NiQ Music

Columbus rapper NiQ’s majestic debut album ‘Monopoly’, hosted and remixed by DJ Giovanny, is available for the first time for free download. On it, the duo revisit the material that preceded 2009′s, ‘SEC: the Mixtape’, their first collaboration.

On Monopoly, NiQ commands the artistic firepower of some of Ohio’s’ best producers to deliver a rebellious sonic journey – one driven by his lyrical mastery and charismatic personality. Between it’s initial release and the arrival of his last project “BANGMYSH*T“, NiQ’s music has gained increasing exposure, and with his buzz currently at an all time high, the pair found the time was right to remind their fans of what started it all.

Highlights include ‘HNIC” NiQ’s club jam, ‘Darkness” a caustic warning to watch the country’s elite, and the rock inspired money anthem ‘Money on My Mind”.

Download – Mediafire zip

DJ GIO—————————————————————————————————————–POSTNPIVOT

LINK: http://twitter.com/djgiovanny |

(Press Release) – Apr 11, 2011 – Most twenty-somethings dream of becoming a success, and one day making their parents proud. NiQ, a twenty-something rapper, dreams of becoming a global music icon, and one day putting his neighborhood on the pop culture map. On Saturday, April 30th, NiQ will compete in the Seminfinals of the ‘Are You Radio Ready’ contest, sponsored by Pepsi and WCKX 107.5 Columbus . It’s a chance to finally get his hit single ‘Rocker’ onto national radio, and he’s looking to keep the spotlight once he has it.

The event headliner will be Cleveland rapper, MGK, on the first stop of his 2011 tour. As their true fans will know, this isn’t the first time NiQ and MGK have worked together. They together repped the ‘I Am Ohio’ mixtape, and performed last year at Al Rosa Villa. At that epic performance the crowd got a taste of what the future held for these two, and now poised for even greater success, their return to Skully’s it will bring it full circle for them and their fans. Cleveland has it’s new star in MGK and it’s time for Columbus to see that NiQ is their new star.

The MGK/NiQ event is hosted by Royal Columbus and will take place at Skully’s Music Diner, 1151 N. High St in Columbus. NiQ goes on at 9:50 PM, MGK at 12:30 AM. Tickets to the 18+ event are 10$ Presale and can be purchased at the following link – http://www.showclix.com/event/33472/

To hear NiQ’s single ‘Rocker’ and help get it onto radio, visit the following link and vote daily through May 31st. – http://mycolumbuspower.upickem.net/engine/Details.aspx?p …

Rocker [Saturday Night]” is available for purchase at http://www.shop.niqmusic.com , or on I-Tunes, Amazon and all other major digital distributors.

The latest project from NiQ, DJ Benzi, and Dope Couture ‘Bang My Sh*t’ is available for free download at http://www.niqmusic.com/bang

To contact NiQ, email pr@niqmusic.com , or call 614-214-0249 for bookings, shows or interviews. To learn more about NiQ, or to hear his music, go to http://facebook.com/NiQmusic or http://myspace.com/niqmusiq

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Columbus WCKX Power 107.5 is putting a local artist on the radio. With your help, NiQ and his hit ‘Rocker’ can get into rotation and start climbing the charts!

Look for more details on how to vote and check out NiQ’s Radio Ready Profile soon.

5 Minute Interview and freestyle.

Special Thanks to Konata and Big Yogi

The Bang posters are going live just in time for our holidays shows. Keep an eye out for them and check NiQ out, tonight at Tipsy’s or post Christmas [Dec 26th] at Bernie’s!

Looking for your “Nasty Boy” or your Nasty B*tch? Can’t go 5 minutes with out a ‘My Bad’ for your Pretty Boy Fresh, or for shinen on niggas? Your always in your ’23′ and could write a book on being in the zone? Maybe you gonna spend the weekend ‘HNIC’n’ some fly girls, or you just flat out ‘BANG!’, your probably interested in what’s on the [very near] horizon.

So here’s the top secret update I’m sending out over the fiber optics. We here @ NiQ Music are working on a 8 city tour, with some of your favorite Ohio artists as special guests. Tired of burning cd’s or sending links to your friends to get them hip to NiQ? Soon you’ll be able to bring them out to a show near you.

Lot of new markets, couple of revisits in the works for this musical journey. Stay tuned for more and let us know here or on the NiQ Facebook page if you know a good stop in your city.

Also, any tour sponsors out there, email us here and we’ll do our best to work you in.

In the words of our young prodigy NiQ “BANG!”

We finally got our big blast to the hip-hop world at large out on Bang. The number of downloads has gone up by over 50% over the last few hours and hopefully we’ll start to see it pick up tommorrow. If you like what you’re hearing, subscribe to the rss feed for more info and Like NiQ on facebook. Share the music as much as possible, word of mouth is still golden even in the Digital Age. Look out for Bang popping up on your favorite blog sites soon.

Well not really, but the link IS live. http://niqmusic.com/bang
…No really. GO NOW b4 it’s TOO LATE!

Okay guys, I know we we’re expecting to drop Bang yesterday and there was a lot of uproar via phone and email. Not to worry the tape is still on the way. However due to better reception by blog sites we have decided to push it back to Monday, July 5th. This gives the blogosphere and local media a bit more time to extend us some coverage and gives you a chance to come down to see NiQ and Dj Fie @ Red, White, and Boom on Friday to hear some of the Bang tracks early.

DONT kill the messenger!

As a bonus, I’m going to give you guys the album cover…oh, and there’s a new song HERE if you hadn’t noticed..that’s a NiQ Music.com exclusive for you. Look for another tommorrow, and come back Monday to download the full tape.

BANG!

'Bang My Sh*t' Album Cover