Slick Rick, aka Rick the Ruler, will be celebrating his 60th birthday at New York’s Brooklyn Bowl (61 Wythe Avenue) on Saturday, January 18. This event, which will also feature DJ Kaos and The Slickettes, is now in its 14th year. Click here for tickets and additional information.
Hip-hop artist Lupe Fiasco will work as a visiting professor at Johns Hopkins University, Peabody Institute for the 2025 Fall season. He will teach rap as a part of the school’s new 4-year hip-hop degree program, which is being headed by professor and musical artist Wendel Patrick.
After collaborating with Roc Legion Productions on a previously released single, Sheldon Gava has once again joined forces with the Thailand-based creative. The new record, which went live on streaming platforms on January 1, 2025, is called Read.
Surprisingly, Sheldon, who is known to be a private person, uses this new track to publicly address a very personal issue. “Read is me poetically crying out to my son to judge me based upon the love I’ve always shown, not by the lies and assumptions programmed in him by ones [his mother and stepfather], with whom I have not had a civilized conversation in over 20 years,” says Gava.
Read is a combination of hip-hop—the genre in which Roc Legion specializes—and dub poetry—one of Sheldon Gava‘s preferred modes of expression. It’s fresh, bright, and upbeat, and although the story being told may be interpreted as unfortunate, the record still gives off a positive, feel-good vibe. According to Gava: “Read basically says that actions speak louder than words in any type of relationship. It’s not what you say; it’s what you do.”
Read can be streamed and downloaded on Apple Music, Spotify, Pandora, Deezer, Amazon Music, Tidal, etc.
Hip-hop legend and teacher KRS-One will make a rare appearance at The Midway, a dynamic and interactive 40,000-square-foot live music venue located at 900 Marin Street in San Francisco, California, on Friday, January 17.
Presented by SF Hip-Hop and The Midway, this event will also feature DJ Qbert, Seiji Oda, and Stunnaman02. It will start at 8:00 pm, and tickets can be purchased on Tixr.
The highly anticipated Holiday Honors Induction Ceremony & Concert, which is being hosted by Washington DC’s National Hip-Hop Museum, is this Saturday, December 28th, at the Bethesda Theater (7719 Wisconsin Avenue, Bethesda, MD).
Kool Moe Dee, The Treacherous Three, Marley Marl, DJ Jazzy Jay, The Fearless Four, Soul Sonic Force, Lords of the Underground, and other hip-hop legends will be in attendance. Furthermore, Melle Mel and Scorpio will both be inducted, and Melle Mel will receive the NHHM Legacy Award. Click here for additional information.
Roughly one year after his award-winning album “Michael,” Killer Mike released “Michael & the Mighty Midnight Revival, Songs for Sinners and Saints,” a soulful ten-track record that features the likes of Offset, Blxst, Troy Durden, Key Glock, Anthony Hamilton, and Project Pat.
The latest visuals from the latter is “Nobody Knows,” a collaboration done with singer-songwriter Anthony Hamilton. If you have not yet seen the video, click here or on the image above to check it out, and remember to like, comment, and share.
American actor, rapper, and film producer Will Smith has just shared a new single called “Tantrum,” a collaboration done with Joyner Lucas. Both men delivered bars on the track so much so that music critics are already making positive predictions about the record and Smith‘s possible return to music on a full-time basis.
The “Tantrum” song and video were both released on December 13, and the visuals are just as captivating as the audio. If you have not yet seen it, click here or on the image above to check it out, and remember to like, comment, and share.
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