Maurice Valentino

Rapper and Hip Hop Guru KRS-One would frequently talk about how Hip Hop is currently the most potent culture on the planet. He is not necessarily wrong with his brazen statement. The musical quality, aesthetics, language, and other…

Sometimes brilliance is the most simply articulated concept, and MarieFromThe303 captures this writing technique beautifully and lyrically with her brief but adept novel, A Book About Niggas, in ways that professional theorists, field…

Time flies like we couldn't believe in this lifetime, and before I knew it, today, my 1-year anniversary with The Demo Tape arrived. In my 23rd year of life, on the horizon of my 24th, I give praise to those I work with under The Demo Tape…

In an exclusive to The Demo Tape, rising Memphis artist and regional act Jai Musiq refuses to let up from his tours, freestyles, and brand development with a short, but undeniably fire of a project called Project is Done EP with three…

This might be the Black Uncle in me talking, but I remember back in the day when you would wait for days for your favorite up and coming rapper to drop their newest mixtape on Datpiff.com, My Mixtapez, Spinrilla, SoundCloud, or any easily…

Dave East's career is arguably at the most crucial, but undeniably lit crossroads that it could possibly be for him in the year of 2018 going forward. In between a year with each counting yesterday, since August 2017 specifically, Dave East…

This isn't about to be your typical, pseudo-woke longform thinkpiece about race, politics, and buzzwords that you must be tired of hearing on the daily by now. However, Marvel's grandiose effort with this season of Luke Cage, exclusively…

With the evolution of our society, inclusion, and more representation of marginalized groups, the women of Hip Hop and Rap Culture have stepped up to the plate in recent years. Since the early 2010s, you have known individuals like Nicki…

Proud Waldorfian and DMV rapper J.A.E marks his new wave of music and artist re-branding with the official music video for "Ocean Floor," one of the singles from his forthcoming project called SAVE YOURSELF, power packed with the most…

Bass Monkei strikes once again this year with his newest project, THOUGHTS. The art of the creatives' hustle in our contemporary age is not an easy one, but 3SIDE's dark horse producer/juggernaut makes it look effortless with his own…