If you enjoy blabbing about hip-hop (or blabbing in general) and would like to showcase your blabbing skills on The Rap Up, shoot us an email to begin the hazing process. I can’t promise you a six-figure salary or 72 virgins, since my boss tripped on the recession and landed on my measly paycheck. AIG execs very welcome.
UPDATE: Holy Jebus! Far too many emails to keep up. You guys are truly awesome.
Hey TRUbians, Yak Ballz has a special message for you. Thanks to your overabundance of generosity, he’s now the King of College Hip-Hop or something. At any rate, he won…something and it was all (OK, mainly) because of your votes. Further proof that TRUbians are the best.
Skillz’ Rap Up EP is now available on iTunes for only $1.99. Or you can just get it here for $Free.99. Either way, support The Rap Up or Skillz will melt your brain with a dictionary.
Last month, I called for newsletter sign-ups. Many of you responded kindly, and I’ve been thinking of ways to thank you since then. If you’re a current TRU Newsletter subscriber, I have good news for you.
To show my appreciation for your subscription, I’ll send you a little token of gratitude which I will not disclose here. So, if you’re already on my list you don’t really have to do anything. Just sit back and keep an eye open for an email from yours truly. Your gift will arrive within the next 1 hour (12 midnight CT).
Oh, if you’re not a subscriber and would like to receive the small token, it’s not too late. Sign up between now and midnight and the gift is all yours. Enjoy!
UPDATE: Signed, Sealed, and Delivered. Thanks!
Good news, The Rap Up Newsletter is back in full swing. It’s free and only takes a few minutes, so sign up and let TRU come to you. (Sign-up form is on the right of your screen, above the Focus box)
But if you’re not into newsletters, you can always subscribe through the RSS feed.
Either way, thank you.
- Rizoh
The Rap Up kicked off as a messageboard in 2003. After being inspired by O.G. hip-hop heads like Clyde, O-Dub, Ian (even though we disagree on damn near everything), and Hashim, I decided to re-launch TRU as a blog exactly three years ago today. The good folks at Rawkus Records liked what they saw and invited TRU to the Rawkus Network last August.
2 million visits, 4.5 million page views, and thousands of sleepless nights later, here we are. It’s been a wonderful ride and I wouldn’t trade it for anything. Of course, TRU is nathan without the devoted readers. So, extra super special shoutout to everyone whoever logged on, commented, cross-linked, blogrolled, or bookmarked the site and then forgot to check their bookmarks. Thanks to the folks who held me down all these years, my good friends Ivan, Eskay, Randy Roper, John Gotty, Enigmatik, khal, SB, and whoever else I’m forgetting right now and will have to apologize to later. I’m especially grateful to the readers who hit me up every now and then with the email subject “NEW SH*T” or just to say that they appreciate little things like Cuban Linx and Rizoh’s Radio. You know who you are. You guys are my strength.
Let’s keep the movement moving.
