Music Matters and Watts’ finest is spreading the word this fall.

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As Tech N9ne Collabos Welcome To Strangeland continues to build a buzz, Jay Rock prepares to join Tech N9ne, Krizz Kaliko, and Kutt Calhoun on The Lost Cities Tour.  The tour, which stretches from 9/29 -11/22, promises to bring fans yet another spectacular show from the best Strange Music artists.

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In this episode of The Road Home: On Tour With Jay Rock, Jay talks about the last tour he was on, which also happened to be his first with Strange Music: The Independent Grind Tour.

Jay describes the tour and the intense workload that it presented and how it helped him advance as an artist.

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Capturing the excitement and energy of a live Jay Rock performance may not be the easiest thing, but IShootReno.com certainly brought fans the next best thing with some of their professional photography.  Shooting live at the Knitting Factory in Reno, NV, the website recently released a small gallery of exclusive photos from Jay’s performance during the All 6′s And 7′s Tour.  With some West Coast attitude and a whole lot of stage presence, these images could become some of Jay’s most iconic.

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Taking his brand of West Coast hip hop on the road, Jay Rock has been lighting up the stage on the All 6′s And 7′s Tour this summer.  Continue reading

Closing in on the official release date for Follow Me Home, Jay Rock has been nearly everywhere lately.  Fans and critics alike can’t seem to get enough of the West Coast MC, who has a story to match his rugged rhymes. Speaking with Yaya Martinez, Jay took some time to discuss the release of his new album, his work with Black Hippy, and the relationship that he has built with Strange Music.

Tech N9ne even joined in with his thoughts on Jay Rock and Follow Me Home, revealing that the two MCs have a stellar collaboration on the album. Fans can catch that collaboration and much more on Jay Rock’s Follow Me Home when it drops on July 26.

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As if the release of Tech N9ne’s album, All 6’s And 7’s, isn’t enough to have fans excited about summer, Strange Music proudly announces TECH N9NE PRESENTS: ALL 6’S AND 7’S – THE TOUR. This highly anticipated tour, Tech’s first since last year’s Independent Grind Tour, spans over 65 shows from coast-to-coast and is sure to be in a city near you. Continue reading

While on the triumphant homecoming stretch of the Independent Grind Tour, we had a chance to catch up with Jay Rock between his autograph signings for the meet and greet session at the Uptown Theater in Kansas City.  Fresh off of his first tour with Strange Music, the experience proved to be eye-opening for the Watts MC and we were there to get his thoughts.

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How does a group of independent hustlers burn time in between shows?  Here’s a clip we retrieved from the road on the Independent Grind Tour of Jay Rock and labelmates throwing the football around and engaging in friendly shit-talking banter during their downtime.  Filmed by Big Scoob, this is a humerous glimpse of grown men acting like kids and just having fun.  At 3:41 Jay Rock displays his fence-jumping skills.  Jay Rock hops the fence with ease causing Big Scoob to remark: ”Hey Rock, that’s that Watts shit, huh!? That nigga’s been in somebody’s house!”

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