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Iconic actor and comedian Chris Tucker will be hosting this year’s BET Awards, taking place at the Nokia Theatre in Los Angeles on Sunday June 30th. [...]

With TDE‘s Black Hippy headlining the Paid Dues festival which took place last night (March 30), Kendrick Lamar‘s set offered up a little something special for attendees. [...]

Three-time Grammy Nominee and music engineering legend, Young Guru announces a 13-city tour where he’ll be sharing his knowledge on the game with college students across the United States. [...]

Howard and Guy Lawrence, more commonly known as talented production duo Disclosure, already have a mega few months lined up for themselves as they’re set to play huge American festivals South by Southwest and Coachella – but that’s not all. They’ll also be taking their sound on tour while they’re in the country as they [...]

Looking to book your next trip overseas? Well Pitchfork offers a video brochure unlike any you’ve ever seen in Hood Life: A Hip-Hop Guided Tour Of Compton, California. The documentary is 24 minutes in length and features Hodari Sababu (the Game‘s stepfather) taxiing people through the streets of LA made internationally famous by many West [...]

Chicago collective Kids These Days defies conventional preconceptions of categorization and genre with the release of their 15 track project, Traphouse Rock. Take track three for example, “Ghetto,” as the talented clique engages listeners in a tug-of-war between genres, transitioning from swing jazz to acoustic folk to hard rock and back within a matter of [...]

Kicking off in New Haven, Connecticut on November 11th, Joe Budden will shortly be embarking on The Second First Impression tour; a ten-stop journey promoting the New Jersey native’s upcoming mixtape, A Loose Quarter, which is due to drop on Black Friday (Nov. 23). [...]

With a musical history together forever chronicled on Nas‘ 1996 It Was Written smash, “If I Ruled The World (Imagine That),” two of Hip-Hop’s most influential artists reunite as the Queensbridge veteran and Lauryn Hill embark on a brand new Life is Good/Black Rage tour together, starting in late October. [...]

Offering an upbeat ditty of genre-blending sensibilities, rising UK producer/DJ Star Slinger‘s been on an impeccable grind this year which continues with new cut “Take This Up” sampling Fonda Rae‘s “Over Like A Fat Rat.” [...]

UCLA’s annual two-day JazzReggae festival is the largest student ran festival in the United States, and always held during Memorial Day weekend. This year the line-up features an A-list roster of artists including the likes of The Roots, Thundercat, Gary Clark Jr, Shaggy and Collie Buddz. To build the anticipation for the event, here is [...]