Listen to Wale’s “Shine Season”
Wale announced during last night’s 1633 x Genius Album Listening and Live Annotation Experience that his forthcoming album SHiNE will be released tomorrow, April 28th. Arriving a week earlier than expected the album features collaborations with Travis Scott, Major Lazer, Chris Brown, Lil’ Wayne and many more. With…
Young Thug Says He’s Dropping A New Album This Week
YOUNG THUG SAYS HE’S DROPPING “SINGING ALBUM” THIS WEEK, EXECUTIVE PRODUCED BY DRAKE Well here’s some good news fam, it looks like Young Thug has a new album dropping this week, but not just any album, a “singing” album. Thugger took to Twitter just moments ago…
The Dim Reality of South Africa’s New Dawn
In April 1994, South Africa held its first democratic elections and all races went to the polls to bury apartheid for good. But hopes of a new dawn have been tarnished by fraud and corruption at the highest levels. Racist attacks against whites and foreigners…
K.Flay Celebrates The Release Of “Every Where Is Some Where” With L.A. [REVIEW+PHOTOS]
LOS ANGELES, CA- If K.Flay is a “suburban rap queen” (the name of one of her mixtapes), then I think we need to start having rap open mics at every Starbucks starting now. This woman’s live performance is fierce and impassioned with attitude and grit to…
Tuki Carter Celebrates The Anticipated Release Of “Flowers and Planes” In L.A. [NEWS]
[twitter style=”horizontal” float=”left”] [fbshare type=”button” width=”100″] [pinterest count=”horizontal”] Taylor Gang’s Tuki Carter is ready to drop his highly anticipated Flowers and Planes April 28th. The Atlanta-based artist celebrated the upcoming release in Hollywood with a listening party and Taylor Gang to joined the smoke out….
The Aces Play Their First Los Angeles Gig On A “School Night”
Hollywood, CA- The Aces are a fairly new rock band from Utah on the rapid rise to stardom. I only just discovered this band after my editor covered them at SXSW. I heard their new single at the time, “Stuck”, and was immediately hooked. I shuffled through…
A$AP Ferg Celebrates 420 With Doperoots In L.A. [NEWS]
[twitter style=”horizontal” float=”left”] [fbshare type=”button” width=”100″] [pinterest count=”horizontal”] New York’s very own A$AP Ferg’s Traplord partnered with Doperoots to throw a sick interactive 420 event in Downtown LA. The first portion of Dopeland included free entry to their professional and amateur skate jam, Dj sets,…
Who Is Lostboycrow And What Is His “Real Name”? [REVIEW+PHOTOS]
[twitter style=”horizontal” float=”left”] [fbshare type=”button” width=”100″] [pinterest count=”horizontal”] Opening for K.Flay at the El Rey Theatre 4/5/17 was East L.A. soul singer Lostboycrow. Wearing all white, sporting long blond hair kept in place with a headband emblazoned with name, this young man crooned his way…
Listen to Niia’s “Sideline”
Following the release of her single “Hurt You First”, LA-based future-jazz vocalist & classically trained pianist Niia debuts the second single from her forthcoming album, I. “Sideline” is the perfect companion to its sister single with its jazz-infused sound. The song focuses on the singer’s frustration with a…
