Friday, December 5, 2008
Music news Who said hip-hop was dead? Jax lives!
Posted by Rodney Carmichael @Rappin_Rodney on Fri, Dec 5, 2008 at 6:54 PM
Even in death, Christopher "Jax" Thurston affirms that the spirit of hip-hop lives and breathes.
This week's CL cover story on Atlanta underground hip-hop legend and Binkis Recs founder Jax — who collapsed on stage and died while performing at Lenny's Bar on the morning of Nov. 4 — is expanded online to include excerpts of exclusive interviews with:
- Craig "Flux" Singleton — Binkis Recs' co-founder and Jax's best friend
- Phife Dawg of A Tribe Called Quest and DJ Rasta Roots — who collaborated with Jax
- DJ Drama — Binkis Recs' first DJ before he went on to form the Aphilliates and create Gangsta Grillz
- Cognito of Massinfluence — who hired Jax at the now-closed record store Fat Beats and performed with him regularly as part of Atlanta's late ’90/early 2000s underground massive
- Jayforce — host of 89.3's (WRFG-FM) Beatz & Lyrics show
- Señor Kaos — Jax's protégé
- Lisa Thurston — Jax's newlywed wife of two and a half months
- Mr. and Mrs. Thurston — Jax's parents of Queens, NY
Other features include:
- Exclusive music — Jax Forever King MP3 mix by Binkis Recs' DJ Mafioso
- YouTube footage — including Jax's video for "Who's Jax"
- Links to Jax tributes — aired on 89.3's Beatz & Lyrics show and 89.9's (WKCR-FM in New York) Smash Radio
The story also includes quotes from DJ and underground hip-hop tastemaker Bobbito. If you never knew anything about Jax — or Atlanta's other hip-hop scene — get familiar.
R.I.P. Jax Forever King. Hip-hop lives.
Download Jax's solo catalog and Binkis Recs' catalog at iTunes.
(Photo courtesy Craig Singleton)
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