Articles from staff writer Jarrod Horton

BTN Interview: Just Blaze Talks about Working with JAY Z and Rick Ross

By: Jarrod Horton Staff Writer You would be hard-pressed to find a Hip Hop song that you like that wasn’t produced by Just Blaze. Over the last 20 years, he has produced songs for everybody

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Lil Brother Performs Live in Chicago

By: Jarrod Horton Staff Writer Last weekend, Little Brother performed in Chicago at the Jack Daniel’s Tennessee Honey Art + lyrics event. It was surprising to me that when I told some people that I

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D Smoke Performance in Chicago was Dope

By: Jarrod Horton Staff Writer Last year’s winner of Netflix’s Rhythm + Flow D Smoke was in Chicago last weekend performing at Jack Daniel’s Tennessee Honey Art, Beats and Lyrics event. The Inglewood California native

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Ex-Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich Acknowledges How Unfair Justice System is to Blacks after Leaving Prison

By: Jarrod Horton Staff Writer This week President Trump granted a pardon to ex-Illinois governor Rod Blagojevich and cut short his prison term of 14 years. The former governor was convicted in 2011 of corruption

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Jack Daniel’s Tennessee Honey Art, Beats + Lyrics was a Great Social Gathering for Chicago

By: Jarrod Horton Staff Writer This past weekend, Chicago played host for the 2020 NBA All-Star weekend. Throughout the city, there was several parties and other activities for people to go to. Although it wasn’t

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Diamond D Talks about being One of the First Producer/Rappers, his D.I.T.C Crew and The Diam Piece 2

By: Jarrod Horton Staff Writer Right before Dr. Dre dropped his classic solo album The Chronic, there was another producer who was also flowing over his own beats. When Diamond D dropped his debut album

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The Soap Opera of Trump and Pelosi Continues

By: Jarrod Horton Staff Writer Earlier this week, President Trump gave his State of the Union speech. I didn’t watch it but I read that he gave the Medal of Freedom to Rush Limbaugh during

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Producer STLNDRMS Makes Live Beats with Serato in Atlanta

By: Jarrod Horton Staff Writer When I walked up and heard Atlanta producer making a beat, I went over to the host and asked him “why does it sound so low? ” He responded by

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