Sac State's Union Ballroom was transformed for Cap City Culture on Thursday night. Some of the highlights of the evening were a DJ scratchfest with some of the top local DJs, a performance by the Beatbox world champion, Butterscotch, sets from the top 3 finalists of "America's Got Talent,"  and a break dance competition.                         

Over the last few years, the term "hip hop is dead," has been thrown around more than the neighborhood football. In an age of technology where making a simple beat with a bootlegged audio production application and altering your voice with Auto-Tune in order to sound like T-Pain is enough to get "bedroom rappers/producers/djs" signed, it's no wonder people are beginning to feel like the art is lost. While most people are tossing around this insult to hip hop, few are offering any sort of solution. I say few, because there are some purists out there who are putting in the effort, energy and time to study where hip hop started, where it has been and where it is going. He calls for somethin

Phatso of the Sacramento breakdance crew, Legendary Steps local breaker Buckingham hosted the "What's the Scenario?" 2-on-2 b-boy battle Saturday at the Washington Community Center at D and 16th Streets. The grand prize for the event was entrance into Loose Screws 11, an invitation-only battle for $2,000 in Atlanta, Ga., on Feb. 20. "What's the Scenario" hosted more than 50 two-man crews. The professional and amateur duos were vying to reach the top 32 spots in the main event. Local crews such as Flexible Flave, Legendary Steps, The Outsiders and Underground Flow advanced to the second round. For Sacramento b-boys and b-girls, these local heroes did not fail to impress. Some of the tea

Social worker, event planner, and occasional singer/rapper Aria Des Jardins scheduled KRS-One to perform a benefit concert Monday night when she heard that the Washington Neighborhood Center was facing total closure. The center has been supportive of Sacramento's hip hop community and had held many hip hop concerts, she explained. "Hip hop is about people, things that don't have anything to do with entertainment," said Eric Duran, associate advocate for the Temple of Hiphop. The organization was formed by emcee and peace advocate KRS-One, who is known for his Stop the Violence campaign as well as his efforts pioneering hip hop culture. Sacramento's young people proved that they would hav