• Fresh Island Festival 2015 Lineup Phase 1: Joey Bada$$, Migos, Tinashe and Danny Brown Headlining

    January is the season for festival lineup announcements and Fresh Island Festival in Croatia — where else? — is here to share its. Normally when one thinks about beach parties and festivals, DJs spinning downtempo house music until the early morning comes to mind, like the just-completed BPM Festival in Mexico. But Fresh Island is flipping that idea on its head with a hip-hop-centered festival with a splash of EDM-tinged trap music in what it claims is "Europe's No. 1 hip-hop beach festival." FIF released the first phase of acts in a newsletter for who will be joining the festival this summer, and the headliners include Danny Brown, Migos, Joey Bada$$ and Tinashe.

  • Holy Ship! Setting Sail Across Mediterranean Soon According To Gary Richards

    Hard Events's Holy Ship! has become one dance music's premiere destinations for fans who want to party out at sea with their favorite DJs. Entering its fourth year, the dance cruise just completed its first journey from Miami with Djs like A-Trak, Pretty Lights, Laidback Luke, Flume, Duke Dumont, Rl Grime, Gorgon City and others were brought along for the four-day voyage. 2015 saw the cruise expand to two seafaring expeditions out of Miami, but according to an interview by Revolt with Gary Richards, the founder of Hard Events, which hosts Holy Ship!, the promoter has their sites on another market, Europe, specifically the Mediterranean.

  • Danny Brown Writing Dr. Seuss-Style Children's Book Focusing on Self-Esteem and Black Girls

    No one will question Danny Brown's ability to string rhymes together...whether he can do so in language appropriate for a child audience is another question. It's a challenge he'll have to face as he approaches his ongoing project to write an animated children's book, Dr. Seuss-style. The project was inspired by his 13 year-old daughter and the struggle to maintain self-esteem among black girls.

  • Killer Mike, Young Thug, 34 Others Featured On 42-Minute Track "The Rap Monument" [WATCH]

    Have you ever listened to a rap song and found yourself wishing that it was about 40 minutes longer and had a thousand guest verses? If you have, then you're in luck, because Noisey has released its massive, Hudson Mohawke-produced "The Rap Monument," which features 36 rappers doing what they do best (rapping) for 42 minutes, more than twice as long as Eminem's 16-minute "Detroit vs. Everybody" remix. If you'd like some context, it's about two minutes longer than the entirety of Illmatic.

  • Action Bronson and Danny Brown Join Forces On 'Bad News' From 'Grand Theft Auto V'

    Action Bronson & Danny Brown have teamed up on a new song for the re-released Grand Theft Auto V soundtrack titled "Bad News." The new soundtrack will be released on Dec. 9 via Mass Appeal/Rockstar. Even at just 2 minutes and 28 seconds, Danny Brown and Action Bronson have a blast rapping in to the video, keeping with the theme of violence and dominating your opponents, flowing effortlessly over a haunting production.

  • The Neighbourhood Share New Mixtape '#000000 & #ffffff' Featuring French Montana, Danny Brown and More

    Today has been a pretty good day for mixtapes, with both A$AP Ferg and B.o.B. dropping new ones, as well as Bastille sharing a new track off of their upcoming tape, but that's not all for today. California indie rock group, The Neighbourhood, have dropped their new mixtape, perplexingly titled '#000000 & #ffffff' (not entirely sure how that's supposed to be pronounced), which you can download for free right now.

  • "Detroit Vs. Everybody": Eminem, Big Sean, Danny Brown, Royce Da 5'9", Trick Trick, Dej Loaf Rep The Motor City On New 'Shady XV' Track [LISTEN]

    Eminem brought together the most notable rappers from his hometown for the final track, "Detroit Vs. Everybody" on his label Shady Records' upcoming two-disc ShadyXV compilation. Repping the Motor City, singer Dej Loaf takes on the hook while Royce Da 5'9", Big Sean, Danny Brown, and Eminem take on verses with "the godfather Trick Trick" closing the track down. The only non-Detroit artist associated with the track is Massachusetts producer Statik Selektah.

  • Trailer For A$AP Rocky Movie Released, Titled 'SVDDXNLY' [WATCH]

    Though Harlem rapper A$AP Rocky is just 25 years old and has only a single album to his name (2013's Long. Live. A$AP), he's apparently done enough during his short career to warrant a documentary about his life and rise to fame. The documentary is titled SVDDXNLY and has been helmed by Noisey, who released the film's trailer today, which you can watch below. Noisey also released a statement about the film.
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