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Legend Mane performs Thursday at The House Cafe, 263 E. Lincoln Highway. Student rapper Legend is set to release “The Care Package,” which will be dedicated to students, and is participating in several other projects.

Rapper dedicates ‘Care Package’ to all students

By Alex Hyde | October 14, 2014

Senior communication major Keith Winford’s rap lyrics are getting more personal.Winford, known as Legend Mane, performed Thursday at The House Cafe, 263 E. Lincoln Highway, and he is featured on Marquis Hill’s album “Modern Flows Ep. Vol. 1.”...

Legend Haz It

Legend Haz It returns to DeKalb Friday

By Alex Fiore | January 17, 2012

Four-and-a-half years ago, hip-hop band Legend Haz It was born in a 15x11 room on the east side of campus. Inside of a Neptune North dorm room ("Neptune Deuce" as they call it), new friends Dan Pratt and Keith Winford sat huddled around a snare drum,...

DeKalb Hip Hop band Legend Haz It. The group's debut album is now available on iTunes.

Next concert may be Legend Haz It last show

By Chris Krapek | March 31, 2011

DeKALB | Only two years in and they’ve already become legendary.Legend Haz It will celebrate its two-year anniversary by playing a free show at 9 p.m. on Friday at The House Cafe, 263 E. Lincoln Highway. A jazzy septet fronted by MC Keith “Legend...

Legend Haz It will play last DeKalb show for while

March 30, 2011

Only two years in and they've already become legendary. Legend Haz It will celebrate its two-year anniversary by playing a free show at 9 p.m. on Friday at The House Cafe, 263 E. Lincoln Highway. A jazzy septet fronted by MC Keith "Legend Mane" Winford,...

DeKalb’s weekender’s list for Feb. 25

By Chris Krapek | February 24, 2011

DeKALB | It’s the last weekend of February and it’s snowy again. Don’t go home. Here are the things you should be doing in DeKalb this weekend:What: “One Foot In and One Foot Back”Where: Stevens Building Corner TheatreWhen: Friday. Saturday,...

DeKalb Hip Hop band Legend Haz It. The group's debut album is now available on iTunes.

Legend Haz It could be legend in their own right

By Chris Krapek | December 2, 2010

The past two years have been good to DeKalb band Legend Haz It. The sextet, fronted by MC Keith "Legend Mane" Winford, has gone from playing house parties in town to venues in Chicago. Last year, the group won a contest and opened-up for T-Pain and Yung...

Gentlemen who bring the funk

By Chris Krapek | September 16, 2010

We want the funk, give up the funk. There will be a whole lot of rhythm going down Saturday night when The Original Sirs play Otto's Niteclub, 118 E. Lincoln Highway. The 21 and older show starts at 9 p.m. and is $6. The band will be recording video and...

Joel Ream, Dan Pratt, Tim Ipsen, Ryan Nyther, Ron Jacoby, Keith Winford, and Collin Clauson make up Legend Haz It.

From students to legends

By Elizabeth Osiol and Joseph Olmo | August 24, 2010

Local hip hop is alive and well. Legend Haz It is a hip hop/jazz band that started about a year and a half ago with most of its members being apart of the NIU community. The band got their notoriety at last year's Huskie Bash, and won a contest to open...