A court has ordered chart-topping club rapper Flo Rida to compensate festival organisers over a Newcastle no-show.
Tagged as: club, courts, Fat As Butter, Flo Rida, hip-hop, legal, Newcastle, rap
Rap megastar Eminem is the first person to get 60 million ‘likes’ on Facebook.
Tagged as: Eminem, Facebook, hip-hop, rap
On the eve of an Australian and New Zealand tour, UK star Ed Sheeran has already announced dates for 2013.
Tagged as: acoustic, Ed Sheeran, hip-hop, indie, UK
Aussie rapper Illy prepares his new album Bring It Back with a monster national tour including new FNQ and Tassie dates.
Tagged as: hip-hop, Illy, rap
Snoop Dogg will become Snoop Lion for a new reggae album, and previews a Major Lazer-produced track.
Tagged as: Diplo, hip-hop, Major Lazer, rap, reggae, Snoop Dogg, Snoop Lion
UK rapper Plan B will project graffitied fans’ tweets around London but has had to apologise for wearing a tee-shirt referencing a neo-Nazi band.
Tagged as: hip-hop, neo-Nazi, Plan B, punk, rap, Skrewdriver
Florida rapper Rick Ross has aired new tune ‘3 Kings’ featuring hip-hop royalty Jay-Z and Dr. Dre.
Tagged as: Dr Dre, hip-hop, Jay-Z, rap, Rick Ross
Hip-hop pioneer Grandmaster Melle Mel of the Furious Five will tour Australia for the first time.
Tagged as: Furious Five, Grandmaster Melle Mel, hip-hop
Aussie rap star 360 has been tweeting madly about making music for his new album.
Tagged as: 360, hip-hop, rap, Snob Scrilla, Stylaz Fuego
Hip-hop legends Public Enemy have dropped a new video clip for their single ‘I Shall Not Be Moved’ from their twelfth album.
Tagged as: Chuck D, Flavor Flav, hip-hop, Public Enemy, rap
The video for Jack White’s new single ‘Freedom At 21’ has been done by legendary hip-hop director Hype Williams.
Tagged as: blues, Freedom At 21, hip-hop, Hype Williams, Jack White, rock
Rapper Urthboy’s excellent new tune ‘Naïve Bravado’ featuring Daniel Merriweather precedes a new album and tour.
Tagged as: Daniel Merriweather, hip-hop, Naïve Bravado, new album, Rainman, rap, The Last Kinection, tour, Urthboy, Yung Warriors
Indigenous hip-hop instigators Whitehouse bring their debut album on tour with Yung Warriors.
Tagged as: A Funky Intervention, funk, hip-hop, indigenous, Whitehouse, Yung Warriors
OFWGKTA member and Kanye and Jay-Z collaborator Frank Ocean reveals his first love was a man.
Tagged as: Andre 3000, closet, Frank Ocean, Gay, hip-hop, Jay-Z, John Mayer, Kanye, OFWGKTA, R&B, Russell Simmons, Tyler The Creator, Watch The Throne
Rapper Nas collaborated with Amy Winehouse on tracks in 2008 and he has just revealed one titled ‘Cherry Wine’.
Tagged as: Amy Winehouse, Cherry Wine, hip-hop, Life Is Good, Nas, rap
The new Kanye West tune ‘New God Flow’ with Pusha T hits the airwaves, as well as a compilation release date.
Tagged as: 2 Chainz, Big Sean, Cruel Summer, G.O.O.D. Music, hip-hop, Kanye West, Pusha-T, rap
US neo-soul artist Kelis reveals the new tune ‘Distance’, co-written by UK dubstep hero Skream.
Tagged as: dubstep, hip-hop, Kelis, producer, R&B, Skream, soul
West Coast hip-hop heroes The Pharcyde book an Australian tour for August.
Tagged as: hip-hop, rap, The Pharcyde
Outkast member Big Boi has delivered a new tune from his forthcoming album, featuring Big K.R.I.T. and UGK.
Tagged as: Big Boi, Big K.R.I.T., hip-hop, Outkast, rap, UGK
Lupe Fiasco chides his fellow rappers about misogyny on a new track ‘Bitch Bad’.
Tagged as: Bitch Bad, Food & Liquor 2: The Great American Rap Album Pt. 1, hip-hop, Lupe Fiasco, rap
Philly party-rap duo Chiddy Bang get Travie McCoy of Gym Class Heroes on their new EP.
Tagged as: Chiddy Bang, electro, EP, Gym Class Heroes, hip-hop, indie, Mind Your Manners, Travie McCoy
Adelaide’s Hilltop Hoods headline the biggest festival of Australian hip-hop yet – Sprung.
Tagged as: Bam Bam, Bias B, Briggs, Brisbane, Deathstarrs, Dwizofoz, Evil Eddie, Hilltop Hoods, hip-hop, Illy, Kerser, Mantra, Mase N Mattic, Pez, rap, Seth Sentry, Seven, Spit Syndicate, Sprung, The Tongue, Thundamentals, TZU, Vents
R&B stars Chris Brown and Drake have been involved in an ugly brawl in a New York nightclub.
Tagged as: brawl, Chris Brown, Drake, fight, hip-hop, injury, Meek Mill, New York, nightclub, R&B, rap
Wu-Tang breakout star Ghostface Killah, super-hero-producer DOOM, and savage tongue Chino XL deliver true hip-hop to the troops.
Tagged as: Chino XL, Doom, Ghostface Killah, hip-hop, Melbourne, rap, review, The Forum, Wu-Tang Clan
Hip-hop megastars Hilltop Hoods sell out some shows, and add Wollongong and Newcastle dates.
Tagged as: Drinking From The Sun, Hilltop Hoods, hip-hop, National Tour, Newcastle, rap, Wollongong
Kanye West has dropped a gritty clip for ‘Mercy’ featuring guests Big Sean, Pusha T And 2 Chainz.
Tagged as: 2 Chainz, Big Sean, G.O.O.D. Music, hip-hop, Kanye West, Mercy, Pusha-T
Rapper 360 has donated a signed Mickey Mouse jacket, which has accrued over $4000 on eBay within four hours.
Tagged as: $4000, 360, auction, autographed, charity, eBay, hip-hop, jacket, Mickey Mouse, rap, signed
Rap mogul Jay-Z has announced his Made In America music festival and wants President Obama to join in.
Tagged as: Barack Obama, Beyonce, hip-hop, Jay-Z, Made In America, music festival, President, rap
Brainy Chicago rap upstart Lupe Fiasco says his next album will be a double and a sequel to his debut.
Tagged as: album, Chicago, double, Food & Liquor, hip-hop, Lupe Fiasco, new, rap, sequel
Hilltop Hoods get Jurassic 5’s Chali 2na in on their video to new single ‘Speaking In Tongues’.
Tagged as: Chali 2na, clip, Hilltop Hoods, hip-hop, Jurassic 5, new single, rap, Speaking In Tongues, video
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