French DJ and producer DJ King Flow returns with another edition of Mixtape Addict, this time featuring DJ Cannon Banyon on Scientific Sound Asia. Scientific Sound Asia operates as an international radio station, promoter, DJ agency and music news platform supporting artists connected with both the foundations and continuing development of Hip Hop culture.
DJ King Flow began DJing at the age of fourteen and developed a style firmly rooted in Boom Bap. The influence of 1990s Hip Hop remains central to his approach, although his selections consistently place newer underground artists alongside established names rather than treating the music purely as nostalgia.
That connection between generations has become an important part of his identity as both a selector and producer. Hard drums, sample-driven production and lyric-focused records sit alongside contemporary independent releases from artists continuing those traditions across different parts of the world.
His career has included collaborations with established names including Ras Kass, Tragedy Khadafi, O.C., Juicy J and Khujo Goodie. These projects reflect a long-term commitment to the foundations of the culture while keeping his production work connected with artists active across the present underground scene.
In 2015, DJ King Flow launched Mixtape Addict as a platform dedicated to independent Hip Hop. What began around mixtapes and radio developed into a wider project combining regular broadcasts, artist interviews, new music and direct support for rappers, DJs and producers.
The interview side of Mixtape Addict has become an important part of the project because it gives artists more space to discuss their careers, influences and current work. These conversations sit alongside the music and provide listeners with additional context around the people, labels and independent networks behind many of the records featured on the programme.
DJ King Flow’s wider activity can be followed through Facebook, X and the Mixtape Addict YouTube channel. These platforms extend the project beyond radio through interviews, videos, releases and other material connected with the international underground.
Production has also become an increasingly visible part of his work. His instrumental album The Adventures of F.J. Parker combines Jazz-influenced melodies, soulful textures and deep grooves with the raw drum-led character associated with classic beatmaking.
Trill Legacy (Instrumentals) developed that side of his catalogue further by placing the emphasis entirely on his production. Without an MC at the centre, the project gives the arrangements, samples, drums and melodic ideas more room to demonstrate how his style operates independently.
His collaborative releases continue to connect that production work with underground rappers from different scenes. Warzone featuring Ice Crimi, Win or Lose featuring Imam T.H.U.G. and Money with Lex Lakaiser show how his beats can support contrasting vocal approaches while retaining a recognisable identity.
More recent work includes Back To Basics (Mixtape Addict) featuring Faf Larage, Napoleon Da Legend, Relo and DJ Djel. The project brings several voices together around the musical principles that have remained central to DJ King Flow’s work since his earliest years behind the decks.
Bills (Remix) featuring Khujo Goodie extended his connection with established American artists, while Laser Rouge with Omaz and Joe Mack returned to the collaborative underground format that runs throughout his catalogue. The Movement featuring ISH-ONE added another international connection and reinforced the global outlook behind Mixtape Addict.
That international direction also appears through Legacy with Dnzl Izm and Northwest Flow with Seattle emcee King Khazm. Rather than concentrating exclusively on French or American artists, DJ King Flow uses Mixtape Addict to connect independent voices from different locations through a shared respect for lyricism, beatmaking and underground culture.
This edition continues that approach with DJ Cannon Banyon joining the programme as the featured artist. The South Carolina DJ, producer and recording artist brings a background shaped by Southern Rap, club DJing and independent production, adding another regional perspective to the international network surrounding Mixtape Addict.
Interview Guest: DJ Cannon Banyon.
DJ Cannon Banyon is an American DJ, producer and recording artist from South Carolina whose work sits primarily across Hip Hop and Southern Country Rap. He began mixing and making music in 2001 and moved into full-time club, party and event DJing from 2006, later becoming an official DJ and recording artist with Average Joes Entertainment.
His catalogue stretches from Hip Hop mixtapes and instrumental projects into collaborations with Southern Country artists, reflecting a style built around rap production, heavy drums and crossover influences from the American South. Earlier releases include Teal’s Mill, SC and the Southern Country series, while his wider catalogue also includes work with artists such as Roscoe Dash, Waka Flocka, Frenchie and Colt Ford.
Cannon Banyon has also received recognition through the Southern Entertainment Awards and South Carolina Music Awards, while his work has been featured in publications including XXL, The Source and Hip-Hop Weekly. His career has combined production, DJing and artist work rather than concentrating on a single role within the music industry.
His output remains active in 2026, with releases including Cannon 26 Instrumentals, Dirt Roads and the Beat Monster 2 EP. These projects continue a catalogue that has developed across more than two decades of Hip Hop production and Southern crossover material.
DJ King Flow opens Mixtape Addict Show Episode 113 with a strong focus on DJ Cannon Banyon, beginning with “Lonely Loser” featuring Charlie Farley and Shamu The Panda before moving into “Heavy” with Alston Webb and Stephen Lemmons. Cannon Banyon also appears behind the production on Drawde, Young Buck and Dustin Spears’ “Stomping Boots”, giving the opening section a direct connection to the episode’s featured guest.
Chingy follows with “Gold Chain Confessions” before Fuego Base returns with “Hartford”, extending the set into a harder street-rap direction. Apollo Brown and Skyzoo bring a more traditional Boom Bap character with “No Discounts”, while Nutso’s “Redemption” keeps the lyrical focus firmly at the centre of the programme.
Da Inphamus Amadeuz joins EDI Mean, Mack Mason and Rah Tha Ruler for “Return Of An Outlaw”, followed by Queen Herawin, PA Dre, Ruste Juxx and DJ Boo on “Manifesto”. These collaborations reinforce the underground Hip Hop character of the show, pairing dense lyricism with rugged production and a strong emphasis on MC performance.
Fat Joe and Pusha T’s “Set Of Keys” brings two established East Coast voices into the middle of the selection before Czarface, Frankie Pulitzer and Method Man continue that lineage with “Mad Technology”. Ransom and Lloyd Banks then return with “Circumvention”, maintaining the episode’s combination of veteran MCs, underground releases and contemporary street-focused Rap.
Mic Handz with Dready Kruger follow on “Curtains” before Stu Bangas, Recognize Ali, AFRO and Verbal Kent close the music portion with “Dope Peddling”. The sequence gives Episode 113 a strong blend of East Coast Hip Hop, Boom Bap, Underground Hip Hop and harder street Rap without relying on one single regional style throughout.
The episode concludes with DJ King Flow’s interview with DJ Cannon Banyon, shifting from the music into direct conversation with the featured artist and producer. With Cannon Banyon represented through both his own tracks and production work before the interview, the programme builds a clear connection between his music and the discussion that closes the show.
DJ King Flow welcomed DJ Cannon Banyon to Mixtape Addict for a conversation about Southern mixtape culture, physical distribution, production, entrepreneurship and the changes that have reshaped DJing over the past two decades. Cannon Banyon spoke from the perspective of someone who still actively presses and distributes physical mixes while also using modern digital tools and working across production, live DJing and artist development.
Asked about the DJs who first influenced him, Cannon Banyon named Carolina selectors K Smooth and DJ Starchild while also recognising several DJs within his current circle. Those local influences mattered because they were the people he listened to before he began making mixtapes himself, giving him a direct example of what a working DJ could achieve outside the better-documented New York scene.
The traditional mixtape format still carries considerable importance for him, beginning with the cassette tapes he bought as a child before the culture shifted towards CDs and later digital platforms such as DatPiff. Although he works with streaming services today, he has never completely abandoned physical copies and said his CD burners are still part of his operation.
Cannon Banyon gave King Flow a rare account of how large the Southern physical mixtape network became, explaining that hundreds of thousands of CDs could circulate during particularly strong sales periods. He estimated that his equipment has produced millions of discs over the years, while physical mixes are still supplied through a network of gas stations and independent outlets across the Carolinas and Georgia.
That distribution system developed as traditional record shops disappeared and DJs looked for alternative places where local listeners were already stopping regularly. Gas stations became important outlets for Southern mixtapes, although Cannon Banyon has recently seen some independent record shops regain ground as listeners show renewed interest in owning physical music.
For Cannon Banyon, physical formats offer an experience that streaming cannot completely replace because listeners actually own the music and can build personal collections. His own archive includes CDs, cassettes, records and other formats, reflecting a preference for keeping music available independently of an internet connection or streaming subscription.
When King Flow asked what makes a strong mixtape, Cannon Banyon highlighted intros, anticipation, blends, remixes and the personality that a DJ brings to the presentation. He has particular respect for the blend DJs who created complex combinations before modern stem-separation technology made isolating vocals and instrumentals considerably easier.
Artwork also formed a major part of his memories of mixtape culture, with covers helping individual DJs and series establish recognisable identities before listeners even heard the music. Cannon Banyon recalled the elaborate Southern covers associated with mixtape crews and designers while explaining that he still enjoys developing concepts and working with graphic artists on contemporary releases.
His own entry into DJing began through buying mixtapes while growing up and developing a broader love for playing, mixing and manipulating music. After his mother helped him obtain early DJ equipment, he began experimenting with basic recording setups before progressing through four-track recording, Cakewalk, Cool Edit and eventually more advanced production software.
Cannon Banyon remembers releasing his first tape around 2001 and still owns a cassette from that period. Selling those early copies locally and returning home with small amounts of cash provided the first indication that his interest in DJing could become a genuine business rather than simply a hobby.
His early technical experiments also included using PlayStations as makeshift CD players and producing beats with MTV Music Generator. Cannon Banyon still keeps some of that older equipment because certain sounds remain useful to him, illustrating an approach where new technology is welcomed without automatically discarding the tools that came before it.
Asked about longevity, he placed love of the craft first and argued that DJs need to keep listening to what people actually want while remaining willing to perform live rather than limiting themselves to recorded mixes. Modern controllers and Serato have made preparation easier, but Cannon Banyon still believes reading a crowd and changing direction when necessary remain fundamental DJ skills.
His entrepreneurial outlook developed gradually through years of working several jobs while pursuing creative interests in music, drawing and design. A businessman he met while working at a tattoo shop encouraged him to stop spending all his time building somebody else's business and instead direct more of that effort towards something he owned himself.
That lesson became central to the way Cannon Banyon operates, with income, time and energy repeatedly directed back into his own projects rather than waiting for an outside company to create opportunities. He acknowledged that independent work brings slow periods and difficult months, but his response has been to keep finding ways to sell, distribute and create rather than abandoning the operation when conditions change.
He gave younger DJs similarly practical advice, telling them to make something they genuinely believe in, put it in front of people and remain focused on improving their craft. Cannon Banyon also challenged the obsession with immediately reaching millions of listeners, arguing that a relatively small group of committed supporters can provide a more useful foundation than huge numbers of passive followers.
Another major part of his recent work has been the connection between Southern Hip Hop, country music and the country-rap scene surrounding four-wheelers, mud parks and rural events. Cannon Banyon explained that country, rock and rap influences had long existed together in his environment, with current country-rap events giving that mixture a more visible platform and creating new spaces for DJs to combine different styles.
Looking towards 2026 and beyond, Cannon Banyon described an increasingly varied production schedule that includes Hip Hop, country rap and instrumental projects. Recent and forthcoming work mentioned in the interview included Dirt Roads with Craig Campbell, Stomping Boots with Jordan Franklin and Young Buck, as well as material involving Bubba Sparxxx and Pastor Troy.
He has also been experimenting further with beat production, combining Boom Bap ideas with newer equipment while continuing to release instrumental tapes and mixtapes. Some of these sessions have also encouraged Cannon Banyon to rap on his own productions, adding another role to a career already divided between DJing, producing, distributing records and working with artists.
Despite the changes in his own work, Cannon Banyon repeatedly returned to the importance of DJs within Hip Hop and argued that artists sometimes underestimate what selectors contribute to breaking records. He prefers DJs to receive new music early, recognising that the culture itself developed through DJs connecting records, breaks, MCs and audiences long before streaming platforms became dominant.
Cannon Banyon closed by thanking everyone who has bought one of his CDs, streamed a mix, supported his events or worked alongside him throughout the years. His final remarks reflected the same attitude that ran through the interview, combining gratitude for a career built from physical mixtapes with an insistence on continuing to make new music, support DJs and find fresh ways to keep the culture active.
The live broadcast is scheduled for Tuesday, September 8th, 2026, from 8 to 9 PM Indochina Time (ICT), with a replay set for Saturday from 8 to 9 AM (ICT).
DJ King Flow – Mixtape Addict Show Episode 113
DJ Cannon Banyon feat. Charlie Farley & Shamu The Panda - Lonely Loser
DJ Cannon Banyon feat. Alston Webb & Stephen Lemmons - Heavy
Drawde, Young Buck & Dustin Spears - Stomping Boots (Prod. DJ Cannon Banyon & Franklin Embry)
Chingy - Gold Chain Confessions
Fuego Base - Hartford
Apollo Brown & Skyzoo - No Discounts
Nutso - Redemption
Da Inphamus Amadeuz, EDI Mean, Mack Mason & Rah Tha Ruler - Return Of An Outlaw
Queen Herawin, PA Dre, Ruste Juxx & DJ Boo - Manifesto
Fat Joe & Pusha T - Set Of Keys
Czarface, Frankie Pulitzer & Method Man - Mad Technology
Ransom & Lloyd Banks - Circumvention
Mic Handz feat. Dready Kruger - Curtains
Stu Bangas, Recognize Ali, AFRO & Verbal Kent - Dope Peddling
DJ King Flow - Interview With DJ Cannon Banyon
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