Rolling Stone — Ice-T, Public Enemy, Naughty By Nature, Mobb Deep, EPMD, the Sugarhill Gang and Kurtis Blow will join forces for SiriusXM Backspin's the Art of Rap Festival Tour, which kicks off July 16th in Dallas, Texas and concludes August 6th. The all-star, eigh... more info

Nialler9 — Interlude Festival took place last October in the RHA Gallery and this year it’s back and expands to three days over five gallery rooms with an outdoor block party, outdoor courtyard and three stages, food garden, cinema & record store plus a cr... more info

Nialler9 — Having kicked off as a one-day festival in 2014, BARE in the Woods is back for its third year on June 11 in Garryhinch Woods, Portarlington, Co Laois  and they are hosting some legends after bringing Roots Manuva last year. Hip-hop originators T... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — by Andrew Sacher Plenty of great hip hop shows in NYC are getting all the time. We don't get a chance to write about all of them, so here's a roundup of some recently-announced stuff coming up: Blog-hyped rapper Father... more info

Core News — “Candi Staton will be checking in ahead of her U.K tour. We’ll be taking you back to 1979 for The Funk & Soul years so expect, Michael Jackson, Chuck Brown, The Sugarhill Gang, Cheryl Lynn…. We stop off in Tunisia for around The World In 80 Tun... more info

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TMZ — We have no doubt Sugarhill Gang rapper Big Bank Hank is still shocking the house for the young ladies. Only difference now is ... he's got God on the ones and twos now. Our man Hank died at the age of 57, but "Rapper's Delight" lives on --… more info

Brooklyn Vegan — Big Big Hank (left) w/ Sugarhill Gang Big Bank Hank (aka Hank Jackson) of The Sugarhill Gang, passed away this morning after suffering from cancer, TMZ reports. He was 57. The Sugarhill Gang are best known for 1979's "Rapper's Delight,"... more info

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