The Independent — Reading and Compton saw an unlikely twinning at the weekend, when Kendrick Lamar said that its festival reminded him of his hometown. more info

Stereogum — Things are starting to come together for The Late Show With Stephen Colbert, which will air its first episode on 9/8. Colbert’s already locked down his entire first week of performances, which will include appearances from Kendrick Lamar, country s... more info

The Independent — Taylor Swift once again dominated the MTV Video Music Awards this year, largely thanks to the 'Bad Blood' collaboration she made with her hero Kendrick Lamar. more info

Stereogum — Next month, Stephen Colbert will take over David Letterman’s old spot as host of the Late Show on CBS. We’ve already reported that Kendrick Lamar will be Colbert’s very first musical guest. (He’ll appear 9/9, on Colbert’s second episode.) A... more info

L.A. Times - Entertainment — It was spoken of as sort of a black Woodstock. It featured artists like Isaac Hayes and the Staple Singers. And it was right here in L.A. more info

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Nialler9 — The new music playlist is also available on Spotify and Apple Music. Updated weekly. New music chart Majical Cloudz – ‘Silver Car Crash‘ Girl Band – ‘Paul’ Battles – ‘The Yabba’ John Grant – ‘Disappointing’ feat. Tracey Thor... more info

Stereogum — It turns out that the rumored N.W.A reunion is happening. It’s just that the surviving members of the legendary rap group aren’t playing shows; they’re simply promoting their new biopic Straight Outta Compton. They already sat down with the mov... more info

Stereogum — DJ Dahi is one of the most accomplished producers in rap and R&B. He made the beats for such illustrious tracks as Drake’s “Worst Behavior,” Kendrick Lamar’s “Money Trees,” Tinashe and Dev Hynes’ “Bet,” Vince Staples’ “Lemme Kno... more info

Stereogum — Stephen Colbert takes over the reins of CBS’ The Late Show on 9/8. As Variety reports, Colbert revealed today that Kendrick Lamar will his first musical guest — which is fitting, as Kendrick was the last musical guest on The Colbert Report, where... more info