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Ceschi Ramos The RAPstation Interview By Kyle Eustice If you've ever met Ceschi Ramos, you know he's one of the most humble, down-to-earth artists you'll ever come across. The New Haven, Connecticut native started his successful indie label, Fake Four Inc., with brother David Ramos in 2008. With a current roster boasting such colorful acts as Dark Time Sunshine, Myka 9 of Freestyle Fellowship, Grayskul, Open Mike Eagle, K-The-I??? and Louis Logic, Fake Four has grown beyond the Ramos brothers’ dreams. It almost fell apart in 2013 when Ceschi was sent to prison on questionable charges. His new album, Broken Bone Ballads, depicts that struggle and reveals how he kept Fake Four afloat. Broken Bone Ballads drops April 7, 2015 via Fake Four. On his way to SXSW, Ceschi took some time to

Ceschi Ramos The RAPstation Interview By Kyle Eustice If you've ever met Ceschi Ramos, you know he's one of the most humble, down-to-earth artists you'll ever come across. The New Haven, Connecticut native started his successful indie label, Fake Four Inc., with brother David Ramos in 2008. With a current roster boasting such colorful acts as Dark Time Sunshine, Myka 9 of Freestyle Fellowship, Grayskul, Open Mike Eagle, K-The-I??? and Louis Logic, Fake Four has grown beyond the Ramos brothers’ dreams. It almost fell apart in 2013 when Ceschi was sent to prison on questionable charges. His new album, Broken Bone Ballads, depicts that struggle and reveals how he kept Fake Four afloat. Broken Bone Ballads drops April 7, 2015 via Fake Four. On his way to SXSW, Ceschi took some time to

Vocalist, innovator, turntablist, producer, and inventor are just a few titles that the mutli-talented Ruckazoid, DJ Shadow's latest signee to his Liquid Amber imprint, has earned throughout his 15 years in the business. Among his many accomplishments, his vocals have appeared on Ed Banger's Breakbot viral hits "Fantasy" and "You Should Know," Salva's "Freaky Dancing," and has produced singles with Theophilius London. Ruckazoid has spent years perfecting his craft that started with a mastery of traditional scratching. Now, he has been recruited by the legendary turntablist DJ Shadow for his imprint Liquid Amber. 'Scratchgod 1' comes as the label's third release, following Shadow's 'Liquid Amber' EP and Bleep Bloop's '10 Watt Lazers' EP. "Shadow is a true vinyl connoisseur and has a

Woo Child: The RAPstation Interview By Chris Hensley Woo Child has just released a slick new video for "Center Stage," the second single off his new EP Hiers. "Center Stage" features soulful St. Louis crooner C.Jay Conrod and the entire EP is produced by three-time S.L.U.M.fest beat battle champion JBJR. Fresh off the heels of the fiery debut single "Don't I" (a rapper's rap song in the best way), "Center Stage" celebrates chemistry of the human element. Woo's music has been used by the WWE as entrance music, in official MLB and NFL network TV shows, and he's also featured in the soundtracks for video games Saint's Row 3 and UFC Undisputed 3. We recently got a chance to talk to Woo Child about his music exclusively for RAPstation. RAPstation: What made you decide to

Westside Gunn is quickly making a name for himself. After releasing his debut mixtape, Hitler Wears Hermes, Gunn was name-checked by Ras Kass as his top pick of the new school emcees and is getting props from artists such as DJ Premier, Skyzoo and Apollo Brown. While he is currently prepping two upcoming projects, his debut album which includes features from Skyzoo, Sean Price, Cannibal Ox, Durang Dynasty and Hus Kingpin, he is also working on a collaborative project with Apollo Brown. Before those projects emerge, Westside Gunn connects with Conway for a new nine-track FreEP, Hall & Nash, which is inspired by The Outsiders (Scott Hall & Kevin Nash). Please visit https://soundcloud.com/gxfr/sets/hall-nash to download now!

Kosha Dillz Interview By Kyle Eustice One thing you can't call Kosha Dillz is "lazy." A graduate of Rutgers University, he hustles hard and that quality alone has given him many incredible opportunities, including opening slots for Matisyahu, Snoop Dogg and Nas, and collaborations with Murs (Living Legends, in case you didn't know). Those of you who are familiar with Kosha Dillz, Jewish rapper extraordinaire, are probably used to his goofy, off-the-wall humor. His catalog is full of upbeat tracks poking fun at mainstream rap and society in general. Albums like 2009's Beverly Dillz and 2013's Awkward In A Good Way paint an accurate picture of the light-hearted type of guy Kosha is. So it comes as a refreshing surprise his new video for the track "Been Down" https://www