24-year-old Detroit-area producer Max Landry has released a new music video for his cover of 50 Cent’s “21 Questions” via Shot Selection productions and Detroit production company B!GG. After graduating from the prestigious Berklee College of Music of Boston in 2012, Landry has been working with some of Detroit’s most influential artists…
UK-based music educators have chosen Detroit as the home of their third music education campus – welcome to The Detroit Institute of Music Education.
It has been confirmed that Danny Brown has not only reissued his 2008 classic Hot Soup on vinyl, but has also made available his 2013 masterpiece Old on the same format.The re-release of Brown’s 2008 Hot Soup is being offered via Underground Hip Hop with a pre-sale ship date of April 15. (Correlating with 2014’s Record Store Day.) The double-LP set…
Eminem and Rihanna have officially announced their Detroit performance date for the highly-publicized, three-city summer Monster Tour: August 22 at Comerica Park. Tickets for Eminem’s hometown-leg of the tour will be made available March 28 at 10 am (EST), though prices are yet to be announced. Registration for pre-sale tickets, available 3/22…
The Right Brothers have done it again. The duo’s new video-accompaniment for “Lights On Rider Anthem” features Doc Waffles, Eddie Logix and James Linck, along with countless cameos from various Detroit artists. The Andrew Miller-directed visual piece showcases the CoOwnaz brand with appearances by: Doc Waffles, Eddie Logix, James Linck, Pretty D, Ryan…
In preparation for 2014’s Red Bull Music Academy (an applicant-only workshop/conference consisting of hand-selected musicians worldwide – this year hosted in Tokyo, Japan), Red Bull has set-up shop in the birthplace of Motown. A lucky (and talented) group of 20 hand-picked applicants from the Midwest region will push their creative boundaries with the help…
Following the group’s February Dilla Day Detroit performance – De La Soul has been iregularly active. The hip hop icons recently released their entire catalogue of music for free via their website, continued an international tour and announced an exciting series of releases for 2014. On Tuesday, De La Soul shared a J Dilla-produced track…
Detroit’s hip hop street-giant Boldy James has unveiled a new visual piece complementing “What’s the Word,” a track from his Alchemist-produced My 1st Chemistry Set album released in October. “What’s the Word,” directed by Detroit’s own Gerard Victor (Dusty McFly, Royce da 5’9″, Elzhi, Black Milk, Ro Spit, Fabolous…) is a sleek…
After a 66-42 vote on Thursday, the Michigan House of Representatives approved House Bill 5108 which could legalize ticket scalping statewide. Ticket scalping (reselling an event ticket for more than face value) has remained a misdemeanor punishable by 90 days in jail, or a $500 fine, in Michigan since 1931. Laws regarding the resale…
Detroit hip hop breakthrough Danny Brown recently conducted an interview with Zane Lowe from BBC’s Radio 1, during which he hinted at the concept of his next project – an album inspired by the films of director Stanley Kubrick. The ten-minute interview covers several topics, including: Michigan weather, Blender Magazine, DJ Assault…