On Thursday, October 20th, hip-hop legend KRS-One will perform at one of Philly’s long standing live music venues: Underground Arts. The club – in operation for ten plus years – is located at 1200 Callowhill Street in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
The twenty-one and older concert will begin at 8pm local time; and there is an entrance fee of $35 USD. Click here for tickets.
For one night only, Russell Peters‘ Old School Mixtape Live concert will bring together classic dance music legends with some of the most celebrated rappers in history. The event will be hosted at Toronto’s Just For Laugh Street Festival, which will run from September 23rd to the 25th at Front Street East and Berczy Park.
The Old School Mixtape Live goes down on Saturday, September 24th; with performances by Big Daddy Kane, EPMD, Crystal Waters, Nice & Smooth, Renee Neufvill (from Zhane) and Flavor Flav. This event is absolutely free to the public.
On October 1st 2NTuned Promotions will present Virginia’s Talent Showcase at a private location in Portsmouth. They are inviting all up-and-coming singers and rappers to come out and display their skills in front of record label executives.
There is also an opportunity to meet and greet legendary emcee AZ, as he is the guest artist on the show. Get additional information and tickets via Eventbrite.
A couple months ago Reach Records released their annual summer playlist titled 116 Summer. The project features new music from some of America’s emerging and established gospel hip-hop artists.
In an effort to promote the album, the label has been sharing selected videos; with the latest being Nobigdyl‘s One Way. As this is one of the stand out tracks on the playlist it made sense that it was given a video. Plus, Nobigdyl is strong in both his music and his walk with God.
Click here or on the image above to watch the video and remember to like, comment and share.
Atlanta hip-hop group Arrested Development just shared another video from their latest album For the FKN Love, released in December of last year. The new visuals is for track #1, Yes Always. Click here or on the image above to check it out and remember to like, comment and share.
1K Phew just dropped a new single – Safe – featuring actress and singer Jai’Len Josey. The song, which is about him being saved from his former life, is on the Reach Records imprint. Click here to check out the video, and remember to like, comment and share.
Hip-hop artists Treach (from the trio Naughty By Nature) and Big Daddy Kane will join actors Flex Alexander and House Of Payne star Allen Payne on the stage-play New Jack City. Payne starred in the actual film – released in 1991 – alongside Wesley Snipes, Ice-T and Chris Rock.
Producer Je’Caryous Johnson, the mastermind behind New Jack City, will take the play to Philadelphia, Washington, Charlotte, Brooklyn, Los Angeles, Baltimore, Detroit, Atlanta and Houston. The tour will start in November and will run through to January, 2023.
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