Rolling Stone — Eric B & Rakim announced a U.S. spring reunion tour, marking the hip-hop duo's first full-scale trek in two decades. The group posted a since-deleted tweet with the dates on Monday; however, a rep for Rakim told Rolling Stone that the shows ar... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — Plus: Band of Horses, Childish Gambino, Jessie Ware, Prophets of Rage, HALFNOISE, Twin Shadow, Craig Wedren, The Men, Richard Lloyd, Kimya Dawson and more NYC-area shows on sale. Continue reading… more info

Stereogum — Eric B. & Rakim are, quite simply, one of the greatest rap groups of all time. Eric B., from Queens, was a DJ, and he probably didn't produce too much of the duo's work -- the different people involved all say different things about who produced what... more info

Consequence of Sound — The 17-city trek kicks off in April. more info

Brooklyn Vegan — Last year, Eric B & Rakim reunited for their first show together in over two decades, and now they're going on a full tour... Continue reading… more info

Stereogum — Two years ago, Mark Arum and Fred Blankenship, a traffic reporter and a newscaster from Atlanta's ABC affiliate WBS-TV, went viral for their sly tribute to Phife Dawg. During their patter, Arum and Blankenship wove in multiple references to Phife's l... more info

Core News — “Diplo & Friends exclusively in the mix, with DJ Soda and Teenwolf this week! Expect classic Hip Hop from the likes of Nas, Camp Lo, 2Pac, KRS-One, Eric B & Rakim, Jazzy Jeff, Fat Joe plus new music from Tujamo, J Balvin, D-DOTs, Yellow Claw, OOkay... more info

New York Post — Last Friday night at the Apollo Theater in Harlem, you couldn’t turn a corner without bumping into a pillar of hip-hop. Flavor Flav, DJ Kool Herc, Mase, Ice T, Fat Joe and dozens more took the stage to perform or to give props to one of the genreâ€... more info

AllHipHop — FIND OUT HOW YOU CAN CATCH RAKIM, DMX & THE LOX LIVE FROM BK more info

Stereogum — Eric B. & Rakim's 1987 classic Paid In Full turned 30 years old yesterday. To celebrate the anniversary, the legendary hip-hop duo reunited onstage for the first time in over 20 years, performing Paid In Full in its entirety at Harlem's iconic Apol... more info