Oh Dang! Magazine proudly presents:
PACIFIC DIVISION
THE JACKA
BAMBU
NIKO VILLAMOR
& HOPIE SPITSHARD

With DJ Charlie Darker. Hosted by Mikey Manifest and Enoch. You gotta come check out this dope lineup and get down with your friends. Doors open at 9pm and the show starts at 10pm. It’s a mere $15 at the door or $10 for the first 160 people on guestlist. See ya there!

Hit up arjay@ohdangmag.com to get on guestlist!

Today marks the release of Hopie Spitshard’s solo debut album The Diamond Dame. The Diamond Dame is 13 original tracks written by Hopie and produced by 6Fingers and features Del the Funky Homosapien, Bambu (Native Guns), Topkat, EyeASage, Kid Static and Smigg Dirtee! The album is great and the ladies and I have been listening to it on repeat at M.I.S.S. Crew HQ. Last week we had the chance to sit down with Hopie to talk about her influences, how she got her start and what it’s like to be a woman rapping in a male-dominated industry.

When did you start rapping and how did you realize you were an MC?
Well I first started rapping at age 11. I wrote my first rap, but it was really bad. Haha. But it all started at Great America - they used to have a karaoke booth where they would record you and give you a tape. So it was three of my friends, we go to Great America, and of course we do TLC “Waterfall” where I’m Left-eye. The rest of it sounded like crap, but when I came on I sounded exactly like her. So I was all, “Oh Shit, maybe I could be a rapper.” Ever since then, I’ve just been writing.

Read the rest of the interview and get an exclusive free download after the jump . . .

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