Hip-hop legend Scarface will be doing a twenty-five city U.S. tour commencing on March 10th in Miami, Florida, and ending on April 14 in Charlotte, North Carolina. This short stint, dubbed Behind The Desk Experience, was inspired by Scarface‘s impressive performance on NPR’s Tiny Desk Concert series.
Arrested Development‘s new album, Bullets In The Chamber, was released on January 12, 2024, via Vagabond Productions. It has several features, namely: Chuck D, Canibus, Diana King, Sa-Roc, Ras Kass, Sky Zoo, Grandmaster Caz, Sol Messiah, and O’hene Savant.
Bullets In The Chamber was executively produced by Speech and Configa. It can be streamed and/or downloaded from Bandcamp, iTunes, Spotify, Deezer, Tidal, and all other digital music platforms.
On January 15, 2024, The Naismith Basketball Hall of Fame introduced the inaugural Naismith Hall of Fame Ice Cube Impact Award, an honor celebrating Ice Cube’s remarkable contributions to professional basketball and his dedication to community service.
This groundbreaking award, symbolizes the acknowledgment of individuals who, like Ice Cube, leverage the basketball to create positive change in their communities. More than just a sports honor, this award recognizes those who score points not only in games but in making a lasting impact beyond the court.
As an annual accolade, the Naismith Hall of Fame Ice Cube Impact Award aims to spotlight individuals within the basketball community who have not only excelled in the sport but have also left an indelible mark on the neighborhoods they serve. Ice Cube himself will chair the selection committee for future award nominations, ensuring that the recipients embody the spirit of the award.
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With all that was done last year in honor of hip-hop’s 50th Anniversary, many fans of the genre believe that this year – 2024 – may actually turn out to be better than last.
One of the things they use to support that thought is Wu-Tang Clan: The Saga Continues… Las Vegas Residency, which is scheduled to commence on February 9th in the Theater at Virgin Hotels. This is historic, and it’s the group’s first-ever Las Vegas residency.
After a lot of promo and hype, LL Cool J‘s Rock The Bells seem to have cancelled their highly anticipated Rock The Bells Resort, scheduled for April 23-26, 2024, in Cancun, Mexico. Although no public announcement was made, the event’s official website now reads:
Due to unforeseen circumstances we are canceling the Rock The Bells Resort. It’s important to us that we give our fans the most amazing experience possible. We do it well or not at all. Stay tuned.
Brooklyn-based MC, Talib Kweli, who has been labelled as one of the most lyrically-gifted, socially aware, and politically insightful rappers to emerge in the last 20 years, has given us, hip-hop lovers, a seven-track album for Christmas.
Titled Holy Daze, the record has a few gems that’s definitely worth checking out. As a matter of fact, aside from track-six, which is a beautiful instrumental, and track number 7, which comes across as the project’s outro, all the other songs are solid hip-hop records. Additionally, all the beats are considered authentic rap rhythms.
Producers that have worked on this record are: Juni Ali, Nottz, Oh No, and the man himself, Talib Kweli. As of this writing, Holy Daze is only available on Bandcamp, and Kweli‘s own website kweliclub-dot-com.
Arrested Development, the hip-hop pioneers credited for bringing a fresh spiritual sound to the genre, will close out 2023, the indelible year of hip-hop’s 50th anniversary, with back-to-back Billboard Live performances.
Billboard Live is a restaurant and live music venue, located in various cities in Japan. That said, Arrested Development will do sets in Yokohama on December 28th, Tokyo on December 30th and 31st, and Osaka on January 3rd.
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