XLR8R — There's a bit of back-story here, so bear with us: Australian music-pushing nonprofit Heaps Decent has been working for over three years with its country's musically inclined youth, doing its best to provide resources and opportunities to h... more info

Pitchfork - Forkcast — Here's something pretty neat: while A-Trak was doing his touring-DJ thing in Australia, he hooked up with the philanthropic arts collective Heaps Decent to work with kids putting in time at the Riverina Juvenile Justice Centre in Wagga Wagga, New Sou... more info

MTV.com News — List of 100 nominees also includes Mixmaster Mike, Diplo, Moby, Girl Talk and other big names.By Gil Kaufman Pauly D Photo: Jason Merritt/Getty Images After the triumphant sneak peek of the second season of "Jersey Shore" at Sunday night's ... more info

Allmusic Blog — Unless you keep your ear to the ground at all times, you might miss out on free stuff and that would be sad. Who doesn’t love free stuff? In an on-going effort to make you, our loyal audience, happy – here’s some free stuff that looks pretty da... more info

XLR8R — As world-famous, globe-trotting DJs go, you have to admit that A-Trak is among the least hateable. Earlier today, the Fool's Gold boss cached a little more goodwill by releasing his new Dirty South Dance 2 mixtape as a free download. He first un... more info

Pitchfork - Forkcast — The follow-up to expert DJ A-Trak's 2007 mix Dirty South Dance-- which combined Southern rhymes with dance-friendly beats-- is reasonably called Dirty South Dance 2 and you can download it at A-Trak's site right now. It boasts artwork by Shepard Fair... more info

Pitchfork — The follow-up to expert DJ A-Trak's 2007 mix Dirty South Dance-- which combined Southern rhymes with dance-friendly beats-- is reasonably called Dirty South Dance 2 and you can download it at A-Trak's site right now. It boasts artwork by Shepard Fair... more info

Pitchfork — Back in 2007, A-Trak released Dirty South Dance, a mixtape full of rap tracks mashed up with dance-music bangers: Rick Ross's "Hustlin'" combined with Simian Mobile Disco's "Hustler" into "Hustlin' Hustler", that sort of thing. And on May 17, the seq... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — by BBG DJ A-Trak at Webster Hall (more by Sara Skolnick) A-Trak, who DJ'd Brooklyn Bowl last night, was only 15 years old (!) when he won the DMC World DJ Championship, an unheard of feat at the time. The... more info

The Culture Of Me — To celebrate May Day, the lovely girls (family, really) of MeanRed decided to throw a soiree at the dim sum spot--nay, dance party spot--88 Palace in Chinatown with special guest DJ sets from DJ A-Trak (Fool's Gold) and the street... more info