dizzydustin

Over the course of two weeks, more than 100,000 of you came to our Facebook page and voted for your favorite people, places and things in this city. And now that winners have been officially announced via our latest print edition (you can pick up a copy at any of the 500 locations listed here), we will be rolling out all 30 winners online–one a day for the next month.

dizzydustin

Best Rapper
Dizzy Dustin McFarland

Bred in North Long Beach (what’s up J-Town!), MC Dizzy Dustin—along with Young Einstein and Andy Cooper is one-third of the underground hip hop group Ugly Duckling, so-called because the all-LB members felt like outcasts of the Southern California hip hop scene. Over the last decade, the group has released five albums of expert rhymes, featuring throwback samples and spotlighting Dizzy’s signature, Q-Tip reminiscent flow. Unlike Ugly Duckling’s other rapper Andy Cooper, however, Dizzy has in the last few years also spread out on his own. His record and distribution label Kamikazi Airlines puts out experimental hip hop albums by artists from around the country and his long-awaited first solo album Psycho Babble should be dropping soon.

Follow Dizzy Dustin on Twitter to keep up to date on his appearances and album releases. Check out his label’s website, Kamikazi Airlines to see what he is putting out.