The rap showcase at the Kiss and Fly on Wednesday night March 14, 2012 featured Austin’s hometown heroes the League of Extraordinary G’z and a crowd so dense it was impossible to move. #SXSW
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Katie Redd and other New Orleans bounce rappers and fans cut up at the back patio stage at Hotel Vegas, East Austin, Wednesday, March 14, 2012, SXSW
Collective Status Boutique is Austin’s latest hip-hop shop, directly on Sixth Street downtown. On Tuesday, March 13, 2012, during SXSW, it featured a live DJ and was open (and crowded) at 1:30 AM.
Cities Aviv is arguably the most important new Memphis hip-hop artist to emerge in several years, and he took SXSW by storm, performing at least four times in as many days in Austin. This performance at the Swan Dive was his first of the week, Tuesday, March 13, 2012
Street musicians are a common sight on Austin’s Sixth Street, particularly during SXSW. This bucket drummer kept up a compelling rhythm while accompanying himself with occasional raps and rhymes. Eventually he attracted a couple of young MC’s who began rhyming to the beat he was playing.
As I drove up Lamar Boulevard in Austin, I noticed this terraced wall of graffiti art, leading up to some sort of castle-like structure on the top of the hill. I can’t imagine what kind of project this once was, and I wonder if the castle at the top is abandoned, but the art works that people have created here are amazing.
Austin’s Collective Status Hip-Hop Boutique
Located directly on Austin’s 6th Street, Collective Status Boutique is the city’s newest hip-hop shop (Taken with Instagram at Collective Status Boutique)