Vu Skateboard Shop presents The Realness 2 – Skate Deck Release Show on Thursday, February 9th at The Metro Gallery – 1700 North Charles Street – in Baltimore, Maryland. Cormega, who will be supported by Skarr Akbar and deejays Remedy and Excel, will perform tracks from the LP. He will also be available for a meet and greet with his diehard fans and supporters.

The Realness II is Cormega‘s sixth studio album, released on October 7th, 2022, and the follow up to his 2014 project, Mega Philosophy. Get tickets here.

From Friday, February 17th, to Sunday, February 19th, some of hip-hop’s most respected MCs will be in France for the 2023 Triple H Fest (Hip-Hop Heroes Festival). It will be held at Bataclan, which is located at 50 Boulevard Voltaire in Paris.

Attendees will be treated to live performances by Beanie Sigel, Freeway, CL Smooth, Slum Village, Das EFX, AZ, Mobb Deep, Havoc, Big Noyd, Large Professor, Keith Murray, Lord Finesse, Erick Semon , PMD, Kool G Rap, EPMD, The Beatnuts, Masta Ace, Marco Polo, and others. Get tickets here.

In 1995 GZA – a member of Wu-Tang Clan – released Liquid Swords, his second solo studio album. This Sunday (January 22nd) his fans and supporters in California will be able to see him perform the full record live.

He is booked for two sets at Yoshi’s – 510 Embarcadero West – in Oakland. The first show, which is already sold out, is at 7pm, and the second show is at 9pm. Tickets are still available for the latter, and can be purchased on Yoshi’s website.