A HIP HOP DIAMOND IN THE ROUGH

The city of bridges is what Pittsburgh, PA stands for, with 446 of them to call their own. But for me there has been one bridged gap Pittsburgh has connected with us here in Ottawa. The extradition of Jay ”Cashtro Crosby” Williams. Son of a local record store owner (Reggae Emporium) and ClearChannel Music Director, I can understand why music saved him whenever he had a bad day.

We rarely meet hidden stars like Cashtro in this city. The ones who’s real reason for being on earth is to entertain and enrich us with their music. Having branded himself in his high school days after the Cuban dictator Fidel Castro, is only right we follow his lead. His style is hereditary, the kind so unique rappers from throughout will try to jack it. “I stick out like a sore thumb because of my accent, it sticks,” he proudly states. This is why nothing about Cashtro is ordinary. He listens to everything from B-More to Electro, Reggae to Techno, from Justice to Amy Winehouse to our very own leader Maestro Fresh Wes.
All this flavor boxed up in a CD is what his most anticipated mixtape brings you. The Crosby Show is set to unleash in Ottawa with 27 songs formulated with style, skills and swagg backed up by some of the best production your ears will hear. This is all because besides, being his own best manager the Cashtro Crosby Show contains 70% of Mr. Cashtro’s own production.
“Im tying to make my own name, Im not gonna do what you heard. I plan to make the music people wanna hear.” With that said he and DJ Mes got to work on the Triple B Project. The B’s represent the best of both borders and for sure bridges together his rap extraordinaries, from here to Pittsburgh.
Check him out October 9th at Babylon for the Crosby Show Release Party. He’s got everyone from DJ Drastik to his partner in crime DJ Mes bringing you a Crosby night.

He’s been bombarding your Facebook message box for a reason. He acknowledges and understands why 60% of his buzz is because of the internet. “Im such a big nerd. I read a lot, blogging is the most informational thing to do today. Is not a dread for me to type something about music,” these are the words of a MC who knows what it takes to withstand this business. “Nothing is wrong with hip hop, I just think I haven’t been exposed to the world.” This is why if you heard of Cashtro was at any show, he was there, cool and collected but ready to rip the MIC and bridge you to the sounds he is and represents.

Some of us children of Hip Hop may argue Hip Hop is dead, but if it is, then this is just because Cashtro Crosby hasn’t been let out the box yet!

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