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Rock The Bells 2012 Lineup Announced

Source: RockTheBells The news for this year’s Rock The Bells has just surfaced, and is packed full artists worth seeing. Missy Elliott and Timbaland will be headliners to this festival as well as Bone Thugs-N-Harmony. Other performers include Kid Cudi, Wiz Khalifa, A$AP Rocky, Dom Kennedy, Kendrick Lamar, Mac Miller, J. Cole, and more. Rock [...]

Treated Crew – Formal Introduction

Source: FakeShoreDrive The Treated Crew brings their latest installment of Treated Tuesdays with the track ‘Formal Introduction’, with features Mic Terror, Nick Jr., Million $ Mano, Gzus Piece and Caleb James. See full post @ our source.

Big Sean Serves As Principal For the Day

Source: WXYZ-TV Yesterday, Big Sean made a stop right outside of Detroit at Warren’s Lincoln High School for the Get Schooled Detroit Challenge, after they raised their student attendance by nine percent. Sean stressed the importance of staying in school and following their dreams. Royce Da 5’9 was also in the building and treated the [...]

Childish Gambino – Unnecessary (Ft. Schoolboy Q)

Source: InFlexWeTrust Childish Gambino gives the OK to Funkmaster Flex to drop his latest track featuring Schoolboy Q titled ‘Unnecessary’. Tagged with bombs for now. See full post @ our source.

Rick Ross – Touch’n You (Ft. Usher)

Source: @RickyRozay With the promise of new music today via Twitter, Rick Ross doesn’t disappoint with this single ‘Touch’n You’, featuring Usher on the hook. Rozay’s new album God Forgives, I Don’t drops July 31st. Peep the DRE Films-directed visual to his remix to Rihanna’s ‘Cake’ after the jump. See full post @ our source.

Teyana Taylor Signs to G.O.O.D. Music

Source: Complex With features on tracks such as ‘Christmas In Harlem’, offerings on Kanye West’s album My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy, as well as the release of her own The Miseducation Of… mixtape, Teyana Taylor has officially signed to G.O.O.D. Music. Expect her debut album on G.O.O.D. to be released later in the year. See [...]

Carhartt Heritage – F/W 2012 Collection Lookbook

Source: Guillotine Carhartt Heritage presents a preview of their upcoming collection for this year’s Fall and Winter season. The line finds inspiration from its brand’s rich history, providing particular quality materials on their outerwear, such as jackets, pullovers, sweaters, sportcoats, and more. Take a look at the rest of the lookbook below. See full post [...]

J. Cole Interview With MTVU

Source: MTVU While at Ohio State University for the Campus Consciousness Tour, MTVU kicked it with J. Cole for an interview where he talks about his college experience, new album, being on vacation with Jay-Z, working/touring with Drake and more. Check out the rest of the interview after the jump. See full post @ our [...]

Tabi Bonney & Yasiin Bey – Chop Chop

Produced by: Ski Beatz Tabi Bonney & Yasiin Bey (b.k.a. Mos Def) collabtorate over this heavy steel drum Ski Beatz production for ‘Chop Chop’. Look for this and more on Tabi Bonney’s upcoming project The Endless Summer, dropping May 17th. See full post @ our source.

Jay-Z To Announce ‘Made In America’ Festival Tomorrow

Source: New York Times Jay-Z is set to make an announcement tomorrow regarding a new music experience taking place in Philadelphia. The Budweiser Made in America music festival will span over the first two days in September, and contain 28 different acts ranging from a myriad of musical genres. Although the details on which artists [...]