{"id":501481,"date":"2026-04-23T00:00:47","date_gmt":"2026-04-23T05:00:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/?p=501481"},"modified":"2026-05-18T22:39:49","modified_gmt":"2026-05-19T03:39:49","slug":"native-america-callling-native-mcs-compete-for-best-bars-beats-and-freestyles","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/2026\/04\/23\/native-america-callling-native-mcs-compete-for-best-bars-beats-and-freestyles\/","title":{"rendered":"Native America Calling: Native MCs compete for best bars, beats, and freestyles"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"card mb-2\">\r\n  <div class=\"row\">\r\n    <div class=\"col-md-4 align-self-center\">\r\n      <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/nativeamericacalling.jpg\" class=\"img-fluid\" alt=\"native america calling\"\/>\r\n    <\/div>\r\n    <div class=\"col-md-8\">\r\n      <div class=\"card-body\">\r\n        <div class=\"h5-responsive card-title\">Native America Calling<\/div>\r\n        <div>\r\n           Listen to Native America Calling every weekday at 1pm Eastern.\r\n        <\/div>\r\n        <div>\r\n          <!--[if lt IE 9]><script>document.createElement('audio');<\/script><![endif]-->\r\n<audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-1859-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"http:\/\/playerservices.streamtheworld.com\/api\/livestream-redirect\/NV1.mp3\" \/><a href=\"http:\/\/playerservices.streamtheworld.com\/api\/livestream-redirect\/NV1.mp3\">http:\/\/playerservices.streamtheworld.com\/api\/livestream-redirect\/NV1.mp3<\/a><\/audio><\/div>\r\n\t\t\tAlternate Links: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nv1.org\/\">Native Voice One<\/a> |\r\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nativeamericacalling.com\/\">NAC<\/a>\r\n\t\t\r\n      <\/div>\r\n    <\/div>\r\n  <\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<div class=\"h3-responsive font-weight-bold\"><\/div>\r\n<div class=\"date\">Thursday, April 23, 2026<\/div>\r\n<div class=\"source-links\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nativeamericacalling.com\/\"><i class=\"fas fa-link fa-xs\"><\/i> nativeamericacalling.com<\/a>\r\n&nbsp;<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/nativeamericacalling\/\"><i class=\"fab fa-instagram fa-xs\"><\/i> nativeamericacalling<\/a>\r\n&nbsp;<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/nativeamericacalling\"><i class=\"fab fa-facebook fa-xs\"><\/i> nativeamericacalling<\/a>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<p><\/p>\r\n<div class=\"h5-responsive sub\">\r\nGathering of MCs: Native musicians compete for best bars, beats, and freestyles\r\n<\/div>\r\nDin\u00e9 hip-hop artist and educator <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/@Def_i\/videos\">Def-i<\/a> has been a singular, independent voice in elevating Native hip-hop and championing other Native artists. \r\n<p><\/p>\r\nThis year makes 14 years that he has spearheaded the annual two-day competition, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.visitalbuquerque.org\/event\/14th-annual-gathering-of-mcs-(night-1)\/63222\/\">Gathering of MCs<\/a>. Some of the top Native rappers from around the country bring their best beats, bars, and freestyles to vie for cash prizes. \r\n<p><\/p>\r\nThis year\u2019s event takes place alongside what organizers say is the final <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gatheringofnations.com\/\">Gathering of Nations Powwow<\/a> in Albuquerque, New Mexico. Tune in to speak with Def-i and other performers about the power and importance of Native hip-hop.\r\n<p><\/p>\r\n<div class=\"h5-responsive sub\">Guests on Native America Calling<\/div>\r\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/def_i\/\">Def-i<\/a> (Din\u00e9), hip-hop artist and educator\r\n<p><\/p>\r\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/illmactv\/\">Illmac<\/a> (Confederated Tribes of Siletz Indians), hip-hop artist\r\n<p><\/p>\r\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.sherealtalk.com\/\">She Real<\/a>, hip-hop artist\r\n<p><\/p>\r\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" style=\"border-radius:12px\" src=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/embed\/show\/4RE6juPYr7cl2Zsmb2zjq7?utm_source=generator\" width=\"100%\" height=\"232\" frameBorder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"\" allow=\"autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; fullscreen; picture-in-picture\"><\/iframe>\r\n<figcaption class=\"figure-caption\">All Episodes on <a href=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/show\/4RE6juPYr7cl2Zsmb2zjq7?si=2a56e59533534bf9\">Spotify<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nativeamericacalling.com\/subscribe-to-podcast\/\">More Options<\/a>\r\n<\/figcaption>\r\n<img src=https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/nativeamericacalling.jpg width=0 height=0 class=invisible>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Din\u00e9 hip-hop artist and educator Def-i has been a singular, independent voice in elevating Native hip-hop and championing other Native artists.","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":338,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_vp_format_video_url":"","_vp_image_focal_point":[],"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[17,1],"tags":[243,33,133,167,435,134],"class_list":["post-501481","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-arts-entertainment","category-national","tag-media","tag-music","tag-native-america-calling","tag-new-mexico","tag-powwows","tag-radio","no-wpautop"],"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pcoJ7g-26sp","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/nativeamericacalling.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/501481","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=501481"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/501481\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":537066,"href":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/501481\/revisions\/537066"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/338"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=501481"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=501481"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=501481"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}