RAW704theculture

10/19/2025

🗳️ Vote for Tone-X Grown Man Radio (radio show) & RAW 704 (radio station) at the Queen City Awards! 🎙️ Voting ends October 27th!
🎟️ And go buy your tickets and support the mission!
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Big industries love to talk about “the machine” - the system that keeps things running.
We’ve had to be our own machine. No big team, no constant PR push, just heart, consistency, and community.
Even through burnout, we’ve kept the mic hot.
4 years strong and still going.
Thank you to all who continue to support us! We literally couldn’t do it without you 🫵🏾🫶🏾

02/20/2024

Black College Expo Coming to Charlotte:

Meet with over 50 colleges.

Get answers right on the spot. Get Educational Resources. EVERYONE is Welcome...it’s for Students of ALL Ages... Plus...Get Accepted on the SPOT, students you must bring your transcripts and ACT or SAT test scores (12th graders and some colleges may accept 11th graders). College Transfer Students this is a great opportunity for you to get accepted on the spot! Bring your transcripts from all colleges that you have attended. FREE for College Students just show your ID.

Applications fees waived..so save hundreds $$$Scholarships on the SPOT! And we will be giving away CASH at the STAGE...

Everyone has the opportunity to win CASH and prizes!!!

Will we see you there?

09/18/2023

2000s - Mainstream Success: Hip-hop becomes a dominant force in mainstream music with artists like Eminem, Jay-Z, and Kanye West. The era sees the fusion of hip-hop with R&B and the rise of crunk and southern rap.

09/17/2023

1990s - Diversity and Innovation: The '90s witness the rise of West Coast gangsta rap (Dr. Dre, Snoop Dogg) and East Coast lyricism (Nas, Biggie Smalls). The genre diversifies with the advent of alternative and conscious rap.

09/11/2023

September 11, 2007, was an important day in hip-hop history. Two of the biggest artists in the game, Kanye West and 50 Cent, set themselves on a collision course, with both of their albums scheduled to drop on the same day.
Hip-hop had long been considered a black sheep in the music business up until that point. But a new day was dawning in music as these two giants had become stars not just on the music scene but in pop culture as a whole, thanks to a unique sound that brought many new fans to the genre. So when these two hip-hop giants decided to face off and release new albums not just on the same day but also at the same time, it became a thrilling narrative that people had to tune in for.

02/07/2023

04/13/2022