REDUX New African Co...

Armed with a bespoke style, enigmatic personality, and hip-swivel that will make grandma blush, Baloji made the walls sweat at The Shrine in Harlem this winter. Performing tracks off his ...

WU Exclusive: 32 Que...

Nneka Egbuna, Nigerian-born songstress and self-proclaimed revolutionary, rocked tracks off her American debut album ‘Concrete Jungle’ released by Decon Records to a full house at Highline Ballroom back in August. ...

East 4th Sessions: A...

We are crazy about Chilean MC, Ana Tijoux. She has finally been blowing up recently with nods from all sorts of people like Tiny Desk Concerts A little while ago she ...

World Up Exclusive I...

Photo Credit : blog.fairtilizer.com The evocative sound of this Danish pair, Coco Owusu and Robin Hannibal, comes by way of Coco’s youthful exuberance, dynamic stage presence, and sultry vocals, collab-ing with ...

East 4th Sessions: L...

One of our favorite European groups right now is La Melodia, straight out of Eindhoven. Despite the singular-sounding name, La Melodia is a duo, MC Melodee and producer/DJ I.N.T, that ...

Introducing the East...

"Music does matter, and it is a tool used to communicate messages that will change the world." - Meduza of Nomadic Massive We proudly present to you the first of the ...

Multipolaridad: Joer...

"The more they keep people down, the better the art will be.  The more they say what is not art, or what is art, the better." These are the words of ...

Promises to the Disa...

This past month the United States solemnly commemorated the eighth anniversary of 9/11/01. While life in the U.S. has largely returned to normal in the interceding years (though, life is ...

Goodbye Slobo. Hello...

(Photo Credits : Nathan Gilbert) “Exit out of ten years of madness.” This slogan, a direct reference to Slobodan Miloševic's autocratic reign over Serbia, was the message behind the first Exit ...

Blitz the Ambassador...

(photo courtesy of Ovieh) Additional Copy Editing by Laura Norkin Blitz the Ambassador grew up in Ghana, West Africa and is a testament to the global reach of hip hop. He gets ...