From The Desk Of Lo

STREET JUSTICE IS STILL YOUR FAVOURITE GROUP! You may know of Jypsy through is group Street Justice or his work with Middle Finger Music! Coming outta Inkster Michigan Jyps talked to Lo about the beginning stages of Street Justice (Ketch P, Jypsy & Redd) coming together after high school to record music together. Jypsy got in great detail about the groups first two mixtapes The Coffee House mixtape & the DJ Exclusive hosted History In The Making, Jypsy also shares stories with King Gordy, Hex Murda & Trick Trick, the groups discography all the way up till Go Haam, releasing a solo project, linking up with Middle Finger Music, still keeping in contact with his brothers Redd & Ketch and he has in store & so much more! Instagrams. Guest: @julianantoineisjyps Host: @kxnglo Podcast Network: @fromthedeskoflo @datfeelin @datfeelinpodcast YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCpZUmRu96jjP_uVaLO01VdQ The Murder of Rodney Levi www.aptnnews.caSister says Rodney Levi, Mi'kmaw man shot an

SPODA AKA MISTA DOPEFLOW CHECKS IN!!!!BIG WALK & TALK! If your been in tune with this underground renaissance you should by know heard of Spoda! During 2019 him & Wavy Da Ghawd drooped a project that aged well over a year into its release titled Full Court Press! During this interview Spo talks about how he got his name, him not being new to this by acknowledging his past mixtapes, knowing the lane he is in by taking his craft seriously. We dive into the making of Full Court Press, how well the features fit, The Walkers, his follow up EP Audio Trafficking with The Standouts while working on his sophomore effort. The mixtape game in the early 2000s & much much more! BIG WALK! Salute to Spoda & The Walkers & affiliates! Much love! Instagrams. Guest: @spoda631 Host: @kxnglo Podcast Network: @fromthedeskoflo @datfeelin @datfeelinpodcast YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCpZUmRu96jjP_uVaLO01VdQ The Story Of Vanessa Guillen www.nytimes.comWhat We Know About Vanessa Guillen, the

VIDEO LINK FOR VISUALS: https://youtu.be/WBYIi7ghktk FLY CITY’s FINEST JON CONNOR is in the building via video calling! Jon & Lo talked about what inspired his live interviews on IG, got some big names too, his original nickname, recording his project The Calling pt 1, the very first beat he rhymed too, documenting most of his life, loving all genres of music, Master P’s & No Limit Inspiring him & which No Limit is his most favourite, the first legend to recognize his skills, producing before rhyming, his connection with the character Vincent Chase from Entourage, Best In The World Series also HAS SOME UNRELEASED he might release too! All Varsity Music Group, releasing & producing his newest project SOS, the following ups to SOS, being humbled through it all & a very inspiring ending for any Jon Connor family needs to hear! Instagrams. Guest: @jonnconnormusic Host: @kxnglo Podcast Network: @fromthedeskoflo @datfeelin @datfeelinpodcast YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCpZUm

For Part 2 Agapé, arrives in Japan with Isosceles, Boya D comes 9 months later. Agapé was recording with Warner Music during these times with a lot Japanese artists, learning about the music culture in Japan & becoming established in Japan, recording the new Isosceles around in the early 2000s, his history with Japan record label Jazzy Sport, meeting MRK SX when he went by D.Focis & even forming a group with him called TWIN, Madlib, coming back to Canada then residing in Japan, becoming close friends with Malik we know from Lost In Translation podcast with MRK SX, meeting 2 brothers who are well known artists but unknown artists at the time Royce Rizzy aka 24hrs & MadeinTYO. Some past memories from Saskatchewan some include Peanut Butter Wolf, Stones Throw, Introducing Grap Luva to Madlib, MRK SX also getting a picture with Madlib taken by Agapé, how his solo album got leaked on Sony Software, experiencing earthquakes. Then we take a quick song intermission Agapé -Quench of Love (prod by D.Focis a

Agapé f.k.a. Shrimpy of Isosceles a hipgop group hailing from Saskatoon Saskatchewan gives FTDOL one of be best interviews of Canadian HipHop History! Agapé started off by telling Lo where it all started in Saskatoon Saskatchewan, discovering HipHop & Skateboarding in the mid 80s, having satellite in the 90s to have access to the USA channels then pursuing music in the 92, how he ending up interviewing Erick Sermon & Redman in 93, running into Dream Warriors in the mall then Ivan Barry their management at the time invited Isosceles to open at the University in Saskatoon keeping contact with then, then meeting them again in Spring of 95 going to Toronto this time, his time in Toronto with Isosceles recording their 5 song EP releasing in 97, coming back to Saskatoon then going to the West Coast then chilling with The Wascals in L.A. Summer 95, explains the QC Compilation, back to Vancouver later, meeting their 3rd member Boya D, Isosceles taking he independent route back recording Face The Music in Sask

VIDEO LINK FOR VISUALS: https://youtu.be/46ca6OdxD2M J.Hill is a legend within the Detroit HipHop Scene & our Special Co:Host 1st Born, IRON FIST & Big Proof’s right hand man, J.Hill touches on the subjects about his humbled beginnings with being very independent before linking with 1st & Proof, we talk about Bandcamp, his classic album They Want Street Fame & what went into it, what 1st thought of his style in the beginning, early days of Iron Fist (Ty Farris, Supa Emcee, Killa Kaunn, are just a few names that were with them) history with Boldy James & Block Works, 1st on his experiences in the industry & having morals and values, appearing on Proof’s 72nd & Central song, 1st & J.Hill’s experience with Media, pointing our younger generation in the right direction, J.Hill meeting Hex Murda, who wants to work with, & much more! Instagram. Guests: @saintjamez1 Co-Host: @1st_born313 Host: @kxnglo Podcast Network: @fromthedeskoflo @datfeelin @datfeelinpodcast YouTube Channel:

DNTE is one hell of a solo artist & one half of the Toronto based duo FalconCrest! DNTE (pronounced Dante) talked to Lo about his humbled beginnings getting into hiphop early early on, how FalconCrest came to be, his DNTE came about, his solo albums like a Crystal Pianos, his recent release Grandizer, The FalconCrest album with Camouflage Monk, anime, weed, the talent Toronto Underground has and so much more! If your a fan of the Toronto Renaissance Movement y’all will LOVE THIS ONE! Instagram. Guests: @dntebthim Host: @kxnglo Podcast Network: @fromthedeskoflo @datfeelin @datfeelinpodcast YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCpZUmRu96jjP_uVaLO01VdQ

Dizz & L.Y. are one hell of a duo! Hailing from Detroit Michigan the two have a chemistry that’s undeniable! You may of heard of them thought Kxng Crooked thought My Brother Dizz (Producer for The Weeklys 2019) or L.Y.’s solo collab that got Crook aware of Dizz! We talk about how they met, their first projects leading up to their Trilogy projects, working with Kid Vishis, MRK SX, & much more within this episode! Instagram. Guests: @l.y.313 @mrbrotherdizz @dizzandly Host: @kxnglo Podcast Network: @fromthedeskoflo @datfeelin @datfeelinpodcast YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCpZUmRu96jjP_uVaLO01VdQ

VIDEO LINK FOR VISUALS: https://youtu.be/C5ph7qvat2Q J57 & El Gant first start off the show by introducing themselves & what they bring to the table individually, their history with Fat Beats, the two meeting watching, how Jamo Gang’s Walking With Lions came together, How the group formed, El Gants humbled beginnings with Battle Rap, his solo work & album with Tek (SmifNWessun) his interesting time at SXSW (Macaulay Culkin), J57’s first look, producing Westside Gunn’s Big L & Half A Mil on HWH2, Ras joins us at 39:15 & let’s us know about the Jamo Gang & Likwit Crew collab, partying with JamoGang, Slipknot, Lo also pitches an Album idea to the guys, Walking With Lions great acclaim, Star Wars & a ton of HILARIOUS MOMENTS within this episode! Top 3 for sure! Instagram. Guest: @jamogang @j57music @el_gant @ras_kass Host: @kxnglo Podcast Network: @fromthedeskoflo @datfeelin @datfeelinpodcast YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCpZUmRu96jjP_uVaLO01VdQ

VIDEO LINK FOR VISUALS: https://youtu.be/mXCg-qBLnLU SEASON 7!!!!!! Lo has the return of Detroit legend FATT FATHER! Also with him is son DJ Oreeyo! Fatts talks about his recent release King Father album, DJ Oreeyo finding his way into music, their father & son bond, his upcoming album with Middle Finger Music titled Soccer Dad, will the project with him & MarvWon come out? As well they talk possible future opportunities for Oreeyo with Fatts Fueled By Life Music Group & much more! Instagram. Guest: @fattfather @djoreeyo Host: @kxnglo Podcast Network: @fromthedeskoflo @datfeelin @datfeelinpodcast YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCpZUmRu96jjP_uVaLO01VdQ

Heather Victoria has a beautiful soul and heavenly sent voice! She’s the very first RnB/Soul artist to appear on the show, Heather & Lo talked about her about her 2019 album Boutique Hotel & what went into that beautiful project, some influences & paying homage to Mary J Blige, 9th Wonder encouraging her to do her first project, touring with Rapsody, SmifNWessun, the rise of North Carolina, & much more! THANK YOU HEATHER! Instagram. Guest: @heather__victoria Host: @kxnglo Podcast Network: @fromthedeskoflo @datfeelin @datfeelinpodcast YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCpZUmRu96jjP_uVaLO01VdQ

KNOWLEDGE THE PIRATE IS BACK! Since the last time Lo & Pirate talked he has released 2 AMAZING projects after his phenomenal debut album FlintLock. Pirate chopped it up with Lo about his recently project Family Jewels & what went into if & the history behind it with, production from E.L.E.M.N.T. & Cuns, staying true to his roots, his verse on Tom Chambers, experience within HipHop’s early years (Park Jams, Fashion & Image), Irish Sea Moss & much more! AHOY!!!! Instagram. Guest: @knowledgethepirate777 Host: @kxnglo Podcast Network: @fromthedeskoflo @datfeelin @datfeelinpodcast YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCpZUmRu96jjP_uVaLO01VdQ

E.L.E.M.N.T. Produced some of your favourite joints you definitely been bumping also this is his second time on the show! We talked about working with Ron Lawrence in his early days, putting together Knowledge The Pirate’s Family Jewels with Italy based producer Cuns, having a huge collection of beats he is sitting on, digging for actual vinyl, gems for for the art of producing, taking full advantage of today’s technology while staying true to his roots, his dream collaboration, knowing his importance in his skills & much more! Instagram. Guest: @e.l.e.m.n.t Host: @kxnglo Podcast Network: @fromthedeskoflo @datfeelin @datfeelinpodcast YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCpZUmRu96jjP_uVaLO01VdQ

XP The Marxman is truly a product of hiphop, Residing in Los Angeles, XP talked to Lo about growing up in LA being inspired by the east coast, his beginnings with Rhyme Addicts, staying true to his roots, branching off into solo, first time going overseas, working at the Rescue Mission, what album introduced him to the underground, what XP The Marxman stands for, how his project Contiuna A Sparae (Keep Firing) production by Roc Marciano came about, who he wants to work with & so much more! Instagram. Guest: @xpthemarxman Host: @kxnglo Podcast Network: @fromthedeskoflo @datfeelin @datfeelinpodcast YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCpZUmRu96jjP_uVaLO01VdQ

All Hail Y.T. & GeneralBackPain came together to release a fire body of work titled Classic Villains, Lo, Y.T. & GBP talked about Y.T. linking with GBP over a previous collab, building together, naming the song titles after classic villains in pop culture & real life, the various production, why GBP doesn’t show his face, Y.T. & Tone Beatz “The Spoils Of Babylon”, GBP’s Holy Hands 2, Y.T.’s chemistry with various artists Tha God Fahim, Left Lane Deion, Dump Life Movement, Lo also lets them know other artists they would sound good with, GBP & Flu doing Bovine 2, respecting one another & much more! Instagram. Guests @all_hail_yt @generalbackpain Host: @kxnglo Podcast Network: @fromthedeskoflo @datfeelin @datfeelinpodcast YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCpZUmRu96jjP_uVaLO01VdQ

VIDEO LINK FOR VISUALS: https://youtu.be/Z4syVFX5Pu0 MRK SX is the most documented artists on From The Desk Of Lo this is his 6th appearance! DatFeelin’s General talks the team incredible run in 2019, MRK’s talks working with various DatFeelin’s producers & other affiliate producers, his rebranding to MRK SX, releasing Announcements Are Overrated & L Brick Road to DSP’s in 2020, the difference between true artists & others artists who are just in it for the money & fame, gravitating to real artists who put their all into their art, Kendrick Lamar, Timing in life, his recent collaborations with Swifty McVay & Kunvia of D12, his new single Good Life produced by Royce da 5’9” his series of projects coming out in 2020 & so much more! Instagrams. Guest: @mrk_sx Host: @kxnglo Podcast Network: @fromthedeskoflo @datfeelin @datfeelinpodcast YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCpZUmRu96jjP_uVaLO01VdQ

Miz Korona IS A DETROIT LEGEND! (Her name was Miz Korona WELL BEFORE COVID19, her & Lo discuss her humbled beginnings with her being introduced to music from her parents, her passion for music & poetry, her influences when it came to HipHop, Korona’s powerful song Who I Am, her first time battle rapping, how she came up with the name Miz Korona, how she feature on Trick Trick’s The People VS album happened, her newest EP The Virus & how it came together, photography & videography, being overseas, her verse on Apollo Brown’s Sincerely Detroit, her past projects Dope Muzik & The Injection, Proof &so much more! KXNG LO WOULD LIKE TO THANK EVERYONE FOR 200 EPISODES!!!! Instagram. Guest: @mizkorona Host: @kxnglo Podcast Network: @fromthedeskoflo @datfeelin @datfeelinpodcast

CASUAL! A legend from Oakland joins Lo, Cas & Lo talked the impacted that the Hieroglyphics had on hiphop, Hiero logo & brand, his sophomore album He Think He Raw, Breaking down syllables, freestyles & writing lyrics, The music convention hosted in a San Francisco hotel where he friendly blocked off the doors & starting a cypher then Pharoahe Monch, Prince Po & others & the record executive voice messages he got all in the same day, being a author, streaming & battle rapping. Picking certain artists he wants to impress & flatter, Simulation Theory, taking pride within his art & lyrics, Hieroglyphics Third Eye Vision album & so much more!! Instagram. Guest: @casualrapgod Host: @kxnglo Podcast Network: @fromthedeskoflo @datfeelin @datfeelinpodcast

VIDEO LINK FOR VISUALS: https://youtu.be/sJtM9aINo Speech is a true southern hiphop pioneer! It’s a true honour to have a legend on the show! Lo & Speech talk his humbled beginnings. Our Scared Serial Number we all have inside us, his first solo self titled album Speech & the history with behind it, Canada, Him & Wife’s Marriage, the school they started, Speech’s also touched on his 3 part web series Hoodwinked & the update for part 3, also his award winning documentary 16 Bars, Arrested Development’s song Revolution in Spike Lee’s Malcolm X, DatFeelin’s General MRK SX, his powerful performance at Delicious Festival in South Africa & more! Instagram. Guest: Speech__ Host: @kxnglo Podcast Network: @fromthedeskoflo @datfeelin @datfeelinpodcast YouTube:https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCpZUmRu96jjP_uVaLO01VdQ

VIDEO LINK FOR VISUALS: https://youtu.be/hgF8Iy0xGWE Middle Finger Music been on roll lately so Lo has the youngest member of the roster ISAAC CASTOR! They talk abou former allius Gameboi, his past albums, changing his name to his birth name, his Middle Finger Music Debut - The Rabbithole produced by Foul Mouth, linking up with MFM, Pop culture, Video games & what can we expect to see from him this year & much much more! Instagram. Guest: @mistacastor Host: @kxnglo Podcast Network: @fromthedeskoflo @datfeelin @datfeelinpodcast