THE NEXT OF KIN Hip-hop is not dead. Indeed, contrary to the cries of some cynics, the vibrant cultural offering that is hip-hop music is alive and well. And nowhere is that point more apparent than with the heralded Southern California crew The Next Of Kin and their debut full-length album The Next of Kin. Consisting of four MCs, The Next of Kin is a collective of emcees with different backgrounds and upbringing. In sound, the four Tony Clifton, Black Stephan, Dave Goliath, and Mykill Miers conjure up the dynamic flows of groups like the Boot Camp Click and the Firm respectively: dynamic vocal inflections, and fly b-boy bravado. The Next of Kin's beat-providers, Mykill Miers and Black Stephan, original beats both underground with the precision of mainstream execution. With The Next of Kin, fuses old school bravado with new school swagger. The Next of Kin formed in 2007 as the union between four separate solo acts, who came together to make a powerful merger. The brain child of Los Angeles Underground legend Mykill Miers, The Next of Kin was formed in an effort to promote talented emcees. “I saw that Tone, Black and Dave had the talent and I wanted to branch out with different artist on my label so we put together the group as a vehicle to launch the brothers from unknowns to emcees on the rise”, says Miers President and CEO of Abnormal Media Group. Check us out at www.reverbnation.com/thenok