Daily Archives: June 17, 2013

After weeks of not-so-subtle swipes on Twitter and various ambiguous statements calling Philly rap veteran Cassidy out to battle for $100,000, it looks like Meek Mill has finally got Cassidy‘s attention. [...]

After getting off to a great start in London with performances from the likes of Kendrick Lamar, Tulisa and Trey Songz, BBC 1Xtra Live made its way up to Liverpool’s Echo Arena on November 14 with performances from an all-British line up of emerging and established acts. [...]

ITV has announced its biggest rebrand since 2001, which will see all of its channels given wholly brand identities and colour schemes. Lead channel ITV1 will be renamed ITV, its previous name until ITV1 debuted 11 years ago. [...]

The LOX are back, sort of. The trio of Jadakiss, Styles P and Sheek Louch get together with fellow New Yorker Vado for Peter Jackson‘s single “Can’t Get Enough” from the latter’s new album Fresh Start. [...]

Not so long ago we heard ’90s rap veteran and Flipmode Squad member Rah Digga link up with Rapsody, and now she’s back to collaborate with another of the game’s most exciting female rapping talents, Brooklyn-based Nitty Scott, MC. [...]

Nearly 73 years after the release of the cult classic film The Wizard of Oz, Walt Disney Pictures have released the full trailer for the new prequel Oz: The Great and Powerful, which tells the story of just how the shy Wizard reached his mighty position in Emerald City. [...]

Ke$ha and Taylor Gang get together for the official remix to the popstar’s single “Die Young,” joined by Dr Luke‘s latest prodigy, Becky G. [...]

Whilst a number of leading artists from Rihanna to Redman have sent out musical messages of support to those affected by Hurricane Sandy, we finally have some news about a collective response from the musical community. [...]

After delays caused by the Hurricane Sandy deluge, Heems aka Himanshu Suri of Brooklyn rap group Das Racist, dropped his free Wild Water Kingdom album this week. The album, Heems’ second as a solo artist after January’s Nehru Jackets, features beats from Harry Fraud , Keyboard Kid, Beautiful Lou, Mike Finito and Crookers whilst guest raps come from [...]

Nas and Lauryn Hill are currently touring America on their joint Life is Good/Black Rage tour, and on Wednesday night (14th) they stopped at the Windy City to make an appearance at the Congress Theatre. [...]