• BJ The Chicago Kid, Schoolboy Q Share "It's True" Music Video [WATCH]

    asdBJ The Chicago Kid has shared the music video for his track "It's True" featuring Schoolboy Q, which you can check out below. The clip was directed by BJ himself along with Verluxe, and features the rapper hanging around his hometown of Chicago with his friends and family, while some subtle green animation pops in and out of the frame. It's a touching yet not overly sentimental tribute to BJ's hometown, and sheds a light on the violence that has plagued the city for so long.

  • Ghostface Killah Puts on Impromptu Performance at Toastface Grillah in Australia [WATCH]

    Ghoshtface Kllah has been out and about promoting his new album "36 Seasons" by appearing on various radio and TV shows. While in Australia, he went on "Triple J" and found out something interesting: There is a café called Toastface Grillah in his honor. So moved by this, he decided then and there that he was going to do an impromptu performance outside the café in Perth, Western Australia, because ... why not?Reported by "NME," as one would expect, once the word got out the place was flooded with fans eager to see Ghostface in the flesh without any frills — just the rapper and a mic on a small stage. It would have been nice if everyone was not watching his show through their phones, but who am I kidding? This is 2014, almost 2015 — that is how we live.Below are some posts on social media from the event and a video a local production company took.

  • T-Pain Plays 'Wikipedia: Fact or Fiction', Reveals Stage Name Origins, Real Birth Year, And More [WATCH]

    T-Pain jumped back into the spotlight this year after proving he didn't need the help of Auto-Tune to sing. He has changed his focus from making hits to making personal music, and with that comes the release of his upcoming album Stoicville: The Phoenix, which is due out in 2015. Although he's been a player in the music industry for some time now, The Boombox sat him down to play a round of Wikipedia: Fact or Fiction?

  • Armand Van Helden's 'Masterpeice' To Be Released Feb. 15 On Ministry of Sound

    Longtime New York DJ, producer and member of Duck Sauce alongside A-Trak, Armand Van Helden is prepping his Masterpiece. Masterpiece is a compilation collection from the club/label Ministry Of Sound that tabs legends in electronic music to put together a collection of tracks that speak to the artists on different levels creatively. Armand Van Helden has crafted a three-disc CD that travels through the various periods of his life musically, according to a press release.

  • Feed Me Reveals New Spor Album Release Date

    Jon Gooch, better known as Feed Me, or to some fans, Spor has some really, really good news. A new Spor album is finally ready to be released. In a tweet sent out on Dec. 23, Gooch finally put a stop to the endless waiting for Spor fans and announced a release date for his highly anticipated album.

  • Chief Keef Shares New Song 'Kill Him,' From Upcoming Mixtape 'Crashing Computers' [LISTEN]

    Chief Keef's upcoming mixtape "Crashin' Computers" is set for release next week on New Year's Eve, and today the Chicago rapper has shared one of the tape's tracks "Kill Him," which you can check out below. The track features a sputtering and incredibly cluttered beat courtesy of Young Chop, while Keef mumbles consistently behind the beat about killing someone. If you already hate Chief Keef, then he's definitely not going to win you over with this track.

  • Wu-Tang Clan's RZA Speaks Out on Eric Garner Case, Says It's a Power Issue, Not Race Issue

    Wu-Tang Clan released their sixth studio album, A Better Tomorrow, earlier this month. A political video for the title track followed, showing scenes of protests from the Michael Brown and Eric Garner cases. RZA spoke with Gawker recently, advocating the indictment of every police officer involved in the Garner incident, which occurred in the rapper's native Staten Island.

  • Fat Possum Records Opens Own Vinyl Pressing Facility for Artists Like Modest Mouse, The Black Keys and The Districts

    Fat Possum Records made a bold move when it decided to build its own vinyl pressing plant. The music industry is in shambles, but founder Matthew Johnson needed something to correct the backorder problem that multiple labels experience. So he partnered AudioGraphics Masterworks and decided to cut out the manufacturing middle man during a time when vinyl is in-demand. The label represents Modest Mouse, The Districts and The Black Keys.

  • Former Federal Investigator Performs Jim Croce Song, Changes Tune Into Tasteless Parody of Michael Brown's Death [LISTEN]

    A former federal investigator performed a tasteless song in California recently at a charity event held by a retired LAPD policeman. Gary Fishell took the stage and performed an absolutely disgusting parody of Jim Croce's "Bad, Bad Leroy Brown," poking fun at the unfortunate death of African American teenager Michael Brown. TMZ received footage of the song and, well, it's hard to hear.
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