Anticon confirmed the news yesterday with a tweet that reads, "Just received news of a major loss -… By Julia Gray Brendon “Alias” Whitney, the rapper/producer who co-founded the record ...

Influential rapper, producer and Anticon record label co-founder Brendon “Alias” Whitney died Friday at the age of 41. Anticon confirmed Whitney’s death in a statement Saturday.

About eight years ago, the Anticon collective was known as an avant-garde and even revolutionary force within hip-hop culture. Living and recording together in a warehouse in Oakland, California ...

For Shaun Koplow, the label manager for Los Angeles-based Anticon Records, it’s all about picking the right battles. Koplow often enters a record’s album cycle knowing that his label will lose ...

He left Maine for Oakland, California, and helped found Anticon, a collective of hip-hop artists, around 1998, when he was in his early 20s. The collective immediately gained attention for the ...

Hip-hop-tinged left-field label Anticon is proud to announce for one night only: Anticon’s Third Annual 10 Year Anniversary Show – Thursday, December 18, The Knitting Factory NYC. A word from ...

Due to over-whelming demand from their near sold-out [December 18th] Anticon 3rd Annual 10 Year Anniversary show, the Knitting Factory NY adds a 2nd, more intimate Anticon collective event for Wed ...

Earlier this year, rapper and producer Brendon “Alias” Whitney, who co-founded the collective/label Anticon, died at the age of 41. Today, a Los Angeles benefit concert has been announced in ...

But Anticon co-founder Solewho’s “too Bakunin for your backpack rap,” if you believe the best boast from his fourth and latest release, Sole & The Skyrider Bandtakes the panoramic approach.

During that time, Holland built connections in the music industry, which he used to help found the legendary avant-garde hip-hop imprint Anticon. Artists such as Why?, Sage Francis and Buck 65 ...

Brendon Whitney, the rapper and producer who recorded under the moniker Alias and co-founded independent record label Anticon, has died. According to friend and collaborator Sage Francis, Whitney ...

Whitney passed away following a heart attack on Friday (March 30). His label Anticon has confirmed the news of his passing. Born in Hollis, Maine, in 1976, Whitney was obsessed with hip-hop from ...