SXSW

One of Texas' biggest events is the latest victim of the COVID-19 scare, as Austin Mayor Steve Adler announced Friday that South by Southwest is cancelled.

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The SXUMBAG Season showcase happens at Peckerheads on 6th Street in Austin Friday night, where a lot of unsigned artists are set to perform. Trey the Choklit Jok talks to artist Javon, who will be performing at SXSW for the first time. Javon's dropped two projects this year - 'Drip Art' and 'The Seduction of Friday Foster', the latter of which was inspired by a film he watched on a flight from Lon

Cannabis Now will host SXSW’s first ever official hemp focused event called HEMP TODAY, the first SXSW Official hemp event takes places, on March 12 and 13th at The Venue on 6th Street. During the two-day educational activation, HEMP TODAY attendees will enjoy: panel discussions with professional athletes & leading industry experts, film screenings, live musical performances, and more. ... Rea

So this was my 3rd year covering SXSW and it was a different experience for me. I actually was apart of the festivities as opposed to attending them...kinda. Saturday, I was apart of a dope panel on 6th street at PeckerHeads in Austin for SXSW...

So I attended SXSW this year and may I say once again I had a blast even got a chance to sit on a panel! I also got a chance to chat with The Boy Illinois who performed at a few shows at SXSW! The past few years he's been working. According to XXL Magazine in addition to his last few projects he's dropped in 2015 and in 2017 this year he plans to drop 2 albums...

Grammy-nominated producer Ryan Leslie who is appearing at SXSW 18 in Austin called Trey the Choklit Jok to talk about the death of Craig Mack, his hits he produced and his new technology called Smartphone!   South By Southwest dedicates itself to helping creative people achieve their goals. Fou... Read More ...

We all know one of the themes in Austin is to "Keep Austin Weird" and let me tell you... they did not disappoint! LOL... Check out the weird shh I saw over the past few days while on the way to different SXSW festivities: 7) I think this picture speaks for itself what is he thinking tho:   6) The Hoverboarding Preacher LOL: 5) This isn't necessarily weird it's actually cool, as I said I

So while I am attending all these shows with artists who are signed to major record labels I am also checking out a few showcases where unsigned artists are performing. After all, the artists signed were once hungry artists trying to get it...

Last year was the first time I experienced SXSW and let me just say the experience was great! This year, I had more knowledge about how to tackle things. Get to stuff EARLY. Your going to smell weed. (That's not always a bad thing lol) And you are going to see weird stuff...