Slay the Mic

08/22/2024

✨ Exciting events coming up! 🎥 Join us on August 22nd at for a movie screening at 7 PM. 🎉 On August 23rd, we’re at for Rocky Palooza from 5-8 PM, then keep the party going with from 9 PM - 2 AM for a Summer Send Off! 🎶 And don’t miss the Juvenile Concert at on August 31st at 7 PM. See you there! 👋

07/24/2024

This summer we had the opportunity to host two CAYLA Interns Tajaunie Chaplain and Melissa Grijalva-Vásquez. Each year we always have amazing interns from CAYLA and this year was no different! Melissa and Tajaunie creative and unique personalities brought new and vivid ideas to our space! Love you both and have a wonderful new school year! You are always welcomed to come back to the studio ❤️

07/23/2024

Tonight at , July 23rd.

THE WAKE: A Hip-Hop Showcase
📅 When?:
Tuesday - July 23rd, 2024 - 7PM
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🎚️🎛️ DJ Support by:
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06/04/2024

✨ ARTIST SPOTLIGHT ✨ Paula Dofat is a motivational speaker, HBCU advocate, debt-free degree activist, and award-winning former college counselor with over 20 years of experience. She is the founder of Cut College Costs LLC/HBCU Money Guide, the only scholarship database specifically for future and current HBCU students, and the creator of the viral “Free Degree Tea” Instagram series. Paula was also featured in Fox Searchlight’s documentary, STEP.
💡 Paula’s mission goes beyond simply advocating for debt-free degrees. She is deeply passionate about guiding students toward achieving their college dreams without the burden of debt.
👉🏼 Featured Event: STEP Film Screening & Paula Dofat in conversation with Slay The Mic’s Elizabeth Lashay Garland () | Friday, June 7 at 7:45pm, Wortham Center (Wortham Center for the Performing Arts

✨ ARTIST SPOTLIGHT ✨ Paula Dofat is a motivational speaker, HBCU advocate, debt-free degree activist, and award-winning former college counselor with over 20 years of experience. She is the founder of Cut College Costs LLC/HBCU Money Guide, the only scholarship database specifically for future and current HBCU students, and the creator of the viral “Free Degree Tea” Instagram series. Paula was also featured in Fox Searchlight’s documentary, STEP.

💡 Paula’s mission goes beyond simply advocating for debt-free degrees. She is deeply passionate about guiding students toward achieving their college dreams without the burden of debt.

👉🏼 Featured Event: STEP Film Screening & Paula Dofat in conversation with Slay The Mic’s Elizabeth Lashay Garland () | Friday, June 7 at 7:45pm, Wortham Center ()

04/27/2024

Today!!! Come join the Reparations Commission of Asheville in a Community Reparations Jamboree at Pack Square ✨🌻

03/09/2024

Mark the Calendars 📆 Louisiana Heat is coming to the mountains 🥵⛰️

Boosie will be performing live Saturday, March 23rd

Get your tickets 🎫 https://silveradoswnc.com

02/28/2024

We’ve been using CURBAN on CURBAN in random sentences since GloRilla released “Yeah Glo”

02/24/2024

Tune in THIS SATURDAY February 24 from 7-10pm as we honor our Cousin during Stank Free Radio Legacy. We’ll be visited by some very special guests, including current Asheville FM DJs and some fan favorites from years past, and music specially curated to honor Cousin TL. Phone lines will be open! Peace, two fingers.

Rest in peace to Cousin TL, award-winning Asheville FM radio host, mentor, and beloved community figure here in Asheville. For the last decade, many folks in Asheville and around the country spent Saturday nights with TL on his show, Stank Free Radio. He also served on our Board of Directors and in many other important volunteer positions over the years. In many ways, Asheville FM was his life and he was the life of our station.

02/17/2024

At this moment we can’t fully process all the loss that this month has brought. Today we lost our

We were hoping to honor Cousin TL in April at our Ribbon cutting with the Cousin TL radio room which was recently built, but the moral of this message is it is so important to remember to honor people everyday because we never know if tomorrow will exist.

We love you Cuz

02/12/2024

Been a fan forever!! So when we saw this at we knew we needed this in our

Be on the look out for monthly features coming from our DJs

02/12/2024

Um so we just going to go back to work after USHER day and Beyoncé drops songs!!! It’s a holiday and we need to take the day off to recover.

And can we talk about how ATLANTA as a whole has had some of the best moments 2023 & 2024.

02/11/2024

Drop the halftime show set list predictions below ⬇️⬇️⬇️

01/29/2024

Last Saturday we reaired the FTO slay the mic episode which aired in 2017.

This Friday at presents a ruckus night in AVL featuring the talents of and
FTO in AVL was a whole movement. Let’s rekindle some of that energy on the west side next Friday.
SO STOKED ON THIS SHOW
9pm. $10. All ages.
(Different Wrld is in the former home of The Mothlight)

01/28/2024

We want to know your thoughts! ⬇️⬇️⬇️

12/09/2023

Tonight!! is hosting the 5th Annual “Ugly Sweater Christmas Jam” going down at a Different Wrld located at 701 Haywood Rd.

Bring a new gift for a child in the community and get half off your door entrance until 12:30 AM! All toys will be donated to families in need for the holidays!

Music Powered by: ATL’s Own Dj E. Brown

25+ Preferred, but 21+ welcome with a valid I.D!

12/08/2023

This weekend is BUSY. Tonight we start our weekend at the “What Happened to Us” EP release party.

11/11/2023

Diaspora Global After Dark is tonight at the

Music by

10/31/2023

We are in LOVE with the creativity of these Halloween costumes 🎃

10/31/2023

This is how you invite a collaborator ✨🌻🫶🏾

10/25/2023

presents Peewee Longway live at the this Saturday, October 28th

10/16/2023

It is a new week and we hope this week allows your creativity to flow.

We had a huge weekend filled with the stroll off and the annual fall festival so full recap coming soon.

Image: throwback photo features little girl holding coloring book page created by Slay the Mic intern alumnus .blue_05 at the Kids Hop Hooray event

10/10/2023

We were part of two historic moments all airing on TV tonight— catch part 1 of the Rap City Documentary and then catch the Hip Hop Awards following immediately after.

10/09/2023

Drake released his latest album “For All the Dogs” on Friday. What are your thoughts?!

10/08/2023

We are so excited and honored to be your MC again for this years festival 🍂

Join me Saturday and Sunday, October 14th and 15th in pack square to enjoy music AMAZING bands 🎸

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10/05/2023

I am so honored and excited to MC the annual Woods & Wilds Storytelling event this Friday, October 6th at 7pm at .

09/22/2023

In this weekend and looking for a nice , with good music , and good people? Be sure to come out to a Different Wrld located at 701 Haywood Rd, Asheville NC.

Dj Montana ()

08/25/2023

Tomorrow we are grateful to be able to kick off the fall semester at the annual Rocky Palooza at .

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Find us in the quad 🎓📓👩🏽‍🏫

08/17/2023

We can’t have a block party without an MC! .ee will be the host of the Block party.
Official vibe setter from
Street artist 👨🏾‍🎨

Check the lineup below:
MC .ee
Stage Manager san.ii68
Maya Blue
Student Rock band
Madison LLorente
Vanessa Garcia
“Leaf Lights”

.tory blue_05
Carolina Diva Diamondz
Special performance by:
Fashion designer: .sam

Young on-site photographers: gio


DJ
Street Artist

Thank you to the youth coordinator team: .gio | | .ii68 | .ee | | Josh | Miya | Dia

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08/17/2023

The time is finally here! Bring the young ones and come out to join us for our annual “United For Youth Block Party”☀️

Enjoy the day with our tasty food, books to power the brain, and entertaining activities to do with the fam bam!

Here listed are the young amazing performers stepping out 🕺🏽:
MC .ee
Stage Manager san.ii68
Maya Blue
Student Rock band
Madison LLorente
Vanessa Garcia
“Leaf Lights”

.tory blue_05
Carolina Diva Diamondz
Special performance by:
Fashion designer: .sam

Young on-site photographers: gio


DJ
Street Artist

Thank you to the youth coordinator team: .gio | | .ii68 | .ee | | Josh | Miya | Dia

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08/11/2023

Today is the 50th anniversary of the genre, which legend has it began on Aug. 11, 1973, at a party in the South Bronx ✨