Brooklyn Vegan — Q-Tip at Rock The Bells w/ A Tribe Called Quest (more by Eric Townsend) Q-Tip will headline the 7th Annual Brooklyn Hip-Hop Festival on July 18th in DUMBO, the last day of a week-long celebration of hip hop culture at... more info

ContactMusic — Rapper Q-Tip and The Roots star Ahmir 'Uestlove' Thompson have joined forces with jazz musician Marcus Miller to stage a Japan earthquake/tsunami benefit concert in New York. Jazz pianist Robert Glasper, trumpeter Sean Jones and singers Angelique.... more info

Guardian Music — With a second tribute album on its way, Nas's Illmatic is becoming a totem for hip-hop purists. Richard Watson gets into the NY state of mindHip-hop fans know the drill by now. Every time Nas preps another project, rumours circle that this, finally, ... more info

Altsounds — Finnish Flow Festival announces the first batch of artists including Kanye West, Q-Tip, Royksopp, Lykke Li, Mogwai, Janelle Monae, James Blake and Iron & Wine with added venues. The eighth edition of Flow is organised in Helsinki's Suvilahti and... more info

Nialler9 — Only last week I was wondered when Santi would return. This new tune featuring Karen O and Nick Zinner of the Yeah Yeah Yeahs (produced by Q-Tip, Switch and Santi) will stay with you after a few listens. An interview with the song as jump-off point i... more info

The Hip Hop Chronicle — The Greatest Story Never Told has finally been released and now Saigon is coming to London to tell that story! The New York native is a well respected rapper and has worked closely with Just Blaze and has featured on tracks with Jay-Z , Black Thought... more info

Abeano — In 2008, Santigold (then Santogold) told the NME about her forthcoming collaboration with Jay Z. “it’s kind of secret” she said, also mentioning hook ups with David Byrne and the Beastie Boys “it’s not for anything, it’s just ‘ca... more info

Stereogum — “People want my power, and they want my station.” The first listen from Santigold’s Santogold followup is a call to arms and a declaration and its credits read like the aural intersection of worlds and styles that was her last album (and, appar... more info

ContactMusic — Actor Terry Crews and rapper Q-Tip have reached out to express their condolences to legendary hip-hop Dj Kid Capri following his mother's death last week (25Mar11). The beatmaker pulled out of scheduled gigs in St. Louis, Missouri... more info

Guardian Music — Chris Salmon finds some great coverage of this year's SXSW festival, plus a couple of terrific new online music projectsIt's been a while since the BBC's website last offered extensive coverage of Austin's South By South West festival, as interest in... more info