The Resource April 2014 Volume 1 Issue 004 | Page 12

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ightningCloud is a North
American Hip Hop group
based out of Los Angeles,
California. The duo consists of
Crystle Lightning and MC RedCloud.

Invigorated
by
the
sounds and energy of the underground club scenes, LightningCloud found a way to fuse
the elements of Gangsta Hip
Hop with Electronic Trap
music. Joined by DJ Hydroe, a vibrant, multimedia
stage performance in their
arsenal and a hunger
that is all but gone in this
generation, LightningCloud arrives to save us
all from the monotony...
just in the nick of time.

Sam Slovik of the
LA Weekly writes- “North
American Hip Hop duo,
LightningCloud are a nearearth object inventing new
realms of the Electro-TrapHip-Hop revolution on the
planet. Urban futurist, MC RedCloud and Crystle Lightning are
L.A.’s subterranean Bonnie and
Clyde, inhabiting new worlds
of underground hip hop. Stay
tuned for the impending imminent.”

Crystle Lightning is everything that her given name
implies: Sparkly and Electric!

A Plains Cree/First Nations (Hobbem/Enoch) Indigenous woman, Crystle began
her show business journey at
the tender age of four in Edmonton Alberta, Canada. By
the age of nine, Crystle and her
family relocated to Hollywood
California where she immediately landed her first lead role
in the blockbuster hit: 3 NINJAS
- KNUCKLE UP. Since then she
has landed impressive performances, including: a recurring

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role on the daytime NBC soap
DAYS OF OUR LIVES, BET’s
T H E
GAME, AMER-

ICAN
PIE PRESENTS:
BANDCAMP, and in OLDER
THAN AMERICA she played
strong supporting role along

side veteran actor BRADLEY
COOPER (“Hang Over” “People Magazines Sexiest Man
Alive 2011”). Crystle also plays
“Tia” in heavily acclaimed TNT
Series “SouthLAnd”
A woman of many talents, Crystle Lightning is also a well established
DJ. She
is
one
half
of
the Hol-

lywood DJ Crew “La- dies of
The House”. Spinning records
at notable famed clubs such as
King King and House of Blues
and honed residencies at The

1616 Club and Lucys 51, Crystle Lightning made her imprint
in the realm of music entertainment.

While touring with partner in rhyme, RedCloud, Crystle made her way from behind
the DJ booth to center stage
with Mic in hand and discovered another way to move the
crowd. LightningCloud was
concieved.

MC RedCloud, from
the City of Hawthorne, is an indigenous legend with a highly
exalted live performance track
record.

A California Native and
Huichol Indian (Jalisco, Mexico), MC RedCloud began
his underground supremacy when his freestyles
where heard over the radio
airwaves, as he defeated
numerous opponents on
Power 106 with Felli Fel.
RedCloud signed with Syntax/Koch in 2000 and moved
well over 40,000 units of his
releases. RedCloud is a “Tour
Monster” and has seen 60 Nationwide dates in a row with
TECH N9NE and MURS.

He has also toured
consistently with IMMORTAL
TECHNIQUE, KRS ONE and
EVIDENCE. LightningCloud’s
self titled debut album”LightningCloud” just won BEST HIP
HOP ALBUM at the 2012 Aboriginal Peoples Choice Music
Awards!
LightningCloud
beat
1,600 of the best groups in
Los Angeles and 2,000 of
the best artists in New York
to win the title of “Battle for
The Best/ Who’s Next 2013
CHAMPIONS”.
LightningCloud has shared the stage
with KENDRICK LAMAR and
are in the works to record an
album with TIMBALAND and
FELLI FEL. Bundle up, the
reign is coming.
More Info:
teamlightningcloud.com