Twitter & Hip Hop: Who You Should Be Following.
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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Dj01 said,
Wrote on January 21, 2008 @ 3:33 pm
Jay Smooth also now of XXL!
AaronM said,
Wrote on January 21, 2008 @ 3:36 pm
That’s right, yeah.
nOvaMatic said,
Wrote on January 21, 2008 @ 4:11 pm
http://twitter.com/soulbounce
AaronM said,
Wrote on January 21, 2008 @ 4:43 pm
Ah, sorry Nova- I didn’t know!
I’m adding you guys to the list now.
nOvaMatic said,
Wrote on January 21, 2008 @ 4:52 pm
No prob; half the time I forget we’re even on Twitter. Thanks, tho.
Fresh said,
Wrote on January 21, 2008 @ 5:01 pm
Q-Tip is on Twitter, I was following him early last month…droppin tour date activities
Travis said,
Wrote on January 21, 2008 @ 10:51 pm
What the hell is “Twitter”?
AaronM said,
Wrote on January 21, 2008 @ 11:13 pm
Hope this helps, Trav: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Twitter
gforce said,
Wrote on January 21, 2008 @ 11:47 pm
HAHA! Travis, that is some funny shit. You still typing out those blog posts on a Smith Corona?
Travis said,
Wrote on January 22, 2008 @ 3:35 pm
I can’t keep up with you young kids, shit I thought I was hip with “myspace”.
jorge engineer said,
Wrote on January 23, 2008 @ 8:36 pm
http://twitter.com/bangthebox
Chris said,
Wrote on September 18, 2008 @ 9:32 pm
follow me?
http://twitter.com/guerrillared
Doug said,
Wrote on December 12, 2008 @ 11:06 am
http://www.rappersontwitter.com
Mike said,
Wrote on April 10, 2009 @ 12:40 am
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
Deep Tuna said,
Wrote on April 11, 2009 @ 8:06 am
You can follow Hip Hop producer Deep Tuna on Twitter.
Dj Shadow can also be found on twitter by the way
Seeon said,
Wrote on April 11, 2009 @ 11:56 am
http://twitter.com/Therealseeon
DJ Multiple Sex Partners said,
Wrote on April 19, 2009 @ 6:23 pm
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/
DJ Multiple Sex Partners said,
Wrote on April 20, 2009 @ 1:24 am
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/
Misphit said,
Wrote on April 20, 2009 @ 10:23 pm
St.laz Opium / Misphit 40 Below Ent Gangsta Party – http://www.zshare.net/audio…
Misphit said,
Wrote on April 20, 2009 @ 10:26 pm
St.Laz – Opium And Misphit
Gangsta Party link http://www.zshare.net/audio/589474121c4c4fc5/
Goofy Internet Rap Trendwatch: Rapper’s Beards On Twitter. | Metal Lungies said,
Wrote on May 4, 2009 @ 12:18 pm
[…] I did this piece on rappers’ Twitter accounts last August, everyone’s joined the damn site and rappers being on Twitter is no longer […]
HipHopOnTwitter said,
Wrote on August 16, 2009 @ 11:19 pm
We made a twitter mashup that focuses on validating HipHop celebrity accounts. What do you think of the concept?
JP said,
Wrote on October 13, 2009 @ 5:48 pm
Check out http://www.blacktwitters.com/ which is a twitter directory for African American twitterers.
Rapmonster said,
Wrote on February 12, 2010 @ 8:39 pm
Trying to get in where I fit in… Check out my roster of rap artists.