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Killer Mike has announced his first new solo album in more than 10 years, Michael. The project serves as the follow-up to 2012's R.A.P. Music, which loosely served as the introduction to Run The Jewels, Mike's longtime duo with Company Flow MC/producer El-P. Coinciding with the announcement is the release of the album's inaugural single, "Don't Let The Devil" featuring El-P and Thankyougoodsir. Production duties are handled by El-P, No I.D. and Little Shalimar. 

“RTJ is the X-Men, this is my Logan," Mike said. "My favorite group (US) with my favorite producers! It’s our 10 year anniversary and MICHAEL is an origin story so I wanted to start with El." 

RTJ will embark on a 10 -year anniversary run this fall but are currently celebrating the release of

Erykah Badu and Mos Def (also known as Yasiin Bey) have announced a joint tour they're calling the Unfollow Me Tour. Badu made the announcement via Instagram on Monday night (April 17).

"Badu Summer Tour 2023," she wrote in the caption. "(((UNFOLLOW ME ))) w/ @yasiinbey and other EXTRAORDINARY GUESTS!!! Tickets go up 4/20 … coming to your city .. link in bio …. Vid created by e.badu on this phone with a layering of 4 apps." 

As noted, tickets go on sale beginning Thursday (April 20). The 24-date run kicks off on June 11 in San Antonio and wraps up on July 23 in Badu's hometown of Dallas. Other stops include Boston, New York, Nashville, Detroit, Los Angeles and Denver. Find tickets here. 

Badu has released f

E-40 attended the Golden State Warriors vs. Sacramento Kings game at Golden 1 Center in Sac Town on Saturday night (April 15). In a video making the rounds online, E-40 is seen having an argument with several other people in the crowd before he's ultimately ejected from the game midway through the fourth quarter. E-40 later addressed the incident on social media and blamed racial bias for his removal.

“On Saturday night, I was subjected to disrespectful heckling over the course of the Warriors-King game in Sacramento. During the fourth quarter, I finally turned around and addressed one heckler in an assertive but polite manner. Yet, shortly thereafter, Kings’ security approached me, assumed that I instigated the encounter and proceeded to kick me out of the arena. Unfortunat

De La Soul suffered an enormous loss on February 12 when Trugoy The Dove—one-third of the trailblazing Hip Hop group—unexpecteldly passed away. The timing of his death was undeniably cruel. Just weeks later, De La Soul's first six albums—3 Feet High & Rising, De La Soul Is Dead, Buhloone Mindstate, Stakes Is High, AOI: The Mosaic Thump and AOI: Bionix—were finally made available on digital streaming platforms after years of stalled negotiations. The surviving members, Posdnuos and Maseo, could've folded right there, burdened by the grief they were suddenly forced to confront. But, as they say, the show must go on. 

De La Soul celebrated Trugoy's life along with dozens of their peers at Webster Hall in New York City on March

Otherworldly turntablist Mix Master Mike has returned with a new project, the aptly titled War (The Mix Master Mike Remixes). Comprised of just two tracks—"Slippin Into Darkness" and "The World Is A Ghetto"—the nine-minute offering effortlessly showcases Mix Master Mike's innate skills for scratching, skills that took him from a DMC World Champion to a member of the Beastie Boys. 

Always an innovator, Mix Master Mike has continued to push the boundaries. In July 2021, he dropped the biggest DJ posse cut in hip-hop history. Appropriately titled “Megaton 10,” the track features DJ Premier, DJ Jazzy Jeff, A-Trak, Q-Bert, Dilated Peoples’ DJ Babu, The Beat Junkies’ D-Styles and Shortkut, DJ Craze, Melo-D and, of course, Mix Master Mike.

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Coolio—widely known for penning "Gangsta's Paradise" and "Fantastic Voyage" in the 1990s—was 59 years old when he died in September 2022. While that's not exactly young, it's not that old either. The results of Coolio's autopsy were finally released on April 7, more than six months after he was found unresponsive at his Los Angeles home. The report lists fentanyl, heroin and methamphetamine as the cause of death. Other “significant conditions” listed on the report include “cardiomyopathy unspecified, asthma and recent phencyclidine use.”

It had been an arduous road in terms of Coolio's drug addiction. In 2009, he pleaded guilty to cocaine possession and agreed to enter an 18-month rehabilitation program. During an interview with Sway Calloway in 2016, he opene