From the hood to the woods


Fed up with being fed up, rap-rocker Rayko Pipes found a new life—and a host of inspiration—in the Ocala National Forest



By Colleen Dougher
City Link Metromix
January 20, 2009




From the hood to the woods

Last summer, Rayko Pipes was at odds with his life. His Lake Worth neighborhood was getting rougher by the day, his rap-rock band, Rayko/KRB, and its label had par ted ways, and his bandmates had begun working on other projects without him.

So when Pipes went… Continue

Rayko Pipes - The Country Rap SuperStar



When you throw on an old Rayko/KRB record you might have a lot of things come to mind. None of those things say "Country Rap SuperStar". The previous Rayko releases, "Six"(2006) and "The RockStar Poor LP"(2007), were a blend of live and produced instrumentation smushed together to develop a sound so fresh and innovative that most people were not ready.

Well watch out world - people GET READY!

With his new record "Guns -n- Guitars", Rayko is again re-i… Continue