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In conversation with Kassa Overall
There are new musical landscapes among us. Where jazz and hip-hop form a fusion not yet defined. Drummer, producer and artist Kassa Overall came to the KMHD studios and spoke about what that future may look like. Kassa Overall will be performing in Portland at Mississippi Studios on Aug. 26.
Seminal Portland hip-hop artist Mic Crenshaw on the art of making a difference
Respected hip hop artist, Portland Poetry Slam champion and educator Mic Crenshaw uses his creativity to encourage emerging artists and support local and global activism.

Portland’s young hip-hop artists are paving the way for music and justice
A new generation of hip-hop artists are melding music and activism in response to the pandemic and last summer's protests for racial justice.

Portland Hip-Hop Promoter And Advocate Idris 'Starchile' O’Ferrall Dies At 42
Idris 'Starchile' O'Ferrall died Thursday. The founder of the Mic Check showcase in Portland suffered from lymphoma.

10 Questions With: Portland Rapper Mic Capes
Capes discusses becoming a full-time musician, Tupac's influence on his life, the role TriMet played in his writing and why it's so obvious that the president of the United States is a racist.

Sneaker Week | Bobbito Garcia | Deer Tick | Ages And Ages
This week on "State of Wonder," Portland gets its first shoe festival, the Coast gets a big new music festival with Stackstock, Deer Tick gets a new acoustic sound and more.
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The Miseducation Of Portland Hip-Hop
Portland is known for many things: Hip-hop is not one of them. But once a month, a collection of music lovers converge on Mic Check, a showcase that features some of the best Portland hip-hop acts.