The Legends Of Hip Hop Tour made its way to Detroit’s Fox Theatre this passed weekend (May 18) with a veteran line up that included Big Daddy Kane, Doug E. Fresh, Slick Rick and more. Trailblazing “Hip Hop Sister,” MC Lyte, was also among the featured performers who graced the stage, and in true leadership fashion, Lyte gave a nod to the next generation [...]

Ghostface Killah‘s Twelve Reasons To Die Tour swarmed into Terminal West in Atlanta this passed Saturday (May 18), courtesy of Speakeasy Promotions, along with multi-talented composer/producer, Adrian Younge. Younge is responsible for the music behind the Wu-Tang Clan member’s tenth studio release, which is a concept album serving as the score to the story of an Italian enforcer (Ghostface aka Tony Starks), who is [...]

Wu-Tang Clan’s Ghostface Killah, aka Tony Starks, brought his Twelve Reasons To Die Tour to Atlanta’s Terminal West this passed Saturday (May 18), and he, of course, brought along the album’s gifted producer, Adrian Younge. With the help of Younge’s talented ensemble, Venice Dawn, Ghostface and Adrian successfully took the audience on a musical journey depicting a story set in [...]

Grammy Award winning Jazz ensemble, The Rober Glasper Experiment, was the featured guest last night (May 5) for the Schemes and Dreams Benefit Concert held at Center Stage in Atlanta, GA. Pianist Glasper was accompanied by Casey Benjamin on vocoder and saxophone, Derrick Hodge on electric bass and Chris Dave on drums, as the quartet performed a several selections, including music from the critically [...]

By now it is no secret that I love Hip-hop. As a matter of fact there is a special place in my heart for Brooklyn Emcees. Tuesday, April 30, 2013 Coney Island’s very own Torae hits the stage at  The WORLD FAMOUS MIC CLUB presented BEAT SOCIETY ATL D.R.E.S. tha BEATnik . The event will be held at  XCESS ULTRA LOUNGE 708 [...]

Multitalented entertainer, Ryan Leslie, definitely delivered more than expected when his Black Mozart Tour hit Center Stage in Atlanta recently (Apr. 12). Not only did he perform new music from his forthcoming project, as well as selections from his current release, Les Is More, but he also delighted the crowd when he began a rendition of Prince’s timeless classic, “Purple Rain.” He [...]

Official Sponsor Westin Peachtree Plaza To Offer Discounts To Atlanta Caribbean Carnival Attendees By Arthia Nixon, for ACCBA Those attending the slate of activities planned for 25th anniversary of the Atlanta Caribbean Carnival will be able to receive discounts when choosing to stay at the prestigious Westin Peachtree Plaza. The hotel has signed on as a major sponsor of the [...]

The ladies of Clark Atlanta were wide awake and full of life on Monday (Apr. 22), when surprise guest, J. Holiday, hit the stage at the BET “Rap It Up” Concert to perform two of his biggest hits, “Bed” and “Suffocate.” Holiday was among performers that contributed support for the worthy campaign, which utilizes comprehensive and sustained efforts to inform African-Americans [...]