Miz Metro, Raashan Ahmad, J Dilla & heat
Downtown NY’s funky styled artist Miz Metro debuted her 1st album, ‘Unlimited’ with a 7 piece band called The Makebelieves to a packed out, crowd at SOB’s last week and also premiered her video ‘Trashion’. The crowd, with much anticipation were fixated to the screen, more…
Last week’s J Dilla & Lupus Foundation Fundraiser in DC was a huge success view photos
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