About Arts Greenhouse and Their “Dreams of Kings”

Arts Greenhouse recently released the Dreams of Kings music video above, just in time to celebrate Martin Luther King Jr.’s birthday. It features four young and extremely talented local artists: Tairey Perez, Ez Scarz, Curtis Pope, and Jordan Montgomery. Check out the Jerry’s Records cameo!
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“Jerry’s Record Store” by Mac Miller

Jerry's Record Store in Squirrel Hill Pittsburgh

Jerry's Record Store in Squirrel Hill Pittsburgh

Listen to Mac Miller’s latest freestyle about Jerry’s Record Store in Squirrel Hill. He recorded it tonight (1/10/12) and proudly expressed: “Just spit the illest bars ive spit in a long time. Ima put this out tonight at midnight.”
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Growing Old With Kid Cudi

Kid Cudi Performing Live Concert in Pittsburgh

Kid Cudi Concert in Pittsburgh (pic by @robgoingham)

I can tell you the exact moment I knew I was old. Not just, oh, my knees creak when I get up old, but Wow. Teenagers think I’m an idiot old. It was Friday, September 16th, at the Kid Cudi concert at the Trib Total Media Amphitheatre.

My 15 year old son was jealous we were going. My 16 year old babysitter was jealous we were going. The signs were all there.

We pulled into the parking garage at Station Square, and like any other 36 year old adult people, fired back some rum drinks. Do you see why we were delusional enough to think we weren’t too old for this? We still tailgate for hip-hop concerts. Why didn’t anyone try to stop us? Where were our friends?
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WAMO Returns to Pittsburgh Radio as 100.1 FM

WAMO 106.7 or 100.1 back on the Air in Pittsburgh?

WAMO 106.7 or 100.1 back on the Air in Pittsburgh?

On Saturday, May 21, instead of getting raptured, Pittsburgh got a new radio station using the same letters as WAMO, but on a different frequency. No longer 106.7 FM, the new channel is located at 100.1 FM.

The last time Pittsburgh had a radio station dedicated to playing 24/7 hip-hop and R&B was on September 8, 2009. It was on that day, at 6:07pm, when WAMO went off-air to be replaced by a gospel station. WAMO dominated the radio waves in the Burgh for 50 years! Hard to believe that Wiz Khalifa really blew up exactly at the time when his home town didn’t have a rap station to play his songs. But then again, let’s not forget his DJ hails from 96.1 Kiss FM, so he got plenty of attention there.
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