I’ve been doing this Twitter stuff since August of last year and I’ve noticed a bunch of prominent hip hop figures on there as well, some of whom I’ve started following (that means their updates show up in your timeline).
Here a few people whose Twitter pages are worth following:
-One of my favourite rappers, Q-Tip, updates his fans on his daily activity (hasn’t been updated in 2 months)
–Jay Smooth of WBAI’s Underground Railroad and videoblog Ill Doctrine (and hiphopmusic.com)
–Hashim of Hip Hop Blogs
–Khal of Rock The Dub
-Mixtape DJ Mick Boogie
–JBlow of All Up In Your Earhole
-the infamous Byron Crawford
-ML friends Soul Bounce have a Twitter feed
Tavis Smiley and my man Obama do it too.
Hell, you can follow me too if you want here. Anyone I missed?
Edit: I’m going to try to keep this updated as I discover more hip hop related people on Twitter.
Jay Smooth also now of XXL!
That’s right, yeah.
http://twitter.com/soulbounce
Ah, sorry Nova- I didn’t know!
I’m adding you guys to the list now.
No prob; half the time I forget we’re even on Twitter. Thanks, tho.
Q-Tip is on Twitter, I was following him early last month…droppin tour date activities
What the hell is “Twitter”?
Hope this helps, Trav: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Twitter
HAHA! Travis, that is some funny shit. You still typing out those blog posts on a Smith Corona?
I can’t keep up with you young kids, shit I thought I was hip with “myspace”.
http://twitter.com/bangthebox
follow me?
http://twitter.com/guerrillared
http://www.rappersontwitter.com
I wrote a brief article on this…check it out if you can.
http://www.examiner.com/x-7491-Baltimore-Hip-Hop-Examiner~y2009m4d9-Twip-Hop-Follow-Me
You can follow Hip Hop producer Deep Tuna on Twitter.
Dj Shadow can also be found on twitter by the way
http://twitter.com/Therealseeon
I did a list up this weekend that’s got a bunch of other cats…plus I was cruel enough to make my intern code that shit up with clickable images. Gotta love free labor.
http://djmsp.com/posts/2009/apr/15/diy-hip-hop-twitter-guided-tour/
If you’re doing a follow up ever, here’s some shortcuts I should have used in the first place:
http://therapup.uproxx.com/2009/01/100-hip-hop-heads-to-follow-on-twitter.html
And someone had a dope lazyweb moneymaker idea…isn’t running right yet, though:
http://www.rappersontwitter.com/
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Check out http://www.blacktwitters.com/ which is a twitter directory for African American twitterers.
Trying to get in where I fit in… Check out my roster of rap artists.