By Mickel Garrett | April 11, 2013 at 11:54 pm | No comments
Last but not least, Demencha contributor, Mickel Garrett, joined myself, Molly, Sean Malone and Victoria Howell in covering Middle of the Map Fest over the weekend. Here are a few of Mickel's choice shots from the three day fest that took over KC's Westport District.
Hit his...
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By Chris Mills | April 11, 2013 at 1:22 pm | No comments
Area photographer, Victoria Howell, joined some of the Demencha crew in covering Middle of the Map Fest in Westport last week. These are just a few of her more sparkling shots. Victoria can be reached on e-mail at victoriabphoto00@gmail.com and her website is...
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By Molly Malone | April 10, 2013 at 4:27 pm | 2 comments
Middle of the Map Fest concluded over this past weekend. Luckily, we brought out three photographers with us to shoot under the Demencha guise over the course of the three day fest in Westport/Midtown Kansas City, MO. The first gallery we're posting comes courtesy of Molly...
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By Sean Malone | April 8, 2013 at 7:44 pm | 3 comments
On Saturday night/early Sunday the third annual MOTM fest came to a close in Westport. Although I found myself a bit underwhelmed this year, there were definitely some highlights to the three day festival. In order to save space, I've created a list of highlights and lowlights...
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By Chris Mills | January 27, 2013 at 12:48 pm | No comments
As I thought he would. Though I arrived a bit late missed Spinstyles' set entirely, I had a gut feeling that he was going to win this thing. Congrats to him and the other contestants, G-Train, Mahf, SKU and Brent Tactic. Kansas City really showed up to this event, similar to...
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By Chris Mills | December 4, 2012 at 1:36 pm | No comments
On the night of Friday November 30, 2012, Kansas City hip hop crew, The Soul Providers, threw a pretty successful event at The Brick in the Crossroads. The Pitch cover probably didn't hurt. Here are some photos by Molly Malone Photography, serving as a visual recap of the...
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By Chris Mills | December 3, 2012 at 4:39 pm | No comments
I was not expecting to see Jay-Z last night. Nor was I expecting the massive crowd that showed up for Kendrick Lamar’s second 2012 showing in Kansas City. Last night, the Midland Theatre on Main hosted the most buzzed about rap artist out at the moment in Kendrick Lamar, and...
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By Chris Mills | October 15, 2012 at 6:52 pm | No comments
Last night, the Beaumont Club in Westport saw three of the hottest names to fall out of the current rap music stratosphere over recent months. That's a good thing too, because all of these recently-booked, loved-but-forgotten rappers who've already seen their careers peak...
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By Chris Mills | September 19, 2012 at 12:56 pm | No comments
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Big thanks to Rashonda Smith and Mickel Garrett for filming, and much respect to all the vendors, artists,...
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By Chris Mills | August 27, 2012 at 4:26 pm | No comments
[all photos courtesy of Diallo Javonne French for Demencha Magazine]
On Friday night at Crossroads KC at Grinders, Tech N9ne and a handful of his Strange Music affiliates invaded the Crossroads art district in Kansas City, MO for a homecoming show of sorts. It marked Tech...
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