The 2023 Austin City Limits Music Festival is only days away! It will be presented over two weekends – October 6th to 8th, and again on October 13th through to the 15th – at Zilker Park in Austin, Texas.

As the event draws near, the organizers are sharing the full lineup. Among the performers is Kendrick Lamar, the hip-hop artist most recognized for his musical versatility, artistic reinventions, complex songwriting, and signature cadences. He will perform on Friday, October 6th, and again on Friday, October 13.

English actor, DJ, and recording artist Idris Elba has just added three new songs to his catalogue. On September 21st, he shared an EP called The Phantom Files (From Cyberpunk 2077), which is to mark the worldwide release of the Cyberpunk 2077: Phantom Liberty video game, in which his likeness and image are used as one of the lead characters.

The EP, classified as hip-hop (although one of the songs is clearly deep-house) comes to us courtesy of Elba‘s own imprint, 7Wallace Music. All three tracks are included in the aforementioned video game’s official soundtrack.

Click here or on the image above to stream, and/or download The Phantom Files (From Cyberpunk 2077) from your preferred music platform.

The 2023 BET Hip-Hop Awards will be held on Tuesday, October 3rd, at the Cobb Energy Performing Arts Centre in Atlanta, Georgia. The show will then air on the BET Network the following week, on October 10th, at 9pm ET.

Grammy Award-nominated recording artist, actor, author, entrepreneur, and media personality Fat Joe, who is also the co-executive producer, will once again host this year’s staging. The 2023 nominations, which were selected by some esteemed music industry insiders, performers, and presenters, were announced last week. To see the complete list of nominees, visit bet-dot-com.

The Legendary Roots Crew will be doing a handful of shows this month. They’ll be playing at the Spectrum Center in Charlotte, North Carolina on the weekend – Saturday, September 9th – and at the PNC Arena in Raleigh the following day. They’re also booked for the Telluride Jazz Festival in Telluride, Colorado on September 16th.

The Roots is considered one of the greatest hip-hop ensemble in the history of the genre. The band was formed in 1987 by Tariq “Black Thought” Trotter and Ahmir “Questlove” Thompson in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

Visit their official website – theroots-dot-com – for additional information about the group, as well as other confirmed concert dates on their schedule.

Five-time Grammy-winning pianist, composer, producer, and founding member of the Kennedy Center’s Hip-Hop Culture Council, Robert Glasper, will be celebrating hip-hop’s 50th anniversary at Wolf Trap’s Filene Center – 1551 Trap Road – in Vienna, Virginia, on Saturday, September 9th.

This one night only concert will feature a host of special guests, namely: Cordae, Common, Lupe Fiasco, T3 (of Slum Village), and Rapsody. Click here for tickets.

In 1993, the legendary Grammy Award winning band Arrested Development released their classic single People Everyday, and it immediately catapulted their careers to a whole new level. To that end, they have been doing a series of shows in honor of its 30th anniversary.

One of the events that’s on their itinerary is Music at the Intersection, happening on September 9th and 10th at the Grand Center Arts District in St. Louis. Following that, on September 16th, they will be at the Roaring Riot Kickoff Jam at the NoDa Brewing Company (North End Taproom) in Charlotte, North Carolina.

The other two dates in September are on the 23rd – at the Delicious Music Festival in Johannesburg – and at the end of the month, September 29th through October 1st, at the Caloundra Music Festival in Queensland, Australia.