Dessa Darling

Top 20 best Minnesota rappers: The complete list

Related:Cover Story: How Rhymesayers set up the Soundset FestivalTop 20 best Minnesota musicians: The complete listTop 20 best Minnesota songs: The complete listIn 2012, rap music is as definitive a part of Minnesota lore as the Mall of America -- or anything else Muja Messiah name-checks in "Leech ... More >>

Top 20 best Minnesota rappers: #10-1

Related:Top 20 best Minnesota rappers: #20-11How Rhymesayers set up the Soundset FestivalTop 20 best Minnesota musicians: The complete listTop 20 best Minnesota songs: The complete list10> Mictlan Origin: Minneapolis/Hopkins/Los Angeles | Active: 2001 - present | Songs: "Prizefight," "Game Over, ... More >>

Dirty Donuts: Who's behind this guerrilla doughnut operation?

About eight months ago, a strange new Twitter handle began getting mentions from local hip-hop artists."if you live in the twin cities and you like doughnuts and/or anarchy, you need to follow @drrtydonutz now," tweeted Astronautalis a.k.a. Andy Bothwell. From Doomtree, simply: "Dirty Donuts." Bef ... More >>

Sh*t Doomtree fans say -- so sick/crazy

"Profile photo."​Thomas "@iheartmpls" Stinchfield has tapped into the nearly dessicated reservoir of ideas for a "Shit ______ Say" meme eating away at our brains and bandwidth. His inspiration: fans of the Twin Cities' hip-hop collective Doomtree. And he even sprung for a fitted cap and the bandan ... More >>

Best Music Writing 2011 anthology includes honorable mention for piece by Dessa

​The latest edition of De Capo's annual Best Music Writing anthology just dropped, and in addition to the 32 essays published in this year's book they have published an extensive list of honorable mentions. One of those mentions, in particular, caught our attention: the essay "Dessa Reflects on He ... More >>

Kristoff Krane nixes hip-hop cliches

Hunting for Father reveals MC to be daring and visionary

This week's "Best of Hot Dish"

While we await news of Lindsey Vonn's fate, check out some non sports injury-related news we brought you this week.

Dessa music videos featured on MySpace, the Current's site

The Doomtree crew member is gearing up for her solo release.

McNally Smith hip-hop program featured in the New York Times

Way to spill the beans on Dessa's real name, New York Times.

Freddy Fresh joins faculty at McNally Smith

The hip-hop diploma program fleshes out its staff.

Doomtree Discography and Notes: 2001-2009

2001[not really Doomtree] Building Better Bombs, Bottle Rocket single, 100 black discs limited edition [no label][not really Doomtree] Building Better Bombs, I Will Burn mini CD [no label][not really Doomtree] Cenospecies, In Definition (Peak Records), 2001: "Hip Hop"Note: Here's probably the firs ... More >>

Dessa, Steve Marsh and Jeremy Messersmith post promo videos

Dessa announces book reading at the Guthrie

Doomtree, Solid Gold, and Vampire Hands deftly dot Minneapolis's music timeline in '08

Crack open our Twin Cities Local Music Yearbook and reminisce on an effed-up year

Dessa Darling becomes Professor Dessa

Straight Outta Grumpy's

MC/VL hit the sweet spot between rapping with a sense of humor and rapping as a joke

Too Much Is Never Enough

Two Shows, Forty Local Bands

Dance with me

Watch Where You're Going with that Stereotype

Two Hundred Twenty-Four Ballots...and No Hanging Chads!

Picked to Click Pollsters cast their votes

Verse Versus Verse

The Minnesota poetry slam team girds for battle