Joanlee is a really down to earth artist from Long Beach, California. Since we caught up with him at the School of Hard Rockz last year, he’s been consistently putting out new music. Check out his motivational song off his album Under the Radar, “Up”:
Bringing you another exclusive interview! Check out Connie K interviewing the lovely Michelle Martinez!
You can see Michelle featured in this video “All it Takes” here: -Swag.
J Reyez sits down with Connie K from RiseandGrnd.com to discuss, his inspirations, goals to get signed to a major label, the message behind his lyrics. Also watch a small clip of his performance from the show.
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Andrew Garcia Sits down with Connie K from RiseandGrnd.com to discuss, his collaboration with YTF, his upcoming music and his goals for 2012. Peep the live performance clip as well from the show…Can’t wait till YTF tour hits NYC.
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Yesterday we brought you R&G’s veteran rapper Shift The MC’s Latest track “Summertime Fine”. Today We bring you R&G’s very own Swagneto Aka Dj Remix on his freestyle over Drake’s “Crew Love” beat. The young Dj/Producer/Rapper edited the beat, wrote, recorded and shot his mini video within 24 hours.
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The Rise&Grnd crew got a chance to sit down and interview up and coming rapper YOUR BOY FOR LIFE. He shares his thoughts on his background, style, the industry, and even kicks us a few dope bars. Be sure to check out his music video Lonely People here.
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I just wanted to take a moment to thank our supporters and those who have been following Rise & Grnd. We will continue to bring you the same quality posts about Hip Hop & R&B, so be sure to follow us on tumblr and on twitter @riseandgrnd if you haven’t already.
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-Swagneto
D-Pryde’s Video for “Big Shot”, which he just said via UStream will only be up for 24 hours (until it’s realeased). -Swagneto
The Riseandgrnd team was at the Kollaboration NY show last night at Irving Plaza. The place was packed out and the competition was on! Kollaboration was sponsored by Jinro and Hite, and special guest Dumbfoundead hosted the show and tore up the stage.
For more information about any of these artists, simply click on their names. Be sure to check them out, and read more about what happened at Kollaboration after the jump!
Here is an exclusive video from the front row of Dumbfoundead freestyling:
We caught up with him after the show:
We also ran into none other than Decipher aka DC, and the kid Yongie Phresh:

Decipher x Lyricks x AC
For exclusive photos and more about the competition, click on Read More. -Remix aka Swagneto
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