The Independent — The White House just dropped President Barack Obama's Summer Playlist on Spotify, the popular streaming service. The release features tracks handpicked by the president on two separate night and daytime playlists. more info

Perez Hilton — What sad news. On Tuesday, it was announced that veteran rapper and Brooklyn native, Pumpkinhead, passed away from an undisclosed reason at the age of 39. Pumpkinhead came to prominence during the '90s and contributed to the careers of musicians sign... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — A$AP Rocky's new album, At.Long.Last.A$AP (A.L.L.A.) had a release date of June 2, but in true 2015 rap fashion, Rocky "surprise" released the whole thing early. It has appearances from Kanye West, Schoolboy Q, Mos Def, M.I.A., Juicy J,... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — photos by James Richards IV Yasiin Bey, fka Mos Def, recently wrapped up a run of US dates, including a show in Chicago with Malik Yusef, Abel Black and Ty Money. We caught that show, and pictures from it are... more info

Stereogum — Just a few weeks ago, we watched journalist Hattie Collins interview Danny Brown in Glasgow for the RBMA UK tour, and today you can watch her interview A$AP Rocky at London’s St. Pancras Renaissance Hotel. At the beginning of this particular lectur... more info

Stereogum — Yasiin Bey, the former Mos Def, is a veteran of the New York rap underground who currently lives abroad and who has a history of changing his name. All those things are also true of MF Doom. Doom and Bey also shared a quick American tour a few years ... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — photo: Mos Def at Rock the Bells 2011 (more by Dana (distortion) Yavin) The Eric Garner protests, like last weekend's Millions March, in NYC continue, and recently a number of musicians have spoke about the issue too. Mos Def... more info

Stereogum — Petite Noir’s King Of Anxiety EP already gave us one splendid single in “Chess.” Now here’s another excellent track from Yannick Ilungu with an assist from Yasiin Bey, the artist formerly known as Mos Def. “Till We Ghosts” is one of those... more info

LargeHeartedBoy — Michael Chabon talked to the Guardian about collaborating on mark Ronson's new album. For Chabon, a self-confessed music junkie with favourites ranging from Joni Mitchell and Elvis Costello to Mos Def and Rakim, Ronson's request was a "bolt from the.... more info

Nialler9 — That’s right. Mos Def, who is now called Yasiin Bey, has been booked for a Dublin show in Vicar Street by Hidden Agenda, where he’ll perform his hip-hop classic debut album Black On Both Sides in full as part of a 15th anniversary tour. The gig ... more info