Wiz Khalifa

Ask a Geto Boy: Is It Wrong For Parents to Smoke Weed With Their Kids?

Welcome to Ask Willie D, where the Geto Boys MC answers reader questions about matters, in his own words, "funny, serious or unpredictable." Something on your mind? Ask Willie D! LOVING ORANGE COUNTY Dear Willie D: I'm a newly single divorcée with lots of time and money on my hands. After dating ... More >>

We Ran into Warring Council Candidates Philip Kingston and Bobby Abtahi at a Bar. Awkward!

There wasn't much interest in the City Council elections this year, evidenced mainly by the fact that hardly anybody showed up to vote in them. We don't blame you. It was a Saturday, and there were probably waffles somewhere. But the runoff election in District 14 between Bobby Abtahi and Philip ... More >>

How Joey Bada$$ Almost Ruined His Career Over a Poster Layout

Your ungratefulness sickens me RT @joeybadass_: If I'm under Trinidad James I'm not doing the Under The Influence Tour. Straight— Rodney Mac (@RappersRActors) April 22, 2013 Joey Bada$$ is under the influence of blog hype. Monday, the New York rap wunderkind, caused quite a stir when he reac ... More >>

The 11 Busiest (and Buzziest) Days in Texas Music

From 35 Denton to SXSW, Snoop to Spillover, traversing Texas in search sonic bliss.

Snoop Dogg's St. Patrick's Day Concert: Review and Photos

Snoop Dogg delivered an hour-plus of his finest yesterday on Greenville Avenue for the Observer St. Patrick's Day Concert. We had a fine contingent of writers there, but I, your highly addled editor, was sitting in bumper-to-bumper traffic on I-35 on the Megabus headed back from Austin. Throughout t ... More >>

Get To Know Your DOMA 2012 Nominees: Snow Tha Product

Leading up to our November 10 showcase, we'll be getting you familiar with some of our Dallas Observer Music Awards nominees, either via past features we've done on them, or new ones. You can vote for your favorite acts, venues and more right here. This piece originally appeared in our June People ... More >>

Scoremore Brings Your Favorite Rapper's Favorite Rapper to Town

Scoremore Brings Your Favorite Rapper's Favorite Rapper To Town

The Smoker's Club Tour hit Dallas last month, and it was a busy night, like so many Thursdays in our town. I sit in my car on Elm Street, trying to get around a sudden surge of traffic. I hear sirens. Four blocks away from Trees, I can smell the marijuana, mixed with the smell of burnt rubber. I can ... More >>

Brek Shea and the Making of an American Soccer Star*

*If there's even such a thing.

Snow Tha Product: The Human Alarm Clock

In this week's Dallas Observer, we profile 30 of the metro area's most interesting characters, with new portraits of each from local photographer Mark Graham. See the entire Dallas Observer People Issue here. Claudia Feliciano has lived in Fort Worth for the past three years, but she's flown under ... More >>

Snow Tha Product Tells Us About Her Good Nights and Bad Mornings

Since signing with Atlantic earlier this year, Fort Worth's Snow Tha Product, aka 24-year-old Claudia Feliciano, has been fully embracing her merch motto "Fuck Sleep." The mixtape she's in the process of recording, Good Nights and Bad Mornings, which follows up 2011's Unorthodox, should be out next ... More >>

H20 Music Festival - Cotton Bowl - 6/9/12

H20 Music Festival Cotton Bowl Saturday, June 9 See also: Scenes from the H20 Music Festival I stood at the entrance of the "House That Doak Built," watching Dallas Fire and Rescue workers help a middle-age Hispanic lady onto a stretcher, and I couldn't help but think about how much of a misnomer ... More >>

The Problem With... "Payphone" by Maroon 5, featuring Wiz Khalifa

Although I pride myself in finding patterns and themes in pop music, Maroon 5's recent nostalgic theme came at me like a curveball. I should have seen it before, with song titles such as "Moves Like Jagger" and singer Adam Levine's guest gig on "Stereo Hearts" with Gym Class Heroes. But Maroon 5's l ... More >>

Your Comprehensive Guide to Band Names as Food

Using the Schrodinger equation, in conjunction with a quantum harmonic oscillator to efficiently fuse two non-sentient objects together, we here at DC9 at Night have created a  giant-ass list. Please be cautious when reading, as prolonged exposure can lead to headaches, extreme diaphragm tensio ... More >>

Top 10 Modern Hip-Hop Ad-Libs

Throughout hip-hop's history, rappers have sought to distinguish themselves through a variety of methods. While some have focused exclusively on lyrical content, others have focused on style and cadence. As of late, hip-hop has experienced a fundamental shift from an emphasis on substance to an emph ... More >>

Kanye West's "Theraflu," Explained

America loves hip-hop music, but we don't always understand the meaning behind the message. We love to dance awkwardly to "Rack City" in the comfort of our homes while throwing imaginary ones in the air, but seldom take the time to break down a song line by line to derive its true meaning. That's ... More >>

AV The Great: "The Hip-Hop Coming Out Of Southeast Denton Is Strong."

You could call it a tale of two cities. Within Denton city limits lie two distinct communities separated by nothing more than railroad tracks and a sign. On one side, you have the Denton everyone thinks of: Dan's Silverleaf, great indie bands, and the Courthouse. On the other side, you have Southeas ... More >>

The Problem With... T-Pain's "5 O'Clock (feat. Wiz Khalifa and Lily Allen)"

It looks like T-Pain is playing the waiting game for his forthcoming album Revolver, which he finished recording two summers ago. He's been keeping busy in the mean time: This past summer, T-Pain released a mixtape called prEVOLVEr, which featured a few tracks without any Auto-Tune assistance for a ... More >>

The Road to 8-8: A Week-by-Week Look at the 2011 Cowboys

Because it wouldn't be a newspaper football preview without piss-in-the-wind game predictions.

Beats by Dallas' Own Hip-Hop Doctors

Symbolyc One Explains How He Came Up With Kanye West and Jay-Z's "Excellence" Joint

Symbolyc One's on fire.​In this week's paper, you'll find a heads up of sorts about what's really going on in Dallas hip-hop these days -- essentially it's no longer the rappers making waves so much as it's the producers. And that's not just fluff. As noted in the article, in the past couple of ye ... More >>

Over The Weekend: Trae tha Truth, JMack and Big Hud at Trees

Trae Tha Truth, JMack, Big HudTreesAugust 13, 2011Better than: trying to act like Dallas has a hip-hop pedigree to compete with Houston.Trae Tha Truth​ There wasn't much of a build-up to Trae The Truth's entrance at Trees on Saturday night. After a particularly high-energy set from JMack and a fun ... More >>

Good Friday: Death Cab, Rock The Bells, Torche, Trae and The Rest of Your Weekend

Death Cab For Cutie​There was a time when Death Cab For Cutie would have Centro-Matic in the support slot of their regional shows. But those days are long gone. On Saturday, Death Cab will be at the Verizon Theatre in Grand Prairie with Frightened Rabbit. But if a Centro-Matic-less Death Cab doesn ... More >>

Meet Wiz Khalifa, Big Sean and Curren$y's Secret Weapon: Fort Worth Producer Cardo

Cardo's a dude worth knowing.​Ronald La Tour very clearly remembers the first time he met Wiz Khalifa. It was a few years back at this point, when Khalifa was just starting to make a name for himself, releasing mixtapes at an impressive clip and earning endless praise for each. After some fruitful ... More >>

Good Friday: The Independence Day Edition

Bettmann/CorbisWillie Nelson at his second annual Fourth of July picnic in 1974​It's hot as hell and the area burn bans are in full effect, which can only mean one thing: It's time to celebrate our independence! This weekend's live music offerings are fairly strong, but at Billy Bob's Texas in For ... More >>

Wiz Khalifa

Saturday, July 2, Verizon Theatre in Grand Prairie

Blink-182 & My Chemical Romance, Girl Talk & The Cool Kids, and Many Other Announcements

Blink 182 are back, and they're looking for corporate sponsorhips​This week's most notable show announcements come our way via huge corporate sponsorships -- one from Honda Civic, and the other from 7-Eleven. The former, which features the newly reunited pop-punk forefathers Blink-182 and their mi ... More >>

Dallas Native Ryan Cabrera Is Back, Promises Press Release Promoting Ryan Cabrera

Ry-guy​ Ryan Cabrera is a dude who was born in the Dallas area who used to date Ashlee Simpson and got signed to her father Joe Simpson's management company and made something of a blip on the national pop culture radar in 2004, when his song "On The Way Down" started blowing up Total Request Live ... More >>

Which Of Your Texas Rangers Has The Coolest Intro Music?

​Last week, the Morning News' Rangers beat writer/columnist Evan Grant shared the music being used at the start of this baseball season by most of your Texas Rangers players -- either at-bat music or welcome-to-the-mound stuff, naturally.The best news that wasn't? Grant reported that catcher Mike ... More >>

Our Final SXSW 2011 Buzz Power Rankings: So, Who Do You Think Came Out on Top?

To infinity... and beyond!​Gossip, gossip -- if you've been following our daily power rankings of buzz at SXSW 2011 over the past few days, then you know that, yes, indeed, Kanye West has had it all week long at this year's annual festival in Austin.And, after briefly losing the top slot in our ra ... More >>

SXSW 2011 Buzz Power Rankings: Odd Future Slips Just Past Kanye, Mostly Because People Are Sick of Talking About Kanye.

Swag!​Well, mercifully, the last night of SXSW 2011 is finally upon us. And, on this final day, in which luminaries such as Kanye West, Perez Hilton and Rachel Ray are finally letting their presence be known, we finally have a new act sitting atop our buzz power rankings.That's right: Later Kanye; ... More >>

SXSW 2011 Buzz Power Rankings: Kanye West Stays On Top, But His Lead Is Shrinking...

Everybody knows he's a motherfucking monster.​Thursday at SXSW 2011 has come and gone -- but Kanye remains solidly in his spot atop our buzz power rankings, as determined by chatter we're hearing on the street. His lead is shrinking, though -- Odd Future is hot on his tail, proving once again that ... More >>

SXSW 2011 Buzz Power Rankings: Kanye Is On Top For Now... And Pretty Easily, Too.

You can do it, put your stinger into it.​South by Southwest is a static thing -- both in theory and in practice. It's a chance for bands to fans to see the established acts they've been wanting to see and for new, up-and-coming acts to try and make names for themselves. And that latter part very m ... More >>

Welcome To The Golden Age of Dallas Hip-Hop.

Last Night: Diplo and Cee Lo Green at the Axe Lounge

Diplo, Cee Lo GreenAxe Lounge (normally Rio Room, formerly Suite)February 5, 2011Better than: hanging out in a lounge filled with Axe body spray. Fortunately, this sponsorship was in name only.All photos by Justin NamonCee Lo's appearance was short but sweet last night. Go here for a full slideshow ... More >>

Let's Not Complain About Super Bowl Weekend.

Listomania: The 15 Best NFL Team Anthems

​This whole "Super Bowl" thing has been pretty unavoidable this year -- and, for obvious reasons, infinitely more so in these parts than in years past. Then again, with media all over the place, thousands of out-of-town-guests, and an alleged 100,000 hookers (or not) converging in the metroplex ... More >>

Counting Down the Best Local Albums of 2010

Arbitrarily Grading The Year That Was: A Look Back At The Major Music Happenings of 2010.

Not quite an A . But 2010 was still a pretty good year for music.​If the '00s were dominated by hip-hop, this decade looks as if it's being dominated by electronic music. While electro-pop has had some resurrections over the years, it's now a mainstay of popular music. Look no farther tha ... More >>

Watch: Dorrough feat. DJ Drama, Diddy, Yo Gotti, Bun B, Diamond, Shawty Lo & Maino -- "Get Big (Remix)"

We showed you the original song's video. We gave you a free download link for the star-studded remix. We showed you the cartoon video for that remix. Oh, like we weren't gonna show you the remix's official video now that it's been released? C'mon now. Check it out above.Then wonder like we did: What ... More >>

Good Friday: Halloween Weekend Edition

A Baptist General headlines We Shot JR is Dead​This weekend marks the end of an era: After a five-year run, the most critical critics in North Texas over at We Shot JR are calling it quits. We suspect it's only a matter of days until the comments on DC9 increase in anonymity and negativity, but, b ... More >>

Wiz Khalifa Gets Higher and Higher

Bonus MP3: Dorrough feat. DJ Drama, Diddy, Yo Gotti, Bun B, Diamond, Shawty Lo, Wiz Khalifa & Maino -- "Get Big (Remix)"

Dorrough's getting bigger.​Well, we're a week in to the official release of Dorrough's sophomore album and it looks like the disc going to be the successful follow-up Dorrough that was hoping for. Or, at least, the singles are still doing well. Currently, lead single, "Get Big," 14 weeks after bre ... More >>

Watch: Big Hud feat. Curren$y -- "Summertime Ish"

We're knee-deep in the dog days of summer. And you know what that means: It's obligatory hip-hop song about the summertime! And from a local, no less! Last year, Trai'D's "Summertime" was our guilty pleasure of choice. And this year's likely successor? Why, that'd be the above clip from Big Hud, cal ... More >>

Staff Trax: Shawn Chrystopher, Autolux, Drew Kennedy, Karen Elson, The Gaslight Anthem, Great Northern and The Psychedelic Furs.

Welcome to Staff Trax, the weekly feature here on DC9 where we shed some light on the music we've been enjoying of late, regardless of the touring or album release schedules that tend to bear the focus of most of our coverage. Consider it a chance for you readers to get some more insight into ou ... More >>

Show Announcements: Rhett Miller, Ben Kweller, Spune 2K10 Ice Cream Social, Telegraph Canyon, Dwight Yoakam, Delorean, Helmet, Guided By Voices, Gorillaz, Adam Lambert, Michelle Shocked and more

Rhett Miller​Rhett Miller's solo career has had its ups and downs, but overall, he's one of the most successful artists to come out of Dallas. His most recent self-titled album is his third solo effort, released last year to mixed reviews. He's still touring in support of it, and he'll be at the G ... More >>

It's Good To Make Time For A Bro, Even After SXSW and NX35.

What It Was Like: Twelve More Bands To Close Out SXSW 2010 in Style

Pete FreedmanWashed Out played the Fader Fort on Saturday, backed by Brooklyn's Small Black.​Another year, another grueling sprint to South by Southwest's end--only, this year, well, things seemed a little different than in year's past. Especially on Saturday night.More so than on any previous nig ... More >>