Brooklyn Vegan — photos by Amanda Hatfield, words by Andrew Sacher Run the Jewels & Nas (via BV Instagram) / Sleigh Bells / Vince Staples The Northside festival shows at 50 Kent wrapped up yesterday (6/14) with Run the Jewels, Sleigh Bells, and... more info

Stereogum — I always had a vague sense that Tyler, The Creator and Vince Staples didn’t get along, mostly because Staples rapped on a whole lot of Earl Sweatshirt and Mike G tracks back in the day but never joined Odd Future. But the two of them sure looked ha... more info

Stereogum — Vince Staples doesn’t need rap. He enjoys doing it, he’s thankful for the opportunities and stability it provides, but Staples didn’t grow up with dreams of being a rap star. The 21-year-old rapper from Long Beach, California thought more about... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — photo: Run the Jewels @ FFF Fest 2014 (more by Tim Griffin) You can browse our full NYC show calendar for all of tonight's shows, but here are some highlights... Run The Jewels, Vince Staples, Sleigh Bells @ 50 Kent... more info

Stereogum — Last night was a weirdly busy one for rappers being guests on TV shows but not performing. Vince Staples was a panelist on The Nightly Show, and T.I. was a guest on Seth Meyers and also made a cameo in a Kimmel bit. And then there was Tyler. Tyler sa... more info

Stereogum — Rappers don’t always make the best panelists on Larry Wilmore’s Nightly Show; witness, for example, Scarface being weird. But last night, Wilmore included the young Long Beach rapper Vince Staples in a discussion about the idea of an unmarried pe... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — Tickets for Coachella 2016 go on sale at 1 PM EST. RSVP for the free Pusha T and Vince Staples show at House of Vans opens at noon. Tickets for the Chris Cornell show at Beacon Theatre go on... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — After a long wait, it's finally Freshman season again and today, XXL is proud to reveal our highly-anticipated 2015 XXL Freshman Class. This year, we're presenting 10 up-and-coming rappers who we feel, collectively and individually, are defining the ... more info

Stereogum — A$AP Rocky has a busy summer ahead. He’s releasing his highly-anticipated new album At.Long.Last.A$AP. and has a major role in a movie called DOPE that was co-executive produced by Pharrell Williams and Sean Combs. Today, they’ve released the red... more info

Core News — “Have a great show for you this week with brand new and/or upcoming material from Jonwayne, Electric Wire Hustle, JETS, Monkeyrobot, Budamunk, Kone, Bishop Nehru, Throwing Snow remix for Nate Connelly, new Jack Garratt, Vince Staples, C.O.U.G.H. fr... more info