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Hip-hop

DJ MENTOS X REP! – “WHILE MY RECORD GENTLY WEEPS”

April 16, 2021 by CheatsMovement No Comments
DJ Mentos has released the latest track in this Singles Series. “While My Record Gently Weeps” features REP! REP! linking...
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Hip-hop

SKINNYY HENDRIXX – “CHEROKEE KID”

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Skinnyy Hendrixx is back with a new joint. “Cherokee Kid” is off his upcoming album, The Smooth League Villain, dropping...
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Sports

HAPPY JACKIE ROBINSON DAY!

April 15, 2021 by CheatsMovement No Comments
On April 15, 1947, Jackie Robinson debuted at Ebbets Field in Brooklyn before 26,623 fans. Robinson broke a color barrier that...
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Sports

CHEATS JOINED KNICKS FANS FROM AROUND THE WORLD FOR AN INTERNATIONAL ROUNDTABLE HOSTED BY KNICKS OMNIFAN

April 13, 2021 by CheatsMovement No Comments
Last week, I was honored to join Knicks fans from around the world to talk about the 2021 Knicks. I...
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Hip-hop

WATCH MAD SKILLZ ON DRINK CHAMPS

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I’m super excited to see Cap City legend Mad Skillz on the popular podcast/youtube show Drink Champs. Skillz talks with...
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Hip-hop

DØØF “OFF TOP” FREESTYLE (TOP SHELF PREMIUM)

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Top Shelf Premium continues to show friends of RVA’s hip-hop scene mad love. Their latest “Off Top” freestyle features DØØF....
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Hip-hop

HIP-HOP MOURNS THE PASSING OF DMX

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It’s been a few days since the tragic passing of DMX (50), and hip-hop is still processing. Messages have been...
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Hip-hop

GIANT – “UP”

March 31, 2021 by CheatsMovement No Comments
Earlier this month, I profiled the new album Big Talk by GIANT. Recently, GIANT released the first video from the...
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Hip-hop

NICKELUS F – “OFF TOP” FREESTYLE @TOPSHELFPREMIUM

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Top Shelf Premium has featured a fair number of Richmond MCs over the last few years. The legacy continues as...
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Hip-hop

5 YEARS AFTER DEATH, THE LEGENDARY PHIFE DAWG HAS NEW MUSIC FOR HIS FANS. “NUTSHELL PT. 2” FT. BUSTA & REDMAN

March 24, 2021 by CheatsMovement No Comments
There is not much to say about this one. ATCQ has a standard of excellence. Phife doesn’t miss. The track...
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Community

#STOP ASIAN HATE

March 22, 2021 by CheatsMovement No Comments
Sometimes I try to convince myself that these types of posts are not needed. I try to convince myself that...
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Hip-hop

“BIG TALK” IS THE NEXT NATURAL STEP IN THE EVOLUTION OF GIANT

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“I know who I am. I appreciate who I am. I enjoy the struggle. All of it feeds me, and...
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Hip-hop

SMYTH KNIGHT – “HEARTZ GONE”

March 20, 2021 by CheatsMovement No Comments
This is just a little lyrical flex by Smyth Knight. “Heartz Gone” flips the famous sample by Galt MacDermont, which...
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Hip-hop

PINK SIIFU & FLY ANAKIN – “THA DIVIDE” FT. ZELOOPERZ, MAVI, & KONCEPT JACK$ON

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Super-dope cut from Pink Siifu & Fly Anakin, ft. ZelooperZ, MAVI, and Koncept Jack$on, produced by ewonee. This is off...
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Hip-hop

ILLA STYLES – “FURIOUS STYLES” FT. NICKELUS F

March 19, 2021 by CheatsMovement No Comments
It’s electrifying to see two Cap City hip-hop heavyweights link up on a new track. For years, Illa Styles and...
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Hip-hop

BAKARII KENNEDY “MINIMUM WAGE – EPISODE 4: PRAYER”

March 17, 2021 by CheatsMovement No Comments
We’re getting super-lyrical right now. My man Spielburg drop this one over to me. Bakarri Kennedy can really rap —...
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Hip-hop

RO$$ETTI “BLACK SILKY” [VIDEO]

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Petersburg’s own Ro$$eTTi has been turning heads with his most recent track, “Black Silky,” off the EP Playground Legend, Vol...
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Hip-hop

ANKHLEJOHN PERFORMS “SELF EXPLANATORY” FOR WIBRIDGEDC [SOUNDS OF THE DMV]

March 13, 2021 by CheatsMovement No Comments
Coming off a big 2020, ANKHLEJOHN continues to put the press on the music industry. The DC-based MC performed “Self...
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Hip-hop

FREDDY STONE “LARRY BIRD” PROD. BY EWONEE

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I don’t know much about emerging MC Freddy Stone. I ran across his latest video, “Larry Bird,” earlier this week...
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Hip-hop

JOEY GALLO X DJ MENTOS “PROVEN” [SINGLE SERIES]

March 11, 2021 by CheatsMovement No Comments
The second song from DJ Mentos’s Singles Series project has been released. The track “Proven” features the lyricism of Joey...
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VOICES

VOICES: FINDING JESUS IN THE TEAR GAS BY LAUREN GARCIA

July 29, 2020 by CheatsMovement 28 Comments
I was baptized in an evangelical church as an infant. We don’t sprinkle or submerge, it’s more symbolic. You get...
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Hip-hop

MAD SKILLZ HAD ENOUGH AND DROPPED MURDA GRAM FOR THE CULTURE [HAPPY NEW YEAR]

January 3, 2018 by CheatsMovement No Comments
You had to see this coming. And you knew when it came that it would be bad. Spoiler Alert: It’s...
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Hip-hop

DJ MENTOS X REP! – “WHILE MY RECORD GENTLY WEEPS”

April 16, 2021 by CheatsMovement No Comments
DJ Mentos has released the latest track in this Singles Series. “While My Record Gently Weeps” features REP! REP! linking...
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Community, Culture, Politics, RVA

SNAPSHOT: ARTHUR ASHE BOULEVARD DEDICATION

June 23, 2019 by CheatsMovement No Comments
“It’s a good day,” that was the overall sentiment I heard from the many friends that I visited with on...
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Community, Features, RVA

GUEST EDITORIAL: READ WHY DOMINIC BARRETT SUPPORTS THE MAYOR’S MEAL TAX PROPOSAL

January 28, 2018 by CheatsMovement 4 Comments
Our restaurant community is an extremely generous one. Almost every charitable cause in town has benefited from the benevolence of...
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Uncategorized

KARL-ANTHONY TOWNS’ CUSTOM NIKE HYPERDUNK 2017 ‘KANYE GRADUATION’ WERE THE BEST KICKS OF THE WEEK

December 18, 2017 by CheatsMovement No Comments
Minnesota Timberwolves’ Karl-Anthony Towns hit the court wearing custom Nike Hyperdunk kicks that paid homage to Kanye’s Graduation album. The kicks...
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Music

MEET DJ BANGA: WHAT’S NOW IS NEXT

October 31, 2019 by CheatsMovement No Comments
Several years ago, I was in the old Charged Up Studio (on West Broad Street) hanging out with Noah-O and...
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Culture

BLUE IVY WAS THE BEST THING AT THE 2018 GRAMMYs

January 29, 2018 by CheatsMovement No Comments
BLUE IVY IS THE ABSOLUTE BEST! The Carter’s may be American royalty but Blue made it clear that Queen Bey and...
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Features

EDITORIAL: THE ‘INVISIBLE’ LINE ABOUT BLACK ON BLACK CRITICISM

July 26, 2018 by CheatsMovement No Comments
I’ll start by saying that America, particularly white America is obsessed with black on black criticism, and, in turn, most black...
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