Heads: eLZhi
The ex-member of Detroit rap collective Slum Village recently toured Europe to present his latest work “elMATIC” – live with a band. Obviously, the project is his homage to one of rap’s greatest, Mr. Nasir Jones, and his hip hop milestone from 1994. And even tough Nas’ classic is untouchable, eLZhi’s reinterpretation definitely brings back [...]
C’est la vie…
French rap sensation, Psy4 De La Rime’s very own Soprano, just released the single “C’est La Vie” feat. Method Man via iTunes. The cover was shot during Soprano’s last tour of Germany with Team K1X. “C’est La Vie” can also be found on Soprano’s latest #1 album “La Colombe Et Le Corbeau”.
Basketball is Hip Hop Vol. 2: Kobe Bryant feat. Tyra Banks
C’mon Kobe…
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Basketball is Hip Hop – Vol. 1
This new segment will feature selected highlights as well as memorable lowlights of ballplayers in the rap game. Shaquille O’Neal kicks things off with “(I know I got) Skillz”. What do you think?
Soprano – Le Corbeau
French rap sensation Soprano just released his third solo joint “Le Corbeau” (= The Crow), which is aiming for the #1 chart spot, just like its forerunner “La Colombe”, his platinum-debut in 2007 (“Puisqu’ll Faut Vivre”) and his Psy4 de la Rime crew albums which also made it to the top of the hit list [...]
The Evolution of Rap Part 7: The Status Quo
Hip Hop has more history than your average Hall of Fame. Thats why we decided to get busy and create a t-shirt design in honor of raps greatest eras. Heres an exclusive preview of our upcoming Evolution of a Rapper Tee (K1X spring/summer collection; drops mid February) in seven steps. Today, we bring you part [...]
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The Evolution of Rap Part 5: Dirty South Bling Bling
Hip Hop has more history than your average Rotary Club assembly. Thats why we decided to get busy and create a t-shirt design in honor of raps greatest eras. Heres an exclusive preview of our upcoming Evolution of a Rapper Tee (K1X spring/summer collection; drops mid February) in seven steps. Today, we bring you part [...]
The Evolution of Rap – Part 4: The East Coast Thug
Hip Hop has more history than your average Ivy League assembly hall. That’s why we decided to get busy and create a t-shirt design in honor of rap’s greatest eras. Here’s an exclusive preview of our upcoming “Evolution of a Rapper Tee” (K1X spring/summer collection; drops mid February) in seven steps. Today, we bring you [...]
The Evolution of Rap – Part 3: The Conscious Rapper
Hip Hop has more history than your average groupie. That’s why we decided to get busy and create a t-shirt design in honor of rap’s greatest eras. Here’s an exclusive preview of our upcoming “Evolution of a Rapper Tee” (K1X spring/summer collection; drops mid February) in seven steps. Today, we bring you part 3 featuring [...]
The Evolution of Rap – Part 2: Late 80s
Hip Hop has more history than your average Hall of Fame. That’s why we decided to get busy and create a t-shirt design in honor of rap’s greatest eras. Here’s an exclusive preview of our upcoming “Evolution of a Rapper Tee” (K1X spring/summer collection; drops mid February) in seven steps. Today, we bring you part [...]
Heads: Sir Samuel
“Je donne jamais du moue, la vie c’est gentillesse, je tend jamais la joue c’est ma devise pour progresser.”
Bounce to this!
Basketball is Hip Hop. And Hip Hop is Basketball. This new blog segment (borrowed from Greg Tanner’s feature of the same title in UK’s Fade Away magazine) sheds light on some of hip hop’s most interesting basketball-related lyrics. Come back next week for a fresh dose! Today: “Empire State of Mind” (Jay-Z) If Jeezy’s payin’ [...]
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Living the Hip Hop Live!
as the latest edition hip hop life magazine is hitting newsstands across spain cover artist zenit is hitting the streets with his favourite jacket of the same name!
WIN TICKETS TO THE HIP HOP “OPEN AIR FRAUENFELD”!
50 cent, lil wayne, n.e.r.d., young jeezy – this summer, hip hop’s crème de la crème will gather in (a formerly) sleepy town of 22,500 souls in switzerland. hands up for frauenfeld. and to make sure the hungry crowd goes home satisfied, “open air frauenfeld” has invited k1x warrior harris and his pals dj pfund [...]
STRAIGHT OUT THE JUNGLE
sweet daddy and jungle brother mike gee stopped by in munich to bring back some old-/true-school flava. right here you can check’em out kickin’ some freestyle ish in front of a kickz.com shop, dressed up in kay-one-ex. sweet daddy: latiqua hoody, mike gee: in the paint hoody
GANGSTA GRIZZILL
the now houston rocket and defensive specialist ron artest goes so offensive on this one. check out the tru warier teaming up with dj drama and read more about this bangin’ collabo right here: www.allhiphop.com
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shaq throwing punch(lin)es
“kobe, you couldn’t do without me…everybody, kobe, tell me how my a** taste?” big shaq o’neal on stage freestylin’! make sure you check this out…if you haven’t done so…!
ROOFTOP FREESTYLE
check up-and-comer bronx mc oun-p dropping the knowledge way above everyone else’s heads, recently seen on bet’s rap city…. appropriately so, p is showing off our very own k1x lucy in the sky zipper hoody. hey, it’s lonely at the top, right? check out the video here! www.myspace.com/ounp1523





