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.

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.

Now that their new record – Liberation 2 – is out and getting great reviews, Talib Kweli and Madlib are engaged in a rigorous promotional campaign. Next month, on Friday, May 19, they will be at The Novo – 800 W Olympic Blvd- in Los Angeles, California, for a show that’s schedule to start at 8pm.

Kweli and Madlib describe Liberation 2 as a global call for unity through time and space. The album features African artists Cassper Nyovest and Seun Kuti; as well as collaborations with Q-Tip, Wildchild, Roc Marciano, Westside Gunn and the late Mac Miller. Talib also has songs with his children Amani and Diani. Liberation 2 is only available on Luminary.

Click here for advance tickets to The Novo show.

One of the best rappers of all time, Yasiin Bey, will return to Spain for two exclusive shows for the first time in 10 years. He will perform at La Riviera in Madrid on May 10th, and at Razzmatazz in Barcelona on May 11th.

Mos Def needs no introduction. Exploding into the public consciousness as part of Black Star (with Talib Kweli) in 1998, it was Mos‘ debut – Black On Both Sides – a year later that took the New York rapper to astronomical heights and universal stardom. The LP continues to be regarded as one of the greatest albums in the genre’s history. After another three great albums (New Danger, True Magic and The Ecstatic), Yasiin Bey came back in 2022 with the highly anticipated 24-year Black Star reunion project: Fear Of Time.