HipHop Xertified

What's good Hiphoppas! It's been a minute but we're back. This time with footage from our year end show of 2019. On December 29th, 2019 we put up 45 tickets for sale for our year end up rap up party & invited back our guests who we had on Xertified. The night was filled with performance & people too, as we sold out all 45 tickets! The night was filled with incredible performances and at the end we were able to even premier a song called "Right Our Wrongs". Enjoy the show! Stream "Right Our...

What's good Hiphoppas! Here with Xertified Ep. 18 where we xypher, chop it up & perform with Yung Papi Bonito, Akeam Francis of Smile Gang & Bozosapien. We touch on everything from their latest updates, to balancing passion & finances, their creative process, mental health & semen retention, changing despite criminal history & the importance of Cypher Club YYC. We also kick things off with a xypher & end with snippets from our guest performances! Enjoy! Xypher Beats: Bozosapien -...

What's good Hiphoppas! Here with Episode 17 of our Live Xertified podcast at Koi where we bring Hiphoppas on Convos, Performances & Freestyles. On this edition we had Aaron "Truonks" Truong talk about his come up as a BBoy in the NE of Calgary, getting into Event Organization, and the different styles of dance he can do. We also had Dwight Farahat on to speak on his first freestyles to Daft Punk, growing a mix person of Indigenous background, labels/stereotypes/racism/colonialism, his life...

What's good Hiphoppas! Here with The Drive By Season Finale, where we link up with Jay Vinet to talk the beginning and growth of 403 Street Driven, shooting videos and photos for Hip Hop artists & wanting to get into the Hip Hop community, transitioning from Street life to Street Driven life, growing up as an entrepreneur, branding and merchandise of 403 Street Driven & we even end off with the Frontseat Freestyle! Enjoy! Background & Frontseat Freestyle Instrumentals: Beats by Con -...

What's good Hiphoppas! Here with Xertified Ep. 16 where we meet up, freestyle, talk about our need for a space to record & improving our freestyle game. Just a quick update for y'all, stay tuned! Make sure y'all subscribe as well as it helps us in our journey to find a recording space. Thank you! Background Instrumentals: Beats by Con - www.youtube.com/channel/UCIsCdBYkKiDGJxR8ZpeAYqw Xertified Xypher: 1st Beat: Survival - Produced by Rey | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5hopvaFguhM 2nd...

What's good Hiphoppas! Here with Xertified Ep. 15.... .5! Yes, and we are back live at Koi with very special guests! We had Eazy G on to talk about & teach us Beatboxing, learned about Brand-Zero's story & picked up a couple dance moves, chopped it up with Sarafin to find out dope tour stories with Raekwon & of course we open & end things off with a Xypher! Enjoy! Background Instrumentals: Beats by Con - www.youtube.com/channel/UCIsCdBYkKiDGJxR8ZpeAYqw Beatbox Bandits -...

What's good Hiphoppas! Here with Xertified Ep. 15 where we talk about getting into freestyling, Jhonson getting into a car accident, The Drive By with Mino Ceaz & building within the city, circulating our dollar & using credit, Jhonson's fight that he's got coming up & of course we kick it off & end it with a Xertified Xypher! Enjoy! Background Instrumentals: Beats by Con - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCIsCdBYkKiDGJxR8ZpeAYqw Freestyle Beats: 1. TirmiziBeatz - Blast Off:...

What's good Hiphoppas! Here with Xertified Ep. 14 where we discuss what's been going on with our weeks, school starting again, the Dizzy Wright/Madchild concert in Calgary, Hurricane Dorian, the live podcasts, the best year for Hip-Hop, monetizing Hip Hop & art. Of course we also had to kick it off and end it off with a xypher! Enjoy! Background Instrumentals: Beats by Con - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCIsCdBYkKiDGJxR8ZpeAYqw 1st beat: Hot - Produced by Rey |...

What's good Hiphoppas! Here with one of the best Drive By's to date, we had the incredible Mino Ceaz! We spoke on everything from his relationship with Profit, his unique style, 90's music, punchlines from Common/Big L/Eminem, meeting fellow rappers such as NWA/E-40/Rae Sremmurd, monetizing music, artists selling out, who he'd want to be in the studio with, Sudanese Hip Hop & more! Background Instrumentals: Beats by Con - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCIsCdBYkKiDGJxR8ZpeAYqw Stream Mino...

What's good Hiphoppas! We back and we live at Koi, featuring some very incredible people that we had the chance to sit down, talk, perform & rap with! First up we have Micah Louison, inventor/founder/owner of Home in a Bag to talk about what Home in a Bag is, mutually assured prosperity, why he stopped pursuing an rap career, the J-Curve with Hip Hop & society as well Hip Hop's responsibility for our messaging Next up we had Rubix; emcee extraordinaire, BBoy & teacha, joined with...

What's good Hiphoppas! Here with Xertified Ep. 12.! We go over Jhonson's dog getting attacked & 10 at 10's Rec the Mic. We also ask the question: Influence Vs. Biting, where's the difference? We go over artist time vs. real world time. We also talk about the possibility of an app that empowers illegal weed dealers to become legit business owners. Enjoy! Background Instrumentals: Beats by Con - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCIsCdBYkKiDGJxR8ZpeAYqw Jhonson G: IG:...

What's good Hiphoppas! Here with another one! (DJ Khaled voice). This time we got Bvitae to sit with us and talk her killing the open mic at Groove Theory, what got her into Drum n Bass & the DnB Girls, The Neptune Project with Aversive, the Yung Papi collab on "High", putting out music in Calgary & of course we had to end off with the Frontseat Freestyle! Enjoy! Background Instrumentals: Beats by Con - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCIsCdBYkKiDGJxR8ZpeAYqw Stream "Aversive ft. Bvita - The...

What's good Hiphoppas! Here with Xertified episode 11 featuring OG Calgary Emcee Rebecca Dawn, Step Up studios affiliate Rawan, Popper & Locker Born2Boogie & BBoy ILL DILL. Enjoy! Rebecca Dawn: IG: https://www.instagram.com/rebeccadawnhiphop/ BC: https://rebeccadawnmusic.bandcamp.com Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/artist/2oNjPfjay8zqnk6npjuL0w Dancers: Rawan: IG: https://www.instagram.com/r.a.w.a.n.__/ Born2Boogie: IG: https://www.instagram.com/born2boogie/ ILL DILL: IG:...

What's good Hiphoppas! We sat down with Mik3y Woods for this week's edition of The Drive By. We spoke about him growing up in poverty in Pomona, his family history & struggles and overcoming his environment. We also found out that Mik3y Woods is related to the legendary Suga Free! Also we went over his discography "Determined" & "Fengshui", Schizophrenia & his mother, his new project "Legacy" & most importantly his kids! You know we had to end it off with the Frontseat Freestyle! Enjoy!...

What's good Hiphoppas! Here with another throwback, I know it's been a minute but I want to still get these out. I did a review on Oddisee's "The Good Fight", enjoy! "The Good Fight" is the 10th studio album by Washington D.C. Emcee Oddisee. It was released on May 15, 2015 by Mellow Music Group. It consists of 12 tracks & contains features from Maimouna Youseff, Nick Hakim, Gary Clarke Jr. & Tranqill. This is what I thought, enjoy! - Esteban Xound Background Instrumentals: Beats By Con -...

What's good Hiphoppas! We are live at Koi this time with a special guest; The Style Kingz. We sat down to talk about they came together, the Dance community & Breakin. We also had them perform for us & of course we had to include the Xertified Xypher! Thanks to Isabel, Vanessa, Ari & Alex for coming through! Enjoy! Background Instrumentals: Beats by Con - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCIsCdBYkKiDGJxR8ZpeAYqw Style Kingz Socials- IG: https://www.instagram.com/stylekingzyyc/ HHX Team: The...

What's good Hiphoppas! This is episode 9 of the Xertified podcast & this time we had Profit join the circle to talk his RTC Unity event, Freddie Gibbs & Madlib's new project "Bandana", stopping smoking weed, what is the sound of Calgary & what does it mean to be Hip Hop? Enjoy! Background Instrumentals: Beats by Con - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCIsCdBYkKiDGJxR8ZpeAYqw Profit Socials- IG: https://www.instagram.com/rtcprofit/ TW: https://twitter.com/rtcprofit HHX Team: The HHX Crew:...

What's good Hiphoppas! We sat with Yung Papi Bonito on this week's episode of The Drive By where we whip, spit & talk shit! We went over his new project "Grey Matters", Rec the Mic, regional sounds & relationships affecting music. Enjoy! Background Instrumentals: Beats by Con - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCIsCdBYkKiDGJxR8ZpeAYqw Ep. 1: Yung Papi Bonito | Xertified https://youtu.be/rZ_oEcbGggQ Song previewed: "On Gawd - Yung Papi Bonito Stream "Grey Matters": Spotify:...

What's good Hiphoppas! Here with Xertified Ep. 8, where we discuss Leikeli47's "Acrylic", Some Artists/Events we've been fucking with recently & debate what the sound of Calgary is. Enjoy! Background Instrumentals: Beats By Con - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCIsCdBYkKiDGJxR8ZpeAYqw Stream Leikeli47's "Acrylic": Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/album/69GP3by8YMB8yz0pG03DWl Google Play: https://play.google.com/store/music/album/Leikeli47_Acrylic?id=Bd2qio4vlssgbtwly2fr2w7buii&hl=en Apple...

What's good HipHoppas! Here with the newest edition of The Drive By. This time we got Zhe the Free to hop in the whip, spit & talk shit. We went over the 1st time we met, finding Hip Hop, Belief in a higher power, the Donald Trump "Make America Great Again" hat incident, voice acting and Untitled Productions as well a dope ass freestyle at the end. Enjoy! Background Instrumental: Beats By Con - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCIsCdBYkKiDGJxR8ZpeAYqw Stream "Shake": Spotify:...