Rappers want to be athletes and athletes want to be rappers. Very few excel in one arena, let alone both.  But don’t tell Stalley about defying the odds A native of football hotbed Massillon, Ohio he managed to score a basketball scholarship to Michigan. After an injury derailed that dream, he decided to throw his hat in the fold for this thing we call music. Read the rest of this entry »

Jade’s “Blessed Memory” made it to the inbox, only marked with the question “You like this?” To which I responded, “Of course I do. I love singing whiny white chicks. But she sounds like somebody I’ve heard before.” I Googled, found her MySpace and found her EP available for free. Why not?

After digging my mental memory bank, it finally occurred Read the rest of this entry »