Tonight and every Tuesday experience Austin Hip Hop culture to the fullest at Klub Krucial. All elements are welcome to represent as music and videos from our local scene are played and projected on the wall above the dance floor. Lounge in comfort upstairs, get some fresh air out back, network with artists and entrepreneurs, and enjoy what Hip Hop is all about. For more details about the happenings, read the note at the following link: http://www.facebook.com/note.php?note_id=167763683248975
From the highland mall whut whut department... The boys over at Texas Battle League really got something special going on... that or my dead cable box is really getting to me. Check out the most recent battle between a couple of Austin's best, Phranchyze and Gutta! Who do you think won the battle?
Mickey Avalon (born Yeshe Perl on December 3, 1975) is an American rapper from Hollywood, California. His debut self-titled solo album was released Nov. 7, 2006 on Interscope/Shoot to Kill Records in association with MySpace Records. Frequent topics of Avalon's songs are his experiences with substance abuse and prostitution.
Avalon's family upbringing was tumultuous; his mother sold marijuana for a living, which Avalon began doing as well, and his father was a heroin addict.[1] In his late teens, he converted to Orthodox Judaism.[2] By his early 20s, Avalon had married, had a daughter, and moved to Portland, Oregon.[3]
Upon moving to Los Angeles, he was befriended by ex-MTV VJ Simon Rex who encouraged Avalon to rap and collaborated with him. The two began passing out demos to Hollywood clubs and soon developed a following among fans of the Santa Cruz nightclub scene. Mickey also attended college at Webster University in St. Louis, MO for a brief time before he signed with Interscope Records. Avalon is a member of the legendary Los Angeles-based graffiti crew CBS (Can't Be Stopped / City Bomb Squad)
