Kool & The Gang will be performing their biggest hits – Celebration, Cherish, Jungle Boogie, to name a few – at Wolf Trap in Vienna, Virginia this Friday, June 3rd.
They will be joined by funk and soul stalwarts Morris Day & The Time. Tickets, which start at $37 USD, can be purchased from Wolf Trap’s website.
R&B and soul singer-songwriter Leela James will be hitting the Iron City stage on Friday, June 3rd. She will be joined by Clinton Babers, the talented singer, songwriter, producer, arranger and instrumentalist – gifted on 18 different instruments.
Iron City – one of the most inspired music and event venues in Birmingham – is located at 513 22nd Street South, Birmingham, Alabama. Show time is 8pm. Click here for tickets.
Hyde Park Summer Fest – the annual event that’s sponsored by The Hyde Park Chamber of Commerce and Eat Drink and Be Events – has announced their full lineup for 2022. The main headliners are Busta Rhymes, Ashanti and Lupe Fiasco on Saturday, June 11th; and Jhené Aiko, Lucky Day, Marsha Ambrosius and BJ The Chicago Kid on Sunday, June 12th.
The Hyde Park Summer Fest mixes great music, good food and craft beer with the amazing people of Chicago. Location is the Midway Plaisance Park.
The 2022 Florida Funk Fest – that is to take place on Friday, June 3rd and Saturday, June 4th – will feature MJB, Jodeci, Jazmine Sullivan, Anthony Hamilton, Tweet, Trina and several other top-tier hip-hop and R&B artists.
One of the most anticipated features on the program is the No Limit reunion with Master P and the No Limit Soldiers (Mystikal, Silkk The Shocker etc.). It will be held at Central Florida Fairgrounds – 4603 W Colonial Drive – in Orlando. Tickets and additional information are available here.
Excel MixMaster, former radio host on Boston’s 90.3 FM, has got everyone taking selfies with his latest track aptly titled #SelfieChallenge. The song, which features Rampage and Neil BeatBox, was released in March on the 12inch Digital Music label.
#SelfieChallenge is a party song, done on a dancehall rhythm, that basically encourages listeners to take and share photos and videos of themselves. Interestingly, people have been listening and doing just that. With over 2 million social media plays, Excel MixMaster would like you to take the #SelfieChallenge this Memorial Day weekend. See instructions below.
Take a picture or video of yourself and your friends and post it on your social media along with the song #SelfieChallenge and tag both @ExcelMixMaster and @TheReaLRampage
Two Southern hip-hop groups – UGK (UnderGround Kingz) and 8Ball & MJG – will hit the Verzuz stage this Thursday, May 26th. The show will broadcast live from Atlanta, Georgia on all Verzuz streaming platforms starting at 5PM PT / 8PM ET.
The multi-talented Jamaican artist Dre Island will be releasing his sophomore album, High Times, on June 3rd, 2022 via DubShot Records. This eight-track project follows his 2020 debut, Now I Rise.
In anticipation of the full record being published on digital streaming platforms, Dre Island and his team have just shared the visuals for the LP’s second single, All Night, which features Carlio.
The singer, songwriter and producer will celebrate the album release at SNS Bar – located at 63 Gansevoort Street – in New York City on June 3rd.
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