On Saturday, June 3rd, Renegade Mas will present the Out Of This World Music Festival at Camana Bay (Festival Green) in George Town, Cayman Islands. This is a major event that will feature live performances by trending hip-hop, dancehall and soca artists.
The headliners are Sean Paul, Patrice Roberts, Busta Rhymes and Elephant Man; who will all be supported by Renegade, Don Hot, Silent Matic, Joshie Vybz, Georgie Duarte and Max Kazakov. Get tickets here.
Yasiin Bey and Talib Kweli – collectively known as Black Star – will be performing at Brooklyn Bowl at 1009 Canal Street in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania on Saturday, May 27th.
The men are promoting No Fear of Time, their second studio album released on May 3rd, 2022, via podcasting network Luminary. Entirely produced by Madlib, the album marks the duo’s first full-length release in 24 years, following 1998’s Mos Def and Talib Kweli Are Black Star.
This event is 21 and older concert that will require a valid government-issued photo ID upon entrance. General tickets start at $80.
This Sunday, May 7th, Lyricist Lounge will present Origin Stories, an intimate conversation and archival footage screening, at Fotografiska – 281 Park Avenue South (at 22nd Street) – in New York City.
The live conversation will be hosted by both co-founders Anthony Marshall and Danny Castro, alongside panelists and special guest Talib Kweli. Click here for tickets.
Some of hip-hop’s most respected MCs will be at the Premier Theater at Foxwoods Resort Casino – 39 Norwich Westerly Road – in Mashantucket, Connecticut this Saturday, May 6th. The event is being presented as a 50 Year Tribute to Hip-Hop.
The lineup includes Slick Rick, Big Daddy Kane, EPMD, Rakim, and Roxanne Shante, with DJ Craig G on the ones-and-twos. Tickets can be purchased from ticketmaster.
Two of the most entertaining rappers: Lupe Fiasco and B.O.B, will share the stage on Sunday, May 28th at the Gila River Resorts & Casinos – 5040 Wild Horse Pass Blvd. – in Chandler, Arizona.
Lupe Fiasco is a Chicago-born, Grammy award-winning rapper, record producer, entrepreneur, and community advocate. He rose to fame in 2006 following the success of his debut album, Food & Liquor. Lupe has released eight acclaimed studio albums; his latest being Drill Music In Zion, released in June 2022. As for B.O.B, he is a Grammy-nominated rapper who is also a record producer.
Despite always having residencies with some of the top musical stars, Usher‘s Lovers & Friends Festival is arguably the biggest music event in ‘sin city.’ Scheduled for Saturday, May 6th at the Las Vegas Festival Grounds in Las Vegas, Nevada, the all day event – 11am to midnight – will feature the who-is-who in urban music.
The full lineup includes Nelly, Busta Rhymes, Flo Rida, Master P, Sean Paul, Shaggy, Beenie Man, Chris Brown, Ginuwine, Remy Ma, Jojo, En Vogue, Blackstreet, Jagged Edge, Wayne Wonder, Kevin Lyttle, 702, Lil Mo, Lumidee, Missy Elliott, Mariah Carey, Pitbull, Usher, Christina Aguilera, Summer Walker, Jhene Aiko, Miguel, Partynextdoor, Bryson Tiller, Boyz II Men, Omarion, Bow Wow, Lil Kim, Eve, T.I. Soulja Boy, Da Brat, 50 Cent, The Diplomats, N.O.R.E, Chingy, Petey Pablo, Mannie Fresh, Dem Franchize Boyz, Yung Joc, Baby Bash, Frankie J, MC Magic and Lil Rob. Get tickets here.
Last month, Atlanta hip-hop group Arrested Development dropped a new project called On The Cutting Room Floor (A Mixtape). It has a total of ten tracks, one of which is a De La Soul interlude. Although they have added the words ‘a mixtape’ in the title, this is in fact a studio album; and an amazing one to boot.
As they’ve always done, the group blessed us with well produced and timely music, filled with conscious messages on banging beats. And in May, they will head out on the road to perform songs from this, and earlier LPs. The tour will begin on the 20th at the Q-Factory in Amsterdam, before making its way to the UK, which is where all the other shows will be. Click here for dates, locations and links to tickets.
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