Austin Hip-Hop Pioneer Tee Double Perseveres

Holding the vision through institutional racism, isolation, and a double transplant

"...Terrany "Tee Double" Johnson doesn't square easily in any definitive light...."

Feb. 12, 2021 Music Feature by Kahron Spearman

Spotlight: Bavu Blakes & Tee Double

Local MC got the drive.

"...With Tee Double and Tray God, Bavu also forms the lyrical..."

March 16, 2001 Music Feature by Christopher Gray

Local Flow

Austin hip-hop in the house -- really

"...local hip-hop is downright embarrassing. That's why it's become Tee Double's mission to change all that -- single-handedly if..."

Sept. 8, 2000 Music Feature by Christopher Gray

Texas Album Hall of Fame: Project Crew

Tee Double dusts off the local release that proved Austin hip-hop worthy of his raps

Oct. 20, 2017 Music Feature by Terrany “Tee Double” Johnson

Austin's Hip-Hop Pioneers, in Their Own Words

The Austin History Center-archived rappers and industry innovators share stories

"...stories: Cooly Girls | DJ Cassanova | FLOMOB | Tee Double | Mirage the Gr8 | NOOK Turner |..."

Sept. 15, 2023 Music Feature by Rachel Rascoe

Tee Double

"...Tee Double..."

April 20, 2007 Music Review by Robert Gabriel

R-e-s-p-e-c-t

The State of Austin's Hip-Hop Scene

"...the clubs have been opening up a bit," says Tee Double, a local performer and promoter who also organizes..."

July 4, 1997 Music Feature by Andy Langer

Bavu Blakes & Tee Double, Back Room, Friday, March 16

Live Shots: South by Southwest 2001

"...Bavu Blakes & Tee DoubleBack Room, Friday, March 16 Those willing to take..."

March 23, 2001 Music Review by Christopher Coletti

Tee Double

Record Review

"...Tee DoubleDub-Plates (Kinetic Marketing) Tee Double has been on the..."

April 26, 2002 Music Review by Christopher Coletti

Tee Double

Record review

"...Tee Double..."

June 17, 2005 Music Review by Robert Gabriel

21 Austin Rappers to Know in ’21

A hard-cut list of MCs proving the local hip-hop scene’s legitimacy

"...such as Bavu Blakes, the late MC Overlord, and Tee Double deserve infinite acknowledgement...."

June 25, 2021 Music Feature by Derek Udensi

Life Is a Rhythm

Ground zero for Austin hip-hop: University Hills' 2-3

"..."Back in the day," relates former Reagan High student Tee Double, "there was a real nurturing effect where cats..."

Nov. 17, 2006 Music Feature by Robert Gabriel

TCB

SIMS and Alejandro Escovedo on the mend, plus more hip-hop and SXSW for your shoulder-to-shoulder

"...to the hottest hip-hop night in town. House MC Tee Double relates that the Drag landmark's Wednesday nights, organized..."

Jan. 23, 2004 Music Column by Christopher Gray

Beat Box

SXSW: Tee-Double, Jungle Brothers, South Park Mexican, Botany Boyz, Big Daddy Kane

"...large part to the efforts of local MC/industry provocateur Tee-Double. A third of the mighty Hip Hop Humpday triumvirate..."

March 17, 2000 Music Review by Christopher Gray

We Have an Issue: Let the Balloting Begin

Vote now in the Austin Chronicle's "Best of Austin" Readers Poll

"...week, Kahron checks in with Austin hip-hop pioneer Terrany "Tee Double" Johnson on the other side of a health..."

Feb. 12, 2021 Column by Kimberley Jones

Tee-Double

"...Tee-DoubleThe Home Town Kid (Kinetic Global)..."

April 25, 2014 Music Review by Thomas Fawcett

Wake-Up Call

Looking back on the onetime heart of local hip-hop, Catfish Station, and the visuals that defined it

"...fevered frenzy, a nostalgic collaboration between local rap pioneers Tee Double, Teddy Lee, and DJ Cassanova bordered on legendary...."

July 22, 2005 Music Feature by Robert Gabriel

Dancing About Architecture

Don Walser and Willie Nelson come up winners; Sixth Street still not quite dead.

"...of Show and Prove, the new 'zine from local Tee Double (who also spotted Tarantino and Dusk 'Till Dawn..."

Sept. 29, 2000 Music Column by Ken Lieck

All Texas: Bavu and DJ Nick Nack's Soundscape, Tee Double's TX Resident, Big Moe's City of Syrup, Destiny's Child's The Writing's on the Wall

"...on what French B-boys call la difference... Bavu does double duty on Tee Double's second CD, TX Resident, dropping..."

Sept. 29, 2000 Music Review by Christopher Gray

Off the Record

Gary Clark Jr. becomes a Honeydripper, Tee Double sounds off on Kinetic Global, Future Clouds & Radar charts, and yet another Austin Music Hall progress report

"...Motown Records veteran Mable John, keyboardist (and Glover hand double) Henderson Huggins, and Howlin' Wolf/Muddy Waters alumni, saxophonist Eddie..."

Dec. 21, 2007 Music Column by Austin Powell

Summer Loving

"...Tee DoubleGas Mask (Kinetic Global Media Group)..."

July 24, 2015 Music Feature by Kahron Spearman

Tee Double

"...Tee DoubleVintage Visionz (Kinetic Global)..."

July 23, 2010 Music Review by Audra Schroeder

TCB

All the hip-hop that fits in ATX.

"...Doubled Up..."

Sept. 5, 2003 Music Column by Christopher Gray

Tee Double

"...Tee DoubleBio-Music (Kinetic Global)..."

April 17, 2009 Music Review by Chase Hoffberger

Faster Than Sound – Relocations & Precautions: Austin Recording Studios During COVID-19

Big Orange and Cacophony engineers relocate as recording industry tiptoes back into the studio.

"...current viral surge in Texas, as well as a steep drop in business from their primary customer base –..."

July 17, 2020 Music Column by Rachel Rascoe

Black Austin Artists You Can Support on Bandcamp Today

Shop merch, buy albums, and listen up

"...Tee-Double Lost Scriptures Anniversary Edition digital download..."

June 5, 2020 Music Post by Rachel Rascoe

Faster Than Sound: Jackie Venson Solos

Local blues hero goes solo to cut costs, city polls on use of $12 million earmarked for the arts, and the U.S. State Dept. blocks Palestinian artist Dirar Kalash from the Fusebox Festival

"...Local hip-hop vet Terrany Johnson, aka Tee Double, faces high medical costs for recent kidney failure..."

April 12, 2019 Music Column by Rachel Rascoe

25 New Local Parallels

Austin acts cover their own on compilation out today

"...Sad City” into bilingual Latin fusion, while veteran rapper Tee Double subsequently raps over CBB’s instrumental “The Breakthrough.” The..."

Feb. 16, 2015 Music Post by Kevin Curtin

Hip-Hop on the Verge

Austin finally cemented a scene, but who will break out nationally?

"...Ric. He'd worked with all the scene notables: NickNack, Tee-Double, DJ Phyfteen, Gerald G. Through his weekly Hip-Hop Humpdays..."

Jan. 16, 2015 Music Feature by Chase Hoffberger

Playback

Dreaming up the Young, smokin' with Snoop

"...• Veteran MC Tee-Double has been elected to the Texas Chapter of the..."

June 8, 2012 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

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