VIDEO + AUDIO | FECKO - OGBENI JOKO! (Humble Cover)

Check Out Fecko's cover to Kendrick Lamar's #HUMBLE. This one is titled #OgbeniJoko 

Download HERE and watch video below. Visuals created by Fecko (Multikraft Media). Download Video. 

UNCENSORED CHITCHAT | 'Cater to the New Collection of Listeners or Die Broke' - Cyrus Tha Virus

Some time in February I had a convo with controversial Nigerian rapper, Cyrus tha Virus, and in the course of our conversation the King of the South gave me props and also shared his opinion as touching the current state of Global Hiphop and why he frowns at the school of thought in which most 'Black Hiphop Heads' belong to. I only share what's real, and I believe this is. Mind you, it's not an interview. Just an uncensored chitchat. Read on below.

CYRUS THA VIRUS
Fecko, you're tooooooo intelligent for ordinary spit-fire bars. You're a conscious MC and a fantastic one. This year, I intend to make a change with my music. Topics that touch lives and all. This is the reason why Macklemore won the grammies over Kendrick Lamar. People say its cuz he's white. I disagree. For an ALBUM, The Heist was a way better ensemble than Good kid Maad City. K-dot is a spit fire MC. But Mackle talked about deep issues. Mackle played to the crowd. Homosexuality and all. His 1st single "pop some tags" (or sumtin like dat) can best half of K.dots album. Mackle taught the world to be proud of looking fly in 7 dollar FAKE mink coats. And we all know 2/3 of the world is poor. Mackle is a movement. And he's an INDEPENDENT artiste, not signed to no one. That means his hustle was 10times harder than K.dot. K.dot had Dr. Dre and all. Mackle had mackle and his fat overweight singing friend. That's the GRIND!

THIS IS FECKO
And he also had the 'White community.'

CYRUS THA VIRUS
Yup...K.dot had the white community too oh. You forgot Imagine Dragons featured him? MGk did. Robin Thicke did. Most white people featured K.dot. Mackle didn't have ONE feature last year.

THIS IS FECKO
Most black hip hop heads didn't really dig Mackle I guess. 'Can't Hold Us' is a jam though. Couldn't help but do my own cover of the song.

CYRUS THA VIRUS
Black hiphop heads are sadists. They should go and boil ten drums of oil beans. Rap has changed, abeg. We allowed white A&R's dictate the shape of Rap. 2chainz and co are given fat checks to propagate redundant music. Now we wanna complain? Lemme tell you something; the blacks have our own Macklemore. We don't celebrate him. He's been indie for over 15 years. His name is Tech9ne. Tech9ne made 7.5million dollars last year. He has dropped his 13th album. Owns the Label "strange Music" that K.dot was on before they let him join Dre. Your biggest black MCs don't wanna feature Tech9ne because Tech9ne go expose them. Tech9ne/strange music has the best Recording studio fully digital in the whole of U.S.A. He goes on idie tours and all. Racked in 7.5million dollars. Do you see any black talking about him? They Jumped to Eminem's cock. And Eminem put out a sub-par album. Fuck the black hiphop heads. They should die begging for food stamps! I wanna make universal Rap. Rap that deals with real life issues. But doesn't have to be boring to appease the broke ass hiphop "gods". Imma bring Drake hooks on conscious shiiit. That's the way forward.

"We believe that hip hop in Africa is so underrated" - StarVation

What does Starvation stand for?

The name StarVation was made by the A&R of Itz Alive Entertainment "Brelly G" to show the hunger that we have for music, and to leave our fans wanting more! 

What is the group come up story and major highlights thus far?

it’s weird, but each member from StarVation has some sort of history. Jaxx, A-boogie and Gino all knew each other from being in college together. Gino and Slim DeVito were childhood friends. Who knew everyone would be working together musically. One day Jaxx invited the fellas to the studio where he previously recorded with his producer Ojizz. The song came out so crazy that Slim DeVito mentioned to Ojizz about making a compilation mix tape. The name of the mix tape was the cheat code which had an amazing impact on listeners yearning for authentic hip hop with tracks such as "What Happened to Hip-hop" and "Built Like Dat.” The tape grabbed the ear of who is now our manager "Kobié Kiambu." Since August 2012, we have been in numerous magazines such as South Africa's own "HYPE MAGAZINE" and XXL.COM. We believe that one of the greatest highlights was opening for hip hop’s leading guy "KENDRICK LAMAR" in front of 5,000 people! This is when we know we were made for this!

StarVation opens for Kendrick Lamar at the University of Delaware! from StarVation TV on Vimeo.

Notice y'all are trying to create a strong presence over here in motherland, what is really the plan on invading Africa?

First we want to say we LOVE and APPRECIATE all the support you all give us in the motherland! Our main focus was to attack places that appreciate real authentic music! You guys show so much love when you hear music that comes from the heart. 

Which African artists have the band worked with and who else would you like to work with?

We've worked with "Xtatic" on a track called "Who Run It" and "Reason" on a track called "Reasons to Starve.” We are looking to work with Nigerian artist "MI" next! 

As an American Hip-hop group what is your impression about hip-hop in Africa? Are we copycats or trying to carve a niche for ourselves?

We believe that hip hop in Africa is so underrated. The soul, rhythm, and passion that you guys have is unmatched. Many try to master the mic but can't capture the raw essence of music from the motherland. So we wouldn't dare say you are copycats! If you think about it, you helped pave the way for hip-hop to thrive the way it does! But great music knows no boundaries, nor race! 

Tell us more about the recording business. And what do you think is the way forward for independent artists across the globe?

Indie is the way of the future. Based on if you have a strong team or not! You don't necessarily need a major label to sell records! Yes is good for promotion and distribution, but why relinquish control when you have a team that can make up for everything else. It's like the song "Anything you can do, I can do better". Record executives respect movements that aren't looking for handouts. 

What can be done to bridge the gap between the United States and the United States of Africa? 

STARVATION IS THE WAY! We are bringing a dope sound and mixing it up with some of the hottest artist from Africa to show the world that real talent is never local, it's very global!

Brand New FreeStyle!!!

I recently went in on the instrumental of the same name by Kendrick Lamar, spitting some thought provoking bars over the cut. Listen up and download.