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Swet Shop Boys (Heems & Naz from 'The Night Of') announce LP, share "T5," playing NYC

3023 days ago
Brooklyn VeganRap duo Swet Shop Boys, comprised of Das Racist's Heems and British rapper/actor MC Riz (aka Riz Ahmed), released their debut EP back in 2014. Since then Riz has acquired quite a bit more notoriety as an actor, appearing as Naz in HBO's acc... more info

Swet Shop Boys – “Tiger Hologram”

3049 days ago
StereogumSwet Shop Boys is the rap duo of Heems, the former Das Racist member, and Riz MC — better known as Riz Ahmed, the actor who plays the lead of HBO’s The Night Of. These two put out a great EP two years ago, and earlier this month, they finally ann... more info

Stream Kool A.D. Official + “Official” Video

3063 days ago
StereogumSo it seems Kool A.D. isn’t into dropping one song at a time anymore. Lately the former Das Racist rapper has been arriving with a whole collection of songs in tow. He dropped the 100-track deep O.K. mixtape, the Auto-Tune-drenched All Love EP, and... more info

Heems and Riz MC group Swet Shop Boys announce new album, share single “T5” — listen

3064 days ago
Consequence of SoundDas Racist rapper teams with The Night Of actor Rizwan Ahmed. more info

Swet Shop Boys – “T5″

3064 days ago
StereogumSwet Shop Boys are the duo of Indian American rapper Heems, formerly of Das Racist, and British Pakistani actor Riz Ahmed, who’s great in the new HBO miniseries The Night Of and who also raps under the name Riz MC. They put out one very promising E... more info

AD – “Thug” Video (Feat. YG)

3086 days ago
StereogumAD is a hard Crip spitter from Compton, not to be confused with Kool A.D. formerly of Das Racist. He linked Compton and Bompton by featuring YG on his track “Thug,” from his By The Way album with Sorry JayNari. Today, they’ve given the track a ... more info

Sonnyjim – “Al Jazeera” (Feat. Heems) Video

3109 days ago
StereogumAl Jazeera America may have shut down earlier this year, but the rest of the Al Jazeera Media Network is still going strong. And in a new track off of his upcoming album Mud In My Malbec, British MC Sonnyjim teams up with erstwhile Das Racist rapper ... more info

Queens Museum hosting "Queens International" exhibition & show w/ Despot, Heems, Spanish Broads & more

3149 days ago
Brooklyn VeganThe show features a lineup made up mostly of Das Racist members and friends: Despot, Heems, Your Old Droog, Lakutis, Big Baby Gandhi and Spanish Broads (which is a Das Racist-related full band that hasn't performed together in 6 years). Continue... more info

Stream Kool A.D. Real Talk

3156 days ago
StereogumWhat is going on with Kool A.D.? Earlier this month, the erstwhile Das Racist MC released an EP of Auto-Tune warbling called All Love, and I honestly couldn’t tell if it was a genuine creative experiment or a mocking parody of mainstream rap. Now h... more info

Yury – “Intrinsically Motivated”

3170 days ago
Obscure SoundOn “Growing Pains” NYC-based hip-hop artist Yury reminds of fellow NY-ers Das Racist in his free-flowing, tongue-in-cheek delivery over playful and colorful synth-pop adornments. It’s a laid-back approach that showcases the artist as an adaptiv... more info

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