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How The Midwest Was Won Part III: How do we get our spotlight back?  That’s where we left our conversation about St. Louis’s musical heartbeat.  In my interview with Mark “Tarboy” Williams, who’s produced hits with J Kwon, Nappy Roots, D12…
Read moreby Ashley Kane How The Midwest Was Won: Part II Remember, as we travel back to 2004, the record “Tipsy” had just peeked to grab the #2 spot on Billboard’s Hot 100. J-Kwon and Trackboyz had already logged hundreds of…
Read moreBy Ashley Kane: The MidWest takeover of Hip Hop, more specifically St. Louis, Missouri: Part 1 of a 3 Part Interview. It seemed to happen all at once, early 2000s three major acts put music in St. Louis on the…
Read moreBy Ashley Kane: As I sit in a semi-empty bar scratching my pen against my notebook, a click of heels ushers towards me. I look up to see a man with full beard, dark brown skin and a t-shirt that…
Read moreBy Ashley Kane: One of the most influential moguls of the 21st century, what hasn’t P. Diddy, Puff Daddy, Puffy, Sean Combs done in this life? From the start of Bad Boy Entertainment in 1993, Puffy’s “mogulness” (yes, I made…
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