Karmaloop X Chuck D X Z-Trip X Shepard Fairey @ ICA [Video]
Chuck D, Z-Trip and Shepard Fairey take it to the next level at the ICA’s most intense show yet.
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The Source Relaunches, Seeks to Restore Past Glory
The Source, which was in bankruptcy last year, is relaunching with a 20th-anniversary issue and a new focus — a direction that its co-publisher says will restore the magazine, once known as hip-hop’s bible, to prominence.
“It’s a very seminal period, an opportunity to both celebrate 20 years of content and the fact that The [...]
Revolutionary Hip-Hop Icon Paris Preps New Album
Bay Area rapper/activist Paris is preparing to release his latest album, Acid Reflex, on September 9th on his own Guerrilla Funk Recordings and Filmworks, LLC, distributed by Fontana/Universal. The rapper’s first single, “Don’t Stop the Movement,” features newcomer T-K.A.S.H. and will be released early August.
Download “Don’t Stop The Movement” here.
The album comes just in [...]
Essence Music Festival Returns to New Orleans
NEW ORLEANS: A New Orleans brass band led a procession of feathered dancers through the Ernest N. Morial Convention Center, kicking off the three-day Essence Music Festival on Thursday.
“The party has officially started,” said Michelle Ebanks, president of Essence Communications Inc., which owns the event.
Fans and performers said the return of the festival to New [...]
