On Sunday, December 11th, Rasta Lion Wear will host the Jamhuri Day Celebration – an East-African festival – at Heko Farm (55 Canterbury Road West) in Lara, Victoria, Australia.
The lineup includes multi-award winning Kenyan band Sauti Sol; one of Kenya’s most popular Kikuyu secular musician, Musaimo; and Jamaican roots-reggae singer Turbulence. DJ Double Trouble and DJ Kalonje are also on the program. Get tickets here.
This past Friday, Limoblaze dropped the official video for Pull Up, track #1 on his new album, Sunday In Lagos. The LP was released at the end of October following his signing to the popular gospel-hip-hop label Reach Records.
If you have not yet seen the visuals, click here to check it out, and remember to like, comment and share.
One of the coolest hip-hop ensemble, the trio Digable Planets, will be having a New Year’s Eve Party and everyone is invited!
It’s an all ages event that will be held at the Crystal Ballroom – 1332 W Burnside Street – in Portland, Oregon. Doors will open at 7:30PM, but the show will not start until 9PM.
Digable Planets will be joined by Karma Rivera with DJ Spare Key on the 1s and 2s. Get tickets here.
For one night (Saturday, November 19), NJPAC’s City Verses program will unite the leading voices in jazz, hip-hop and poetry at the New Jersey Performing Arts Center in Newark, NJ.
The legendary lineup includes rap stars Rakim (Paid in Full), Speech (Arrested Development), Chuck D (Public Enemy), Black Thought (The Roots) and Dupré ‘DoItAll’ Kelly (Lords of The Underground); award-winning poets and spoken word performers Nikki Giovanni, Jessica Care Moore, Sean Battle, Mayor Ras Baraka and The Last Poets (Abiodun Oyewole, Umar Bin Hassan, Babadon Babatunde).
The program also includes jazz greats Ravi Coltrane and Javon Jackson; as well as musical director (and NJPAC jazz advisor) Christian McBride and A Christian McBride Situation. Get tickets here.
On Saturday, December 10th, Trey Songz, Ginuwine & Jacquees will all perform at the Arena Theatre – 7326 Southwest Freeway – in Houston, Texas. This is an up close and intimate show featuring three of the most desired men in R&B. Tickets and additional information are available on ticketmaster-dot.com.
Vocal powerhouse Fantasia will hit the Kings Theatre stage along with Tamar Braxton on November 11th, and everyone involved in the behind the scenes planning is promising that it will be a night to remember.
Kings Theatre is located at 1027 Flatbush Ave, in Brooklyn, New York. Doors will open at 6:30pm, and showtime is 8pm sharp! Passes are available on ticketmaster-dot-com.
Famed producer 9th Wonder is back with Zion VII. He dropped the predominantly instrumental hip-hop album on Friday, November 4th via his very own Jamla Records. I say predominantly because the first seven tracks are regular songs with vocals by Swank & King Draft.
In addition to Swank & King Draft, the project also features The Jack Moves, Jalisa and Datsunn. As we’ve come to expect from 9th Wonder, he delivered an exceptional body of work; something that all true hip-hop lovers will appreciate. Download Zion VII here.
