Live Daily — (LiveDaily.com) Hip-hop artist Busta Rhymes [ tickets ], as the story goes, was given his memorable nickname by Chuck D of Public Enemy, who--after seeing him perform was reminded of the NFL wide-receiver George "Buster" Rhymes. A former school mate... more info

JamBase — PITCHFORK MUSIC FESTIVAL ANNOUNCES FRIDAY'S LINEUP PLUS SELECT ACTS PERFORMING SATURDAY & SUNDAY Built To Spill The 2009 Pitchfork Music Festival - to be held in Chicago's Union Park Friday, July 17 - Sunday, July 19 - is announcing the first rou... more info

Pitchfork — Last week, we announced that the fourth annual Pitchfork Music Festival would jump off at Chicago's lovely Union Park July 17-19. If the mere fact that our festival is happening again wasn't enough to convince you to save the date and book any nece... more info

Pop Crunch — In an interview with Momlogic, The Bachelor’s Jason Mesnick says he now realizes he shouldn’t have proposed to Melssia Rycroft in The Bachelor finale, but in the moment, he thought he was doing the right thing. Jason has become Public Enemy No.1... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — Tickets are on Am Ex presale for the Andrew Bird show at Radio City Music Hall. Public Enemy are celebrating Flavor Flav's 50th birthday at B.B. King Blues Club and Grill on Sunday March 15th. Tickets are on sale.... more info

Idolator — At some point in the last year, my home state decided we just don't care for the hip hop music. (Perhaps the tensions started simmering when Public Enemy put out "By The Time I Get To Arizona"?) First, a bouncer at a Tempe club hit one of the guys fr... more info

Idolator — Tonight in Orem, Utah, concertgoers will be able to take in a historic double bill of Vanllia Ice and MC Hammer; the Salt Lake Tribune preview is loaded with great quotes from Vanilla Ice, and when I checked the wires for a recent picture of one or b... more info

Guardian Music — The musical world has changed radically since 1995, when Tricky released his groundbreaking, trip-hop-inventing debut, Maxinquaye. Britpop died, then returned, while dance music has fractured into innumerable sub-genres. However, after exile in Ameri... more info

Pop Bytes — good morning! i am loving this week's mashup selection from DJ paul v. which takes on one of my favorite tracks of all-time - suzanne vega's hit song tom's diner which has been remixed and mashed in so many different ways - i never grow tired of it... more info

AllHipHop — The seminal Bomb Squad production team will bring their influential sound to New York City's famous Webster Hall on March 19.   Currently comprised of brothers Hank and Keith Shocklee, the original 5 member Bomb Squad is responsible for many of Hip... more info