What an incredible episode, what an incredible person to have bless The HipHopHumboldt Podcast with his time! I'm talking none other than Verge. This episode is a very thorough look at an important local emcee. Verge grew up in the Santa Ana are of Southern California and had a very profound set of stories to tell the audience in this episode. He t…

For Episode 56 of The HipHopHumboldt Podcast, Al Bear sat down with Wierdo! They talked about Wierdo's past before the music, how his path led to making music, the City Hippie days, and days since! They talked about the history, relationships, life events, and other things that shaped Wierdo's impeccable fashion and music styles. After a spring and…

For this episode of The HipHopHumboldt Podcast, I had the pleasure to do an interview with one of my favorite artists, Cali Los Mikyo! It was great to get into his history, where he grew up, and how he got into the local scene. We got into some stories from years back, and a lot of discussion about how Cali Los Mikyo is paving the way for youth to …

For Episode 54 of The HipHopHumboldtPodcast, Al Bear sat down with local musician and radio personality, Rhi Marie! Episode available now on Spotify and YouTubeToday's episode we got the talented Rhi Marie! We touched on her new single Butterfly Souls, we talked about her influences, growing up in San Diego, and we also tapped into how she got to h…

For Episode 53 of The HipHopHumboldt Podcast, I had the pleasure to sit down in the studio with Kemistree! Kemistree has been doing hip hop for a while, and has been doing shows in Humboldt since before the pandemic. During the episode, we talked about Kemistree's history starting off in music and growing up on the East Coast. Kemistree got into ho…

For this episode of The HipHopHumboldt Podcast, we're taking it across the globe! I had the pleasure to interview one of the founders of Yeo Records, CJ! CJ is located in Great Britain, so this was a Zoom interview. CJ co-founded Yeo Records alongside local artist and producer, Cusa X. People may not know, but Yeo Records is the sister company of E…

For this special episode of The HipHopHumboldt Podcast, I had a Zoom interview with none other than Kyz J from LCA/Never Die, and Jay Montes aka Ambitious! These two gentlemen are restarting a project that Ole (shoutout to Ole and Diamondback) started years ago, Humboldt Storms! Kyz J got into the first Humboldt Storms project, and all the differen…

For Episode 50 of The HipHopHumboldt Podcast, I had the pleasure of sitting down with one of the most important personalities in Humboldt County Hip Hop, DJ Goldylocks! If you're in Humboldt you already know who Goldylocks is, and what he does, but this episode was filled with a lot of behind the scenes knowledge about Goldy that you don't want to …

For Episode 49 of The HipHopHumboldt Podcast, Al Bear @albear93 sat down with Emani Etrnl! @emanietrnl Emani Etrnl is a rising young artist in Humboldt County, and this episode is a don't miss. On today’s episode, we have one of dopest, funniest, talented people, the beautiful Emani Etrnl. We had a good conversation where we dove into her childhood…

For Episode 48 of The HipHopHumboldt Podcast, we had The Dirty Rats on for a second time, to talk about Let's Get Dirty! We got into the other recent projects that The Dirty Rats have dropped in the last year, we got into a lot of local hip hop history, and talked about the new artists poppin in Humboldt County too! We went around and gave our Top …

For Episode 47 of The HipHopHumboldt Podcast, Al Bear sat down with The Cemetery Boys to talk about what they've been up to and what they got ON DECK: their mixtape coming out October 13th a show October 14th, a show during Emo Night at Rampark on October 27th, a REALLY BIG one on November 13th at the Redwood Retro, and MORE! Lots of heat ahead fro…

For Episode 46 of The HipHopHumboldt Podcast, Al Bear sat down with Bobby Boe! "We’re back with another episode... Today’s guest we have Bobby Boe! We had a good conversation about his upbringing and where he’s planning on going in life. We touched on his music that he created in the past and the newer sound he has developed. We touched on his reli…

For Episode 45 of the HipHopHumboldt Podcast, Co-Host Brian Swislow joined me for this interview with Humboldt County legend, Hap Hathaway. We talked about how Hap got into the game, and what he was doing early on. This was a special conversation because Hap touched on the evolution of hip-hop and its connections to various cultural and social move…

For Episode 44 of The HipHopHumboldt Podcast, I was blessed to sit down with 3 of the most important artists leading the Humboldt music and event scene right now, Queen Sequoyah, Know.El and E aka Efrain! #linkinbio On this episode, the dancers discuss their roles as dancers and how they engage with the audience during performances. They share thei…

'For Episode 43 of The HipHopHumboldt Podcast, Al Bear sat down with more 2 legends! Ijal and ilyJxsh! #linkinbio On this episode, we explored the mind of Ijal, we touched on Ijals music, along with his history with ilyJxsh and their group For The Masses. We spoke on how music is spiritual, and how important it is to him. We explored what they may …

For Episode 42 of The HipHopHumboldt Podcast, I sat down with 2 legends! 2 members from The Write Up: Eli Fowler and Mika Sun! This was Mika Sun’s first time on the pod and I was blessed to have him on. To start the pod we gave a quick glance over some history, what these gents have been doing at shows and parties in Humboldt County for decades now…

For Episode 41 of The HipHopHumboldt Podcast, I was able to sit down with Ezra Hollis aka ZERA, local DJ, videographer, 3D artist, and visual director for Arcane Artists. Ezra has been doing visuals and cinematography for City Hippie since back to about 2017, he shot their first music videos, and he's still heavily involved even to this day with hi…

I can't believe how many gems were on this episode. I had the pleasure of interviewing the The Skylit Crew, 6 artists touring on The West Coast Love Tour: Henny Holyfield, Doe The Unknown, Hiway, Skurge, Aye Tee and Kinda Odd! Plus Bub Da S.O.P. in the building too! This interview happened the morning after their big show at The Jam in Arcata that …

Al Bear interviews FreshMicks for Episode 39 of The HipHopHumboldt Podcast! FreshMicks is from Monterey County right here in California. Al Bear asked some great questions like how FreshMicks got started, what lane was FreshMicks trying to go in from the start, between rap versus R&B, and some other good questions too. FreshMicks talks about how he…

For Episode 38 of the podcast, I was able to sit down with VinnyBandz, from Money Rose La Familia! We already had his labelmate Josebaby in the studio last year so we had to get Vinny as well! Shoutout to VinnyBandz and Ninja with Money Rose! It was cool to hear Vinny's history and what he's doing now. Keep an eye out for his crew @moneyroselafamil…

Eddy Montana blessed the HipHopHumboldt Podcast with his history, talking about how he came up in a skater crew that did commercials with Samsung in Nigeria, getting early exposure to marketing and the music industry. Eddy talked about collaborations he's done with Mr Eazy for a Beyonce video, as well as Akon! Eddy is not just an artist, but an ent…

Al Bear and I had a great time sitting down with The Cemetery Boys for Episode 36 of The HipHopHumboldt Podcast. Shoutout to Corey and the MARZ Project for what they're doing for the community. Great hearing from these three guys to hear about the path they are paving. Blessed to get them on the pod! Stay tuned for more episodes of the HipHopHumbol…

Blessed to have sat down with MANIAC7OH7 formerly known as Maniac The Rapper. We talked about what they been doing since the last pod, a lot of growth, and what's coming next including a show at the Siren's Song on May 20th featuring Hiway, KVARMATHEPROPHET, 4est green, and McWicked Lots of hip hop talk, history and shoutouts in this one, don't mis…

For Episode 34 of The HipHopHumboldt Podcast, Al Bear and 4est Green sat down and talked about where 4est is from and what his musical influences are. Who his favorite rappers are. He got into how he made his first few projects and gave a lot of shoutouts. Al Bear and 4est talk about the time 4est shared the stage with one of his favorite artists, …

Wow is this a special one. For Episode 33 of the HipHopHumboldt Podcast, I was blessed to be able to have some time with the Humboldt County Hip Hop legend, 1Ton. 1Ton started the interview talking about how he got started in the scene DJ'ing shows with Underrated on the Arcata Plaza way back. He spoke about doing the grassroots game right by marke…

To start the pod, Ra and I had a beautiful conversation about conscious hip hop, what it is, and how understandings of it have changed. We moved into local shows and how Ra has been getting on stages with Word Humboldt, and now, for the hip hop community. We got into a conversation about social media, not starting your day on social media, how it's…

For Episode 31, I was able to sit down with a real Humboldt County legend, Case aka mentaLCAse from LCA the Lower Class Alcoholics. Case talked about how LCA came up learning the game from scratch, pre-computers and analog. He lays out the cats that were doing it in his crew and how they came together - it started as a tagging crew and was never a …

I had the pleasure of sitting down with one of the coolest young artists in Humboldt County, Rowdy. I talked with Rowdy about his early first experiences in the music business, and an interesting story about a record label deal in Los Angeles. Rowdy also talks about the music and his growth. He's been producing, learning piano and other instruments…

Johnnee Angell has been holding down multiple pillars of Hip Hop in California since the early '90s, and he's got some stories to tell.We were lucky enough to sit down with him and hear about his journey from dancing in his third-grade talent show all the way up to having his own studio, Hall of Just Iz—and everything in between.Johnnee talked abou…

For the latest episode of the pod, I sat down with Hiet aka HietGotBARS @hiet877 on IG. He talked about his origins, R&B music, and growing up in Southern California. He talked about the differences between the culture in SoCal vs the gangbang culture of SoCal. He also talked about staying true versus staying alive, and how important it is to keep …

Josebaby has been putting in work for years. Now he's ready to take it to the next level. In this episode of the HipHopHumboldt podcast, we talk with Josebaby about his musical influences, how he got started, and what he's working on now. We hear about Josebaby's brother joining him on the team, as well as how they've developed a new R&B sound on J…

Blessed to have Sequoyah Faulk on for the last episode of 2022! It was great to hear his story of coming up in the hip hop scene while growing up in Manila. We're talking Humboldt County Hip Hop, born and raised. We got into how Sequoyah's skills to entertain started young, and how his talent grew. We talked about the Insight Cypher, how it goes an…

Got to sit down with Albert aka Albear for the latest episode of the HipHopHumboldt podcast! This was one of the most fun conversations I've had thus far. Hearing Albert's perspective growing up in Fresno and coming up in the hip hop game was dope. He spoke about some many different sides of hip hop that he saw coming up. The good, the bad, the ups…

So blessed to have sat down with Soul, Reeph, and JUiCE from City Hippie for episode 24 of the HipHopHumboldt podcast! We chopped it up in JUiCE's studio in Arcata. They got into how they came up, what they've been doing during the pandemic, the pitfalls and hardships of the game, how they keep current with today's social media trends, and all kind…

For the latest episode of the podcast I had the privilege to sit down with one of the dopest duos in Humboldt, Ruffian and Alexander The Great! It was interesting to hear where these guys came up, what got them into music, and when they started collaborating! ATG got into his history of loving and creating hip hop, even using Akai's staple MPC to h…

Had the pleasure to sit down with Dr. Oop for the latest episode! We got into his musical influences, how Dr. Oop got started making music, what he was doing during the pandemic, and a lot of other topics, so make sure you check this episode! Follow @oopdoc on IG! Don't forget you can always listen to the podcast at hiphophumboldt.com Follow on all…

This was a really fun one. I had the pleasure of sitting down with Zach, Steamer, and Empress Lee from Area Sound for Episode 21 of the pod! I have a lot of respect for these folks. From what Zach and Steamer have done to promote hip hop in education and learning in Humboldt County, to their love for the County, the people, and the culture. Lots of…

Had the pleasure to hit the studio once again with the one and only Brian Swislow for part 2 of the Swizlo Sessions! We got into the origins of BSwizlo's Mystery Lounge, FATBOL, and Object Heavy! This is some real Humboldt County history for the people. There were a lot of shoutouts in this episode, big respect to the community of artists, producer…

After a short hiatus, we back and got a real special one for you. I had the pleasure to sit down with Asaad from RUDE Entertainment a few weeks ago and he was coming with nothing but heat. I already know this is gonna be a classic episode. We talked about his roots from growing up outside of Houston, to the pandemic, pop culture, social media, and …

Got the chance to sit down with another living legend, Hiway! We talked about his roots w music, how he came up, and what it was like coming up in the Humboldt music scene. Hiway dropped some real knowledge, some real gems on this episode so I don't want you to miss it! Be sure to follow Hiway on all the socials @wayhi101 on IG and Hiway101 on Face…

Hitting the studio with the The Dirty Rats crew was one of the dopest things I ever did! The Dirty Rats have been doing it around here for over 20 years and we covered a ton of their history. From opening for Digital Underground, Too Short, and doing shows around here for decades, to their trip to Japan, their creative process, what the got into be…

After a bit of a hiatus, we back alive and let me tell you what I got some real heat in the clip for you... I was blessed to be able to get the legend DJ Just One in the studio for the latest episode! We got into all kinds of dope hip hop history including Just One's exploits from New York, LA, and the special breadth of work he has done in Humbold…

This episode I was blessed to be able to talk with Maniac The Rapper! They been holding it down repping Humboldt for a minute now. It was really cool to hear interesting stories from an artist who grew up around here. We talked about how they came up from making mixtapes and putting their tracks on there, to the MySpace Music era, to rocking shows …

Proud to present Episode 14 of the HipHopHumboldt podcast, #linkinbio with another legend who has been laying down layer after layer of skill and talent for the community for decades, the one and only Eli Fowler! We talked about Eli's early days in Redway, his roots with the Humboldt Freestyle Kings, we got into some Subliminal Sabotage history and…

What a special episode we have in store for you! Had the pleasure to be able to sit down with the legend Nac One from the Fantastik Fam and President of the FSC Crew! Nac has been dropping dope art and music for Northern California for over 30 years. We talked about the roots of the Fantastik Fam, some recent releases, and Nac even dropped some gem…

Local Events and Drops Afroman show was FIRE. Kemistree, Flo J and Hiway all killed it Object Heavy / Nac One / Flo J show 2.25.22 Stone Junction Bar Garberville Eli Fowler / Mickey Avalon Show ATL 2.27.22 Dont miss Maniac The Rapper - Slippin PLUS they'll be at the Roll Through and Roll Up Show w Travii Bandz April 23rd Nac One - show TONIGHT and …

Keep an eye on the Instagram stories and reels for more content!Got some gear including bomber jackets, keychains and beanies coming ON DECK #ondeck #beanies #keychains #swag #gear #bombers #bomberjacket #jackets #merch Releasing a series of reels meant to help local content creatives use the new features coming to Instagram. Keep an eye out for th…

Gave condolences to Sydney Poitier, Bob Saget, and James 'Mtume' Forman. A brief description of the jazz and funk musician James Forman's career and accomplishmentsHumboldt Local Hip HopUpcoming Fatbol Cypher @ the Epitome Gallery POSTPONED due to the current COVID surgeNew Dirty Rats projects on the way! Need that! @_The_Real_DirtyRatRecordsNew Ve…

Going over albums set to drop in January! GOAT conversation! New track from one of Humboldts finest, Attribute! Also going over my top 10 producers of 2021 list! This is a don't miss episode, be sure to tune in and subscribe! Search 'HipHopHumboldt' or @HipHopHumboldt on the socials

Local Drops!Area Sound - West Coast OutbackFollow @area_sound and @zigzagzilla on IGCity Hippie - BladesFollow @wearecityhippie on IGAttribute - Never Switch UpFollow @Attribute718 on IGNew Dirty Rats Coming Soon!Follow @the_real_dirtyratrecords on IGRIPSKangol Kid - co-founder of the Golden Era Group UTFODrakeo The Ruler killed in Los Angeles at t…