Fire In Little Africa Podcast

St. Domonick (aka Vuelo) is a lead artist and executive team member for Fire In Little Africa. Dom’s swaggy balance of style and substance has earned him a large and diverse fanbase. Dom rose to prominence with a string of dope Soundcloud mixtapes and continues to raise the bar for artistry and live performance.s a true auteur and meticulously crafts each of his projects to explore a specific theme or aesthetic. His ability to expertly craft a project with regard to theme and flow make him an asset to the Fire in Little Africa executive team. His debut full-length Aurora is scheduled to drop in 2020, along with his anticipated UGK project with Hakeem Eli’Juwon.

In this episode, St. Domonick sits down with Doc and Ali to chat about his origin story as a rapper (8:40), his unique approach to artistry when crafting his albums and his Vuelo streetwear brand. They also go in depth on his role in the Fire in Little Africa project and how he learned about the Tulsa Race Massacre thanks to another Tulsa hip-hop artist (37:57).

Songs featured: New York (0:46), Gold (12:04), Lucid (23:18) and Spread Your Wings (44:12).

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Dialtone is a lead artist and executive team member for Fire in Little Africa. Dialtone is not only a rapper but a creative visionary making waves all throughout the Tulsa art scene. While Dialtone consistently puts out music that raises the bar, he still finds the time to create incredible works of visual art and regularly holds special gallery nights and pop-up events under the brand No Parking Studios.  His 2019 album Oasis became an instant classic in Tulsa upon release and features a distinct sound crafted by Fire in Little Africa producers Papa and Joe Bruner. Dialtone is a member of the World Culture Music collective.

In this episode, Dialtone meets up with Doc and Ali to discuss his hip-hop origin story, growing up in North Tulsa and his expansion to visual art with No Parking Studios. They also go in depth on Tone’s role in the Fire in Little Africa project and how meaningful the project is for Tulsa. Stay tuned after the episode to hear Dialtone’s single “Individuals [Feat. Jay Worthy]” from his album, Oasis.

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Steph Simon is one of the lead artists and a member of the executive team of the Fire In Little Africa project. A Tulsa native, Simon often refers to himself as ‘Dick Rowland’ or ‘Dicky Ro’ and says he channels the spirit of Rowland in his rhymes. He’s also the creator of World Culture Music Fest and is currently partnering with a North Tulsa school to create and implement a new hip-hop education program.

In this episode, Steph meets up with Ali and Doc to dive deep into how his music career has evolved over time (5:55). They discuss everything from the importance of Oil House, to rap battles at the Sound Pony, and through Steph’s album, Visions (38:45). Steph also talks about how Born on Black Wall Street was a precursor to FILA and how he’s tried to take a leadership role in the Tulsa hip-hop scene (51:00). Finally, stay tuned after the podcast to listen to Steph’s track “Upside” off his Born on Black Wall Street album (1:16:15).

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On this episode, Stevie “Dr. View” Johnson joins the show to discuss the origins of the Fire in Little Africa project, moving to Tulsa and a lot more. Dr. View is the Executive Producer of Fire in Little Africa, and the manager of education & diversity outreach for the American Song Archives, which encompasses the Woody Guthrie Center and Bob Dylan Center®. He earned his Ph.D from the University of Oklahoma in education administration in 2019.

In the episode, he talks about everything from how he got involved in creating this project (22:30) to the importance of recording the album in Greenwood and at the Skyline Mansion in Tulsa (37:55). He also explains some details about his own creative process (51:15) and how he first learned about the Tulsa Race Massacre (1:05:15).

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In this episode, we set the foundation for the Fire In Little Africa project with some history about Tulsa, Black Wall Street and the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre. 

The full documentary featured in this episode can be found here: https://youtu.be/3BHtKh6dluY

Special thanks to Hannibal Johnson for use of this footage. 

For more information on the project, visit Tulsa2021.org.