Brooklyn Vegan — The Astoria, Queens festival starts today and includes a stacked lineup of live hip hop concerts, plus conferences, arcades, an emcee competition, live interviews, comedy, and more. Continue reading… more info

Consequence of Sound — Produced by Big Ghost, The Lost Tapes also features Raekwon, Big Daddy Kane, and actor Michael Rapaport. more info

Brooklyn Vegan — RZA played a live score for kung-fu classic and Wu-Tang touchstone, and brought out Raekwon for a few verses of "C.R.E.A.M." for this free show as part of Lincoln Center Out of Doors. Continue reading… more info

Stereogum — Producer Statik Selektah is putting out a new album next month, and today he's shared a single called "Put Jewels On It" that features none other than El-P and Killer Mike of Run The Jewels. The rest of Statik Selektah's album, 8, also features some ... more info

AllHipHop — RAE DOES IT AGAIN! more info

New York Post — With the help of his Wu-Tang Clan compadres, Raekwon (real name Corey Woods) helped redefine the sound of New York City street rap during the ’90s. The group is legendary in their native Staten Island, and even though Raekwon, 47, now lives in Atla... more info

AllHipHop — SEE WHAT THE CHEF HAS TO SAY ABOUT LINES FROM SOME OF HIS FELLOW RAPPERS more info

Stereogum — DJ Khaled's new album, Grateful, is out now. The LP features an insane list of collaborators, including Beyoncé, JAY-Z, Drake, Justin Bieber, Quavo, Chance The Rapper, Lil Wayne, Rihanna, Future, Alicia Keys, Nas, Nicki Minaj, Travis Scott, Migos, P... more info

Stereogum — We may have found the weirdest festival of 2017! Meltasia Music Festival, which takes place in the Catskills, will be headlined by former 13th Floor Elevators frontman Roky Erickson, Raekwon, and Mungo Jerry, who are apparently still around. It'll be... more info

AllHipHop — THE WU MEMBER IS HEADING ON THE ROAD THIS SUMMER more info