> OD is the Founder/CEO of AHAT, he is also an On Air Personality for Power 88 with one of the most popular radio shows in Las Vegas. OD moved to Las Vegas from Southern California in 2007. Growing up a Hip-Hop enthusiast, OD noticed that the Las Vegas Hip-Hop scene was lacking a presence on Youtube and seen an opportunity to help build and expand the Las Vegas Hip-Hop scene. In 2008 he started filming emcees freestyling in different parts of Las Vegas which was the beginning of AHAT. Along with freestyle videos OD also put music videos from local arTists on the AHAT Youtube channel. A few months later OD setup the first AHAT rap battle event which was a huge success, a local newspaper came out to cover the event. ATer three events and two newspapers and one news channel covering the AHAT events OD knew he was doing something right. Although OD intended the AHAT channel to cover several aspects of Hip-Hop (music videos, rap battles, bboy baSles, and freestyles) when he saw the success of the rap baSles videos compared to the other videos he decided to focus his energy on rap battles. In April 2011 AHAT held its first How The West Was Won (HWWW) event which has become a yearly blockbuster for AHAT. HWWW events involve emcees from all over the West Coast and
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users to mix and record their own unique rap demos over beats and Being a native of Southern California share them directly to Facebook, Twitter and YouTube, as well as with roots in Los Angeles and uploading them to the AHAT.tv the Inland Empire OD decided to website. The app is a free download expand the AHAT brand to Cali. In October of 2010 with the help of his and is available for iPhones & Android devices. longtime friend R&B, AHAT Cali was born. Another division of AHAT was November 2013 OD announced established in June 2012 in San AHAT DV which is AHAT’s female Antonio Texas named AHAT Texas division which will feature female vs with the help of Core The Emcee and male battles, thus the name DV for Big Kree. In December of 2012 AHAT domesTic violence. Utah was established with Menace AHAT has become the biggest Hip- serving as the President. Hop Movement to come out of Las OD created AHAT Radio in April 2013 which is the first radio station dedicated to the battle culture. AHAT Radio plays the best music and freestyles from battle emcees worldwide. AHAT Radio can be heard on many of the top Internet Radio apps and on iTunes and the AHAT website (ahat.tv/radio). In July 2013 AHAT partnered up with Puresolo to create the AHAT Freestyle app, an app that allows
Vegas and is one of the biggest movements on the West Coast. As of September 16, 2013 AHAT has over 43 million views and 100k subscribers on Youtube (youtube. com/allhiphopallthetime).
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