Sota Fats is the contemporary, ultra smooth, college-educated, community activist, hip-hop business impresario from the same gutter and grime whence rappers like The Notorious B.I.G. emerged. With similar swag, Fats delivers music that picks up where the late, great B.I.G. left off. (R.I.P. Biggie).

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Big Will has made a few changes in his rap career since his Freestyle Friday championship reign on BET’s 106 & Park. He’s moved from St. Louis to New York and now to Atlanta. Big Will has also blazed the mixtape circuit by allowing fans to listen to his music online for free. Now, he is preparing to do a lot more in 2008. Big Will has a new single, “Poster Girl”, he’s with a new label called Fall Back and he’s challenging anyone who wants to battle him. But you better have some money to put up when you step in the ring with him. Here is an emcee that can show the world that St. Louis can rap and he’s carrying the STL Hip Hop scene on his back to do it.

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Tyrant aka Lil Ty is a prime example of an emcee who bounces back like a ball every time he hits the ground. He’s rocked the streets of the underground hip hop scene across the county including St. Louis and New York City and he released an independent album called “I’m That Nigga” which was deemed a classic but received poor support. Now Lil Ty is working on his sophomore album titled “The Design” with a presidential theme and a lead single called “Choosy Lover”. HipHopClub talks to Tyrant about his new album and single, his opinions on the “New St. Louis” as well as sharing with us his current status with BET’s 106 & Park Freestyle Friday champion Big Will, who was also his friend and other half of their legendary rap duo The Slu Cru.

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New MC (a.k.a. Big Zach) is a longtime staple of the underground hip-hop movement in Minnesota. As a teenager, Zach jumped on the scene early with his crew the Kanser Troop, playing coffee shop shows and opening for Twin Cities pioneers such as Urban Atmosphere (now known as just Atmosphere, of course) the Abstract Pack, the Micranots, Musab, and others. In 1997 Kanser pushed over 1,000 copies of Now, an album produced on Atmosphere producer ANT’s 4-track and dubbed by hand to cassette. By age 20, Zach was booking/hosting and co-running “Headspin Sundays,” the now-legendary all-ages Hip Hop weekly held at the late Bon Appetit Cafe—it was an event that launched the careers of many in the current Twin Cities hip-hop scene. Groups like Brother Ali, Odd Jobs, Unknown Prophets, DJ K-Salaam, and Leroy Smokes are just a few of the many bands that played Headspin Sundays.
New MC also is a pioneer on the MN hip hop scene and he is releasing a solo album. HipHopClub had the opportunity to interview New Mc

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