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PURCHASE TICKETS A lot has changed since the last time Yuna was in San Francisco. She has turned the corner and begun the climb from indie-artist with reliable, interesting music and a great voice to a known-name and budding star. The first single from her new album, “Crush,” features Usher and is produced by DJ […]
PURCHASE TICKETS After a 10 year break, Blackalicious dropped an album last year to fans that had been yearning of new material. Featuring old pals like the Life Savas, Lateef, Lyrics Born and more, Imani Vol. 1 was warmly received. In support, Gift of Gab and Chief Xcel will be at Slim’s this Friday the 13th […]
PURCHASE TICKETS I’m not sure when I first heard of Young Fathers but I honestly haven’t stayed up-to-date.. I don’t want to use my ignorance to impact this preview so I reached out to fellow blogger, friend and Young Fathers fan (who’s seen them at least 3 times!), Maddie, to give me the low down. After discovering them […]
PURCHASE TICKETS Memphis’ Denzel Curry and Minneapolis’ Alan Kingdom are a major part of The Ult Experience. Both youngsters have different sounds as Curry calls back to some of hip hop’s golden ages while Kingdom is pushing things forward ing ays no one else is. Both can really spit though for sure. This tour will […]
PURCHASE TICKETS Gangsta Gibbs is coming back to the Bay Area to share his street raps and authentic life tales. The Gary, Indiana native has been living out in Los Angeles for a while, a very different existence than the one he raps about throughout Cocaine Piñata and prior releases. His Independent hustle has taken him all over the […]
PURCHASE TICKETS Sol’s new album The Headspace Traveler coming March 4th. The Headspace Tour begins March 11th. After quite some time without hearing from the Seattle emcee, he announced both his album and accompanying tour through the new video for “See the End” (below). This will be the follow up to Yours Truly, his independent album that […]
PURCHASE TICKETS Esperanza’s new project Emily’s D+Evolution and the tour will hopefully rekindle her childhood interest in theater, poetry and movement. Spaulding explained, “Emily is my middle name, and I’m using this fresh persona as my inner navigator. This project is about going back and reclaiming un-cultivated curiosity, and using it as a compass to move forward […]
PURCHASE TICKETS Tonight at Starline Social Club, 645 West Grand Oakland, HipHopForChange.org & Venus Rising presents the 2nd Annual Women’s Empowerment Show featuring CMG of Conscious Daughters and Pam the Funkstress, Ryan Nicole, YaNi, Fem Deadly Venoms and DJ Deeandroid. Hosted by Breathless & Charity Clay. This will be a celebration of Women’s contributions in Hip Hop! Some of us remember the early […]
PURCHASE TICKETS “White Wizards of Hip Hop are those wizards whose careers have been twisted and turned with difficulty, loss, and extreme circumstance, and yet, they have overcome to become some of the most iconic names in Rap and Hip Hop history.” If that is the criteria, then this is an apt selection of emcees. […]
PURCHASE TICKETS Fresh off being named one of Forbes’ Hip-Hop Cash Princes for 2015, Little Simz is going on an International Tour which will stop at The New Parish on March 11th. She also just released the debut album A Curious Tale of Trials + Persons. In fact, although she is in her early 20s, the […]
May 11, 2016 by Benja
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