This year Urban Voices in Cape Town will present not only spoken word and poetry, but music as well. This year’s international poetry line-up is one of the finest and includes poet and musician Carl Hancock Rux (US) and the legendary Last Poets, also from the US, who have played a pivotal role in the development of the performance poetry movement…

Kenyan Hip-hop was initially regarded as a passing fad. Hip-hop was eagerly dismissed by the media outlets and the general public during its shallow inception in the early ninety’s. Hip-hop today has firmly gained its roots in Kenya, while fusing its traditional music and drawing major influence from America. This fusion has led to a new entity-the birth of Genge Music.  Read on to view the trailers..

If you read the books don’t bother reading further, if you liked them go watch the movie, you will love it. For those who don’t know here is the synopsis: Arthur Dent is an earthling who gets off Earth just before it is destroyed by an alien race to make way for a hyperspace bypass. He is of course rescued by his friend Ford Prefect who is an alien (Arthur didn’t know), his friend and a writer for the galactic company that publishes THE HITCHIKER’S GUIDE TO THE GALAXY…

Wise Intelligent is the front man for the critically acclaimed and Legendary Hiphop trio known to the world as the “Poor Righteous Teachers”. PRT hail from and represent to the fullest Trenton New Jersey (New Jerusalem). They released five incredible albums throughout their illustrious career. This month we speak to the man himself…

Buttabing Entertainment / Gallo Records recording artist My Man hits stores nationwide, July 18th with the release of his much-anticipated new album, “IMENEMENE.” The album is the emcee’s debut solo offering and features the blazing single, ‘Siyavuma (feat. Lebo Mathosa).” which is currently tearing up the charts at many radio stations nationwide…

Rah Records is blowing up the Bay with the hottest hits for a blazin’ year, with artists Keak da Sneak, BA, Frank Stick ( son of world renowned pimp, Fillmore Slim) Killa Klump, S5, T Dirty and more. The industry is taking note as the label is successfully garnering radio play beyond the Bay region, and impacting the South and Southwest regions. “Rah Records is slowing being positioned at the voice of the Bay. Our artists are bringing it home then slangin’ it everywhere else!” expresses Albert Keys, CEO of Rah Records…

MY MAN the new BUTTABING ENTERTAINMENT franchise player has seen his fair share of trials and tribulations in his young life that many see in a lifetime. You might think you have heard his story before; abandonment as a toddler at four months, being an ex-street kid, ex-gang member who turned to hip hop after a life of struggle and strife in the streets and being left for dead after a stabbing incident put him in a coma for a month…

It is that time again where SilvahKneedle has a new project that is about to hit our streets. The RDA (Recommended Daily Allowance) is a seasonal prescription in a series of much needed nutrients under the title ‘SilvahKneedle Presents…’ offering the latest and freshest material from underground artists – be they seasoned Vets or New Jacks fresh out the cipher…

The three songs, Arise, Let Us Come Together and Love Is The Key have been on the charts since February where they debuted at numbers 11, 27 and 28 respectively. Up to the start of May the three held steady at number 15, 28 and 29.

Get ready for a building session on the Independent Hip Hop Movement at Cape Town on July 18th 2005. Read on for detailed information…

The latest album from Super Producer Bosko has been performing well at retail and radio, and people are taking notice to the talents of Portland’s own Super Producer Bosko. "That Fire" is one of the greatest musical creations to come out of the Northwest, and music fans from far and wide are praising the work of Bosko on “That Fire”…

Jus Family’s own DJ Chill and Cool Nutz are in the final stages of finishing the latest exclusive mixtape to come from Jus Family Records. The new mixtape DJ Chill Presents: Cool Nutz “The Voice Of Northeast Portland” Mixtape Volume 1, will be hosted by none other then Bay Area Legend E-40. The mixtape will feature new and exclusive material from Cool Nutz and special guests…

Female Fun Records is very proud to announce our next major project, the solo sophomore full-length release from Sadat X (of Brand Nubian)! The God is Back in full force, returning to the fold single-handedly in a fiery reemergence! Set to drop THIS Oct., Sadat’s forthcoming Female Fun album is entitled "Experience & Education" – this will be released on sturdy 180gram 2xLP and digi-pack CD (with design layout handled by our friend Ray Johnson who did the Prince Paul album artwork). We’ve been working hard through the NYC Summer heat to finalize and finish this certified Bronx-bred banger! So hear `dis! From Uptown to your town, Sadat X is back just for you…

In 1985, B-Boys were all the rage but where were the girls? Fast-forward twenty years for the answer: We B*Girlz, a lively look at the hot and happenin’ world of B-Girlz of the twenty-first century as documented by photographer Martha Cooper and writer Nika Kramer. Breaking is back with a new twist as today’s fly girls can battle the best of them…

PowerHouse Books is pleased to announce the September 2005 release of Public Access: Ricky Powell Photographs 1985-2005 with texts by Ricky Powell, Charlie Ahearn, Glenn O’Brien, Zoe Cassavetes, ZEPHYR, QUIK, DR. REVOLT and TEAM. “Ricky Powell, aka the Rickster, has seen a lot of history. he has worked variously as a busboy, bike messenger, Frozade vender, substitute teacher, columnist, cable television host, comic, and dog walker. But he is best known as a wisecracking, self-described ‘playground rat’ who used his beat-up Minolta and party-crashing skills to become a nightlife fixture and a chronicler of the then-exploding world of Hip Hop." – The New York Times…