Even as TikTok faces a permanent shutdown in the US, its imaginative and vibrant community of users have remained as creative as ever. Such is the case with iMinikon, whose viral hip-hop single “I’m Tryna” serves as both a speaker-rattling rap anthem and a phlegmatic middle finger to the news of TikTok’s dubious fate. Renowned electronic producer BLVK JVCK has now arrived to pour gasoline on iMinikon’s explosive single in the form of a rip-roaring dubstep remix. Using thunderous 808s and vicious bass patches, which run roughshod through the track’s drops, BLVK JVCK delivers a mind-bending hip-hop and trap hybrid for the TikTok age. You can listen to his “ReVibe” below. Following the December 2019 release of “I’m Tryna,”...
With his rip-roaring take on trap and dubstep, DJ and producer BLVK JVCK has been making serious noise in the netherworlds of bass music for quite some time now. As a prominent Black artist in the electronic music world, he has also emerged as a staunch and outspoken advocate of the Black Lives Matter movement, recently releasing a powerful and timely music video for his single “WHVT.” Keeping the conversation around racial and social injustice alive, BLVK JVCK recently livestreamed a special performance for Insomniac‘s “One Beat” series in which all donations made were directed to the Los Angeles Urban League, an organization that “serves, educates and empowers African Americans and other minorities to secure economic self-relia...
EDM.com wishes a Happy Father’s Day not only to all the dads out there, but also the moms who took on both roles for their kids. To celebrate Father’s Day this year, we connected with some of the biggest artists in dance music, who shared their fondest memories of their father or their children. Break out the tissues because there are some tearjerkers. NGHTMRE “A few years back it somehow worked out that I was playing Sunday of EDC and it was Father’s Day! I flew him out for the weekend and had him hop on stage as a special guest for 1 song. Without thinking much about it I called him “Papa NGHTMRE” over the mic and he has since adopted the nickname. As we walked around the festival after, fans came up to ask for pictures with him! It was a great memory for both of us.” c...