BLACKTACULAR

The Distinguished, Ohm Resistance, Squadron DnB, Hype$h!t, Attack The Block, Rose City Underground

Host of the NW DNB Battles for over a decade and a warrior of the Portland dance music community since the late 90's, Ashanti Blacktacular Hall brings unbelievable energy to his performances and is a powerhouse in the promotions game of the Pacific Northwest.

Under his Hype$h!t brand Blacktacular has worked alongside 2006 USA DMC Champ DJ Swamp, UK DnB Legend Aphrodite, 2014/15 DMC West Coast Champ The Beat Molester, Vegas UK (Bad Company UK), The Style Molesters (DJ’s Wicked & Wels), Nymfo (Amsterdam), Dusty Fungus (Brisbane), Dara and AK1200 (Planet of the Drums), Klute, KJ Sawka, A.M.C, Evol Intent, Quadrant & Iris, Slick Rick The Ruler, Ghostface Killa, The Pharcyde, Del The Funky Homosapien, The Chicharones, and Bad Habitat to name a few.

As an emcee who's been straddling the boundaries of Hip-Hop and Electronic Music since 2002, he Co-founded the 4-year-running Tetsuo Weekly, Hip-Hop Stands Up, and the decade-long Hype$h!t blog. He was also Promotions Coordinator for Soul'd Out Music Festival, RefugePDX, Indo Expo Trade Show, Phoenix Media Printing and more.

Most recently, you may have seen him in Atlanta hosting the Closing Ceremonies at Jungle Bells over Vegas of Bad Company UK, in Denver hosting World Of DNB over Ed Rush & Optical, and DJ SS, In Seattle hosting the first NAF Reunion: Jungle Room over Zacharia and Phantom 45, or in Portland where he's hosted the DNB Park Session every month during the summer for the last 5 years.

Currently he spends a lot of time as a housing advocate and police accountability activist. He's proud to have 2 tracks out on Ohm Resistance (one on vinyl), to be a resident emcee at ATTACK THE BLOCK in Washington, to be part of THE DISTINGUISHED crew out of Denver and SQUADRON DNB out of Seattle... He's currently recording a Hip-Hop EP with DJ Zone at Sloth City Studios in Portland

You can hear his tunes at:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_PyLo3PKmq4
https://open.spotify.com/track/5TynLMOlOymnFLBQNgHKK6
https://ohmresistance.bandcamp.com/track/exit-exosphere-2018
https://youtu.be/p1_t_nFCVt4?si=GuEyme5E11rrQO1P

DECEMBER 15th, 2024 - JUNGLE BELLS

HOST EMCEE of the Closing Ceremony of JUNGLE BELLS 2024 with Vegas of Bad Company UK, Char Dnb (Perth Australia), EVIL DEEVA @evil_deeva_hsm (Phoenix AZ/ NYC -Zulu Nation, HipStep Massive, and Konkrete Jungle), Evasive (Denver - The Distinguished), Delamota (Chicago - MIA), Digital Dot (Florida), 360 (Mississippi), Agent 137 (NY), ANGIE RAY (North Carolina), Casper (Georgia), Darcii Darka (Florida) DATA DRoP (DMV), David Saturn (Ohio) dAydREaM B2B XPANSION (North Carolina), i & i (Florida), Jen Symmetry (Minnesota) Kyng Of Thievez (Florida), MEAUX (Florida) Olly (California), RED HAT (Atlanta), SFUNK (Texas), @SPINZY (Florida), Tally G (California) and Zak MEOW (Atlanta)

This will be a charity event for the Atlanta Music Project who serve youth growth and development in Music

https://atlantamusicproject.org/

Lunchbox
98 Lower Pryor st.
Atlanta, GA 30303

February 8th & 15th, 2025 - WINTER MUSIC FESTIVAL

Host Emcee of the Mochipet Catbus feat: Krista Basis, Bexx, Paperfox, Kevin Panda Davis, Galacticatn1p, ChosenOneMark, Qliff, Nunya, BAEthoven, Rob Noble, Treyzilla, Lurky, Mochipet and The Brund

Ankeny Alley (221 SW Ankeny St, Portland, OR) 5pm-10pm

https://pdxwlf.com/

February 20th, 2025

Host Emcee LaRae's Birthday Bash
w/ Flave, Evasive, Charly and Enki

Havana
1010 E Pike Street
Seattle, WA

February 21st, 2025 - Runaway Productions 20th Anniversary

Hip-Hop Emcee set to open up the Runaway Productions 20th Anniversary w/ The Chicharones, Vursatyl, Codefendants, Bad Habitat, Boom Bap Project, Freddie Trujillo, The Acoustic Minds, Siren's Echo, M2D6 (Smoke), Rafael Vigilantics, Raise The Bridges, Mic Crenshaw, Josh Martinez, Serge Severe, Eddie Valant, Claudsix, The Must, Cody Nasy, The MFA, Blacktacular, DJ Lady X all hosted by DJ Klyph

Star Theater
13 NW 6th Ave
Portland, OR