Canada’s King Of The Dot has announced that Boston’s Chilla Jones will challenge Harlem’s Head I.C.E for the KOTD Chain in Toronto at their DECADE event on December 9, celebrating ten years in the game since their humbling beginnings outdoors in late 2008. The title match is certainly a style clash and provides a tough […]
Legendary Australian record label based out of inner Brisbane, Queensland Hydrofunk Records turns 21 this year and coincides with a string of new releases from various artists on their impressive roster – including the highly anticipated upcoming album from Resin Dogs titled ‘Notorious D.O.G.’. Visit streaming.thesource.com for more information Before forming as a record label, […]
Visit streaming.thesource.com for more information After a successful venture internationally with the weekend’s Summer Madness 8 in London, URL has announced that their next major event will be SMACK Volume 3 on Saturday, December 15th. Smack Volume, an exclusive small room series, has proven to be a huge success for the platform. When SMACK Volume […]
Indianan born and raised rapper Freddie Gibbs recently passed through Drink Champs with Norega, DJ EFN and the crew for a 3-hour Halloween special episode. They talk all things from what’s been happening in Hip-Hop lately, Kanye West to human trafficking amongst much more in this classic, marathon episode. Visit streaming.thesource.com for more information Freddie Gibbs […]
Far from an overnight success that he may appear to the casual fan, ChillinIt has been patiently developing and honing his craft for many years into one of the most exciting rappers to emerge out of Australia. Getting somewhat of a breakthrough via the influential Hustle Hard TV YouTube some six years ago, the talented […]
The quality announcements keep on coming for SMACK / URLTV’s Summer Madness 8 in London, with Arsonal vs. Nu Jerzey Twork the fourth announcement on an already stacked card on November 10 and came as somewhat of a surprise considering NJT’s recent few months. The Jersey on Jersey battle promises to be a quality match-up, […]
Joell Ortiz and Apollo Brown recently headed into Sway In The Morning with Heather B to talk the release of their joint new 12-track album “Mona Lisa” which features Royce Da 5’9, KXNG Crooked and DJ Los that dropped on Mello Music Group. The album is entirely produced completely by Apollo Brown and is another […]
Ultimate Rap League has announced the third battle for their first event to be held overseas, in Summer Madness 8 in London. The tried and test veteran that is New York’s Iron Solomon who has a very strong year will face off against the relative underdog T-Top on Saturday 10 November. In a battle that […]
The five nominees for Australia’s industry voted annual Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA) awards have been announced for “Best Urban Release.” Familiar hip-hop faces in Hilltop Hoods, Esoterik of Bliss N Eso and 360 all received nominations, as did R&B/Soul singer Mojo Juju. Somewhat surprisingly, independent Sydney rapper Kerser was not overlooked this year and […]
Strong album debuts on the Australian Urban Album Chart by both Lil Wayne and Logic were not enough to knock Eminem’s Kamikaze off the top spot, which he has occupied since debuting their five weeks ago. Tha Carter V debuted at #2, just ahead of Logic’s YSIV at #3 and represents a re-entry for both […]
Melbourne’s Pegz has released a long-awaited new 9-track album with producer Silent Titan titled Equilibrium last week. The impressive 38-minute offering released on Brisbane’s legendary Hydrofunk Records (Resin Dogs, Blunted Stylus) features Jace XL, DJ Cost was long in the making and a somewhat unexpected release when it finally dropped. Silent Titan is a well-established, […]
Canada’s talented and imposing yet hilarious Pat Stay is set to battle URL’s top gunner, Tay Roc on SMACK/ URL’s Summer Madness 8. This card will be the league’s first ever abroad event held in London on Saturday, November 10th. Since the Don’t Flop (UK’s most dominant battle rap platform) hit a low a couple […]
D.I.T.C. legend Fat Joe passes through Sway In The Morning with Heather B as part of his current media run in the lead up to his highly anticipated new album Family Ties, which is scheduled to release later this year. Fat Joe gets into his infamous storytelling vibe and talks on all things sneaker stores, […]
Influential battle rap platform Queen of the Ring (QOTR) will be traveling down to Miami, Florida to bring battle rap fans a QOTR event live and direct for the first time. They’ve received strong reviews since their Evolution 3 event and this is the next step in their attempt to continue to bring great female […]
It’s been a while since the ever so legendary Cypress Hill (B-Real, Sen Dog, Eric Bobo, and DJ Muggs) released something as a whole unit, eight years to be exact. Those years are about to come to a halt, with their ninth studio album that is set to take the hip-hop world by storm this Friday. […]
Talented LA singer-songwriter Jhené Aiko has made her way down to New Zealand and Australia this week for a string of major shows. Having collaborated extensively with the likes of YG, Kendrick, J.Cole, Vince Staples, Logic, Common, Drake, Childish Gambino, 2 Chainz amongst many others, Jhené hits Brisbane, Melbourne, and Sydney. Visit streaming.thesource.com for more […]
URLTV / SMACK have announced their next event on Saturday 13th October, titled “The Strike 2.5.” With unsubstantiated rumors circulating that URL made $2.5 million off the last PPV resulting in a self-declared strike from some battle rappers of sorts that never really lived up to the hype surrounding it, URL is back with a […]
Fatimah Nyeema Warner (better known by her stage name Noname) is lights, camera, action for the release of her second solo studio project, this one entitled Room 25. The album dropped everywhere on digital stores on September 14, impressively self-released for the second album in a row. Her last project Telefone dates back to 2016 […]
This week Strange Music Inc’s Tech N9ne and Krizz Kaliko make their way to Australia yet again for a string of shows across all major capital cities. Just last week both of their New Zealand shows were sold out in advance, highlighting just how popular Tech has remained throughout the years internationally. Visit streaming.thesource.com for […]
Rapper / Actor Bow Wow aka Shad Moss is about to embark on an extensive 13-date tour of Australia and New Zealand, taking in all major cities and many regional centers over September and early October with Lucky URBN. Bow Wow has previously toured Australia on multiple occasions including in 2017, 2015, 2012 and in […]
