There will be no shortage of entertainment options for rap fans this weekend, with both the D.C. Hip-Hop Theater Festival and Rock the Bells happening. But, if you want to avoid big-venue crows and still get your fix, check out the Circus at Expo on Saturday night. Rosetta Stoned's Tyrone Norris organizes the bi-monthly showcase [...]
Lupe Fiasco has just been added to the line-up of D.C.'s Hip-Hop Theater Festival, as part of the Voices Remix event on July 7. Phife from A Tribe Called Quest will be in town, too, to participate in the J. Dilla tribute/fundraiser on July 8. Note to event organizers: keep them away from each other.
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CNN, Associated Press, and the Los Angeles Times have confirmed that Michael Jackson has died. He was 50 years old. Damn.
Mexican singer Ximena Sariñana has said that her debut studio album, 2008's Mediocre, was meant to take on old-fashioned images of women as demure, repressed, one-dimensional beings. The only thing that drives home that point better than Sariñana's album is the artist herself.
At 23, she is a film and television star, in addition to being [...]
Everyone's favorite hip-hop mega-fest, Rock the Bells, officially announced its '09 line-up at a fancy Hollywood party last night. Among the many names on the prestigious list: D.C.'s own Tabi Bonney. (He's down there in the lower right-hand corner of the huge bill. See him?) Normal 0 false false false [...]
Political rallies rarely feature really top-notch music. Even if a political event attracts big names, the performances can be kinda boring.
Not true of tonight's statehood event on the Capitol steps.
City Paper’s Best of D.C. issue, which includes a healthy arts and entertainment section, hit the street today!
Since this is the paper’s second time putting together a Best of D.C. issue (since 1987), our staff chose to recognize both the best and the second-best our city has to offer. How clever are we?
Pick up a [...]
It seems Rare Essence is returning to U Street.
In the ‘90s and early '00s, RE's weekly gig at Club U, inside the Frank D. Reeves Municipal Center, was one of the hottest events on the U Street corridor. The band's run at the club ended in 2005, following the stabbing death of 31-year-old club patron [...]
A weekly roundup of unreleased songs, new singles, and assorted musical detritus trickling out to the Web.
Rick Ross (feat. The Dream): “I Really Want”
Even though one of Rick Ross’s exes sided with his rival 50 Cent in their much-publicized beef, and another, it has recently been revealed, has a budding amateur porn career, it [...]
Waaaaay back in 2002, some of the city's finest rappers assembled to recreate A Tribe Called Quest's Low End Theory, from the nasty opening bassline of "Excursions" all the way through the final echo of "Scenario." It was one of the best hip-hop moments D.C has seen, and if you didn't catch it (or didn't [...]
