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Letter From The Editor YOOOO! Welcome to the issue 5 of Untapped Hip Hop Magazine! D.Wil & VECtore have been in the lab working pretty hard on this one, and were able to reach out to some really DOPE! artist and writers that took the time to submit to this issue. We are glad to have met and worked with these extremly talented group of creatives NEW & RETURNING, and we hope that you enjoy the hard work that they have spent years dedicating their lives to. Peace! -D.Wil 4 Winter 2018
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I came up rocking black books and paint brushes on some backwoods boom bap vibes. Straight out of the wet, west coast of Canada. Ive been blessed to tour doing murals and gallery shows and living a non-stop inspired life while growing from a little skate rat into a grown man with a family and some of that other crazy experiences that come along with it. Through it all ive come to learn that this creative hustle is just that, its a marathon. One day your up, the next day your down but each and every day you keep pushing things forward on your path and rocking the inspired life. Shout out to all the creators that shine lights in the world for people to see.
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I go by YOSOYFANI which means I am Stephanie. I’m a graphic designer, illustrator, and photographer based out of the inland empire. Currently working on a few projects but focusing more on street style and including fashion and hip hop into my work. The series I’m working on now is about outfits I see out in the world and things I want to see more of. I get majority of my inspiration from fashion shows and concerts. I try to mix and match clothing items that I don’t usually see together or things I want to make myself. I have about 7 done now, the goal is 10 before I want to move on to another project...hint: it involves shoes. Street wear plays a huge part of who I am as a person so I try to incorporate it throughout my work as much as possible. You can check out some of my work at www.yosoyfani.com or on my instagram @steph_sterr with a side insta at @yo.soyfani
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English bio : Mr. Noast is a 20 year-old French artist who immersed himself into the world of hip-hop and gave it life through realistic portraits of the major figures of the movement (Biggie, Jay Z, Eminem, Kendrick Lamar, DJ Premier, MF Doom to name a few) and through other artworks that pay tribute to the culture!
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French bio : Jeune artiste français de 20 ans, Noast allie ses deux passions que sont le dessin et le hip hop à travers des portraits réalistes des grandes figures de ce mouvement (Biggie, Jay Z, Eminem, Kendrick Lamar, DJ Premier, MF Doom etc.) et autres oeuvres 100 % hip hop!
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this article was written for 2017 release and it just so happens that it was in the vault until now, enjoy!
Full disclosure, I’ve been to iEvolve shows and have been
might be the next Jeffrey Dahmer. In the first battles I saw
in them. I’ve performed in the cyphers for Yo iEvolveTV
him in, he dressed like a henchman from a 60’s spider-
Raps, battled (and won) over beats at iEvolve’s Rhymecraft
man comic, tight shirts on his rotund imposing frame,
event and acapella battled in the iEvolve tryout league
no attempt at modern hip-hop style…all this made him
Catch the Fair One. iEvolve is battle rap veteran Epyk’s
intensely interesting and novel. His vocab was strange,
YouTube Channel, battle league and promotional
his punches esoteric, and his pronouncements like that
company. After being involved in Velorio and other
of Thor- from on high and transcendent yet brutal in their
prominent battle rap leagues throughout the continent,
delivery. He seemed utterly unconcerned with what his
around 2015 Epyk saw that the Inland Empire needed a
opponents bring to the table. His content spoke of crews
legit outlet for good and new battlers from the region.
that he wouldn’t stoop to the low of explaining to you:
He assembled talent like Sunny Days And Vibes veteran
Cali Beamz, Regular Squad…
graphic designer Alex Reynoso, videographer Ryan
It took a few battles into King Malcolm Jamahl’s run with
Haynes among many others and immediately proceeded
iEvolve for me to grasp his dopeness. There’s a lot of
to get known local musicians to try out different kinds of
skinny cats that can spit smart-ish stuff: Gryffin, Radio,
battle rap. For some like myself, Notiz Yong, Greaseball
Knox Overstreet but Malcolm embraces his weirdness
and others it led to a few instances of dabbling but
and intellect in a way that’s unique. iEvolve alums like K
for others like the Apex Predators and more, it’s borne
Philosophy indulge in the cerebral but he, for example,
long-term fruit in terms of content for the league and
doesn’t have a weird ethnic angle to his persona the way
excitement for the hip-hop community. Epyk has since
KMJ does. KMJ’s afro-centric mental assaults are betrayed
turned his channel into a showcase of music, battles, and
only by his submission to the dominance of “gun bars” in
mixed genre performances harvested from events he
rap battles. Were he to eschew them entirely, he would
curates throughout Southern California.
be closer to BF’s levels of horror and distinction. Hell, BF
But this particular story starts with me posted in my room
would also be a better battler without gun bars but he
taking bong tokes catching up on iEvolve channel videos
doesn’t rely on them as much as KMJ and the strangeness
in months completely after the last iEvolve events I even
of his stage presentation is more pungent than basically
made it to. One great thing about being in touch with
anyone else out there. KMJ’s voice is regal and clear like
the hip-hop artists in your community is that you are
a bell, his timing is nice with confident pauses and cocky
constantly unearthing your own neighborhood. You’ll find
pre-verse strutting. BF’s voice sounds younger, it even
gems in corridors of your city you had no inkling of.
cracks sometimes but the mania present in his vocalizing
That’s how I felt when I first saw Boy Fresh or BF battle on
is disturbing to the point of power.
the iEvolveTV channel. He has the cadence of a James
I spend all this time introducing these two characters
Earl Jones or some kind of movie supervillain. He has
because as someone who just caught up on half a year’s
the scary weird anger of a hulking motherfucker who
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that they are the catalysts for the recent evolution of
cool and menacing in a psycho killer kind of way. Jamahl’s
the league (pun intended). Before KMJ and BF’s battle
obtuseness and unconcerned demeanor in regards to
betwixt eachother led to them forming the Cali Beamz,
other rappers made him hard to beat too, the dude can
the league was dominated by Elephant Graveyard, Apex
be Teflon.
Predators and vets from other leagues like Radio, Raspy
Not being the Predators or the Elephants, many of their
Ass White Boy, Pat Maine and iEvolve’s founder Epyk
challengers assumed they’d be good for a laugh not
Saga himself. These are all dope artists but Epyk had
realizing they’d get utterly eaten and digested by the
the foresight to start grooming the next generation of
Beamz. I saw one of their first team battles live in Colton
battle rappers with a spin-off channel so that his channel
and was blown away by their chemistry and unapologetic
wouldn’t rely on his own performances, so that even as
weirdness. The menacing almost jungle creature like
he worked on branching out into other kinds of events
moves and twitches of dominance BF exhibited on the
like Rock/rap fusion shows, cyphers, nerdcore dabbling
stage just made me think this dude was different in
and more, iEvolve would still be a premier location for hot
the head. That same night I saw him team battle I met
battles from So Cal. Through this spin-off channel, Catch
him and he was a totally normal cat, apparently he had
The Fair One, co-founded with MC Lyfe, BF and Jamahl
literally had a baby hours earlier. He was jovial, around
came up. What they have accomplished since is helping
friends congratulating him. He told me he was from San
Epyk cement his legacy as a promoter, curator, mentor,
Bernardino and I was shocked that I hadn’t learned of
discoverer and supporter of talent- he’s not just a great
him before but I also discovered Sunny Days & Vibes a
writer/rapper, he has visionary taste.
few years after its beginnings too so I guess I should stop
Apex Predators are already accomplished musicians
being shocked at how much I miss.
who bring aggressive hard-hitting but still very lyrical I.E.
It was from this point on I started to notice a pattern
hip-hop to the people. A multi-racial bonanza of talent
among talented people in iEvolve like BF and Frank Villa:
featuring Samy Ali, Dick Shaney, iEllis aka Nu Zega, and
they had these patterns and catchphrases they used to
Fatt Matt, the latter 3 have become respected battlers
pad verse content. I’d seen Nu Zega and Shaney use
in the league and beyond while Samy sometimes DJs
this technique too occasionally but usually at the end of
league events and more. By the time Beamz were gaining
verses and not with every verse. Villa, a very entertaining
prominence, Epyk had already pitted most Predators
MC with music and battles, was lampooned for this in his
against most of the Elephants in the Graveyard and
battle with Dick Shaney and has since stepped up the
something new was needed. Those Elephant/Predator
variation in the technique. BF has doubled and tripled
battles were marked by high lyrical content and close-
down on this technique and I think it takes away from
call performance wins so Beamz just bringing a whole
his uniqueness, his weirdness and the unpredictability
different style was exhilarating. Half the time what BF said
that made him downright scary in his earlier ventures.
didn’t make any damn sense but it sounded weird and
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up a following, Jamahl and BF are complacent with the
think he did. This was the whole kernel of what inspired
crowd support call and response they get to some of their
this piece: Dick Shaney had just delivered the battle of his
catchphrases to the point where the chance for their new
life but he absolutely had to in order to defeat a respected
writing to shine is diminished. The verse-ending call and
and formidable opponent. Only because BF was such
response of “COMPRENDE?? GOOD, n***a!” was exciting
a strange vicious motherfucker did Shaney pull out all
and booming the first few times I heard it but was most
the stops in their bout. BF had inspired the utter best in
powerful when it came as the unexpected esoteric in
Shaney because Shaney did not fall prey to arrogance.
group reference at the end of a stem-winder of a battle
Shaney was never going to choke or embarrass himself in
verse. BF is still two and a half times as unique as the next
their battle, but he knew that in order to win it he’d have to
man but strictly comparing his new verses to his old ones,
get damn near spiritual. I had a poetry professor that said
his work is more conventional now in format and this is
an artist is at their best in the fever, when reaching beyond
only accented by over-reliance on verbal signatures and
themselves for the fiery goodness that comes from their
posse support. His fans like me don’t ever want to see
innermost being, when they push against the parameters
his go-to phrases disappear entirely but we want them to
of their talents and mind thus far. Shaney did so as he
be earned, to be a rhythmic culmination of original rap
reached for the sun like Icarus in his pronouncements, an
barrages.
invocational prayer to Aries the God of War, proclaiming
I was struck particularly when I saw BF and Dick Shaney
his worthiness before the Lords of Blood. That’s what
battle. I remember thinking as the battle begun that
good hip-hop is about: inspiring eachother to do the
Shaney would perhaps be out of his element because
impossible. BF is a weirder, stranger, more novel battler
he is so straightforward and BF is so lateral but what I
than Shaney but yet and still Shaney won that match. So
didn’t count on was the extent to which Shaney clearly
really who won that? Epyk Saga. iEvolveTV: where the
respected BF and how much harder he would write and
impossible can happen in the unlikeliest of places.
prepare as a result of that respect. Shaney is no fool. He’d
I feel similarly about the recent set of San Diego battles
seen BF climb quickly from the ranks of Catch the Fair
iEvolve has posted up where the iEvolve all-stars faced
One tryouts to the top of iEvolve bills and didn’t come
some of San Diego’s sharpest. It seems like some took
unprepared. Not only was Shaney’s performance tight
place in the I.E. and some in San Diego. These dudes also
and well memorized, but his last verse went on a tangent
came correct when stepping to the Beamz but it was clear
I could only have dreamed of: he acknowledged BF’s
that they felt threatened by the Beamz growing rep to
prowess and said he didn’t care, he said he loved the
the point of intense preparation and focus of firepower.
hunt, he loved the fight, that he had an unquenchable
Even so, while many are smart to get as inspired as
bloodlust- he bared a warrior’s soul in a rhyming
Shaney when preparing to battle the Beamz, not all are as
manifesto but the subtext there is that he absolutely had
successful as Shaney at landing the execution.
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and BF is a great example of what happens when trying
favorite moments of his in iEvolve record. In the middle of
to do what Shaney did goes wrong. Knox and Nguyen
his speech, Knox can feel the silent tension closing around
are good and while Nguyen didn’t fall on his face the way
his strange attempt at scoring a political point on KMJ
Knox did in this battle, Knox swung for the fences more
and says twice “yo this isn’t racist but...” and KMJ like the
so than Nguyen did so it’s really a matter of gambling:
true Nubian Asgardian motherfucker that he is responds
Knox’s reaching beyond himself moment was a cringingly
to each utterance without missing a beat, “NAY NOT! NAY
embarrassing attempt to cast KMJ as a political hypocrite
NOT!”
for both invoking important black leaders in his persona
Knox bouncing off of the rhythm of KMJ’s call and
and work while still using the N-word and gun bars. It’s an
response here was one of my favorite moments from him
attack that’s too clever by half- the point may have some
in this battle and it reminded me of why I had to write
basis before it is distorted and stretched by battle rap
about Cali Beamz: their comfort with insideriness makes
hyperbole but to be a young Latino-looking dude who
the league appealingly esoteric. I to this day couldn’t tell
does a bunch of gun bars all the time while delivering this
you exactly what KMJ was communicating with his “Nay
made the ploy feel contrived. The intimate after-school
nots!” Part of me thinks he was agreeing with Knox, saying
special didacticism Knox let himself slip into during the
“I agree, your rant is not racist, please proceed”. Part of
scheme was staggering in its awkwardness- the ploy
me thinks he was loudly protesting Knox’s pre-buttal,
relied on the audience believing that Knox was this social
saying “That’s not true, what you’re saying IS racist!” but it
justice conscious wise one and while the dude is sharp, a
almost doesn’t matter. The quick nature of KMJ’s response
social justice activist is not the guy who’s been showing up
gave me the impression that there was history here. That
to his battles so the contrivance was too transparent.
KMJ knew exactly what line of thinking and conversation
At the end of the day- it’s all contrived. Battle rap is like
was being brought up. KMJ and Knox are probably fine
professional wrestling in this way but the difference
with each other, but they both sold their nemesis tension
between Shaney and Knox here is that you believed
in that moment. That’s how dope Cali Beamz are: even
Shaney. An artist makes you believe- that’s acting and
though I didn’t see them push themselves in that team
showmanship. Shaney communicated that with implicit
battle with Knox and Nguyen as much as Knox pushed
respect- Shaney respected Beamz enough to pull out all
himself, they saved Knox from his swing-and-miss by
the stops in his battle with BF. Knox, seemingly from this
playing the opposition role so well the chemistry popped
audience member’s perspective, couldn’t ever admit that
between all on the stage.
the Beamz were worth respecting so his speech about
When Griz and KMJ battled it felt like the new King being
black violence combined with his dismissal of the Beamz
reminded that there were dope battlers in this league
accidentally implied a racism that probably isn’t even
even before Beamz took the stage. Griz masterfully used
really there. Knox, being a smart guy, tried to head this off
his position as frequent battle ref to get lots of clever lines
in the round in a way that allowed KMJ to have one of my
in but what really took it for him was his performance,
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booming even through the cracks in his voice. Yes in
Admittedly when I’m real about my tastes, I prefer my
my opinion Griz won this but tell me who else has been
modern hip-hop with an intellectual veneer even if it’s
so dope that a ref judge type had to come out of semi-
not that deep but my favorite Beam, BF, is probably the
retirement just to remind the new talent that law and order most visceral of the squad. His work is a gut-punch yet does still exist in battle rap? Beamz, ninja. Max Taylor’s
esoteric at the same time- you feel it even if you don’t
“Leslie Jones” knock on BF might be the best most brutal
understand it and that’s a different kind of voodoo I hope
line I’ve heard in any iEvolve battle but once more, what
he continues to work on expanding into a greater power.
does it say that no one used it until this point?
Recent battles have shown him that his artillery can be
So back to unearthing your own neighborhood- it still
matched but I suspect ultimately if he pushes himself
trips me out that disparate talents expert in respective
harder in terms of angles and moving past playing the
subgenres keep popping out of heretofore unheralded
game other perhaps lesser battle rappers play, his mind
pockets of San Bernardino. I understand Jamahl is from
can’t be.
Pasadena if I’m not mistaken but he’s been in the I.E. for
I went to Catch The Fair One 3, the sequel to the only
years now and BF being the weird genius beast that he
event at which I myself did an acapella battle. It was at a
is…altogether supports my long held suspicions that we
cool Mediterranean spot in Ontario called Aria Kabob and
have Ginsbergs and Blakes, we have people who wield
it was a wild place to see battles at because the whole
words like swords and bandages, that the working class
venue is rather long and tunnel-like. If you were near
black and Latino community youth is not oblivious to the
the entrance it was hard to hear the battles, especially if
world of written rhetoric and falls in love with language in
people were chatting in the lobby. It felt sloppy but it also
their own way.
felt organic, like your scuffle had to get serious for people
So what is next for iEvolve and Epyk Saga, curator of the
to care and like live improvisational stuff was going down.
Inland Empire’s verbal warriors? Will this model persist?
Epyk gets smarter and smarter about playing the
If so who will be the next two or five MCs to light flames
background and cleverly deployed the Cali Beamz
under the asses of their OGs who will at that point include
founders BF and KMJ to host this CTFO event. They
Cali Beamz no doubt?
approached the task with zeal while still supporting their
As for the Beamz themselves, they’ve since added Grimey
squad’s members that battled that night. Damn near all of
Grimm and Terrance Spitz to their ranks, smart moves I
the Apex Predators were there in some form or function
think. Grimm and Spitz are both very intelligent Inland
and I enjoyed blazing and cyphering with them and
Empire hip-hop artists who’ve been testing themselves
Darnell of Westrospect, P the Emcee and more.
in the iEvolve league as of late. They both have hustle
I finally got to really chop it up with BF and Malcolm and
and experience in promoting themselves and though
learned that they are really grounded and friendly dudes.
they have their own distinct styles it all fits with the Beamz
They really remind me of Epyk in their sincere enthusiasm
brand of being something kind of smarter and different.
for their artistic community and desire to connect with
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folks. I saw Malcolm and BF leaning on their homie Tee-Beezy’s shoulders walking across the street and asked Griz what was going on. He said they were going to spar. I’m embarrassed to say I didn’t grasp his meaning. He explained that Tee-Beezy would practice his prepared verses for the night’s match against BF and Malcolm alternating spitting “dummy” verses in between TeeBeezy’s to simulate the upcoming battle sequences. It was at this point where it started to dawn on me that I had underestimated Cali Beamz- here I was thinking that
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC2DDdBZ5Rr0sa58Af9yjOXg James “Skitz The Menace” Renfroe is a battle rapper, recording artist for Fly Music records, and avid participant in the iEvolve battle league community. Follow him at https://www.facebook.com/SkitzTheMenace/ Ryan Haynes is one of the Inland Empire’s most prolific photographer and multimedia artists; follow him at https://www.facebook.com/RyanHaynes-Photography-337759876309266/ Tristan “Tanjint Wiggy” Acker is staff writer for JooseBoxx, a youth hip-hop and poetry tutor, and member of the Inland Empire nerdcore hip-hop group the West Coast Avengers. Catch more of their work at westcoastavengers.com, follow Tristan on Twitter @Tanjint or e-mail him at tristanacker@gmail.com
all battle rappers desired selfish glory and braggadocio rights, unaware that their own status as food chain monarchs is but a fleeting moment when in truth many of them know that the next step after achievement is to pass on the craft and feed the soil for the next seeds. People go for low-blows on newer members of Cali Beamz that aren’t as established as BF and Malcolm yet and on BF and Malcolm for admitting them but it speaks well of them that they’re not only letting other vets into their squad; it shows that they remember where they started and that someone had to give them a chance to strut their stuff, prove themselves and develop. I’ve had many debates with Epyk about how battle rap can evolve, get smarter, less penile, and while I stand by a lot of it I saw Beamz, Shaney, Skitz, Griz and all the rest giving each other shit all night at Aria Kabob at that event but in a humorous way with strong camaraderie; somehow opposing warriors become brothers. That’s something the whole world could learn from battle rap.
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CM AU R S O I UN SG E S L
As a writer/poet who calls San Bernardino home, I am simply trying to capture the world around me into ink and paper. Daily, I bring my poems and musings to life on my typewriters. Each of them help me capture my own story and experiences as well as the beauty of the city I live in, her citizens, and the dangers lurking in her streets. There is beauty behind the smile on a lover’s face and there is beauty, a harsh beauty, behind the sound of the ricochet of a bullet. I simple hope that the words I type resonate in others, whether it is through their own interpretation or my own. Thank you!
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“Paradox� Bankrupcy rules, coating the city in black and grey. Blood flows, coating the city in hatred and sorrow. Theres is a cry for justice. It is easily silenced. Hopes and dreams forced to be locked away... our hair is a mess and our hands are bruised but we prepare our ink. They never believed we could easily paint the city in kaleidoscope colours.
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“An All America City” An all america city. Now, so many say she is a pity. Many consider her lame because they dwell in shame. They say the people are to blame when it really isn’t that simple. Look to your city’s officials. The show they run with the hope it won’t be undone. Her voice... when has it been a choice?
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“For You�
The stars are painted across my eyes. I am watching the city below: the silent hums of the inhabitants preparing for the night to end. There are a few comotions. Nothing drastic. Nothing caustic as the lights dim. Darkness falls and I open my eyes wider. A cascade of constellations flow out, placing themselves across the dark sky. The last star leaves my eyes and takes it places on top the arrowhead mountains. It burns brighter for you.
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Soul For Sale
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Is your soul for sale If you killed someone do you believe you would go to hell If you was there when they crucified Jesus would hold the nails Slap the cuffs on em, this nigga too real Riding past a graveyard i can smell the essence of sweet sin I can feel the mistakes of many men How can you sin unforgivable sin but steady preach religion You talk about unity but show your hate against those with different color skin So tell me honestly and tell me now is your soul for sale Because this world isn’t blind we don’t read Braille Our different shades of melanin gives us strength and power to not be frail If you had the chance to take that from us would you admit your soul is for sale?
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Life Costs To be black or brown Means to be shot down In the land of the free Excuse me officer my hands are up so why you got your weapon pulled out on me I just wanted to party with my friends now you got me pinned up in this casket Like come on, dog, when will this shit ever end I mean, do you secretly get extra bread If you shoot me and leave me for dead? You screaming put my hands behind my head and stay the fuck down before you let off a round Seems like everybody scattered, everybody scared, just me and you in this ghost town You gonna run back and tell white media that I scared you But I was about to lose me life, why couldnt I be scared too? Why do you ignore the law that says we’re equal? I just want to stand in the street and fight for my people We’re supposed to love everyone including you But that shit is hard when we can’t even trust you I really don’t want to feel like love lost So I’ll keep fighting for the cause no matter the cost.
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