LL Cool J, the founder of the hip-hop brand Rock The Bells, is taking the imprint to the One Music Festival this weekend. With the support of Sprite, they will have a stage that is to feature live performances from Big Boi, Too $hort, Big K.R.I.T., Curren$y, Tokyo Jetz, Childish Major, GRIP, Rexx Life Raj, Fendi P, Domani, Indiana Rome and Najii Person.

One Music Festival, which is Southeast’s largest progressive urban music fest, will take place at the Centennial Olympic Park in Atlanta, Georgia. Click here for tickets.

One of BET’s most popular show from the 1990s and 2000s, Rap City, has returned to the airwaves. The first episode for the new season went live on Tuesday, October 5th at 8PM EST with host Big Tigger at the helms.

The hour long special featured hip-hop heavy weights Fat Joe, Jermaine Dupri, Jeezy and others. Hip-hop lovers should check their local listings to find out when the show will broadcast in their city.

After a lot of build up, Joyner Lucas finally released his collaborative single, Your Heart, done with J. Cole. The hip-hop tune, which highlights some of the consequences of infidelity, was shared last week.

If you have not yet heard the song or seen the video, click here or on the image above to check it out and remember to like, comment and share.

In observation of Mental Awareness and Depression Month The Harold Washington Cultural Center, which is located at 4701 S. King Drive in Chicago, Illinois, will culminate all its activities with a live performance by DJ Jazzy Jeff and Rakim on October 15th. This will be the first time both men will perform together in Chicago.

Prior to the show that’s scheduled to start at approximately 8PM CDT, there will be a panel discussion on mental health in the morning (at 10AM). For tickets and additional information click here.

Before writing this article I read a few stories written by people I consider to be top-tier music journalists. What stood out to me was the fact that most of them were focused on J. Cole choosing a Drake beat for his new record, as oppose to the myriad of powerful messages in his song.

I find that troubling because J. Cole delivered very timely, factual lyrics about what a lot of people are doing for fame, while also giving us an insight into his whole low-key approach to stardom. Now how correspondents ignored all that and focused on whose beat he was using is mind blowing!

Click here or on the image above to listen to the track, which is titled Heaven’s EP, and remember to like, comment and share.