Interviews

D.I.T.C. artist O.C. has confessed that he’s recorded over 100 songs in the past few months. The legendary emcee has blessed us with some of these songs as a free download in the form of an album called Same Moon Same Sun. This is the…

Long Island emcee Little Vic has resurfaced on the scene again with a brand new album. As an artist that releases music very infrequently, you wouldn’t think that Vic is constantly thinking of rhymes in his head on a daily basis. He chooses to release…

Brooklyn emcee Mic Handz has been putting in work as a professional artist for decades. After losing several albums worth of material due to studio mishaps, he never quit or stopped moving forward. With the release of this new album, Hell On My Back: Heaven…

M-Dot has just released his official debut album egO anD The eneMy with an all-star lineup of legendary producers. In this video interview with DJ Eclipse, M-Dot talks about his journey to NYC as a Boston-native and visiting Fat Beats in hopes of seeing his…

Massachusetts natives Code Nine and Estee Nack of the super group Tragic Allies have joined DJ Eclipse up at Sirius XM to talk about their music ventures. Code Nine’s first recorded appearance with Tragic Allies was at age 16 and now he’s released his debut…

Legendary promoter, emcee, and entrepreneur Joe Fatal has relaunched the infamous publication, Fish N Grits Magazine. With its official debut in 2003 and hiatus at the end of 2005, the magazine is back in action in 2016 for all lovers of both Hip Hop and…

In January 2017, Neek The Exotic released his latest solo album with 11 tracks of that classic boom bap sound for the Hip Hop heads. The Queens native has collected some heavy guest appearances including Mr. Cheeks (The Lost Boyz), Freddie Foxxx, Craig G, BigLeto,…

Dinco D, emcee from the pioneering Hip Hop group Leaders Of The New School, showed up to RIOC with long-time friend and collaborator Jarobi White of A Tribe Called Quest. It’s been over 25 years since Dinco began releasing music with his group LONS, and…

Pittsburgh emcee HUBBS visited NYC to watch the Steelers defeat the Kansas City Chiefs by 2 points as well as promote his latest album, Black Privilege. In addition to football, HUBBS came up to chat with DJ Eclipse about his album Black Privilege with producer…

New York emcees John Jigg$ and Sean Strange talk with DJ Eclipse about maintaining a career as independent Hip Hop artists. Sean goes into detail about the many years he’s had to pay dues in order to see the benefits of a fan base, as…