Kenneth Masters and I have been in San Francisco all Summer, so we were happy that a little Portland came our way in the form of pigWar, the Portland-based funk band led by our friend Teddy Presberg. pigWar's mini West coast tour stopped at the Boom Boom Room in San Francisco, where Kenneth Masters joined them on stage to drop a rhyme.
Black Boy Awesome (BBA) started as a response to the suppression of hip hop in Portland, Oregon where hip hop shows are regularly shut down by the police.
Today, BBA is more than a reaction, it is a record label. Now based in Oakland, California, BBA releases the music of Kenneth Masters, collaborating musicians and artists, and releases great works of hip hop on limited edition vinyl.
