ContactMusic — Hip-hop's hottest talents are joining forces to stage a special concert in honour of late rap idol Tupac Shakur's 40th birthday next month (Jun11). R&B singer Erykah Badu will appear at the show alongside rappers Bun B, 8 Ball and Mjg, Too $hort a... more info

Guardian Music — The 21-year-old R'n'B artist on the ballads and blues that influenced her breakthrough album21-year-old Katy B (Kathleen Brien to her mum) is from Peckham in south London. As a young girl she was an R'n'B fan who played classical piano. Her parents s... more info

TMZ — Filed under: Dave Chappelle, Music, Photo Galleries Dave Chappelle ... is JACKED?! Chappelle made a rare public appearance at the Coachella Music Festival in California this past weekend ... hanging out with hi... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — photos by David Andrako Big Audio Dynamite As you know, Arcade Fire played a balloon-filled headlining show on Saturday, and Odd Future made their presence known to crowd members, security and those watching Lil B, but other exciting stuff, like... more info

Stereogum — While we wait for Kanye’s Super Secret Surprise Guests (Rebecca Black?), let’s glance back at yesterday’s highlights. AnCo, Erykah Badu, Arcade Fire, Big Audio Dynamite, Bright Eyes, Cults, Suede, Glasser, Mumford & Sons, and many more were on ... more info

L.A. Times - Pop & Hiss — For an artist like Erykah Badu, the Coachella mainstage could prove a challenge. Badu’s live shows of late have earned praise from loyal fans and mixed reviews from critics, one reason being she's the type of performer who likes to... more info

L.A. Times - Pop & Hiss — You could tell from the trail of the tweets. All week long, Flying Lotus had been sporadically updating his 50,000+ plus followers on his recording sessions with the reigning queen of psychedelic soul, Erykah Badu. “Day 3 on the album... more info

Impose Magazine — The sequel injects 16 bars of humble cool into indie darlings like Phantogram, Javelin, Neon Indian and Frank Ocean, then directs the hypemachine at the elders of indie by sampling Sublime, The Strokes, Erykah Badu and Raphael Saadiq. Download I Ruin... more info

ContactMusic — Singer Solange Knowles wants to give fellow Texan Bun B a birthday to remember by Dj-ing at a party in his honour with their mutual pal Erykah Badu. The Ugk rapper turned 38 on Saturday (19Mar11) and celebrated his big day by performing with Badu ... more info

VH1 Blog — At SXSW, we’ve learned that The Strokes are back (10,000 went to their set last night), Dave Grohl is the nicest guy in rock (according to the VH1 crew who interviewed him) and people can’t stop talking about Kanye West, who’s allegedly doing a... more info