Lightning Cloud

Lightning Cloud 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, Lightning Cloud 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, Lightning Cloud 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, Lightning Cloud are a near-earth object inventing new realms of the Electro-Trap-Hip-Hop revolution on the planet. Urban futurist, MC Red Cloud 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 (Hobbema/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, CA 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 role on the daytime NBC soap DAYS OF OUR LIVES, BET's THE GAME, AMERICAN 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 Hollywood DJ Crew "Ladies 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. Lightning Cloud was conceived.

MC Red Cloud, from the City of Hawthorne, is an indigenous legend witha 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. Red Cloud 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.
Lightning Cloud's self titled debut album"Lightning Cloud" just won BEST HIP HOP ALBUM at the 2012 Aboriginal Peoples Choice Music Awards!

Lightning Cloud 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 at the acclaimed SXSW Festival in Austin, TX.

Bundle up, the reign is coming.