Billboard reports that Jay-Z has partnered with Budweiser to bring a music festival to Philly this Labor Day weekend. On September 1st and 2nd, nearly 30 acts handpicked by Jay will light up Ben Franklin Parkway in Fairmount Park, “spanning rock, hip-hop, R&B, Latin and dance genres.” The full roster will be released next Monday, [...]
Brooklyn Bodega, producers of the annual Brooklyn Hip Hop Festival, are proud to announce that legendary Brooklyn MC, Busta Rhymes will be headlining the 8th Annual Brooklyn Hip-Hop Festival.
Festivalgoers from 2011 will remember Busta’s show-stopping cameo with long time collaborator and friend, Q-Tip. The Flatbush MC was part of Q-Tip’s “Friends” and helped launched The [...]
Hot97′s annual hip-hop bash is getting a dose of Barbie. The YMCMB queen will be headlining this year’s festival at Met Life stadium on June 3.
Other guests include Waka Flocka, French Montana, Maino, Rick Ross and the MMG crew, 2 Chainz, Young Jeezy, J. Cole, DJ Khaled and more. Check out the concert’s website for more [...]
Since the release of His sophomore album, Habits and Contradictions, ScHoolboy Q Has been riding HigH. THe new album reached tHe top 25 of Billboard‘s “Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums,” and He’s didn’t stop tHere.
Last Friday, ScHoolboy Q kicked off #THeGroovyTour in San Fransisco, and He will be making stops across tHe country over tHe next montH. [...]
The 2012 edition of Coachella seemingly had it all when it came to hip-hop. Rihanna scribbled “Thug Life” across her abdomen, Dre and Snoop reunited on stage, and a 2Pac hologram sent the internet ablaze. RESPECT.’s lenses were there to capture some of the action. Hit the jump for more photos.
Fellow Pittsburgh natives Wiz Khalifa and Mac Miller announced today that they would be headlining the Under the Influence of Music Tour this summer. The duo is bringing Kendrick Lamar, Chevy Woods and Schoolboy Q with them.
The tour has 9 announced stops so far and begins on July 26th in Cincinnati, Ohio. Other stops include Chicago, Boston, [...]
Abel didn’t disappoint. Coachella 2012 marked the U.S. debut of Canadian R&B artist The Weeknd, and he made it count. He performed “High For This,” “The Birds (Part 1),” “Glass Table Girls,” “D.D. (Dirty Diana),” “Crew Love,” “The Knowing,” “The Zone” and ended his set with an acoustic version of “Wicked Games.”
At the second night of the annual Coachella Music Festival, A$AP Rocky rocked the stage. Pretty Flacko performed classics like “Peso” and also premiered his Hit-Boy-produced single “Goldie.” Check out the performance in full below.
A.$.A.P. Rocky (Live at Coachella 2012) by coachellasets
Kid Cudi and Dot Da Genius, the duo known as WZRD, returned home to Cleveland, OH, for a concert in preparation for the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame induction ceremony that will take place there this Saturday. If you fast forward to the 1:00 mark in the video below, you can catch WZRD performing [...]
The self proclaimed Swag Champ continues his college tour at Aldephi University in Garden City, New York. The video shows Fabolous performing mostly cuts from his There Is No Competition 3: Death Comes In 3′s mixtape. Fabolous also brought out Meek Mill and Red Cafe during the show.
