Rapper producer El-P gets TV On The Radio’s Jaleel Bunton in for a video for ‘Stay Down’.
Tagged as: El-P, hip-hop, Jaleel Bunton, Nick Diamonds, producer, rap, TV On The Radio
‘Drop It Like It’s Hot’ is now an ad jingle for microwaveable snack treat Hot Pockets, replete with a new video.
Tagged as: Andy Milonakis, DeStorm Power, hip-hop, rap, Snoop Dogg
Hip-hop megastar Jay-Z will release a live audio and video EP of the show he took the subway to get to.
Tagged as: hip-hop, Jay-Z, rap
The first ever Australian tour for hip-hop legend Grandmaster Melle Mel has been cancelled.
Tagged as: Furious Five, Grandmaster Melle Mel, hip-hop, rap
Hip-hop champion Nas has finally released a video for ‘Cherry Wine’, featuring Amy Winehouse.
Tagged as: Amy Winehouse, hip-hop, Nas, rap
Rap upstart Kendrick Lamar posts new song ‘Compton’ with Dr. Dre. from his new album featuring Lady Gaga, Drake and more.
Tagged as: Anna Wise, Dr Dre, Drake, hip-hop, Jay Rock, Kendrick Lamar, Lady Gaga, Mary J Blige, MC Eiht, rap
Californian noise-rap trio Death Grips have defied their label and given away No Love Deep Web online.
Tagged as: California, Death Grips, electro, glitch, hip-hop, rap
Sunny Sydney rapper Chance Waters (formerly Phatchance) tours the nation on the back of his Bertie Blackman collab.
Tagged as: Bertie Blackman, Chance Waters, hip-hop, jazz, Phatchance, rap
UK grime collective Roll Deep (which has included Wiley, Dizzee Rascal, Tinchy Stryder) announce a new album.
Tagged as: Dizzee Rascal, grime, hip-hop, Roll Deep, Tinchy Stryder, UK, Wiley
Latin megastar Pitbull has delivered a teaser for his next album Global Warming with some Aussie cameos.
Tagged as: dance, hip-hop, Latin, Pitbull, pop
Californian glitch-hop act Death Grips debut an interactive online party for their new song ‘I’ve Seen Footage’.
Tagged as: Death Grips, electro, hip-hop
The GOOD Music collaboration album Cruel Summer leaks early, and it’s streaming online.
Tagged as: 2 Chainz, Big Sean, Chief Keef, Common, Cruel Summer, CyHi Da Prince, DJ Khaled, Ghostface Killah, GOOD Music, hip-hop, Jadakiss, Jay-Z, John Legend, Kanye West, Kid Cudi, Ma$e, Pusha-T, R. Kelly, Raekwon, rap, The-Dream
The unstoppable Ed Sheeran has added the third and final Festival Hall show and guest Passenger.
Tagged as: Ed Sheeran, folk, hip-hop, Passenger, UK
The groundbreaking trip-hop classic from Massive Attack, Blue Lines, gets the deluxe reissue treatment.
Tagged as: deluxe, dub, electro, hip-hop, Massive Attack, reissue, trip-hop, UK
It has been years, but Missy Elliott finally previews new music with Timbaland.
Tagged as: dance, hip-hop, Missy Elliott, rap, Timbaland
The newly Rastafied Snoop Dogg – Snoop Lion – backs a second term for Obama because George W Bush “fucked up for eight years”.
Tagged as: Barack Obama, documentary, election, hip-hop, rap, reggae, Snoop Dogg, Snoop Lion
Less than ten days out from their Australian tour, LA electro hip-hop crew Far East Movement cancel.
Tagged as: cancel, dance, electro, Far East Movement, hip-hop, house, LA
Kanye’s new tunes keep coming with the big, bumping ‘Clique’ featuring verses from Jay-Z and Big Sean.
Tagged as: Big Sean, Cruel Summer, hip-hop, Jay-Z, Kanye West, rap
Chris Lighty, manager of Diddy, Mariah Carey, Ja Rule and 50 Cent, shot himself dead in the street outside his Bronx apartment on Thursday (August 30, 2012).
Tagged as: Chris Lighty, Diddy, hip-hop, LL Cool J, Mariah Carey, Missy Elliott
Ringleader of The Roots, Questlove, has posted the Beastie Boys mix demo for the R’n’R Hall Of Fame online.
Tagged as: Beastie Boys, demo, Hall of Fame, hip-hop, Questlove, rap, rock and roll, The Roots, tribute
Cornell University in Ithaca, NY has named Hip Hop pioneer Afrika Bambaataa as a visiting scholar for the next three years.
Tagged as: Afrika Bambaataa, Cornell University, hip-hop, Planet Rock, Rock and Roll Hall of Fame
The campaign to re-elect President Obama has posted a video featuring DJs calling for support.
Tagged as: Adam 12, Barack Obama, D-Nice, DJ, DJ Irie, DJ Rashida, election, electro, hip-hop, President, Steve Aoki, US
Hip-hop punk electro heroes Regurgitator deliver another Sydney show on their Unit/Tu-Plang Retrotech tour.
Tagged as: alternative, hip-hop, pop, punk, Regurgitator, rock
Melbourne hip-hop upstart Illy tells Noise11 about his back-to-basics, non-pop new album Bring It Back.
Tagged as: Grey Ghost, hip-hop, Illy, interview, Mantra, Melbourne, Pez, rap, Reason, Thundamentals
Rapper Drake and Aaliyah’s cousin have spoken about the posthumous album they are producing for the late R&B star.
Tagged as: Aaliyah, Drake, hip-hop, Missy Elliott, new album, R&B, rap, Timbaland
The will of Adam Yauch, aka MCA of the Beastie Boys, prevents commercial interests capitalising on his creative output.
Tagged as: Adam Yauch, Beastie Boys, hip-hop, MCA, rap, will
Dizzee Rascal and singer Pepper deliver a live clip to his official London Games theme ‘Scream’ (with a Jay-Z cameo!).
Tagged as: dance, Dizzee Rascal, hip-hop, Jay-Z, London Games, Olympics, Pepper, pop
Freaky folk popper Beck will release a new album of songs as sheet music titled Song Reader.
Tagged as: Beck, folk, hip-hop, indie, McSweeney's, sheet music
Brit singer and rapper Plan B releases a video for the new single from his UK number one album.
Tagged as: hip-hop, Plan B, rap, soul, UK
Electro agitator M.I.A. tweets to fans about her fourth album, a doco, an autobiography and an art exhibit.
Tagged as: art exhibit, autobiography, documentary, electro, hip-hop, M.I.A.
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