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AWKWORD ft. Akir & Y-Love “The People’s Champions 2” [DON’T SLEEP!]

“The People’s Champions – Part II” by Rapper/Activist AWKWORD, produced by Trilian of Serbia and featuring fellow raptivists AKIR and Y-Love, is the sequel to “The People’s Champions”, produced by Harry Fraud and featuring Shabaam Sahdeeq, Punchline and Killarmy’s Beretta 9, which appeared on AWKWORD’s DJBooth-sponsored 100% for-charity global Hip Hop album World View. “The…

August 16, 2014
AWKWORD “Go!” (Slim K Slowdown) ft. Joell Ortiz, Slug & Maya Azucena (Prod. by Domingo) [DON’T SLEEP!]

The Slim K Slowdown of AWKWORD’s hit-single “Go!” will appear on the free bonus disc dropping a month afterÂ World View, AWKWORD’s 100% For-Charity Global Hip Hop Project available February 2, 2014, via The DJ Booth and Variation Music (Switzerland). The original “Go!”, a top-15 song on the college radio charts and a DJBooth Editors Pick,…

January 23, 2014
AWKWORD “Dedication” ft. Centri (Prod. by Dismas [Romania] x Trilian [Serbia])

Hip Hop/Rap Artist, Activist and Sociologist AWKWORD is the mastermind behind World View, the first-ever 100% for-charity global hip hop project, sponsored by DJ Booth (DJBooth.net) and The Morgan Stanley Foundation. Featuring contributions from EVERY Continent and EIGHTEEN (18) Countries, showcasing our interconnectedness created through Hip Hop culture and rap music. All proceeds from World…

December 23, 2013
AWKWORD “Go!” ft. Joell Ortiz, Slug (of Atmosphere) & Maya Azucena (Prod. by Domingo)

A deep new song about perseverance, survival and success… Co-signed by the legendary Chuck D of Public Enemy.

December 3, 2013
AWKWORD “Throw Away The Key” [VIDEO]

“Throw Away The Key” is more than just a cry for prison reform — it is an attack on the entire system of inequality and injustice that is merely exemplified by the racist, classist inequalities in policing and sentencing. Mass Incarceration, Recidivism, Profiling, Stop And Frisk, Police Brutality (e.g., Tremaine McMillian) and Fatality (e.g., Oscar…

August 7, 2013
AWKWORD “Penny” (Prod. by Dismas of Romania) [DOPE!]

This is a song about a failed relationship and a girl named “Penny”. Produced by Dismas of Romania and featuring NYC rapper AWKWORD, the song premiered July 28, 2013 as part of the “Sunete Sub.Sol Mixtape, Vol. 4”. It will also appear on AWKWORD’s new project “World View”, a charitable release, due out later this…

August 1, 2013
AWKWORD “#AaronSwartz” ft. L*A*W (Prod. by Steel Tipped Dove) [DEEP!]

As we have seen with the passing of Capital Steez and Freddy E this past year alone, we have a mental health and suicide issue in Hip Hop. HipHopDX, AllHipHop, Rap Rehab and others have written on it in 2013. And this is representative of a larger trend in America, with a suicide occurring every…

July 12, 2013
The Militia & Curtessy “Memory Lane” ft. AWKWORD [DOPE!]

New dope track featuring AWKWORD from The Militia and Curtessy off their new EP titled “Look What They Streets Made”.

May 24, 2013
Tha Soloist “Words” ft. AWKWORD [DON’T SLEEP!]

This joint from Tha Soloist & AWKWORD is tight. As a Kevin Nottingham world premiere, you can imagine this video received it’s fair share of plays and has been trending all across the net. Check it out and see why.

May 2, 2013
AWKWORD ft. SoulStice, Ess Vee & CuzOH! Black “Requiem (A Slim K C&S Remix)” (Prod. by ATG)

With molly and promethazine syrup taking over the Hip Hop scene and defining the image and work of many major artists, this is a timely sarcastic pro-drug-slash-drug-PSA song, now so fittingly purple-ized by Slim K. The song features production from ATG; guest verses from Ess Vee, as well as SoulStice and CuzOH! Black; and a…

April 11, 2013
Tenacity & AWKWORD “Rap Journals” (Prod. by Tranzformer)

SON! This track needs no introduction but I’ll give you a run down… Tenacity and AWKWORD do justice to this Tranzformer beat!!

March 8, 2013
AWKWORD ft. MarQ Spekt, T.Shirt & Kel Spencer “Before Before” (Prod. by King P) [DON’T SLEEP]

The latest to come out of AWKWORD’s camp is the track “Before Before” featuring MarQ Spekt, T.Shirt & Kel Spencer, produced by King P out of the UK and features cuts from Norway’s The White Shadow. This track is available on Bandcamp on a NAME YOUR OWN PRICE basis with every purchase going 100% to…

February 4, 2013
AWKWORD “Hate Me Now (Anne Hathaway)”

And here’s a preview of another new track from AWKWORD called “Hate Me Now (Anne Hathaway)”. Be on the lookout for the full version coming soon!

January 22, 2013
AWKWORD ft. Wordsmith, Jasiri X, Jus Daze & Capital X â€œNotoriousâ€ (Prod. by Amin PaYnE) [DOPE!]

On the latest single off AWKWORDâ€™s forthcoming DJBooth-sponsored 100% for-charity global Hip Hop project World View, up-and-coming Australian producer Amin PaYnE re-flips the original Duran Duran â€œNotoriousâ€ sample for a song inspired by the stabbings and shootings that took place across the country at the premieres for the Biggie biopic of the same name. The…

January 15, 2013
AWKWORD “Throw Away The Key (No More Prisons)” [DEEP!]

America doesnâ€™t do anything in moderation. When weâ€™re thirsty we grab a 64-ounce Double Big Gulp, when we watch TV we flip on a 72-inch HD, and when it comes to locking people up, weâ€™re not just number one, we crush the competition. There are currently more than 2 million people incarcerated in the U.S.…

July 30, 2012