Jay Electronica

Mos Def routinely blurs the lines between music and other artistic mediums, so it's no surprise that he's become the subject of a new photo exhibit. The show, which opened over the weekend at HVW8 Art & Design Gallery in Los Angeles, features images by a photographer named Cognito. He...

It's hard to pick the biggest surprise of Saturday night's Sixth Annual Roots Jam Session at Los Angeles' Key Club. Some might say it was when an unannounced Mos Def performed his 'Black On Both Sides' standout 'Umi Says' and Grammy nominated track 'Casa Bey,' from his latest album 'Casa Bey...

Lupe Fiasco and Jay Electronica have finally let constant Internet chatter and pressure take control of their music. For months, underground hip-hop devotees on blogs, forums, and message boards buzzed about the magic that could be produced if these two wordsmiths were to hit the studio together...

If you follow Just Blaze on Twitter you already know that Baseline Studios, his legendary recording haven, has been slowly dismantled over last month or so. Today, Blaze revealed that Jan. 28 will be the studio's final day and he'll be holding a wake for friends, family and a few diehard fans...

Talib Kweli and Hi-Tek recently reunited under their Reflection Eternal moniker for a new mixtape called 'The Re:Union.' "We got history," said Kweli told MTV's Mixtape Daily. "When I listen to the mixtape, sometimes I forget how dope we are...

A Tribe Called Quest's Phife Dawg assembled some of the illest emcees -- old school and new -- last night (Jan. 20) for the Mind Body Soul: A Benefit for Diabetes concert at Brooklyn's Knitting Factory. While much of the world are turning their attention toward the crisis created by last week's massive earthquake in Haiti, Phife, whose struggled with diabetes since being diagnosed in 1990, has bee

If you felt a New York hip-hop renaissance might be on the way the first time you heard Jay Electronica's 'Exhibit C,' you wouldn't be alone. Last night, you got your proof. Mikey Fresh, the always on point blogger for Miss Info and The BoomBox among other outlets, taped and uploaded a highly-amped performance of the Just Blaze-produced track live from Manhattan's Highline Ballroom...

Rapper Phife Dawg has struggled with diabetes since he was diagnosed with the illness back in 1990. He was put on dialysis in 2000, was hospitalized in 2002 and had a kidney transplant in 2008. Now the A Tribe Called Quest emcee is planning a big return...

Hot 97's DJ Enuff recently wrote a blog post discussing his reluctance to play New Orleans MC Jay Electronica's new song 'Exhibit C' on the radio, which galvanized Jay Elect fans into a big time show of support. Blogs, Web sites, Twitter lovers/haters alike chimed in about Enuff's post, where he questioned an artist as talented/popular as Jay Electronica not receiving air play from a DJ like himse

Hot 97's DJ Enuff posted an interesting blog recently, discussing his reluctance to play New Orleans rapper Jay Electronica's new song, 'Exhibit C.' The song, a collaboration with producer Just Blaze, has been getting a lot of attention online, due to Jay's deft flow, sharp lyrics and 'Illmatic'-era Nas-style delivery ...