Spotify UK is no longer using the term 'urban' to describe Black music
Spotify UK is no longer using the term ‘urban’. Safiya Lambie-Knight, UK artist & label partnerships lead for hip hop, ...
Swing Ting announces new residents: LZ, Meme Gold, TARZSA and Thai-Chi Rosè
Swing Ting has announced a new set of residents. The residents have been confirmed since early 2020 but the announcement ...
Christopher from The Sopranos is DJ'ing on NTS Radio this week
Michael Imperioli, aka Christopher Moltisanti from The Sopranos, is hosting a show on NTS Radio this week. The actor, who ...
Lamin Fofana releases final album in his album trilogy exploring Black identity in the West
Sierra Leonean musician and producer Lamin Fofana this Friday released ‘Blues’, the final album in a trilogy of works exploring ...
Flying Lotus and Denzel Curry issue the #BLACKBALLOONSCHALLENGE
This year is the one-year anniversary of Flying Lotus’ 2019 album ‘Flamagra’. To celebrate, he released ‘Flamagra (Instrumentals)’ on May ...
Vanilla Ice announces July 4 concert in COVID-19 hotspot
Vanilla Ice has announced plans for a Fourth of July celebrating concert (taking place on July 3) at a venue ...
Discwoman and Allergy Season announce 27-track ‘Physically Sick 3’ compilation
Discwoman and Allergy Season are teaming up for a third instalment in their ‘Physically Sick’ compilation series. The fundraising compilation ...
Lady Ice raps about the Black British experience on ‘No Silence’
Lady Ice has dropped a new track called ‘No Silence’. The potent track features fiery bars addressing racism and her ...
Public Enemy’s Chuck D: “Donald Trump is an alien”
Public Enemy co-founder Chuck D has released a new single produced by DJ Premier called ‘State Of The Union (STFU)’, ...
Three people have been arrested for organising illegal raves in the UK
Three people have been arrested for organising illegal raves in the UK. Staffordshire police arrested three men ahead of a ...
Kanye West drops new Travis Scott and Dr. Dre collab ‘Wash Us In The Blood’
Kanye West has released a new single featuring Travis Scott titled ‘Wash Us In The Blood’. Read this next: Kanye ...
Clubs in Perth are back open without social distancing being enforced
Western Australia is reporting single figures of COVID-19 cases and has now entered its fourth phase of easing lockdown restrictions. ...
Protestors supporting drug safety gave out free cocaine in Vancouver
An organisation set up to protect drug users called The Drug User Liberation Front staged a protest in Vancouver on ...
Switzerland allows clubs to open for up to 1,000 people
Switzerland has removed most of the coronavirus-induced event restrictions placed on the country, and is now allowing gatherings of up ...
Watch a new documentary about disco legend Sylvester
A new documentary called Love Me Like You Should: The Brave and Bold Sylvester is out now. Amazon Music is ...
Thai producer Pisitakun announces new album inspired by Thailand's history of coup d'états
Thai producer and musician Pisitakun announces a new album ‘Absolute C.O.U.P.’, inspired by Thailand’s long history of coups. It will ...
Freeride Millenium announces charity compilation for Austrian charity Queer Base
German record label Freeride Millenium has announced the release of ‘Freeride Millenium presents Queer Base’, a charity compilation featuring tracks ...
Swiss clubs are back open for up to 300 people
Clubs in Switzerland are starting to reopen following the country relaxing its lockdown restrictions earlier this month. Read this next: ...
Akon has been awarded a $6 billion contact to build a city in Senegal
A new cryptocurrency themed city is being founded in Senegal by Akon. It will be built across 2000 acres on ...
Digga D threatened with recall to prison after joining Black Lives Matter protests
Digga D has been accused of ‘inciting violence’ and threatened with being recalled to prison after attending a Black Lives ...