Posted on 04 June 2008.
The radio show is still alive and kicking, but the blog is no more (it’s all about Hiptics). I’m re-posting some of my better articles (I’m asking authors to do the same), and I haven’t forgotten about the predictions. The music industry is going to flip when they see how right I was. Here’s one that came true.
Who?: Hiptics
When?: January 2008
What?: Florida is “the most underrated state in hip-hop” & 2008 is the “year of Florida“.
Who: XXL Magazine
When: June 2008
What: Rick Ross, DJ Khaled, Trina and Flo-Rida on the cover. (see picture)
Yuuup. Right we were.
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Chris Franco - who has written 3425 posts.
Founder and Executive Editor of Hiptics. I launched Hiptics in 2008. I spent the last 4 years at Denison University where I hosted a weekly hip-hop radio show on 91.1 WDUB (one of America's Top 20 Most Popular College Radio Stations). I also served as Public Relations Chairman, Program Director, and Webmaster of the station. I genuinely love hip-hop, and have been involved in nearly every aspect of the culture starting with selling my own music in Middle School (haha, true story). I won the Culture Jam Freestyle Battle at Denison both times I participated. I brought Wiz Khalifa, EbGb, and D.Julien to campus for a free Hiptics show in January 2010. I've interviewed everyone from Bone Thugs-N-Harmony to the CEO of Death Row Records. I've DJ'd for Wiz Khalifa and Sam Adams, as well as at countless parties and campus events. There's a lot more to be said, but I don't want to be THAT guy. My point is this: I'm not just another one of these hip-hop bloggers. If the Internet didn't exist, I'd still be in the game.
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The radio show is still alive and kicking, but the blog is no more (it’s all about Hiptics). I’m re-posting some of my better articles (I’m asking authors to do the same), and I haven’t forgotten about the predictions. The music industry is going to flip when they see how right I was. Here’s one that came true.
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