well as beats for other emcees and singers with a conscious vibe that the kootanays creates. mega don rippel,, beat rhymes and life!!

All My music is recorded live in my studio

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