As we reported yesterday, Polo, of the acclaimed go-go band TCB, was rushed to the hospital after a show on Saturday night. Though details are still vague TCB's official blog posted filled in some of the blanks with the following statement this morning:
In the early morning hours of April 11th during our show at The [...]

Go-go frontman collapses on stage.

Wiz Khalifa
Wiz Khalifa and Yelawolf torn down the 9:30 Club last night as part of the appropriately named Deal Or No Deal Tour. Both artists made unceremonious exits from major deals in recent years only to rebuild their buzz from scratch on the underground. Deservedly so, judging by last night's performance.
Wiz, the headliner and overwhelming [...]

Looking at Likeblood's earliest recordings.

The secret and intertwined history of Go-Go and Southern Rap

DMV Rap roundup with new songs from Kingpen Slim, Southeast Slim, Fat Tone & Rizon

Freeway & Jake One promote "Stimulus Package" in the DMV.

Wale always seems to find himself embroiled in the lamest controversies. It would seem that the cost of claiming to put an entire city on your back means you're gonna have the entire city on your back.
His latest video, "Pretty Girls," debuted on BET earlier this week and recieved a lot of flack in blog [...]

Hays and Ryan Holladay's latest electro-indie-pop project is Bluebrain, whose debut album drops next month.
The 2000s saw a strange reversal in the District’s music: The pulse of its indie rock became barely perceptible while its rap scene began to emerge from go-go’s shadow. As for the new decade, we’ve already loved one record, rapper X.O.’s [...]

Did Backyard Band call for a boycott of Wale's "Pretty Girls"?