Super Bowl Soulful Celebration 2025

The live taping for the 26th annual Super Bowl Soulful Celebration will take place on Wednesday, February 5, 2025, at the Mahalia Jackson Theater in New Orleans, Louisiana, starting at 7:30 pm.

Bill Bellamy and Rocsi Diaz will host, with performances by Yolanda Adams, Lucky Daye, the Isley Brothers, Tori Kelly, Muni Long, Jonathan McReynolds, Big Freedia, Master P, Trombone Shorty, and the NFL Players Choir.

Additionally, Michael Strahan will be honored with the Lifetime of Inspiration Award, Cameron Jordan with the Community Award, and Jared Verse with the Rising Star Award. Click here for tickets.

New Visual From The King Will Come

Fast-rising American multi-denominational worship collective The King Will Come continues to captivate us with their imaginative music style. Their latest is a refreshing, inspirational rap track called “Welcome,” released on January 12, 2025, with bars by Tamy Stevens and Oswin Benjamin.

They followed up a few days later, on the 17th, with the official video. If you have not yet seen it, click here or on the image above to check it out, and remember to like, comment, and share.

Professor Lupe Fiasco

Hip-hop artist Lupe Fiasco will work as a visiting professor at Johns Hopkins University, Peabody Institute for the 2025 Fall season. He will teach rap as a part of the school’s new 4-year hip-hop degree program, which is being headed by professor and musical artist Wendel Patrick.

Sheldon Gava Shares New Single “Read” 

After collaborating with Roc Legion Productions on a previously released single, Sheldon Gava has once again joined forces with the Thailand-based creative. The new record, which went live on streaming platforms on January 1, 2025, is called Read

Surprisingly, Sheldon, who is known to be a private person, uses this new track to publicly address a very personal issue. “Read is me poetically crying out to my son to judge me based upon the love I’ve always shown, not by the lies and assumptions programmed in him by ones [his mother and stepfather], with whom I have not had a civilized conversation in over 20 years,” says Gava.

Read is a combination of hip-hop—the genre in which Roc Legion specializes—and dub poetry—one of Sheldon Gava‘s preferred modes of expression. It’s fresh, bright, and upbeat, and although the story being told may be interpreted as unfortunate, the record still gives off a positive, feel-good vibe. According to Gava“Read basically says that actions speak louder than words in any type of relationship. It’s not what you say; it’s what you do.”

Read
 can be streamed and downloaded on Apple Music, Spotify, Pandora, Deezer, Amazon Music, Tidal, etc.

CLICK HERE TO DOWNLOAD “READ”

KRS-One Confirmed For The Midway SF On Jan. 17th

Hip-hop legend and teacher KRS-One will make a rare appearance at The Midway, a dynamic and interactive 40,000-square-foot live music venue located at 900 Marin Street in San Francisco, California, on Friday, January 17.

Presented by SF Hip-Hop and The Midway, this event will also feature DJ Qbert, Seiji Oda, and Stunnaman02. It will start at 8:00 pm, and tickets can be purchased on Tixr.

The National Hip-Hop Museum To Host Holiday Honors Induction Ceremony & Concert This Weekend

The highly anticipated Holiday Honors Induction Ceremony & Concert, which is being hosted by Washington DC’s National Hip-Hop Museum, is this Saturday, December 28th, at the Bethesda Theater (7719 Wisconsin Avenue, Bethesda, MD). 

Kool Moe Dee, The Treacherous Three, Marley Marl, DJ Jazzy Jay, The Fearless Four, Soul Sonic Force, Lords of the Underground, and other hip-hop legends will be in attendance. Furthermore, Melle Mel and Scorpio will both be inducted, and Melle Mel will receive the NHHM Legacy Award. Click here for additional information.

Have You Seen Killer Mike’s Latest Video “Nobody Knows”?

Roughly one year after his award-winning album “Michael,” Killer Mike released “Michael & the Mighty Midnight Revival, Songs for Sinners and Saints,” a soulful ten-track record that features the likes of Offset, Blxst, Troy Durden, Key Glock, Anthony Hamilton, and Project Pat

The latest visuals from the latter is “Nobody Knows,” a collaboration done with singer-songwriter Anthony Hamilton. If you have not yet seen the video, click here or on the image above to check it out, and remember to like, comment, and share.