Q-Tip News

Tip will be taking over Irving Plaza in NYC on June 15 for the first of a monthly party dubbed "Offline." What does "offline" mean? According to the promoters, Q-Tip -- who'll be DJing -- asks that once you're inside, you put away your phones and other devices and be in the moment with him .

Lonnie B. is a longtime DJ in clubs and on Richmond radio station WCDX iPower92.

"How can you be serious?" Not by wearing this T-shirt! The classic Mark Pawson T-shirt , updated for 2012.

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: May 15th, 2012, Cosmic Aliens Entertainment is proud to present nationally known Alternative Hip-Hop/Soul artist Chyle MC's solo debut album "COSMIC KARMA"; as well as a breakthrough 5 part video/film series containing music from the album.

Festivalgoers from 2011 will remember Busta's show stopping cameo with longtime collaborator and friend, Q-Tip from ' A Tribe Called Quest '. A The Flatbush MC was part of Q-Tip's "Friends" set and helped launched The Festival's ".....and Friends" concept where headliners are carefully chosen to not only reflect the mission of the Festival but also ... (more)

We listen to a lot of music here at the Colorado Daily and we figure we should share some of the tunes with you.

According to Kanye West 's Twitter page , the hip-hop star's label group may have a new member: "2 Chainz is charging 100k for a verse now cause he's G.O.O.D!!!!!!" The affiliation wouldn't be a surprise: 2 Chainz dropped one of those expensive verses on last month's "Mercy," the G.O.O.D. posse cut that also included Big Sean and Pusha T. The ... (more)

Q&A: DJ Spinna On Perception Records, New York Soul In The '70s, And Why A Tribe Called Quest Sampled "Submission" Better Than Anyone "If you want to get a grasp on what was happening musically in the early '70s in New York City, especially in the soul arena, Perception Records is one of the prime labels to be checked out." So says respected DJ, ... (more)

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Before the sold out shows, before MTV, and even before the culture of hip hop had taken mainstream root, Brooklyn-born photographer Lisa Leone was carefully documenting the burgeoning movement of musical community through the lens of her camera.

One of the newest duos on the scene actually consists of two veterans in Hip-Hop: Jarobi of A Tribe Called Quest and Dres of Blacksheep.Together, the two Native Tongue members make up EVITAN , which is actually "Native" spelled backwards.

In this April 15, 2012 file photo, Santigold performs during the first weekend of the 2012 Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival in Indio, Calif.

Long live the mixtape. It's been a hotly debated subject in the media, on blogs, message boards and in the legal system between DJs, artists and record companies.

During its late '90s heyday, Caf Mahogany in Harmonie Park was a one-of-a-kind nightspot for jazz, soul and the spoken word, not to mention a choice after-hours hangout for out-of towners ranging from A Tribe Called Quest to Erykah Badu.

A After a successful 2011 festival in which fans were surprised by the appearances of A-listers such as Kanye West, Brooklyn Bodega has announced that Busta Rhymes will headline their 8th Annual Brooklyn Hip-Hop Festival .

Singer Nelly Furtado has quoted lyrics by Salt-n-pepa and A Tribe Called Quest in a new song documenting her teenage love affair with hip-hop. The Maneater hitmaker admits she stayed up at night to listen to American radio stations while growing up in the suburbs of Victoria, Canada, where rap music was rare.

When the Beastie Boys were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame just weeks ago, the New York trio was down a man.

In this May 12, 2009 file photo, musician Adam Yauch from the Beastie Boys, attends a special evening to honor artist Ross Bleckner's appointment as Goodwill Ambassador at the United Nations.

US prosecutors have rejected filing a charge against Lindsay Lohan stemming from an incident in March in which a nightclub manager claimed the actor had struck him with her sports car.

Adam Yauch of The Beastie Boys leans into the crowd as he performs during MTV2's "2$Bill" concert series at the Huntridge Theatre in Las Vegas, Nevada, in this June 9, 2004 file photo.