Bishop Nehru

Bishop Nehru was brought into the world 19 years ago this week and celebrates by releasing four new tracks and a video for your consumption.

Stro (formerly known as Astro) is back with the video for his single "K.I.N.G." featuring Bishop Nehru. The song appeared on Stro's 2014 EP Computer Era and is an acronym for Keeping Ignorant Niggas Glorified. The track is a socially conscious ditty that examines the glorification of items in the Black community, and the symbolic video treatment helps push home the message...

Summer in America means festival season. And New York City's crowning jewel, The Governor's Ball Music Festival, is set to overtake the Empire State once again this weekend. The three day long festival has been Randall Island's premiere summer attraction since 2011 and has welcomed a number of dope acts over the years from the genres of rock, rap, pop, punk and EDM...

Bishop Nehru is not content being one of the most talked-about MCs in his age bracket. Rather than rest on his laurels after his collaboration with the elusive MF DOOM (last year's NehruvianDOOM), the precocious New Yorker instead struck out on an international tour. Now...

Next week, on May 11, the preternaturally talented New York MC Bishop Nehru will drop Nehruvia: The Nehruvian EP, his first solo offering since last year's collaboration with MF DOOM. But he's not holed up in a walkup waiting for web outlets to pick up his latest tape; Nehru just played back-to-back shows in Japan (in Osaka and Tokyo) as part of the buildup to this summer's series of North America

What happens when you make an album with one of the greatest and most elusive rappers of all time while your friends are still in high school? You keep your head down and go back to the drawing board. At least that's what Bishop Nehru is doing following his unlikely collaboration with MF DOOM...

While the lay hip-hop fan's concept of Toronto might begin and end with the snapshots Aubrey Graham gives in his videos and on Instagram, there are gritty elements that Drake can't lint roll away. The massive city--the greater area is home to some 6 million people--is also home to Raz Fresco, a promising 20-year-old rapper whose debut album is just around the corner...

XXL Freshmen 2015 is coming and the freshman hopefuls are gearing up to possibly make this year’s class. With the10th Spot voting happening now, we have to let the potentials tell us why they should appear on this year’s cover. The 6th pitc...

The Roots will be in rare company this May 30 when they host their eighth annual Roots Picnic festival in Philadelphia. Joining the legendary crew as headliners will be the elusive Erykah Badu, Canadian R&B singer The Weeknd, A$AP Rocky and more, including Atlanta newcomer Raury and New York's precocious Bishop Nehru. Th...

The larger public still hasn't quite come down from the high that is Black Messiah. Nonetheless, the world still turns, and rappers must go forth. One of them is Bishop Nehru, who gifted fans with "Breath (Prana/$pirit)." The new loosie features production from the wunderkind, and he proves once again that he's nice behind the boards...

Update (Nov. 18, 11:18 a.m.): Another batch of artist were announced for 2015 SXSW. The list includes Father, BJ the Chicago Kid, and DJ Spinn. Check out the full list of confirmed performers here. ----- About five months from now, thousands will make the pilgrimage to Austin, Texas for the annual SXSW festival that will span from Tuesday, March 17 to Sunday, March 22. A showcase for fresh ta ...

It's been 14 months since Bishop Nehru and DOOM first announced their collaborative project, NehruvianDOOM, and today the patient public finally has it in its hands. The album, completed over the intervening months at DOOM's London studio, combines the masked MC's well-worn production and free-flowing rhymes with the 18-year-old Nehru's freshly dusted approach to crafting narratives, and had fans