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Mississippi has always been a state rich
in talent. From sports, to art, to acting, and music. But long
overlooked and highly underestimated, is an area in Northeast
Mississippi known as "The Golden Triangle." The GTA,
as it's called, gets it's name from 3 cities located about 25
miles apart in a triangular formation - Columbus, Starkville,
and West Point, Mississippi.
The GTA, over the years, has had it's share
of area musicians who've done their part in promoting the area.
But none have come as close as the rap community. Per capita,
The Golden Triangle probably has more rap artists than any other
area in the state. The GTA has been referred to, by some well
- known artists, as having the best underground rap in the state.
Leading the way, are such labels as Lo
Kee, KrysOnIce, Steel Magnolia, Swamp Mafia, Homegrown 4000 A.D.,
Currency Flow, Dirdy World, Durdy Boy, and Soul Mob Records. With
producers like : Chaos, Ty Cutta, The Funky 1, Taz, d' Mayfield,
DJ Stikuhbush, Alley Cat, Brand, Carletio (Tic), 2 Smooth, Dirty
Harry, Raw T., K.G., Lloyd Mitchell, and a wide variety of artist
with various styles. Such as : Mr. Trill, Gain Green, Lil Cet,
Dough Boi, Dub, JC, Jaistylez, Red, Doughbelly Stray, Big Bull,
Deen Town Villians, Vimp, Po Pimp, Mike Ellis, Sipp, Bigg Sinn,
Lil' Duke, Lil E., Magnolia Mac, Sean Goodlife, Infared, Lil'
82, Eternal, Redd Rumm, Tha Country Boyz, Tha Country Girlz, The
Crawford Boys, Jack Frost, Lil' Chris, Lil' Tony, NPV, Shan Lan,
Big Tone, Trell G., Repo Man, Lady Boss, I.V.C., Killa Hun, Triple
Beem, Lil' Oz, Shunn Bennett, D.C., Kenny Thomas, Playa D., 662
Boyz, Danja, Pacino, & Game Bred. And they only make up about
85% of the artist in the area.
I know for a fact that many of these artists
are moving 2,000 to 5,000 units on their own, with no traditional
distribution system. Most aren't even being scanned at retail
stores. The GTA would be attracting a helluva lot more attention
right now, if they were.
Mississippi, let's get together and support
not just the GTA, but all of Mississippi's independent artists.
And u artists, let's start networking outside of our home area.
This state is full of talent from North, Central, & Southern
Mississippi. Let's not waste our opportunities. David Banner is
red hot right now. Now's our time to strike.
1 Love. 1 State of mind.
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