Guardian Music — Roundhouse, LondonA man who tours even less frequently than he records, Q-Tip is as enigmatic as he is influential. When he emerged in 1988 as the lead rapper of A Tribe Called Quest, he was merely part of a larger movement: Tribe followed the Jungle... more info

NME - The Daily Download — People that have fucked with The Cure's 'Close To Me': Plastic Little (cured) A Plus D (curious) Q-Tip (cureful) Diplo (cancer for the cure) Yoda (hang the curator) And that's before we even get started on the post-millenial dancehall appropria... more info

Time Out, London — Gilles Peterson celebrates a decade of his splendid 'Worldwide' show with a series of ten events, starting tonight with the first live UK show for a deacde from Q-Tip more info

ContactMusic — Furious rapper Q-TIP has challenged a U.S. cop accused of beating of a teenage girl to a charity boxing match. The former A Tribe Called Quest star is enraged by the ... more info

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Get Weird — Award-winning remixer/producer J.Period just dropped his latest documentary-style ‘Best of’ collections that blend hits, remixes and behind-the-scenes interview footage into comprehensive musical biographies. The [Abstract] Best Vol 1 is a tribut... more info

Spinner.com — Filed under: NewsPlayboy magazine unveils their third annual 'Rock the Rabbit' music issue today, which finds a handful of hot musicians from the rock and hip-hop worlds designing shirts around the Playboy logo. Motley Crue's Nikki Sixx, Perry Farrel... more info

Pitchfork — Above: T-shirt designs by Jay Reatard and MGMT Hey, you know when you're in a band and a venerable soft-porn magazine asks you to design a T-shirt? What? It happens.It's been happening for a couple of years now, actually. Since 2007, Playbo... more info

NME — MGMT, Pharrell Williams, Q-Tip and Chromeo have designed artwork for the new issue of Playboy magazine, which hits the shelves in the USA tomorrow (February 13). more info

Stereogum — I remember a bunch of years ago while I was still on my world (educational) tour, before I moved back to New York, I'd be nonstop asking my artisty friends for stories of their NYC encounters with the people on my iPod. (Yes I was one of those.) T... more info