Stereogum — Wiki has shared the video for his awesome Nasty Nigel collab “Livin’ With My Moms” at NPR. Alon Sicherman aka Londo directed the clip, which features the Ratking and World’s Fair rappers getting ready for tour with help from their moms, then ... more info

Stereogum — Scruffy New York experimental rap trio Ratking released their surprise EP 700 Fill via BitTorrent back in March. That was in the throes of a particularly brutal and interminable winter — the EP was named for a type of North Face jaket — and one t... more info

Stereogum — Sporting Life is the producer behind New York rap urchins Ratking. As The FADER points out, he’s getting ready to release a new beat-centric solo album called 55 5’s. The album track “Badd” is pretty far away from Ratking’s janky lurch. Ins... more info

Stereogum — Don’t confuse Essex’s Rat Boy with the hip-hop trio Ratking or the terrible 1986 movie Ratboy. Rat Boy is Jordan Cardy, a 19-year-old who definitely exists in his own category, but what that category is exactly I have no idea. His new 23-minute m... more info

Stereogum — The DJ Know Wave’s Gully Type web radio show is a reliable source of dancehall and things that kind of sound like dancehall. and on his most recent show, Know Wave debuted a new exclusive that features an impressive list of names. The song has the ... more info

Nialler9 — Life Festival takes place in Belvedere House this weekend and it looks like the best one yet with Nas, Squarepusher, Siriusmodeselektor, Ratking, Ben UFO and The Magician all under one sky raving. Bacardí have gifted me a pair of tickets to the even... more info

Stereogum — Queens punk outfit Show Me The Body have followed in their NYC brethren Ratking’s footsteps and opted to release their semi-self-titled SMTB EP via BitTorrent. Both groups are part of the larger Letter Racer collective and have a joint show coming ... more info

Stereogum — It’s a punk-rap summit meeting! On the new track “Squad Deep,” San Jose brawler Antwon and Ratking street urchin Wiki come together over a beat from Danny Brown producer and tour DJ Skywlkr. Trash Talk howler Lee Spielman supplies the hook. In ... more info

Nialler9 — Back in December, Life Festival announced its first 10 acts including Squarepusher (live), Gold Panda (live), SiriusModeselektor, Pantha Du Prince (live), DJ Nu-Mark (J5), Derrick Carter, Skream, Optimo, Alle Farben and Happa. Today, they’ve dropp... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — by Andrew Sacher photo: Meek Mill at SXSW 2012 (more by Ryan Muir) There's never a lack of great hip hop shows happening in NYC. Today alone, we posted about Ratking (with Trash Talk), Dipset and Action Bronson so far.... more info