Creative Legends of the DMV
The DC area known as the DMV has had some wildly creative people born or developed their creativity in the area. From Emmylou Harris to Fugazi or from Link Wray to Logic and Wale. Eduardo Sanchez developing and changing the horror genre with The Blair Witch Project. The birthplace of comedy legend Dave Chappelle and many others that have contributed to a constant legacy of creative people coming out of the DMV. You will hear interviews with artists and creative people from the area and about stories of how songs and groups came to be, cautionary tales of incredibly innovative and talented musicians you may or may not have heard of, as well as stories about venues and screenwriters and filmmakers and creative people getting their ideas for their works and/or growing up in the area and have that being a direct influence on their creativity.
Creative Legends of the DMV
Knowledge is Hip Hop
The DMV has and continues to see a lot of creative wordsmiths and poets take their experiences and set them to rock or jazz influences beats and express themselves through rhyme. In the 80s, the late Biz Markie put DMV in the hip hop spotlight playing lots of college bars in the areas with his late 80s gem "Just A Friend". Since, hip culture has evolved into various forms within itself paralleling the technology and the shifts within the cultural dynamics it expresses itself through. Logic, from Gaithersburg, MD, used hip hop as forum to bring attention to teenage suicide and Wale, also from Gaithersburg, has had major success with his career paving the way for other hip hip artists to follow suit.
Knowledge has been on his own trail of rhyme and verse since the 2000s growing up influenced by 2Pac and rock and roll. His influences have created a fusion of sounds that fans not only from the DMV, but from all over the northeast, are finding irresistible and adding to their playlists to listen to again and again. He chats with Evan live for the first one on one interview on Creative Legends of the DMV.