Guardian Music — Swiss film-maker and musician who takes soul back to the future with a combination of new sounds and old samplesReading this on mobile? Click here to listenHometown: Bern, Switzerland.The lineup: Fabio Friedli (sampling, production).The background: F... more info

The Newsroom — Rappers Ice-T, Chuck D. and the Wu-Tang Clan talk about homosexuality in hip-hop at "the Art of Rap" premiere. more info

Guardian Music — Hammersmith Apollo, LondonIce-T was always among the most charismatic of hip-hop's early stars, but who knew he was also such an assiduous historian? The former gangster rapper has interviewed almost 50 of his peers to chronicle the history of the ge... more info

Guardian Music — The movie industry has never known what to do with rap music. But from NWA to ODB, the extreme lives of its stars offer epic stories for the big screen'Are you the one?" asks the trailer. In March last year, the Los Angeles production company Morgan ... more info

Guardian Music — Wu Legends, On tourEven the cover shoot for their debut album couldn't muster all nine members of the Wu-Tang Clan – an early indication of the band's ungovernable elements and the divergent paths its personnel were destined to follow. Now comes Wu... more info

Nialler9 — Highlights:  Tune-Yards, Wu-Tang Clan, Joy Orbison, Low, 10 Days In Dublin, Paul Simon, Monster Truck fundraiser, Le Galaxie EP launch & Teengirl Fantasy. This is the weekly list of recommended Dublin gigs taking place over the next seven days publ... more info

Guardian Music — The singer-songwriter from south London performs an acoustic version of his track Redemption Days, taken from his debut album L.I.F.E, which was released last month. The original version of the song featured a guest appearance from Wu-Tang Clan's Gho... more info

Topix — Collabos are standard practice in hip-hop and Childish Gambino , the rap alter ego of actor and comedian Donald Glover, has lined up some stellar names on his latest mixtape, "Royalty." Everyone from hot-in-the-streets rappers like Schoolboy Q to Wu-... more info

Nialler9 — Wu Tang Clan’s Ghostface Killah, Raekwon, Masta Killa and Gza are lined up for a Wu Legends show in Button Factory on Sunday 15th of July in which all will perform tracks from their solo records and collectively, some Wu … Read More... → more info

Perez Hilton — We'll admit it. When we first heard Wu-Tang Clan co-founder RZA was directing Russell Crowe in a kung fu epic called The Man With The Iron Fists, we were a little skeptical. However, all it takes is one awesome trailer (above) to change our minds an... more info