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About
Newport News, Virginia's Awon Lavar Robertson — indie rapper, jazz-rap traditionalist, a regular on the Phoniks/Don't Sleep Records boom-bap circuit and one of the most reliable purist MCs in the modern small-press underground. The 'Knowledge of Self' and 'Return to the Golden Era' projects are the entry points; the deeper catalog stays committed to dusty-fingers production and conscious lyricism in a way that sounds ageless rather than retro.
Tracks featured on snoopspecial
2 tracks of theirs made it onto 4 snoopspecial playlists , spanning 2016–2020. Each one was sequenced into a mix by hand — no algorithmic suggestions, no auto-recommendations.
- (Official) Real Hip Hop (Prod. by Phoniks) off the 'Dephacation' Album WK: When Jazz and Rap Unite #317 (2020) Year In Review 2017 (2018)
- Real Hip Hop (Prod. Phoniks) Year In Review 2017 (2018) Your Top Songs 2017 (2017) Weekend Kickoff - Mar 2017 (2016)