J MANSLAUGHTER EP OUT NOW!

A Dominican rapper from the Uptown, Washington Heights/Dyckman region, J Mantekz has been releasing music steadily for the past few years, attempting to resurrect Spanish culture back into the forefront of music. 
Highly influenced by Hip-hop’s notorious Era of New York MC’s, Mantekz delivers a high energy original sound with a potent combination of unique but complex splansglish rhyming and dark arithmetic wordplay that will be sure to have you pressing rewind. 

"J Manslaughter" EP brings you the introduction to the highly anticipated J Mantekz sequel.

The project establishes a dark street, but drug friendly collective with an entity separate from prior affiliation and entirely unafraid to push the boundaries. "J Manslaughter" is sure to showcase why J Mantekz   is rising ahead of the curve in the Uptown, New York scene. Keeping in tune with recent scenes, the Uptown MC has fun employing he's Snoop Dog smooth like flow while staying true to himself on “Living Legend’,” a New York influenced tune that expressly has nothing to do with pouring up in double cups, but brings you into the life of a young rebel working he's way trough the street life. Accomplished enough through his tenure as a part of THC, his statement on “Versatile” proves he can confidently carry the torch on his own until the group’s next release.

    Some could complain he’s too rooted in a throwback 90's aesthetic, but his craft goes the extra mile and comes off as refreshing where few others are willing to separate themselves following trends.

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 " THE HEIGHTS CONNECT"
                               Its been a decade since mainstream HipHop has been impacted by latino New York rappers..
       Especially artists so talented that it influences not only their state, but also their motherland in The Dominican Republic overseas.  The Heights Connect or short THC, are a Dominican-American Hip-hop Group emerging from the Washington Heights and Dyckman underground rap scene. Founded by Papi Pesos, Sonny Diamente,Frank Blanco and J-Mantekz in 2007, the heights connect bring you back to the essence of gutter hip hop with their complex wordplay and raw arithmetic bars. Cypress Hill, The Beatnuts, NORE, Chino XL and Big Punisher emerged onto the scene in the early 90's, and in New York, Big Pun and Fat Joe set the stage and led the movement that is Terror Squad. Originality and fun is what this hiphop super group transpires. They All grew up in Washington Heights also known as little santo domingo and Inwood's Dyckman, raised by Immigrant parents just wanting to bring opportunity to their offsprings of a better living. Uptown consists of Washington Heights and Dyckman, a stronghold of the region’s Dominican population, and Harlem, primarily mixed community of blacks, whites and Hispanics. The area is characterized by a high poverty rate, overcrowded popular club scenes, escalating to violence, critical number of incarcerations and is so called "new yorks top drug trafficking capital" or "Home of the Haze" . Spanish was their first language at home so they promise to bring their spanish lifestyles to its audience and incorporate that threw their music and Entertainment. 
No Dominican Rap Artists from their neighborhood has never made it to stardom as far as they are concerned which gives them the confidence to will themselves and the neighborhood they represent to the top! Uptown, New York has a lot to do with the growth of hiphop in the 90's, but They understand in their opinion their neighborhood does not get the recognition that it deserves. Growing up in these drug infested streets, all fatherless and questionable of success, this group of talent makes sure to use their experiences as their visual. Friends and family, their incarceration and relatives that passed, convinced the dream. The Dream to be the first Hiphop Rap Superstars straight from the streets of Washington Heights and The Dominican Republic.

DEZ LUCIANO 9 , Uptown NYC , Enlightened 💡

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