“We literally started together, we changed the world together, we changed ourselves together, we traveled the world together. We released incredible music, and then he moved to Los Angeles,” Paiva says.

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Orlando hip-hop

Home-grown hip-hop duo Niko Is and Thanks Joey on stage in Orlando together for the first time in years

Orlando hip-hop mainstay TektheINTERN releases eclectic and impressive new album

Curren$y wants you to get loose at Orlando’s Abbey this week

Orlando’s DJ Jaymob launches ambitious new vinyl series ‘The Wax Addicts’ this week

Commission Beer Chamber releases third volume in mixtape series spotlighting Orlando hip-hop

Orlando indie rapper Marco Dupa steps into a new lane with political EP ‘Fallen Idols’

Hear an older and wiser Earl Sweatshirt at the Plaza Live this week

Nerdcore rapper Mega Ran plays a free show at Orlando Public Library

Orlando hip-hop boundary-pushers Shinobi Stalin and Tek the Intern release new collaborative album

Curry Ford West’s Commission Beer Chamber releases Orlando hip-hop mixtape

Blueprint and Mugs + Pockets bring a night of stellar hip-hop to Orlando’s Iron Cow

Crucial Orlando hip-hop showcase Master of Ceremony is the move for this Saturday

Orlando hip-hop adventurers Sean Shakespeare and Eighth Letter unite as DNA on new self-titled album

Orlando producer My Good Phelo releases bold new beats album ‘Elevate’

Orlando artist Healboi Bedside releases outer-limits hip-hop album ‘Serene Exile’

Everything we saw at Dizzlephunk’s annual Shoe and Sock Drive at Grape and the Grain

Busta Rhymes is bringing the bus-a-bus to Orlando’s House of Blues next year

Lil Jon to DJ in Orlando on the last Friday of 2023

Nelly is coming to Mango’s Tropical Cafe on I-Drive later in October

Orlando rapper-producer Okito releases sequel to 2020 album ‘Dystopian Heart’