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Welcome to The Orange Beanie


Hello Ladies and Gents, welcome to The Orange Beanie. This is a blog that is purely for anything Hip Hop & Rap related and will included a range of topics, including artist discussions, album and single reviews, music videos, best of/worst of, personal favourites etc. 

 So stay and hear what I have to say, or don't - not gonna release a diss track.

 Will aim to upload 3-5 times a week about whatever topic is mot relevant at that time (or if I just get bored and want to put something up)

 It is called The Orange Beanie based on the cult epidemic of some Hip Hop/Music GOATS being spotted wearing Orange Beanie hats with no real explanation lmao.


Feel free to follow me on Twitter, I tweet about rap a lot: @Michael17THFC

 Real G's move in silence like Lasagne.

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