02/02/23
By Ezra Wheeler For the next several months, we at WAMM will be looking back on some of the songs that helped Memphis rap become the center of the hip-hop universe. Today we kick things off with Tela’s 1997 hit “Sho Nuff.” For several years, Memphis rapper Tela’s lone hit “Sho Nuff” appeared on Spotify…
01/22/23
By Zachary Corsa Think “Memphis music” and your associations are sure to feel as personal as they are eclectic. This city’s worn numerous sonic faces over the years – blues and early rock wellspring, soul capital of America, garage-punk hotspot, horrorcore hip-hop cornerstone – and the fact that all these diverse influences and elements coexist…
01/13/23
As the new year has begun and resolutions are settling in, there are a number of artists that are already working toward their goals for the new year. One of these artists is none other than local singer-songwriter B. Sims. The Memphis-born artist has already accomplished a number of impressive career landmarks, such as writing…
01/03/23
By Zachary Corsa Queen of Memphis and Memphis hip-hop icon Gangsta Boo passed away January 1st, 2023 at the age of forty-three. No cause of death has been released. A pioneering female figure in Southern hip-hop, Boo was born Lola Chantrelle Mitchell in Memphis in 1979. She rose to prominence as a long-time member of…
01/02/23
By Jayne Ellen White “Let me get everybody up on they feet. We fin’ to go in the Memphis way!” Those were the the words in which Memphian GloRilla opened her American Music Awards performance in November of this year. The North Memphis crunk rapper took the AMA’s stage in Los Angeles, days after receiving…
11/07/22
Since 2019, one of Memphis music’s biggest hidden gems has been Mark Edgar Stuart’s monthly Memphis Songwriters Series at the Halloran Centre. For just $5, guests can experience some of the city’s finest talent in an intimate setting that promises to bring a greater appreciation of their work. Before this Thursday’s show on November 10th,…
10/30/22
Memphis has its wide assortment of legendary hip hop artists, be it the classic voices of Project Pat and DJ Paul or newer talents like Glorilla and Duke Deuce. But some legends are not given their flowers in due time and have fallen out of the routine conversations of GOAT emcees and iconic production. Memphis…
10/15/22
Memphis is a city that one often has to leave to truly come to appreciate. Memphians periodically relocate to cities like New Orleans, Chicago, Nashville, only to return a year or a handful of years later, back to the well they’d sprung from, the city that first was their home. JD Reager is perhaps the…
09/26/22
By Kierstyn Pryor If powerhouse was a person, singer-songwriter J. Howell would definitely be the man. In just a short period, the singer has gone from being just another young talented kid from the Bluff City to having people from all over waiting in extended lines to hear his soulful, sultry voice! His songs “Something…
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