Utah artist DonteSoulPepper joins the Hip Hop Drip to SpeakOnIt
December 30, 2019
On December 5th, Berto and Tyki sat down to chop it up with North Salt Lake rapper and NBA Twitter troll, DonteSoulPepper. In this interview, we listen and discuss the making of Donte’s EP SpeakOnIt. During the interview, we joke and share stories from nights working at Buffalo Wild Wings, old twee...
A Visually Interesting Show from Wednesday 13
December 20, 2019
Wednesday 13 played a show at The Royal on December 10th with Static-X as the headliner. The other openers were Davey Suicide and Society One. All bands gave a fantastic show that got the crowd completely energized! This was on the "Static-X-Mas Tour," which in itself is an amazing name for a holiday tour. The ...
A Hip Hop Christmas: holiday songs for all
December 17, 2019
December is in full swing and as they say, ‘tis the season for Christmas music. These days Christmas music is so prevalent that you may become sick of it quite easily. Luckily, hip hop artists bring their refreshing takes to Christmas tunes every year. When you ask someone who sings their favori...
Artist Spotlight: Armani White
December 13, 2019
Getting to know Armani White Armani White is a rapper born and raised in Philadelphia. He has come at the rap game with storm and is slowly climbing up from scratch. Just this year he had 2.7 million streams, mainly from his album Keep In Touch. Which was dropped on November 6, 2019 yet pulled in most of his str...
Remembering Juice WRLD
December 10, 2019
On December 8th, yet another tragedy struck the hip hop world. Chicago artist Juice WRLD passed away due to a seizure and cardiac arrest at the age of 21. Juice was returning to his hometown after touring across the world and living his best life. He seemed to be on top of the world and had everything...
360 Degree Video and Sneak Peak into Country?! No Way!
December 6, 2019
New Country Great new music has recently launched from the country scene! Jason Aldean released 9 from Broken Bow Records on November 22. Carly Pearce and Lee Brice released multiple videos for their single "I Hope You're Happy Now" from Big Machine Label Group on September 27. Multiple videos have be...
Concert Review: Illenium – The Ascend Tour
Abbey Nelson, EDM Producer
December 4, 2019
On Friday, November 22nd, EDM artist Illenium (real name Nick Miller) brought his Ascend Tour to the Saltair in Magna, Utah. Special guests Dabin and William Black performed before Illenium took the stage. Both supporting artists did an amazing job hyping up the crowd. The audience danced the whole ti...
Toronto RnB heavyweights make their return
December 4, 2019
As you’ve heard many times at this point, 2019 can be considered a slower year for hip hop/R&B. One city that has considerably lowered their musical output is Toronto, with their mainstream artists not dropping much this year. Luckily for us, Toronto RnB artists PARTYNEXTDOOR and The Weeknd are making their return j...
Concert review: EarthGang (11/19/19)
December 2, 2019
On November 19th, Atlanta’s EarthGang made their way to Salt Lake City for their Welcome to Mirrorland tour. Pittsburgh based rapper, Benji., kicked off the show, setting the energy bar high for Guapdad4000 and EarthGang to follow. Benji. blew me away. He steadily gained momentum throughout his se...
Meet the man behind the beats: SLC’s Heather Grey
Jameson Williams and Tyki Rose
November 29, 2019
Recently Hip Hop Drip DJs Tyki and JMO welcomed 24 year old music producer Heather Grey to K-UTE Radio. The guys learn the origin story for his pseudonym and get to know each other while sharing some laughs. We also fit in some time to discuss his newest project, A Mosaic, which just dropped the da...
Concert Review with Plain White T’s, New Politics, and The Mowgli’s
Ashlee McBride
November 27, 2019
The Plain White T’s made a headlining appearance in Salt Lake City at The Complex on Sunday the 17th, along with bands New Politics and The Mowgli's. The night was full of high energy fans and great musical performances. New Politics impressed with their high energy and effortlessness on stage. ...
Album review: Chixtape V by Tory Lanez
Kyle Atkinson and Roberto Elguera
November 27, 2019
It’s finally the time all Tory Lanez fans have been waiting for; Chixtape V is here! After the 2017 release of Chixtape IV, we’ve had an array of projects including Memories Don’t Die, Fargo Friday (Season 2), and Love Me Now?. These projects have allowed Tory to display to a wider audience his v...
Roberto Elguera is a senior at the University of Utah majoring in Communications with an emphasis in journalism. He hosts the Hip Hop Drip and writes articles on the latest news in music for K-UTE. Connect...
Tyki Rose is a senior in the department of Philosophy at the University of Utah with a passion for music and writing. He is Director of Hip Hop and EDM for kuteradio.org, a contributor for music culture...
Writer/DJ
Originally from Concord, North Carolina, I made my way to Salt Lake City just over three years ago and have since settled in and resumed studies at the University of Utah. My passion for music transcends...