Das Racist

Heems’ first solo album in nearly a decade, which was produced by Lapgan, was released earlier in February.

Four women, including the rapper’s ex-wife, have given detailed descriptions of sexual assault allegations against Kool AD. He says, ”It was never my intention to hurt anybody, but through ignorance, entitlement and ego, I now see that I have.”

Rapper/drummer/producer/DJ Kassa Overall is in two different projects with two different Das Racist members, and he’s got a new solo single dropping this week.

The 2017 Ecstatic Music Festival runs Jan 9 through May 13 at The Kaufman Center in NYC.

Some may say 2014 was a slow year for rap, but it doesn’t look like anyone’s gonna be saying that about 2015. We already got recent announcements of a new Action Bronson album (hear a new song) and a new Joey Bada$$ album (hear a new song ft…

As mentioned, Glasslands will be closing out their time on Kent Ave with a New Year’s Eve Party featuring four “special, secret” guests, all of whom have history with the venue…

Performing their free album in just about its entirety, taking one break in the middle to perform 2012’s “Tougher Colder Killer” with Despot, it stands a strong argument for how great the album’s sequencing is–it translated perfectly to a live setting…

The Whitney Museum is currently hosting the Blues for Smoke exhibition, which will be up through April 28. The exhibition “explores a wide range of contemporary art through the lens of the blues and blues aesthetics…

DOWNLOAD: Sufjan Stevens – Chopped and Scrooged (ZIP) Kitty Pryde at BV-CMJ 2012 (more by Amanda Hatfield) If you noticed back in September that Kitty Pryde made a facebook status saying, “just finished my christmas song for sufjan stev…

Das Racist at Afro-Punk 2012 (more by Amanda Hatfield) The individual members of NYC rap trio Das Racist have been playing a handful of solo shows lately and it looks like we’ll be seeing more of that, as the group have decided to call it qu…