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Erykah Badu’s NYC listening party

I received a text from a friend Friday demanding that I get to NY immediately because Erykah Badu, aka Lo Down Loretta Brown, was having

Iggy Azalea responds to Q-Tip

Iggy Azalea has been going through a trial by fire of sorts these past few weeks, as she’s been accused of being a racist by

Q-Tip claims Lil Wayne has joined the Zulu Nation

Q-Tip is included in that group of artists known as the Zulu Nation, and he surprised many of his fans when he announced this weekend that Young Money superstar Lil Wayne has joined the fold.

Andre 3000 reportedly working on music with Q-Tip

Andre 3000, the more reclusive half of the acclaimed duo OutKast, is rumored to be working on new music–and he may be working with another one of hip-hop’s most creative rapper-producers: Q-Tip.

‘Illmatic’ turns 20; how Nas ignited a new generation of MCs

It was 20 years ago today that Nas released his seminal debut album, Illlmatic. It wasn’t the huge crossover hit that, say, The Chronic or Doggystyle had been in the previous years. And it didn’t quite re-ignite the East Coast’s hardcore aesthetic, either; acts like Redman, Onyx, Das EFX, Black Moon had started doing that as early as 1992. But what Illmatic did was introduce the world to a thoughtful and gifted rhyme-writer from the Queensbridge Projects, and in doing so, it returned the traditional New York City emcee to hip-hop prominence.

Hiatus Kaiyote: ‘Nakamarra’

Check out this soulful jam by Melbourne, Australia band Hiatus Kaiyote. Tip was recently nominated for a Grammy for Best R&B Performance. Their debut album