Larry Lara and the Utopia Era

Episode 289: The History Of Hip-Hop In Las Vegas On this week’s episode of the @RoadPodcast, the fellas welcome an important collective of influential Las Vegas locals who helped bring Hip-Hop to the Las Vegas Strip: DJ Franzen (@FrandalayBay), Jonathan "Shecky Green" Shecter (@SheckyGreenLV) and DJ Warren Peace (@Warren702). Warren speaks on Hip-Hop in Sin City during the ’80s and ’90s with iconic clubs like Utopia and All Star Cafe (9:50), talks about an altercation with #Tupac at #SugeKnight's "Club 662" (27:50), confirms that "RA Nightclub" had the first official Hip-Hop night on the Strip (29:00) and recalls terms like “Open Format” and “Upscale Hip Hop” being used by venues (1:02:20). Franzen speaks about the "OPM / Poetry Nightclub" days and creating a strong presence for Bay Area Hip-Hop in LV ( 1:18:02). The crew credit @Victor_Drais for taking a chance opening the first "All Hip Hop Nightclub" (1:30:01), commend Franzen for staying in the Hip Hop genre during the EDM boom (1:35:01) and discuss nightclubs never championing their resident DJs (1:58:55). Finally, Shecky asks @DJCrooked about his personal thoughts on some of the offensive comments made from a previous episode with #ClintonSparks (2:25:02).