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D. C. ’ scur r entmus i cs cenei swhatHops ondes cr i bes as bei ng i n an i nf ancy s t age,not i ng t hatt oday’ s mus i calvi bei smuchdi ffer entt hant heonehegr ew upaccus t omedt o.Fort hel as t3040 year sGoGo r ul ed DC and onl yr ecent l yar ewes t ar t i ng t o hear di ffer ents oundsemer ge. “ Now we have ki dswho have been honi ng t hei rcr af ts i nce t hey coul dt al k, t hi si st hefir s tt i mewe haveeverhad t hati n D. C. , whenIwasgr owi ngupyout houghtyouwer ef r om New Yor ki fyouwer er appi ng. ” Hops oncr edi t st hecol l abor at i veeffor t sofar t i s t sl i ke Gol dLi nk,ShyGl i zzyandBr entFi yaz’s mas hhi tasa cas e s t udy of how l ocal t al ent can s ucces s f ul l ever aget hei ras s et s .Heal s oknowst hat ’ sonl ypar t oft he equat i on.To t r ul y make D. C.a hub,i tt akes t al ent ed ar t i s t s , pr oducer s and a l ot mor e commer ci als ucces st oat t r actr ecor dexecsandt hei r l abel s .And,t hi si st hes weets potwher ehi spas s i on f orput t i ngi tal lt oget hert akescent ers t age.

Asqui etasi t ’ skept , Andr eHops oni sont hever geof s omet hi ng bi g. He’ s cur r ent l y wor ki ng on j oi nt vent ur eswi t h Mot own,Epi c and Ros t r um Recor ds f orar t i s t ’ sl i ke Chaz Fr ench,Phi lAde and I nnanet Jamesr es pect i vel y.Hops oni st hecof ounderof386 Mus i c Gr oup wi t h Raheem Devaughn and hasj us t s t ar t edhi sownf ul ls er vi cemanagementagencyand r ecor dl abelcal l edHi ghResGl obal .He’ si nt al kswi t h af ew di ffer entl abel s aboutan i mpr i ntdealand wor ksasagl obet r ot t i ngbr andr ep.f orCour voi s i er , apos i t i ont hatl endsi t s el ft of ur t her i ng hi smus i cal as pi r at i ons .I ft hi s man s l eeps ,i t ’ s pr obabl y by acci dent .But ,i t ’ st hei mpactHops onknowshe’ shad onpeopl e’ sl i ves ,hel pi ngt hem r eal i zet hei rcr eat i vi t y andul t i ma es ucces st hatkeepshi m goi ng. m t “The ener gyand l ove Igetf r om t he peopl e Iam wor ki ng wi t h,devel opi ng t hei rt al ent si s what pushesme;Iam i nt het r encheswi t ht hesepeopl e, Iwantt oseet hem wi nandt heywantt hesamef or me. ” You can s t ay up t o dat e on Andr e’ scomi ngsand goi ngs by f ol l owi ng hi m on i ns t agr am at @andr ehopson.

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Si ncet hen,gogo’ spr es encei nt heDMVhasdecl i ned.I n201 2, “ The Godf at herofGoGo, ”ChuckBr own,pas s ed away.The f ol l owi ngyear ,cr eat oroft hei nf amousBounceBeatandTCB f r ontman,Pol o,pas s ed away att he age of42.Rap has becomemor epopul ari nt heci t y.Gent r i ficat i onhasupr oot ed communi t i es .Andgogobandshaveopt edf orpopul arr adi o r emi xesi npl aceofor i gi nalcont ent .

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Att hehei ghtoft hegenr e,gogowasamul t i mi l l i ondol l ari ndus t r y.Somear t i s t sl i ke BobbySuper s t arcont i nuet obenefitf r om t hater a.“Youcanf i ndCr i t i calCondi t i on on Spot i f y and Appl e Musi c.Look i tup.That ’ sst r eami ng dol l ar s;Ist i l lr ecei ve r oyal t ychecksf r om gogo t r acksIwr ot eyear sago, ”Bobbysai d;expl ai ni ng t hat or i gi nals ongs ar e notonl y cr uci alf ort he aut hent i ci t y ofgogo,butal s of ori t s economi cval ue,and,t heeconomi cbenefiti sl i mi t l es s .

Themai ns t r eam s ucces sofl ocall egendsl i keChuckBr own,Pol oandmus i cpr oducer Ri ch Har r i s on val i dat e gogo’ s s t at us as a l egi t i mat e ar tf or m. Meanwhi l e, char t t oppi ng hi t sl i ke Mi gos ’St i rFr y,Beyonce’ sCr azy i n Love,and Amer i e’ sOne Thi ng,s ecur esgogo’ spl acei nmus i chi s t or y.Jus tt hi smont h,TeyanaTayl ors ampl ed t he gogo cl as s i c,My Fat t y,on herhi ghl y ant i ci pat ed al bum K. T. S. E.The t r ack i s ent i t l edHur r yandf eat ur esKanyeWes t .So,gogohaspr ovent obeval uabl eout s i de oft heboundar i esoft heDMV. Thenew waveofupandcomi nggogobandsmus tel evat egogomus i ct ot hes ame l evelasj azz,hi phop,andr hyt hm andbl ues .“ I ’ veal wayst r eat edgogol i kehi phop, ” s ays Bobby.“W e have t ot r eat gogo l i ke any ot her t r easur ed ar tf or m by mai nt ai ni ng aut hent i ci t yt hr ough or i gi nalwor k and t hi nki ng st r at egi cal l y about i mageandl ogi st i cs. ” Thenew waveofbandsal s o need s uppor t ,hes ai d,and her ecogni zest hatt her ei s mor emoneyt obemadet oget hert hani nconfli ct .“ Ther ei sr oom f orever yonet oeat . ” I fgogowasas oulf oods t apl e,Bobbys aysi twoul dbehomemadef r i edchi cken.You caneatyourmot her ’ sf r i edchi ckenhotoutt hegr eas eorhour sl at er .

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