After the cancellation of the second half of the Rock The Bells concert earlier this year due to low ticket sales, many hip-hop heads were wondering what would be the fate of the beloved concert. According to promoters of the event, Guerilla Union, the show must go on, and will in 2014...
"Raw I'mma give it to ya, with no trivia," promised U-God on "Da Mystery of Chessboxin" almost 20 years ago on the instantly iconic Enter The Wu-Tang. Though much has changed in Wu-Tang nation since then—soldiers have fallen, albums have dropped, holograms have been built—the deep-voiced lyricist has stayed true to his word, delivering harsh truths and painful revelations from
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Chang Weisberg, the Rock The Bells founder and owner of the festival's production company Guerilla Union, spoke yesterday to Radio.com about the festival's cancellation in both Washington, D.C. and New York. The company released an official statement yesterday saying that the cancellations had to do with poor ticket sales, with a source telling XXL that the company stood to take a $3 million hit.
Rock The Bells just released a statement regarding the cancellation of the final two weekends of its tour in Washington, D.C. and New York City. XXL reported earlier today that the dates would not be fulfilled, with a source indicating that the reasoning was due to poor ticket sales, and that parent company Guerilla Union would take a $3 million hit with the cancelled dates. Acc...
Rock The Bells, the traveling hip-hop festival celebrating its 10th anniversary this year, has already pulled off two successful shows in Los Angeles and San Francisco this summer. But according to local Washington, D.C. publications, as well as Ticketmaster's web site and XXL's own sources, the iterations in both the nation's capital and the New York City area have been cancelled.
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Rock the Bells kicked off in California last weekend, with the headlining set by Wu-Tang Clan acting as both a celebration of the group's twentieth year and the festival's tenth, but things didn't go exactly as planned. After making waves earlier this year by announcing that holograms of both Eazy-E and Ol' Dirty Bastard would grace the stage alongside their respective groups Bone Thugs-N-Harmony
Ol' Dirty Bastard rode again last night for the first time since his death in 2004, with a hologram of him projected during Wu-Tang Clan's set at Rock The Bells in Los Angeles. Crazy as it is to watch him perform tracks like "Shame On A Nigga" and "Shimmy Shimmy Ya," the end is typical ODB style, disappearing with a spin into thin air...
Last week, Detroit rapper Danny Brown released 12.12.08, a documentary from 2009 that chronicled his steady hustle in the D's hip-hop scene. While the film felt slightly dated, it certainly captured a moment for Danny, back when he still had braids and a generally different rap style, a far cry from his latest hipster-friendly days as an artist signed to Fool's Gold. Dan...
Iamsu! is coming fresh out of the Bay Area, with a series of mixtapes under his belt with his most recent, Kilt 2, having just been re-released as a deluxe edition on LiveMixtapes. Kilt 2—as with much of Iamsu!'s material—was largely produced by the various members of The Invasion, the rapper's Bay Area production crew that boasts, in addition to himself, producers P-Lo, Jay Ant, Kuya Beats and Sa
Rock The Bells held a press conference in New York City last night where they announced the addition of 17 more acts to an already-impressive 10th anniversary lineup. The traveling festival—which will take place over four weekends in San Bernardino, CA, Mountain View, CA, Washington, D.C., a...