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Behind the voices of two Midwestern hip-hop artists<\/h5>\n
Words by Lauren Manecke<\/span><\/em>
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<\/iframe><\/p>\nThe words \u201crap\u201d and \u201chip-hop\u201d tend to have a negative connotation to them. People want to associate those types of music with sex, money and drugs \u2013 but it\u2019s more than that, it\u2019s feelings. And for two hip-hop artists from Minneapolis, their music is like a mix-tape: different types of songs and artists put together in one city and state. These rappers are Antonio Fixx and Stylz.<\/p>\nRapping since a young age, Fixx and Stylz have found their voice in the music industry right here in the Midwest, and they do it through storytelling.<\/p>\n\u201cHip-hop should come from the heart,\u201d Fixx said. \u201cIt\u2019s what you actually sit down and think about and what you are going through. If it\u2019s not written and it\u2019s not life events, I\u2019m not going to feel it that much.\u201d<\/p>\nThose strong feelings of hip-hop started for Stylz when he was thirteen. Stylz and his grandfather went to a Martin Luther King event in North Minneapolis where a Christian hip-hop group was performing. As a thirteen-year-old boy, Stylz didn\u2019t know what to expect. In fact, he had doubts…until they started to perform.<\/p>\n\u201cThey got up there and started doing Christian hip-hop, which I\u2019ve never heard of before,\u201d Stylz said. \u201cI thought \u2018these guys are dope as hell.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\nLittle did Stylz know, attending that performance would be the start of his career.<\/p>\nFixx\u2019s story is a little different. His rapping career began in downtown Minneapolis with him taking off his shirt and getting on stage. As a beginning hip-hop artist, he was doing the most to get comfortable and try to make a good impression on the crowd, which led to his first instinct being to take his shirt off. Once he calmed down and started rapping, his performance went smoothly and he knew this was the career for him. He also learned that you don\u2019t have to take your shirt off to be comfortable or to have the crowd feel you, but rather you need to let yourself feel the music.<\/p>\nStylz and Fixx believe they can be a voice for those who aren\u2019t ready to tell their stories yet. One of those instances is through their latest song, \u201cPages.\u201d It has two points of views \u2013 both true and heart-wrenching.<\/p>\n\u201c\u2018Pages\u2019 was inspired by a true story told by two different people,\u201d Stylz said. \u201cOne side is from a kid whose brother was just recently murdered in the streets of North Minneapolis, and that verse talks about everything he is going through after his brother died. The other perspective in the song is coming from the guy who killed the kid\u2019s brother and the guilt that is eating him alive.\u201d<\/p>\nIt\u2019s these true stories that make Stylz and Fixx\u2019s hip-hop music unique. 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