Often before heading to Minneapolis or Chicago, Fargo is a destination city for MidWest kids who are ready to start cutting their teeth in the hip hop community. Believe it or not dues are being paid up north in a city of 90,000. In a region where weather extremes are endured there are b-boys and b-girls, beat makers and beatboxers, MC’s, and those of us that love participating by going to every show under the sun.
At a show this weekend, while home for a wedding, it occurred to me that Lovefest needs to know what’s going down in Fargo. I grabbed Aaron (B-boy “ATS”), Derrick (Rapper “FDR”), and Justin (Rapper “Stick Figure”) for a quick interview. I also had a lot of footage of the first Fargo B-Boy Crew - Ill Technique - I picked out to share with you guys some clips that I feel show the range these B-Boys have.
To catch some of you up to speed- Meandyoucrew has been responsible for helping to bring hip hop to Fargo. Having been a rapper since Junior High, Kipp is one half of the first lineup that remained a constant. The most recent lineup, having been Kipp and Jem P ( out of Chicago ) met during their college years in Fargo-Moorhead. There was a while when venues were being threatened by an overhaul in state liquor laws. While we had always had local artists gigging around town - MYC really brought hip hop to the area. Surviving potential liquor law changes our venues were ours again and stronger then ever with the added sounds of hip hop.
Since I hadn’t planned to do something for Lovefest originally I missed out on getting my good friend Toby (Beatboxer “Toby Beatbox”) on camera, but I strongly encourage you to check his myspace or get to a show he’s part of. His peers have referred to him as the “next step in the evolution of man.”
http://www.myspace.com/tobybeatbox
Stick Figure - http://www.myspace.com/stickfigurehiphop
FDR - http://www.myspace.com/mynameisfdr
Ill Technique - http://illtechniquefargo.com/
Ill Technique on Facebook - http://www.facebook.com/people/Ill-Technique/1134894812\
Jem P - http://www.myspace.com/whoisjemp
DJ Scissor Fist - http://www.myspace.com/mynameisscissorfist
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