Second-hand stories, first-hand accounts. This is the personal flipcam channel for artist and journalist John Public. Check out video interviews, performance footage and special artist-specific videos. If you want to chop it up or suggest topics, hit me up at myspace.com/johnpublic, or friend me on Facebook. Thanks for watching!

I've been emceeing since HS, circa 1998. It's been a steady progression, and I've begun playing out more in the last two years to promote my recent albums. I'm known more as a journalist and interviewer than a "rapper," but I think that offers a unique perspective on hip-hop and some pretty dope songs as a result. In short, tho... I make thrift shop hip-hop. What exactly is that? The best way I can describe it is a little Slug and a little Mos Def playin flip cup with Guiliani on a Saturday night tellin stories about America, one night stands, poor folks, family, 9.11 & feelin good on Sundays; give it some Honus Wagner, some vintage Mike Tyson, a splash of bourbon, and that's me. I currently freelance to pay bills and am prepping a mixtape and Re-Gifted (due in March 2010). Drop me a line, let's build!