The face of Coors kicks off the Kings Of The Mic Tour with LL Cool J, Public Enemy and De La Soul (that actually sounds like a dope concert, in my opinion) in Tucson, AZ, and drops the first offering from his upcoming 10th album Everythang’s Corrupt which will see the light of day later this year.
LL Cool J assembles some of hip-hop’s biggest legends with the announcement of the Kings Of The Mic Tour starring himself, Ice Cube, Public Enemy, and De La Soul. The 26-stop nationwide trek is set to kick off on May 23 at the Ava Amphitheater in Tucson, Arizona. The tour includes stops in Vegas, San Francisco, Atlanta, New York City, and Houston, before ending off at the Essence Music Festival in New Orleans on July 5. Hit the jump for the complete tour schedule.
Speaking to The Well Versed the artist formerly known as the “n-bomb you love to hate” speaks on the next installment of Friday, shark ninjas and more.
With the U.S. Presidential Election just days away, Ice Cube releases a politically-charged clip for “Everythang’s Corrupt” appearing on his upcoming tenth studio album.
Ice Cube’s favorite team is the Raiders (of course), so as a part of the Pepsi NFL Anthems he crafts a song for the team. They need to figure out that long-snapper issue quickly, though…
On the Juan Epstein podcast season premiere, Ice Cube stops by to discuss the NWA Break Up, meeting Chuck D, moving east for America’s Most, Eazy’s death, and much more.
Something To Nothing: Art Of Rap is a feature length performance documentary film about the runaway juggernaut that is Rap music. At the wheel of this unstoppable beast is the film’s director and interviewer Ice-T. Ice-T takes us on a deeply personal journey to uncover how this music of the street has grown to dominate the world. Along the way Ice-T meets some of the remarkable superstars of Rap, from Eminem to Dr Dre, to Snoop Dogg and Kanye West. He exposes the roots and history of Rap and then, through meeting most of it’s most famous protagonists studies the living mechanism of the music to reveal The Art Of Rap.
In honor of Black History Month, Wayne Brady Crispus Attucks, JB Smoove and Michael Kenneth Williams Omar partake in a historically educational version of Cube’s classic.