Rip City Basement

Brenboy is joined by Director/Screenplay-Writer Paul Starkman to talk about his new indie film, staring Harlem's own Arnstar. 'Wheels' is about a young DJ finding his way in music, while dealing with his family's struggles in the streets of Brooklyn. After directing several competition reality shows, Paul decided to write his debut feature film about his hometown and the culture he grew up on, and still loves to this day. Starkman is known for his craftsmanship and attention to detail, which is why it's no surprise that he chose Arnstar for the lead role as 'Max'. Along with continuing his rap career, Arnstar is also a leader in a Hip Hop dance group 'W.A.F.F.L.E Crew'. After filming 2 movies and recording a rap album, Arnstar and his crew were the winners of Golden Buzzer Award on America's Got Talent. 

Both Paul and Arnstar talk about the film through their perspectives and give us an insight on how this project came to fruition. Tap in with the dynamic duo on IG @thewheelsfilm @arnstar

In this episode, Brenboy tours a 36,000-square-foot indoor cannabis facility with Co-Founder, President & CFO, Vishal Rungta to talk about their new dispensary, extraction lab, and wholesale distribution launch.

C3 Industries is a multi-state, vertically integrated cannabis company with several product brands including the award-winning Cloud Cover Cannabis and Galactic Meds. They recently acquired a dispensary located on MLK Blvd in Portland, and will renovate and rebrand the store as High Profile Boutique Cannabis. The grand opening is planned for January 2021 and C3 plans to hire up to 15 new employees for the dispensary.

C3 launched in Oregon in Spring 2018 with a state-of-the-art cultivation facility in the St. Johns neighborhood of Portland. Within six months of opening, C3’s premium indoor flower brand, Cloud Cover Cannabis, became one of the top indoor flower brands in Oregon and is now sold in more than 150 dispensaries throughout the state.

The new Portland High Profile Boutique Cannabis dispensary will carry award-winning Cloud Cover Cannabis and Galactic Meds flower, concentrates, edibles, and vaporizers produced in C3’s facility, as well as third-party brands.

In addition to entering the Portland retail market, C3 has begun construction on a state-of-the-art extraction and distillation lab. It will produce a range of premium concentrates, cartridges and edibles under the Cloud Cover Cannabis and Galactic Meds brands.

C3 is also expanding its Oregon business model to include third-party wholesale distribution, allowing the company to provide a full suite of high-quality, curated products to its network of more than 150 retail buyers as well as its High Profile Boutique Cannabis dispensaries.

To keep up with the Cloud Cover crew..tap in on IG @cloudcovercannabis

J2wavy is from Vancouver, Washington, where a handful of young artists and are trying to all chase the dream as a professional musician. What separates him from that group, is the smooth and inviting timbre of his voice. J2wavy’s goal is to spread good vibes and create music to positively impact those who listen. In this episode, he breaks down his creative process and tells Brenboy that his dream is for his music to eventually support his parents and family members. Through relatable lyrics and catchy flows, J2wavy is here to create a world full of waves..all love, no hate! 

To keep up with the wave..tap in on Tik-Tok @j2wavy

Xaii Ku is a talented artist that is up and coming in the Portland Hip Hop scene. After moving to the city from Dallas, Xaii Ku is making a name for himself as a lyricist as well as an activist fighting through both his music and groundwork. In this episode, he talks with Brenboy about his upcoming projects and his experience in the PDX Hip Hop scene. 

DJ Arcadia Beats is a talented being who DJ’s for many community events and artists in the Portland area including La Familia Gang and Antelope Fisherman. In this episode, Arcadia’s talks about their first gig in Portland, and how they began their music career as DJ/Producer. Arcadia has an album out with Figure 8 called 'Real Dumb Bitch Hours', where each beat on the album was created by Arcadia. Brenboy and Arcadia discuss authentic expression within the creative process, and how that energy is uniquely related to the songs on their album.

HAFLife Entertainment, which includes some of PNW’s most talented artists, vibes out with Brenboy in the Rip City Basement. Co-Founder/CEO Ryan Reed walks us through the the creative process and explains how the team got linked up together. Roulette Delgato talks about how there is "something for everyone” on their new album Superhuman 2 The Evolution, along with their recent win in PDX’s Cypher in the Park competition. Kanideis shares with us their new song Cigarettes & Frappuccino’s as well as two awesome upcoming music videos to stay tuned for!  

- Kelsi Schnitter (Rip City Basement) 

2Flights$ and Skinny SC talk with Brenboy about their creative process, origins, and influences. These young self-starters have been on the grind for over a year, building an audience through their high-school and featuring on two of our RCB showcases in NE Portland. Bringing some hard-hitting energy from the grimier side of hip-hop, 2Flight$ brings the heat and lyrical wordplay designed to keep the crown jumping.  

- spectRelm (Rip City Basement)

Brenboy sits with rising PNW artist Notebook of Contempt to talk about his recent projects, along with his new connection at Burn Money Music. Since the beginning of 2019, we've been spinning Notebook's music on our radio show at 90.7FM KBOO. Along with the official press release from the station, he's been featured twice on our monthly showcase in NE Portland, where his fans show TF up and get turnt to his melodic flow and catchy hooks.