The HipHopHumboldt Podcast

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 different sides of it! Jay got into what he's been doi...

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 miss! We talked about his influences, we t...

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, where she comes from how she made it to Humb...

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 5 emcees, Top 5 producers. We talked about Fra...

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 from The Cemetery Boys, don't miss this episo...

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 religion and his creative process. This was one o...

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 movements. He also discussed the fusion of musical gen...

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 their experiences in the dance industry, including a...

'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 have in store for the future, along with what...

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. They talked about moving the art of improvisatio...

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 his visits to film the magic happening during th...

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 they absolutely smashed. If you're making...

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 got into the game. What artists influence him...

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  @moneyroselafamilia5297  and stay tuned for more Humboldt...

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 entertainer. He's worked with all of the inte...

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 HipHopHumboldt Podcast www.hiphophumboldt.com #HumboldtHip...

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 miss it! First video podcast from HipHopH...

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, Westside Boogie. 4est got into what his creative p...

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 marketing the music and shows properly. Before soci...

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 not good for you spiritually, and what is bet...

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 planned thing... a totally organic rise in Humbold...

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. Him and his boy Cam built their own studio and t...

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 about growing up around country music and getting su...

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 positive, like minded individuals around you--...

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 Josebaby's album - dropping soon. We also get i...