Hip Hop Karaoke is proud to announce the addition of Big Daddy Kane as the second judge at the 2010 Hip Hop Karaoke Championship

When he was 19, Nasir “Nas” Jones began recording what would be one of the most important hip hop albums of all time. The 1994 “Illmatic” is a personal account of life in New York’s Queensbridge housing project.

*(New York) The Source Magazine, the leading publication of Hip-Hop music, culture, and politics releases its Jan/Feb issue (#236) with Interscope recording artist Game and dispels much of the controversy surrounding Hip-Hop's most recently talked about beefs involving Beanie Sigel, Young Jeezy and Gucci Mane.

Filed under: Hip-Hop , Hip-Hop News Raekwon had a big New Year's announcement for his fans. In September, Rae released the critically-acclaimed sequel to his wildly popular 1995 album ' Only Built 4 Cuban Linx ,' which showcased both his mafioso and cocaine-fueled style of New York rap and the genius of his running partner Ghostface Killah . ' Only Built 4 Cuban Linx, Pt. 2 ' debuted at No. 4 on ...

After six weeks in charge for Bob Dylan's seasonal set, the recently-launched Folk Albums chart sports a new No. 1 by the Avett Brothers.

Who? Hailing from Bristol, aka UK's trip-hop capital, Tricky has been sharing his dark musical vision with the world for over twenty years and eight stellar albums. Originally a member of the Wild Bunch, a sound system collective that eventually turned into superstar duo Massive Attack, Tricky quickly evolved into one of the most visible ambassadors of trip-hop - an experimental genre combining ...

SAN FRANCISCO - SMC Recordings Inc. reports that iTunes has just announced their Top Hip Hop Albums for 2009 and Rakim's "The Seventh Sea" was on the list! Rakim has brick placement on the Hip Hop page of the iTunes music store.

LEIGH Ryan's musical journey is taking the Footscray hip-hop artist and producer in diverse directions.

Tom Cooledge looks at some of the top selection of bands and singers coming our way in the next few months

Artist: Mary J. Blige Review: Is there room for great soul singers in a post-vocal world? Over the past 10 years, pop voices have gotten thinner and tinnier with Auto-Tune and other production techniques. These days, even Mariah Carey wants to sound like Britney or Rihanna. So where does that leave Mary J. Blige and Alicia Keys, owners of the most distinctive and powerful lungs in the business ...

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Your ticket to a new wave of plays, dance performances, art exhibits and concerts headed for Portland-area stages.

A white suburban boy from Detroit has recreated the Motown sound, writes Bernard Zuel.

By WALTER TUNIS McClatchy Newspapers The name wasn't an accident. When Boyz II Men began a hit-making career 18 years ago, its four members were in their late teens.

This is when we usually tell you that things are pretty slow in the concert biz, at least in terms of major shows. Not this year.

Let us know about your happenings! Contact us at: , Fax: 953-4305. Mail to: What’s Up, c/o Uptown, 1355 Mountain Ave., Winnipeg, Man., R2X 3B6. No phone calls please. Deadline for submission to listings is Monday at 9 am. Listings are free – but placement cannot be guaranteed.

Taylor Swift helps country music sales in 2009. Jena Savage

Forget the Grammy’s. It’s time for much anticipated 2nd Annual Chattanoogan.com Local Music Awards, Part 2. The crème d la crème of music awards, these are the musical equivalent of the Pulitzer for writers or the Oscar for actors.

LOS ANGELES - Twilight ruled Wednesday night at the Nokia Theatre, where the People's Choice Awards honored stars from movies, television and music.

The People's Choice Awards, which celebrates fan favourites in movies, TV and music, were handed out Wednesday night in Los Angeles.

Sandra Bullock entered Hollywood Awards season in high fashion by winning two People's Choice honours for relationship comedy The Proposal and for favourite movie actress.

Lady GaGa and Taylor Swift both had an amazing 2009, and they’re already starting out 2010 right. The two stars were big winners in the music category at last night’s (January 6) 2010 People’s Choice Awards held at the Nokia Theatre in Los Angeles. GaGa picked up two awards: Favorite Breakout Music Artist and Favorite Pop Artist, [...]