Cleveland, Ohio can’t stop winning in 2016. Not only did LeBron James and the Cavaliers win the NBA Championship this past summer, and not only did the Cleveland Indians beat out the Toronto Blue Jays in the AL Championship and will soon play the Cubs in the World Series, but now the city is getting (a potentially free) Jay Z concert.
Joining Katy Petty, Dave Matthews and more, Jay Z will host a concert for the Hillary Clinton campaign. We are still awaiting various details on the concert, like the exact location and date, but you can expect the concert to come before election day, and if it is like other, it will be free for fans.
Stay tuned for more details to come, and don’t forget to vote on Tuesday, November 8th!
During the birthday edition and Episode 32 of his OVO Sound Radio on Beats 1, Drake has announced his new project, titled More Life. Explaining that it won’t be a traditional mixtape, and more of a playlist with “the whole family on there”, More Life is currently slated for a December 2016 release. A lot is still unknown about the forthcoming project, but we will definitely share more information as it comes in.
Last night Post Malone brought The Hollywood Dreams and Monster Energy Outbreak Tour to Chicago’s Concord Music Hall. Traveling with rappers Jazz Cartier and Larry June, the huge tour comes with some of the best emerging names in rap today.
Up first for the night was Bay Area rapper, Larry June. Performing a number of records from his new Cookin Soul collaborative mixtape, Orange Season, June is still introducing himself to many, but he certainly set the mood for the night and picked up some new fans in Chicago with his opening set. Next up was Toronto native, and one of the best emerging rappers today, Jazz Cartier. With one of the more slept on mixtapes of the past year, with Hotel Paranoia, Cartier is not one to ignore. Last night’s performance included cuts from the new tape, his 2015 project Marauding in Paradise, and more, Cartier had an energy filled set that fans won’t soon forget. If you want to read more on Cartier, check out our 2015 interview with Cartier here.
Moments later, it was time for Post Malone to greet the Chicago crowd for his headlining performance. Opening his set with his track ‘White Iverson’, a record which quickly made Post a household name in rap music, the crowd instantly went wild, singing every word to the addictive track. Malone then followed with his fan favorite song, ‘Too Young’, a track dedicated to rappers and artists everywhere who leave the world far too soon. And while fans are still awaiting Post Malone’s forthcoming debut album, Stoney, Post Malone’s set included performances from his 2016 mixtape, August 26th, his new single and Justin Bieber collaboration, ‘Deja Vu’, and more.
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Stoney is expected to release sometime this year, and of the most exciting tracks on the LP will be Post’s collab with Pharrell, which we witnessed the birth of months ago at Bonnaroo. While we were awaiting Post’s Tennessee performance this past summer, fans in attendance included Odd Future’s The Internet, Miguel and none other than Skateboard P himself. Pharrell and Post instantly linked up on-site, which then led to a collaboration, which fans will hear soon.
Post Malone’s breakout record ‘White Iverson’ released only a year ago, and since its release we have seen Post perform four times, and each time he improves on his stage presence. Post has had a swagger and confidence from the beginning, but with more experience and more songs under his belt, his live shows benefit as a result. If you get the opportunity, definitely do yourself a favor and catch a Post Malone performance.
Check out our photos from yesterday’s show below and make sure get your tickets to a tour stop near you at PostMalone.com.
While we originally speculated that Nardwuar had finally accomplished his goal of interviewing Kanye West, since the best interviewer in the game was pictured with both Mike Dean and Tony Williams during the Vancouver stop on the Saint Pablo Tour, we still will have to wait. Fortunately however, we weren’t too far off, as Nardwuar still did interview the legendary Mike Dean, a pioneer of Texas rap and a producer of some of your favorite Kanye West records.
During their interview, Nardwuar asks Dean about his Texas roots, his infamous studio bus and more. And as always, Nardwuar came with some awesome vinyls. We would have loved a Kanye interview, but a Mike Dean interview isn’t too shabby either.
It’s been rumored that rappers GoldLink and Isaiah Rashad have been cooking up something in the studio, and today those hopeful suspicions are held true as GoldLink shared their new collaborative record, ‘Untitled’, on his Soundcloud hours ago. Produced by The Antydote with vocals from Preston Harris, ‘Untitled’ is the unexpected collaboration you didn’t know you needed.
Two of the top emerging rappers right now, Rashad and GoldLink make for a great team on the new track, so let’s hope that this is just one of many records that the two recorded together.
Tickets for iHeartRadio and 102.7 KIIS FM‘s Jingle Ball sold out in a matter of minutes, and if you take a look at the lineup it’s no mystery why. With an amazing cast of performers, from headliners like Justin Bieber, Britney Spears and Bruno Mars, to the best emerging artists in music like Daya and Alessia Cara, fans in attendance at the Staples Center are bound to have an amazing night on Friday, December 2nd.
And with such a great list of artists, it’s only natural that we already have a list in mind, of songs that we absolutely need to hear at this year’s LA Jingle Ball. From Meghan Trainor’s infectious single ‘NO’ to Lukas Graham’s ‘7 Years’, there are a number of songs that we can’t wait to hear in December.
Hit the jump and check out our list of the 10 songs that we need to hear at this year’s 102.7 KIIS FM Jingle Ball, and although Los Angeles’ Jingle Ball is all sold out, be sure to check out the other dates for iHeartRadio’s Jingle Balls here!
Fans can’t get enough of Kanye West’s historic Saint Pablo Tour, and we don’t blame them. Whether it’s the unique floating stage, it’s ability to break attendance records from some of the biggest arenas in America, or simply because Kanye West is one of the best entertainers of all time, fans are lucky today as Kanye has added a second leg to the tour.
With new dates beginning on November 17th in San Jose, West has added some big shows in Denver, Houston, a New Year’s Eve Concert at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn, NY and more. Tickets for the new dates go on sale this Saturday, October 22nd at LiveNation.com, and with more rumored dates possibly to come, you’ll definitely want to stay tuned.
Chicago and React Presents “Freaky Deaky” music festival is returning to Toyota Park this year for another Halloween Weekend of great music. With performances from DJ Snake, Tiesto, Lil Dicky, Disclosure, Travis Scott, DJ Khaled, Schoolboy Q, Desiigner and many many more, there is no better way to celebrate Halloween.
And if the scary good lineup wasn’t enough, not only has Freaky Deaky released its full 2016 schedule for this year, but it has also released its lineup of official after parties, which include headlining shows from Disclosure, DJ Snake, DJ Khaled, Snails, Tiesto and more. Whether you’ll be heading straight from Toyota Park, or if you can’t make it out to the festival this year, you will not want to miss out on these after parties.
Check out the full schedule and official after parties below, and we’ll see you at Freaky Deaky!
Recruiting fellow Chicago artists Vic Mensa, Joey Purp and Knox Fortune, KAMI has released his new music video for his record ‘Home Movies’, the first track from his forthcoming debut album, which is currently set for an early 2017 release. KAMI, who is in the SAVEMONEY rap duo Leather Corduroys with Purp, definitely is debuting a brand new sound on his solo project, and the Andre Muir directed visuals match the quality of the rest of the record.
With a talented crew around him and the skills of his own for an exciting solo career, get ready to hear a lot more from the emerging Chicago artist.
We have said it before, no one is better at what they do than “Nardwuar the Human Serviette”. His interviews are not only informative and entertaining, but he will bring out information in an artist that even their closest friends and relatives don’t know. His research is top notch, and with every classic Nardwuar interview comes a new artist who is blown away by the Canadian native’s skills. Everyone from Drake to Pharrell and more have been left more than impressed.
And for sometime, Nardwuar and Kanye West fans alike have prayed that the two would one day meet for an exclusive interview. The type of information and gifts that Nardwuar could pull out for Kanye are almost unimaginable. And that day may finally come, as a recent post by Kanye West’s producer and engineer Mike Dean, seems to suggest that Nardwuar and Kanye met today (or are meeting today) during Kanye’s Vancouver stop on the Saint Pablo Tour (where Nardwuar is from).
While Dean doesn’t directly confirm that an interview took place, or is taking place, he posted a photo with Nardwuar on Instagram minutes ago, backstage at the Rogers Arena. This seems to suggest that the interview we have all been waiting for has finally took place!
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