Twitter & Hip Hop: Who You Should Be Following.
Author: AaronM // Category: Hip-Hop, Random stuff
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.
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24 Comments, Leave a comment.
Dj01
Jay Smooth also now of XXL!
Jan 21st, 2008
AaronM
That’s right, yeah.
Jan 21st, 2008
nOvaMatic
http://twitter.com/soulbounce
Jan 21st, 2008
AaronM
Ah, sorry Nova- I didn’t know!
I’m adding you guys to the list now.
Jan 21st, 2008
nOvaMatic
No prob; half the time I forget we’re even on Twitter. Thanks, tho.
Jan 21st, 2008
Fresh
Q-Tip is on Twitter, I was following him early last month…droppin tour date activities
Jan 21st, 2008
Travis
What the hell is “Twitter”?
Jan 21st, 2008
AaronM
Hope this helps, Trav: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Twitter
Jan 21st, 2008
gforce
HAHA! Travis, that is some funny shit. You still typing out those blog posts on a Smith Corona?
Jan 21st, 2008
Travis
I can’t keep up with you young kids, shit I thought I was hip with “myspace”.
Jan 22nd, 2008
jorge engineer
http://twitter.com/bangthebox
Jan 23rd, 2008
Chris
follow me?
http://twitter.com/guerrillared
Sep 18th, 2008
Doug
http://www.rappersontwitter.com
Dec 12th, 2008
Mike
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
Apr 10th, 2009
Deep Tuna
You can follow Hip Hop producer Deep Tuna on Twitter.
Dj Shadow can also be found on twitter by the way
Apr 11th, 2009
Seeon
http://twitter.com/Therealseeon
Apr 11th, 2009
DJ Multiple Sex Partners
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/
Apr 19th, 2009
DJ Multiple Sex Partners
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/
Apr 20th, 2009
Misphit
St.laz Opium / Misphit 40 Below Ent Gangsta Party – http://www.zshare.net/audio...
Apr 20th, 2009
Misphit
St.Laz – Opium And Misphit
Gangsta Party link http://www.zshare.net/audio/589474121c4c4fc5/
Apr 20th, 2009
HipHopOnTwitter
We made a twitter mashup that focuses on validating HipHop celebrity accounts. What do you think of the concept?
Aug 16th, 2009
JP
Check out http://www.blacktwitters.com/ which is a twitter directory for African American twitterers.
Oct 13th, 2009
Rapmonster
Trying to get in where I fit in… Check out my roster of rap artists.
Feb 12th, 2010
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