Houston performer and personality, That Purple Bastard has put together a day-long festival celebrating Houston’s underground Hip-Hop scene. FlyFest will make its debut on September 25th, 2010 from 2 PM until 2 AM at the historic venue Walter’s on Washington will feature performances from 20 local hip-hop artists.
Words by: Jonathan Jackson
Photos by: Clyde Grant
Last Saturday, MixxWell Audio Lab had their first monthly event, showcasing the Visual Art of Will Harrison, “Big” Mike Hernandez, Alex Arzu, Mitch Mikey, Snell Face and Jonathan Jackson. Throughout the night, artists were also given the opportunity to create works of art along Westhiemer. Shelby Hohl provided visual art, by timing video sets to a 140-160 bpm (beats per minute), perfectly made for djs to mix to. The Teachers of MixxWell showcased the skill they have to offer the folks that choose to enroll at the MixxWell School.
Local Deejays Dayta and Elroy Boogie laid down tracks ranging from Dub-step to dancehall. Mixxwell also offered free workshops before the event. So next time, make sure to come early to sharpen your skills.
Mixxwell will be showcasing different visual artist every month along with a Special Guest Dj. And, of course, the Professors of Mixxwell will be there to show what they can offer as teachers. With a wide variety of Music and Art, expect to be surprised and walk away having learned something new about mixing, art and, those that make up the underground scene in Houston.
GRITSY! The Miami Edition & Kingpinz 6 Year Anniversary Event!
Sauturday, August 28th, 2010 @ Stereo Live!
[STRICT] 18+/$15 – 21+/$10 – LIMITED VIP STAGE PASS/$30
GRITSY is picking up right where they left off after the 4 year [wow!] & calling in some serious, MIAMI DUBSTEP/BASS RE-ENORCEMENT! :
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Never been to Gritsy? Peep the vid below and get yo’self acquainted
Established in 2004, the H-Town Sneaker Summit is the largest and longest running event of its kind in the entire Southwest. It is a bi-annual event held in Houston, TX each summer and winter, where sneaker enthusiasts from all walks of life gather to buy, sell, trade, display, and discuss rare, exclusive, and fashionable sneakers and clothing in a huge party atmosphere.
Despite being Hot as Hell in the venue, the Sneaker Summit turned out to be a smashing success. Don’t sleep on the Winter Sneaker Summit.
Photo provided by: Jae Tovar
Photo provided by: Jae Tovar
Photo provided by: Jae Tovar
Photo provided by: Jae Tovar
Photo provided by: Jae Tovar
Photo provided by: Clyde Grant
Photo provided by: Clyde Grant
Photo by Jehnifer Henderson
I can bet whatever party you were at on Friday, you didn’t see some shit like this.
Hater Magazine and Walter’s hosted the 1st ever “Hater Presents…” on Friday with a diverse line-up of Texas rap and hardcore bands.
They put the fans together in one room with dollar beer and hoped for the best.
And the best was brought.
The night was bound to be bananas with the A&A dj team playing “drop it low” tracks in between the sets of Zorch, Muhammad Ali, B-West, B L A C K I E, Zeale, Your Mistake and Fat Tony.
Photo By Clyde Grant
Photo By Jehnifer Henderson
Photo By Jehnifer Henderson
Photo By Bobby James
Photo by Bobby James
Photo by Bobby James
Photo by Bobby James
Photo By Bobby James
Hater Magazine had it’s first art show on July 26th. It was loved by all. If you missed it, don’t be too sad. The #1 at the end of the title wasn’t just a clever use of numbers and symbols; There will be more art shows to follow. Start looking out for the next one in early September. For those that came, we know you had a good time. The beer was free and supplied by St. Arnold’s and the visuals were brought to you by some fantastic, local, up and coming artists:
The photos to follow are by Isaac, as well. He’s talent embodied. Seriously. Enjoy.
On Saturday, July 24th, The Tipping Point hosted an event for Rhymefest. Rhymefest is relocating from Chicago to Houston next summer, so keep your eyes and ears open. Just one more bit of proof that Houston is the dopest city around!
Rhymefest and Hater Magazine.
Pretty Chicks like Hater Magazine.
Grits Apparel and Hater Magazine.
Monique C. and Thomas Nauls of Tipping Point
Photos by Jehnifer Henderson
Zeale Rapz, an Austin rapper, will be making the trek to peform for Hater’s first show @ Walter’s. We wanted to give our readers a quick meet and greet with this cat but since he is still enjoying his vacation, we had to hit him up via Facebook.
Hater: Every Texas rapper has a certain sound from their city, how has growing up in Austin influenced your style?
Zeale: Austin influenced my style by keeping it a lot less “traditional Texan,” like the southern rap deliveries of Paul Wall, Slim Thug, etc…
Hater: Favorite track to perform?
Zeale: Favorite track to perform right now is a song called “GO.” Its a hot beat and it always pulls the ladies in.
Hater: Do you dig mexican chicks? Because my art director thinks you can get it.
Zeale: Hahaa. I dig all kinds of chicks, but there’s only one who has my attention right now.
Hater: Where are you hoping your music takes you?
Zeale: I hope my music gets me around the world, rich, and all access to Jay-Z’s house.
Hater: Where are all the black people in Austin?
Zeale: All the black people in Austin are in jail. I’m only half black so they let me out for shows.
Hater: Backstory about the creation of the video Monzter Hozpital?
Zeale: This was the first song I wrote for the soon to be released “DISASTERKRFT” mixtape. I wanted to make sure my it made a statement, but was still hot. When I was done with it I was like…video. We shot it and half of the way through it started raining so we just dropped and umbrella over the camera and went for the Jodeci shot.
Friday night, “Hater Presents…” starts off the Houston Sneaker Summit weekend with a line up worthy bragging about to your future illegitmate children. Don’t Sleep.
