Hip-hop royalty Yasiin Bey and 3 time Grammy Award winning producer Robert Glasper will be performing at Troxy (490 Commercial Road, E1 0HX) in London, UK on March 8th. For additional information about this event, persons are encouraged to visit www.soundcrashmusic.com.
On February 15th, Hip-hop giant Talib Kweli will head out on the road to promote his latest album, “Radio Silence.” So far there are 24 confirmed dates for the tour, which will be making stops in Cleveland, Grand Rapids, Kansas City, Omaha, Madison, Boulder, Aspen, Dallas, and that is just to name a few.
Talib Kweli will be supported by Niko Is and DJ Spintelect. Click here for all dates and locations.
A few days ago Hamilton released the visuals for the track “Wrote My Way Out,” which features Nas, Dave East, Lin-Manuel and Aloe Blacc. The record was strong on it’s own, but the simple yet powerful visuals, take it to a whole new level.
This is a must watch for all hip-hop heads; it’s loaded with bars. Click here or on the image above to watch.
Fans and supporters of Rapsody are encouraged to check out the brand new documentary entitled ‘Where Flowers Bloom,’ which is now showing on Tidal. The project gives viewers full behind the scenes access to the making of her Grammy nominated album “Laila’s Wisdom.”
Rapsody is nominated, not once but twice for the 2018 Grammy’s. She is nominated in the following categories: Best Rap Song (“Sassy” — Gabouer & M. Evans, songwriters: Rapsody) and Best Rap Album (Laila’s Wisdom — Rapsody).
On December 21st, hip-hop artist and actor Common brought a group of approximately 30 people out to Barry J. Nidorf Juvenile Hall, and California State Prison (Los Angeles County) for a special holiday visit. His intent was to spread love, hope and light to the boys, girls and men inside.
Common felt it was important to visit over the holidays to bring some happiness and joy to the brothers and sisters inside. He says; “While the holiday season is an amazing time for most of us, it’s one of the toughest and most depressing parts of the year for people inside. I’m #blessed to have a platform to help others.”
A few hours ago, Jamla Records released the brand new video for “Sassy” by Rapsody. It’s on the Grammy nominated album Lailas Wisdom. Click here or on the image above to watch the video and remember to like, comment and share.
Tariq, aka Black Thought from the original hip-hop band, The Roots, delivered a mind blowing freestyle for approximately 10 minutes on Hot97 a few days ago. Hip-hop fanatics are going crazy over it! With all these emerging rap artists focusing all their attention on creating a catchy hook, as oppose to providing substantive lyrical content, it was refreshing to hear an authentic MC deliver.
Black Thought touched on everything from politics to what’s going on in the ‘hood.’ Click here to listen and rate it for yourself.
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