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CHICAGO | 8/14 • DOM KENNEDY, VIC MENSA, ROCKIE FRESH @ SUBTERRANEAN

Jared, my bad on my tardiness! Everybody in Chicago, if you’re looking for a dope show to attend tonight, this show is for you. Dom Kennedy is back in town and he’s rocking with some of Chicago’s brightest young stars, namely Rockie Fresh and Vic Mensa, amongst others. It’s all going down at Subterranean (2011 [...]

CHICAGO | (8/6) • J.COLE, FREESOL, BBU, VONNEGUTT, & SULAIMAN @ BOTTOM LOUNGE

Big ass flyer for a big ass event! I’m proud of my team as we’re an OFFICIAL sponsor along with the OFFICIAL coordinator of the Lollapalooza festival lineup, C3 Presents, our homies at YeaMan! and KnuckleRumbler, and RubyHornet to bring Chicago the OFFICIAL Lollapalooza Hip-Hop Afterparty. No one else is certified dope like our joint, [...]

NYC | 7/23 • CHIP THA RIPPER LIVE AT SANTOS PARTY HOUSE

NYC!  I suggest you make it out to Santos Party House tomorrow to catch Chip Tha Ripper, Nero, Double O (Kidz In The Hall), Terry Urban, Dot Da Genius and others as they tear it down! Chip is one of my favorite new rappers and he gives a pretty dope show, so I co-sign this [...]

MIGUEL ATWOOD-FERGUSON LIVE THIS FRIDAY [L.A. & FREE!!!]

On July 23, 2010, multi-intrumentalist/arranger/composer, Miguel Atwood-Ferguson brings his amazing 15 piece ensemble featuring ground-breaking artists Bilal, Flying Lotus, Chris “Daddy” Dave, and Stephen “Thundercat” Bruner to the the Grand Performances concert series at California Plaza in Downtown LA, 350 South Grand Ave..
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The ensemble will be doing 2 sets starting at 8pm featuring [...]

CHICAGO | 7/17 • YELAWOLF, HOLLYWOOD HOLT, BBU, VONNEGUTT & ROCKWELL KNUCKLES @ DARKROOM

Summertime Chi (aaaaah!) is upon us! The good homies of Knuckle Rumbler, YeaMan!, RubyHornet & The Smoking Section have put together a high-energy showcase for July 17th at Darkroom (2210 W. Chicago Ave) featuring DJ RTC, Vonnegutt, Rockwell Knuckles, BBU, Hollywood Holt, and YelaWolf. I’ve had the pleasure of seeing all of these acts on [...]

FOOTAGE: STALLEY VISITS HIS ALMA MATTER (CREATIVECONTROL.TV)

Stalley takes Creative Control to revisit his old Ohio high school (which bares no resemblance whatsoever to my old high school, which could probably fit in their gym.) Also, there’s a show on Friday in Columbus, OH with the hometown hero. Hit the jump for the flyer yadiggeries.

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ROCK THE BELLS ANNOUNCES LINEUP FOR 20X

Looks like we got a new trend on our hands this summer. Artists have been performing the album’s that set it off for them in their entirety as of late to draw the heads to a show that the heads would normally give up on. Let’s face it. They downloading your new schitt & they give [...]

HAWTHORNE HEADHUNTERS BAY AREA DEBUT

Man I can’t wait till this Saturday. Our homies are touching down for the first time in the bay (as HH, not first time in general) this Saturday May 15th @ SOM in beautiful San Francisco. That’s right I-Ced, Coultrain & the multi talented Black Spade will be giving us a night of freshness that [...]

NYC | 5/16 – NERVE, SONNYMOON, MELO-X, MIKE SLOTT @LE POISSON ROUGE

NYC! You might wanna do this. Nerve, Sonnymoon, Mike Slott, Melo-X, and Sweatshoppe along with other special guests will be rocking at Le Poisson Rouge on May 16th representing the real and the raw. $10 in advance, you can go ahead and hit up rsvp@luckyandlamazing.com to get some more info about the shindig. Partake!

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DIAMOND DISTRICT LIVE THIS THURSDAY! [FOR FREEEEEEE!!]

The homies Kenny Fresh of Fresh Selects & Chase Freeman of NMDZ are proud to present the Portland debut of Washington, DC supergroup Diamond District. Compromised of rapper/producer, Oddisee, and his MC counterparts, yU and X.O. – Diamond District have been making a tidal wave of noise throughout the music world after the release of their debut album, In The [...]