The artist born Oliver Stokes Jr. was 44 years old.
We just yet another reminder that the streets have no love, no matter who you are. A local NOLA innovator got this reminder last week.
New Orleans and the Hip-Hop nation abroad are gathered in mourning and in celebrating the life of Bounce music legend, 5th Ward Weebie. The rapper born Jerome Cosey, passed from a heart attack according to published reports.
Nickesse “Nicky Da B” Toney , a rising star in the New Orleans bounce music scene, has died at the age of 24. No word on the cause of his death has yet been released, but he was currently working on a release with famed producer Diplo.
New Orleans isn’t just known for Mardi Gras, spicy cooking and Cash Money Records. The city also spawned its own regional brand of music known as “bounce,” and Big Freedia is considered one its most important contributors. This September on FUSE, Freedia will star in her own reality series, Big Freedia: The Queen Of Bounce.
DJ Ro is straight out of the 504 with the Louisiana drawl and persona to go with it. This veteran DJ has been engrossed in the Magnolia state’s Hip-Hop scene for two decades and has a firsthand account of how the music scene’s grown and changed. This mix-show DJ for Q93 FM sat down with […]
