ContactMusic — DMC's new album will be like his group Run-DMC's 1985 record 'King of Rock' "on steroids". American hip-hop star DMC - whose real name is Darryl McDaniel - said his forthcoming solo record will take inspirations from heavy metal bands such as Korn an... more info

Altsounds — *Hudson Mohawke* has announced his first London headline show at *XOYO* on October 19th. *Hudson Mohawke* - aka Ross Birchard - is one of the most in-demand producers of the moment -a former DMC UK Champion at 14, he's recently been working with *Ti... more info

The Hip Hop Chronicle — A few hours ago at the UK DMC Finals, The X-Ecutioners paid tribute to the late Roc Raida. After perfoming a 10 minute routine, Rob Swift made an emotional speech about Raida before he, Total Eclipse and Precision performed Raida’s favourite routin... more info

Guardian Music — Tempo, NottinghamFollowers of the soulful house sound have always awarded their scene's stateside contributors waves of adoration, sometimes at the expense of noticing talent on their own doorstep (UK producer/DJ Dave Lee even created the alias Joey ... more info

The Hip Hop Chronicle — Sumit and DMC have teamed up to giveaway a pair of tickets to the UK Finals on July 14th at Scala. The legendary DJ crew, THE X-ECUTIONERS will be performing a special Roc Raida tribute. Rewd Adams and The Last The Last Skeptik will also be performin... more info

Dirty Physics — Let me introduce you to DJ Craze. The only solo DJ ever to win the World DMC Championship three times consecutively. Hope you have a change of pants after this one. more info

Guardian Music — 1984: Number 8 in our series of the 50 key events in the history of R&B and hip-hop musicThe Def Jam label holds an almost mythical status within hip-hop. How come? After all, it was far from the first to put out rap music and, though it released num... more info

The Hip Hop Chronicle — Squirrelz With Gunz is a compilation of British Hip-Hop producer Chemo’s finest early work; featuring a wealth of vocal talent from the likes of Kyza, Triple Darkness, Skriblah, Stylah, Kashmere, Verb T, Poisonous Poets, Manage, Skinnyman, Orifice ... more info

Impose Magazine — With Freddie Gibbs' signing to Young Jeezy's Corporate Thugz Entertainment imprint back in March, trap rap got its official shipment of a second wind. It only took two months for the power move to yield results with "Stripes (Run D MC)" hitti... more info

The Hip Hop Chronicle — Yelawolf tells us a story about his childhood, where Run DMC ended up crashing at his house while they were on tour. We also let him give you a brief history, for the few and far between that aren’t up on Yela yet. Tune in to Toca Tuesdays 8 pm til... more info