Not Only Street Magazine - July 2019

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CONTENTS 5 Christine Reidhead

12 Tidy Dillard KC's Best

Jessica Wilde shares how to overcome writer's block.

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9 NOS SPOTLIGHT: Katherine Weiss

2 Contents 4 Surviving Poverty Christine Reidhead 5 AfrikRising This year's promising young writers are about to shine 9 REVIEW: Tidy Dillard This year's most-awaited thriller 15 Sparkx Radio Hole in the wall bookshops are popping all over the Metro 19 We As Kids Explore Christina's world of magical realism 26 SHORT STORY: TJ Grinder

by Alexander Wyeth 43 Justin Kredible

by Samantha Adams

New Emerging Writers

28 World Changers: Incidental Ideas

Get to know our writers and contributors who will capture your hearts.

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R&B singer Nikia's album NO FAIRYTALE is now available everywhere music is being sold digitally.

Tracklist: 01 – Truth Syrum (feat. Wo Billz), 02 – You Had Me (feat. Wo Billz), 03 – Dayja Vu (feat. Dee), 04 – No Sorrys, 05 – True Love, 06 – Sexin’ (feat. Dee), 07 – FFF (feat. Cali Cartel), 08 – Do U (feat. Johnny Will), 09 – Heaven Send Me an Angel (feat. Wo Billz & Dee), 10 – Beautiful Me

Get more updates on Nikia by visiting her official website

http://www.SoundsOfNikia.com

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TJ GR IN DE R

STREET WAREFARE The ultimate producer composing some of the best tracks in the Midwest and beyond,

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TJ Grinder Beats TJ Grinder tells us about his passion for music production This year has been good for producing beats for TJ and looks forward to finishing this year out strong. Whenever TJ finishes a album it feels like a good milestone earned.

Over the past Two years almost this October that he has been producing for Not Only Street Records and has had a ton of support from management and dB Heard and feels like they make a good team.

Recently TJ was advised a new producer "Justin Kredible" was signed to NOSR and he is eager to put in work to help him and do some collabs.

"It's a never ending battle of making your productions better and also trying to be better yourself. "

TJ Grinder proclaims he still has a lot to learn himself and working together with other producers has always been beneficial for them both helping them to grow.

TJ usually tends to listen to at least 5 hours of music every day, sometimes less sometimes more depending on how busy the day is. But it helps him a lot to learn what is out there and what other artists and producers are putting out there.

Over the past couple years it has been an honor, privilege and fun adventure being a producer for Not Only Street Records and TJ is looking forward to more years of getting experience and publishing albums.

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The Legend of TJ Grinder Hip Hop Loved By Three Generations TJ's current goal is to find musical artists that will be able to articulate with his music and be the voice of his beats that he can work with.

Right now he is just working on vibes that entertain himself but if there are any artists out there that want a certain sound just come forward to TJ or dB Heard and they will work together on your vision.

After all the more times we try the more opportunities we have for success.

Here recently TJ learned that he had a cousin that was murdered in Nashville, TN from turmoil surmounting while he was working for a radio station in the music industry.

He was shot and killed point blank in his friends car and his friend survived and lived to tell the story. The guy was convicted many years later.

What it means to TJ is that being in the music industry must be a path that runs in his family as he has other family members that were musicians too as well as both parents playing instruments when they were younger.

"The music we produce say a lot about us. "

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EVERYTHING HAPPENS FOR A REASON

TJ's cousin who was murdered while in the music industry encourages TJ to try and bring something good to the music industry that everyone can enjoy and benefit from so that his cousin didn't lose his life for nothing, that is what it means to TJ. TJ Grinder believes everything happens for a reason and in time through hard work and consistency everything will fall into place exactly where it should be.

Some of the material he has been releasing lately such as Street Warfare is some of TJs favorite beats mainly because of the sub bass he has included along with a good melody. It should bang good on any decent sound system.

TJ is continuing to work more with trap beats however there may be a R&B album coming out soon too so be looking out for that in the meantime.

Recently TJ has gotten a very large amount of new instrument sound files to work with so he has a lot of different variations to apply to his beats, of course with the same consistency of his style. -TJ Grinder

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No, it's not "Live From New York...." and it's not "Saturday Night" but it is, "taped on a device, it's Yesterday Night!".

T H E M E D I A B L A S T W E B S I T E H T T P : / / W W W . T H E M E D I A B L A S T . N E T I S P R O D U C I N G A N A L L A U D I O S K E T C H C O M E D Y S E R I E S T H A T W I L L D E B U T L A T E R T H I S Y E A R .

O N C E T H E S H O W I S C O M P L E T E , T H E E N T I R E F I R S T S E A S O N W I L L B E A V A I L A B L E T O S T R E A M O N D E M A N D F R O M T H E M E D I A B L A S T W E B S I T E , J U S T T H E S A M E A S N E T F L I X A N D O T H E R S T R E A M I N G S E R V I C E S .

The Media Blast website http://www.TheMediaBlast.net is producing an all audio sketch comedy series that will debut later this year.

Once the show is complete, the entire first season will be available to stream on demand from The Media Blast website, just the same as Netflix and other streaming services.

Each sketch is filled with sound effects, ambient noise, background sounds and music to help create the illusion of each scene.

Yesterday Night Taped takes the old classic "Theater of the Mind" style radio that was popular back in the early 1900s and remixes it for modern day audiences.

Yesterday Night Taped has a slew of exceptionally talented writers and cast of phenomenal performers that truly bring the audio presentation to life.

The diverse main cast stars entertainer / screenwriter Bryan James Anthony, music producer / actor Louis Castle, stand up comedians Andre Davis and James Draper, classically trained theater actors and improvisational performers D'ara Gray and Chamar Little, voice actresses Katherine Renka and Sarah Golding, poet, author and spoken word performer Niana Renee, and film actors Monique Greene and James Tavelle who have had major roles in multiple original films on Amazon Prime over the past couple of years.

The show also features additional performances by prominent radio personality Johnny Ray and rising stand up comedienne / comedic actress Laquita Johnson as well.

Jonathan Coleman, show's executive producer (best known for producing the prestigious Blacktopia Round Table Talk on BlogtalkRadio) also joins the fun by filling in and playing many of the supporting and minor characters in various sketches.

Visit www.TheMediaBlast.net and the official blog for the show www.yesterdaynighttapedshow.blogspot.com for more updates and news on the upcoming show.

E-mail Info@TheMediaBlast.net for more information.

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The Legendary TJ Read the updated scoop on TJ Grinder.