Back in 2003, Atmosphere didn’t have the cult following they have now. The Minneapolis hip-hop duo — rapper Sean “Slug” Daley and producer Anthony “Ant” Davis — weren't even sure if they could make a living out of hip-hop, so they were grateful fo...

On Saturday night, Sofar Sounds hosted R&B singer M3CCA, poet T. Odis and rappers KoolQuise and So-So Topic for a secret show at The Grove, a coworking space in the West End. Sofar Sounds, which stands for Songs From a Room, began in 2009 with...

After years' worth of his original music was stolen from his backpack at the end of September, it would’ve been understandable for local rapper So-So Topic (or -Topic for short) to wallow in his own sorrow. After all, three weeks later he still ha...

Chance the Rapper With Francis and the Lights The Bomb Factory, Dallas Sunday, Oct. 16, 2016 It’s only fitting that Chance the Rapper performed on a Sunday — the Lord’s day — because Lil Chano from 79th took Dallas to church at The Bomb Factory. S...

Losing creative work in progress is an artist's nightmare. Late last month in Deep Ellum, someone stole the backpack of local rapper -Topic. Inside was a hard drive with multiple albums’ worth of original music. The chances of the local ...

Last year, according to our own Jeff Gage, "Dallas Hip-Hop Made The Important Local Music of 2015." Now that 2016 has kicked off, local artist -topic looks to continue that momentum — but he's planning on doing it with a rather more lighthearted a...