The stars were out to shine this year at the annual A3C Showcase in Atlanta, Georgia. Check out photographs from tons of performers including: MURS, Jean Grae, DJ Rhettmatic, One Be Lo, Tanya Morgan and plenty more.

Photos courtesy of Juwan Torrell Dickerson.

Lot’s of interesting stuff went down at the Red Bull Big Tune event in Seattle. Unfortunately, Moon Man thought he was funny and decided to play an entire beat repeating the “N” word — which turned out to make things uncomfortable from the get go.

There was one producer who made it to the second round playing chopped Drake tracks — the girls loved it but it wasn’t enough to get him to the final round. At the very end Trox and Rising Son played an extra beat to break a not so tied vote. At the very end though Rising Son came out as the winner. Both continue to Chicago.

Photos Courtesy of Randy Berridge.

Red Bull Big Tune battle went down in Los Angeles.

1st Place: Dibiase
2nd Place: Captain

Both advance to the finals in Chicago on November 18.

Photos by Shante Gillette

Luckyiam and Sunspot Jonz, better known as the Mystik Journeymen rocked the house in the first-ever aboveGround Magazine sponsored show in Austin on Friday, February 19. With the help of the MSG Crew and the Blacklisted Individuals, they put on a dope show for the people in Texas.

The venue was small, but the energy was high and those in attendance were treated to an intimate show with some of the underground’s longest standing artists.

Photography courtesy of Aaron Vazquez.

Nothing helps build a strong hip-hop movement like consistent shows with dope acts. The dudes from the Brown Bag All-Stars have been coordinating Brown Bag Thursdays for sometime, building a cohesive set of regular performers for dope shows up in NYC on the regular. We got some exclusive shots from the very first show of the new year, on January 14.

In attendance for the event:

• PH (formerly known as Pumpkinhead from Brooklyn Academy)
• P.SO (A-OK Collective)
• Homeboy Sandman
• L.I.F.E Long (Strong Hold)
• Premonition
• Joe Columbo
• godHead the General