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What's going on Wednesday? Screaming Females @ Above the Auto Parts Store in October Supervegan has a list of places to eat vegan Thanksgiving meals in NYC.

"Whoa, Mos Def is coming to Nocturnum?" I imagine quite a few Humboldtians were pleasantly surprised by the news while at the same time wondering why they hadn't been alerted sooner.

Performances By Reflection Eternal, Rock Steady Crew and National Double Dutch League-- New York, NY November 4, 2009 /PRNewswire/ - The world's most important b-boy battle, Red Bull BC One, is coming home to the birthplace of hip-hop--NYC. The b-boys have been announced, the judges have been chosen, the emcee locked down and the announcement of ...

There was a time when hip hop was rebel music, a blast from the inner-city alternating between party soundtrack and protest against injustice.

Stones Throw's Dam-Funk will be headlining a free show tonight at Brooklyn Bowl presented by Fader to celebrate his new record and appearance on the cover of the mag.

The "B-the-r-the-o-the-o-k-l-y-n" is where Mos Def lives, but Saturday night he was bringing some of his native dialect to a near-capacity crowd at the Edmonton Events Centre.

Ohio producer J. Rawls has been putting in jazzy, quality work for a while, making music Black Star, J-Live, Aloe Blacc, Slum Village and recording as half the Lone Catalysts alongside Pittsburgh MC J. Sands.

Similar to other aspects of life, within the hip-hop world, a rappers first impression means the world.

The rapper-turned-actor Mos Def has done his most engaging work in front of a camera and not a microphone in recent years.

Two of the biggest heavyweights to come out of the Brooklyn rap scene, Talib Kweli and Mos Def, took to the stage at a sold-out House of Blues on Sept.

Interview: Talib Kweli If one hip-hop album crystallized the schism between underground authenticity and mainstream monotony, it was Mos Def and Talib Kweli Are Black Star .

We thought for certain that Mos Def and Talib Kweli couldn't stand each other anymore.

After spending a few years attempting to recover the magic of his Black Star collaboration with Talib Kwele, Mos Def just dropped a stellar new album, "The Ecstatic," full of solid beats and innovative production.

Talib Kweli on stage with Black Star After shows at the Blue note and with Rock The Bells earlier this year, tonight marks the return of Reflection Eternal at BB King's , the crew that introduced the world to Talib Kweli with the Rawkus 12" single "Fortified Live" featuring then future Black Star partner Mos Def and Mr Man of Da Bush Babees .

For MT Rapper Snoop Dogg returns to Moscow, playing B1 Maximum on Wednesday, where fans could hear tracks from his new album 'Malice in Wonderland.' 26 August 2009 With trance and electro beats ruling the Moscow nightlife, the capital offers hip-hop and R&B fans little choice.

Talib Kweli is a teacher, a commodity rarer in rappers than its initially ambitious roots presaged.

Mazel tov to metal Just a couple of local rabbis chasing that elusive link between the modern Jewish experience and KISS by Dave Kirby Most definitely Mos Def gets back into hip-hop with his new album by Dan Hinkel Ten years ago this October, the Brooklyn backpacker hero dropped his revelatory solo debut, Black on Both Sides.

The Deal: Hip-hop's favorite MC-turned-leading- man, Mos Def, comes back through the Queen City with lots of new music and Jay Electronica riding shotgun.

$32.50. 8 p.m. Fri., Aug. 14. Tabernacle, 152 Luckie St. 404-659-9022. www.tabernacleatl.com. Mos Def's latest album, The Ecstatic , is a return-to-form hip-hop opus, a simultaneously breezy and substantive fun-house ride that is a lock for critical year-end lists.

A MYSTERY guest is to open this year's Dalkeith Barbecue on August 4. The event will start with the traditional parade from the King's Gates at the bottom of the High Street at 1.30pm. Activities available Kig's Park will include pony rides, seven-a-side football, a bouncy castle, bungee fun, a rodeo bull and giant slide.