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Oxnard MC Marlon D - SolShock.com

Oxnard’s Very Own: An Interview with MC Marlon D

From 2005 to the present, Marlon Daito, aka Marlon D has made music consistently. In 2020 alone, throughout the COVID-19 pandemic, Marlon D independently released four mixtapes and a digital album. He is one of the hardest working Hip Hop artists you may have never heard of from Oxnard, CA. And with the launch of […]

Slim da Reazon Poet Writer Emcee

From Cincinnati to LA – Meet Slim da Reazon

StonesThrow Records recording artist and hip hop legend Percee P may have put it best when describing Slim da Reazon simply as a “lyrical mastermind” during the recording of their Jus Beyond produced track “Till Dawn.” In his hometown of Cincinnati, OH, Slim da Reazon aka Matthew Parham, exhibited rare talent early, honing his craft by performing poetry […]

HIGH HOPES Enters Power 106 “Who’s Next on New@2” Competition

Artist/Speaker/Entrepreneur John-Leslie Brown aka H.I.G.H. H.O.P.E.S is back on the scene with a new song and a new opportunity. We blogged about the Hip Hop Intellectual Going Higher Helping Other People Everywhere Soar in previous posts. Beginning January 6, music fans of all genres can vote for HIGH HOPES in the 2014 Power 106 “Who’s […]

SolShock.com Q&A with A.Sims – Long Beach Hip Hop Spoken Word Artist

Long Beach, CA is filled with powerful, talented artists. Whether it’s fine art and graph artists, musicians and indie bands, eco-friendly crafters and fashion designers, or poets and playwrights, this city is brimming with inspiration. On Long Beach’s north side, writer and spoken word artist A.Sims brings his love for God, Hip Hop and poetry to the […]

Upcoming 513 Elevators Shows

October is filled with new shows by emerging indie Rock/Hip Hop band 513 Elevators. Catch them live performing songs from their debut album “Goin’ Up” and their  latest EP “The Clouds”. Friday 10/19 – Suzy’s Hermosa Beach – $5 9PM Tuesday 10/23 – Zanzibar – Santa Monica – $7 9PM Thursday 10/25 – w/Sin City at […]

Michael Pinckney’s Hip Hop Thriller ‘You’re Nobody ‘Til Somebody Kills You’

Just in time for Halloween, emerging film director Michael Pinckney introduces his brand new Hip Hop Horror, ‘You’re Nobody ‘Til Somebody Kills You’.  Inspired by the rap industry’s fascination with death and violence, Pinckney explores why some rappers become more famous after they die. Neither docudrama nor comedy, this action-packed thriller stars Hip Hop legends Doug E. Fresh, Greg Nice, and Big […]