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"Teach Me How To Dougie" Rapper M-Bone Was Killed In A Drive-By Shooting This Morning

Sad news today, as the word has spread that Cali Swag Disctrict member M-Bone was killed in a drive-by shooting this morning in Inglewood, California. The 22-year-old rapper was one-fourth of the group behind last year's massive hit single, "Teach Me How To Dougie," in which the California-based cr ... More >>

Download A.Dd 's When Pigs Fly For Free

​Speaking of new albums that are worth their substantial hype, allow us to point you in the direction of another big recent local release: A.Dd 's When Pigs Fly. That album came out this weekend, with the duo of Slim Gravy and Paris Pershun's a-couple-years-in-the-making masterpiece finally earnin ... More >>

Q&A: Cali Swag District Member C-Smoove Downplays Lil Wil Beef But Admits That He Expects Tension As His Group Perfoms Its "Dougie" Hit In Dallas This Weekend

The fact that the biggest song spawned by Dallas' homegrown D-Town Boogie movement isn't from Dallas at all, but rather from a group of performers out of Inglewood, California, has been an obvious point of contention in Dallas hip-hop over the past year or so. But it's a truth: Cali Swag District's ... More >>

Bonus MP3: Mel The Mack featuring Dorrough, Lil Wil, Trai'D, Fat Pimp, Big DoughskiG and Young Black -- "What's Up Bro (D-Town Dallas)"

​Last year, local hip-hop purveyors talked at length about the importance of having a big presence around town during the weekend of the Cowboys Stadium-hosted 2010 NBA All-Star Game. And, lest there was any doubt, these same artists are at it again this year.But, this time around, they appear to ... More >>

Lil Wil on Cali Swag District and The Dougie: "Everything After [Me] Has Been Imitators"

​After the jump, check out the latest interview with Lil Wil, the Dallas rapper who started the whole Dougie dance craze back in 2008, when he released his single, "My Dougie." Conducted by nationally respected mixtape DJ and turntablist, DJ Smallz, this new interview seems intent on simply adding ... More >>

Listomania: The 10 Best Dougie Dance Renditions of 2010

Wrong Dougie.​2010, again, proved a big year for The Dougie, the Dallas-born dance that has effectively taken over touchdown celebrations and dancefloors alike, and thrust the Dallas hip-hop scene into the international limelight. Thank Lil Wil's "My Dougie," which paid homage to Doug E. Fresh and ... More >>

Sore Losers Helps Dallas Move Past The Boogie

Watch: University of Wisconsin Students Turn Dallas Dance Into A Mascot-Pumping Spoof

Now there's more people for Lil Wil to be pissed off with: The University of Wisconsin. By spoofing Cali Swag District's "Teach Me How to Dougie" and turning it into a song about its mascot, Bucky the Badger, called "Teach Me How to Bucky" (see above), Wisonsin student rap troupe Zooniversity has, b ... More >>

Tum Tum's Latest Mixtape Is Smoking.

Chris Bosh Talks Dallas Hip-Hop With MTV: "There's Always A New Dance." Well, Yeah.

Dallas native and Lincoln High School graduate Chris Bosh may be breaking the bank these days as "that other guy who went to the Miami Heat," but the guy who saw his stock rise more this NBA offseason than any other player (maybe in the history of the league), still remembers his roots, growing up i ... More >>

Lil Wil To Cali Swag District: "If Y'all Come Around Here, There'll Be Problems." (NSFW)

Last month, we pointed you in the direction of Cali Swag District's big hit "Teach Me How To Dougie," a song that references the D-Town Boogie movement and, specifically, Lil Wil's "My Dougie." Seemed a rather innocuous song to us. If anything, we figured, it seemed a nice little shout-out to both W ... More >>

The D-Town Boogie Isn't Dead, It Just Moved To California. For Now, At Least.

Just a few months after we openly pondered what will surely go down as great question of our time ("Is the D-Town Boogie dead?") it seems as if we've received a temporary answer, courtesy of a collective of west coast rappers known as the Cali Swag District. In short: No, not just yet.Proof on the ... More >>

The D-Town Boogie Positions Itself For A Big Score This All-Star Weekend

Watch: Party Boyz -- "Flex"

The latest greatest song from the D-Town Boogie movement? You're looking at it, folks. Listeners of K104 or 97.9 The Beat will no doubt recognize the song immediately, as its played with regularity on both stations. And now the men behind "Flex," the Party Boyz, have a flashy Dr. Teeth-directed clip ... More >>

Looking Back on the Biggest Local Music Stories of 2009.

Rob Viktum Serves Up A New, Tasty Drink

It's Now Official: Per The New York Times, National Hip-Hop Has 'Landed In Dallas.'

​Yet one more thing to add to the list of things that Dorrough has now done that his fellow rappers in the DFW scene haven't: Right there in the Sunday edition of the paper, Dorrough's debut album, Dorrough Music, received the review treatment from the New York Times. And while it's not the best r ... More >>

Get Yer Independence Day Dance Jam On With A Few Choice Local Mixtape Downloads

There's gonna be a whole lot of barbecuing and pool-hopping this weekend, if common sense is any indicator for what we should expect to go down on this Fourth of July weekend. Course, there needs to be a soundtrack to it all...So, on that note, here are a couple DC9-approved mixtapes from area DJs ... More >>

B-Hamp's B Dash Album Drops Today... And He'll Sign Your Copy, If Ya Want

Life will be imitating art pretty much all night tonight as B-Hamp celebrates the release of his full-length debut, B Dash, by stopping and posing for the frame (thanks, I'll be here all week) at a slew of events scheduled to take place around town tonight.First up, at the Eargazum store at the Sou ... More >>

Dallas' Own Dorrough Is Walking The Chart Walk.

Dorrough reps the Central Expressway too, it seems...Looks like Dallas rapper Dorrough is making a name for himself on the national level. This week, Dorrough's "Ice Cream Paint Job" reached the No. 32 spot on Billboard's Rhythmic Radio chart, as well as No. 54 on the iTunes hip-hop sales chart (the ... More >>

Picture Show: Lil Wil and Soulja Boy at 97.9 The Beat's Custom Car Show and Concert

Gloria Levario If you're into Lil Wil, Soulja Boy and cars with dollar signs for seats, well, you were probably also out at the Dallas Convention Center Sunday night, where the annual custom car show and concert hosted by 97.9 The Beat drew a crowd of around 20,000. If you missed it, or you just wan ... More >>

Can't-Miss Dallas-Area Bands to Catch at SXSW

The Biggest Stories in North Texas Music, Circa 2008

In a year that saw Ozzy, the Jonases and The New York Times storm through North Texas, which area music stories will go down as the most important of 2008?

The Top 20 Dallas Releases of 2008

Ranking the best albums Dallas, Denton and Fort Worth had to offer this past year

Lil Wil and Play (of Play-N-Skillz) Share Their Favorites of 2008

The Best Albums In Dallas Music, 2008: So Who Comes In At No. 1?

Assuming you've been keeping up with this blog, then, yep, you've seen me counting down my favorite local record releases of 2008, one record a day, for the past week and a half or so. Well, it all comes to an end right here, right now. Below, a recount of records No. 20 through No. 2. Then, after t ... More >>

The Best Albums In Dallas Music, 2008: Mount Righteous Happily Makes No. 5

Editor's Note: Over the next 10 days, I'll be presenting my favorite local records of the year, counting down from No. 10 to No. 1, one album a day. Keep checking back to see how the list pans out, and, in the meantime, click after the jump to see albums No. 20-11 in the Top 20 list that will update ... More >>

The Best Albums In Dallas Music, 2008: Sarah Jaffe's Even Born Again EP Hits No. 6

Editor's Note: Over the next 10 days, I'll be presenting my favorite local records of the year, counting down from No. 10 to No. 1, one album a day. Keep checking back to see how the list pans out, and, in the meantime, click after the jump to see albums No. 20-11 in the Top 20 list that will update ... More >>

The Best Albums In Dallas Music, 2008: Dem Southernfolkz's The Message Checks In At No. 10

Editor's Note: Over the next 10 days, I'll be presenting my favorite local records of the year, counting down from No. 10 to No. 1, one album a day. Keep checking back to see how the list pans out, and, in the meantime, click after the jump to see albums No. 20-11 in the Top 20 list that will update ... More >>

The Fader Boogies On Back To Dallas, Offers Up A Free Fat Bastard Track

"Get in my belly!" Fat Bastard exclaimed. "...then do da stanky legg?"Gotta give credit where it's due: The Fader (which, interestingly enough, has just combined advertising and sponsorship forces with Pitchfork media) was early to the Dallas hip-hop game, letting Play-N-Skillz, Tum Tum and Lil Wil ... More >>

D-Town Boogie: The Do It Ourself Video

Here at DC9 this week, we took Pete's cover story to heart, especially this dig DJ Drop takes at folks in night clubs who try out the D-Town Boogie dances: "You can tell the people that are doing it right off YouTube. They're doing it right off the instructions."To those of us who'd never seen the R ... More >>

Dallas Hip-Hop: Swagger Like Us

Local artists make waves with D-Town Boogie, but the real test comes in 14 months

Our 20th Music Awards

1988-2008: Two Decades of DOMA

DOMA: The Winners! Announced! (Yay!)

Money Talks

With Lil Wayne's latest single, Play-N-Skillz cements its reputation as a production team—and maybe Dallas' reputation as a source of hip-hop?

DOMA XX: And The Nominees Are...

Lil Wil Takes Dallas Hip-Hop National

With "My Dougie" in tow, he's looking to get paid

Fat Pimp Gets Signed To Warner Bros.

Was Lil Wil's "My Dougie" Video Played On National TV Earlier This Week?