DMX (Rapper)

Mav of Sol Camp and Zig Zag of NB Ridaz Bring Hip-Hop to Mesa's Goat Head Saloon

See also: Turnt Up Thursdays and So Fly Fridays Take Over 27th Ave Bar & Grill See also: DJ John Blaze and PhoenixHipHop.net Team for New MixtapeLatinos in hip-hop is no new thing: Rappers like Mellow Man Ace, Kid Frost, Cypress Hill, and Arizona's own MC Magic have been in the mix since the late '8 ... More >>

Gathering of the Juggalos or S.S. Coachella? We Break Out the Scorecard

See also: S.S. Coachella Cruise Lineup Announced Featuring Pulp, Girl Talk, Z-Trip, and More See also: Z-Trip Talks Growing Up in Phoenix, Johhny D., Crate-Digging, Mexican Food, Smite, and More See also: The Gathering of the Juggalos 2012 Lineup Is Pretty Good. Really! See also: FBI Report Official ... More >>

Phoenix's Jae E Teams with E40 to "Go Get It"

Southern rap is a ubiquitous force in hip-hop, a dominating sound that influences the rest of the nation. Phoenix-based rapper hails from New Orleans, where the sounds he heard profoundly influenced the sound displayed on "Go Get It," his collaboration with revenue retrievin' star E40 and Thaddeou ... More >>

Pharrell Launches Liqueur For Working Women

Pharrell Williams has concocte​d a liqueur for working women, according to Paste.N.E.R.D. frontman Pharrell is releasing Qream, which he says was "created for contemporary women who work hard and want to relax with friends at the end of the day."One of the aspects of Qream that ladies will like th ... More >>

Broloaf at Yucca Tap Room Last Night

Melissa FossumBroloaf​ Broloaf Yucca Tap Room Saturday, March 19 The idea of a three-year-old local band playing their 19th show last night is a little ridiculous, but Broloaf isn't the type of band that can churn out one show per week. The amount of planning and money that goes into each perfor ... More >>

Calexico, Super Bowl XLV, The Twelves, Interpol, The Bird's Nest, Dual Duel, Daniel Bernard, and First Friday Over the Weekend

​Calexico at Corona Ranch ​Someone at Corona Ranch realized it was after 11 p.m. Someone knew the band had been playing for damn-near two-hours. Someone wanted to punch their time-card and go home, not caring to hear a truly stellar Southwesternized version of "Tomorrow Never Knows," which y ... More >>

Super Bowl XLV in Cave Creek, Arizona: the Good, the Bad, and the Trashy

​This year's Super Bowl was a special one for a lot of cities -- Dallas, Pittsburgh, and Green Bay among them. But few had a scene comparable to Cave Creek, Arizona.The hamlet north of Phoenix is most famous for drawing outlaws like the rapper DMX and Hell's Angel's founder Sonny Barger but it's a ... More >>

DMX Denies Probation Violation, Will Remain in Jail Until Next Court Appearance

​Rapper Earl Simmons, better known as DMX, will remain in jail without bond until his next court appearance on December 9.Simmons was arrested Thursday night at his home in Cave Creek. He's charged with violating his probation by failing to submit to drug tests, driving with a suspended license, a ... More >>

B.o.B. Performs at Jackrabbit Lounge This Weekend

B.o.B.​Arizona might not have a House of Blues yet, but the owners of Jackrabbit Lounge are hoping the nightclub becomes a destination for live music lovers in Old Town Scottsdale.Since Don Serpe purchased the bar back in July, the bar has hosted nearly 10 Top 40 performances, including Nelly, DMX ... More >>

Sheriff Joe Arpaio's "Desperate" to Find Home for Pitbull; If He Finds One, Let's Hope His Goons Don't Burn it Down

www.moonbattery.com Sheriff Joe Arpaio​Sheriff Joe Arpaio is holding a press conference today in which he will seek a home for a pit bull named Queenie, which has been living in the Sheriff's Department's MASH Unit for about seven years.Whenever we hear about America's self-proclaimed "toug ... More >>

Crime Ring Spanned Years, Involved Local Nightclubs and Exotic Auto Dealerships, Cops Say

Three people have been arrested and accused of bilking a bank of $750,000 and running a network of shady businesses with the infusion of millions of dollars of capital from Mexico.The crimes spanned the last decade and included businesses that would be familiar to many readers, including:* CBNC, the ... More >>

Year of the Moth Joins Variety of Bands at Allweask.org Fundraiser

For Phoenix rock band Year of the Moth, being in a band isn't about getting signed to a label and becoming Nickelback-scale famous. It's all about playing music the group members stand behind, and that's what the band attributes to the support they've felt in the local scene. www.myspace.com/ ... More >>

Hot Links: 944 Sued, DMX Back in Phx, and Burger King Baloney

The California promoters behind the 944 Super Village Super Bowl party in Scottsdale have filed a lawsuit against the magazine, alleging 944's executives hijacked the event to promote their magazine and lost close to $1 million...84 students from Gilbert high school have been denied registration to ... More >>

The Bird Marches with Zack de la Rocha and Laughs at the Latest Arpaio "Death Threat"

Joe Arpaio Challenges Shaq to Free-Throw Contest; Shaq Says He Doesn't Know Who Joe Is

In this corner, wearing the purple and orange shorts, please welcome a man who's won four NBA championships, Suns center Shaquille O'Neal! And in the other corner, wearing the pink underwear and panting like a dog with emphysema, give it up for the man who's had at least nine inmates die in his jail ... More >>

Shaq & Cedric the Entertainer All-Star Comedy Jam: By the Numbers

Before we jump into the review, here are a few stats you should know about Cedric the Entertainer's show at Celebrity Theater last night. Number of performing comedians: 5 (including host Cedric and Aries Spears, Deray Davis, Tommy Davidson, and Kevin Hart) Number of comedians in the audience who ... More >>

On the Eve of the NBA All-Star Game, Phoenix Suns Players Show Off Their Tattoo Canvases

Feedback from the Issue of Thursday, February 5, 2009

Hot Links: ASU Settles in Rape Case, Lawmakers Ponder Tax Code Overhaul; Tribe Allows Liquor Sales for Loop 101-Area Restaurants

So-called "date rape" cases will be handled differently at the state's three universities because of a lawsuit settlement -- no more sweeping cases under the rug. State lawmakers are considering a change to tax code -- critics say that's code for tax hike. Drink up on Indian land: The Salt ... More >>

Renowned Celebrity Tattooist Rob G. Commits Suicide

Rob G., a tattoo artist known for his work on celebrities such as Suns star Shaquille O'Neal, hip-hop stars G-Unit, Ice Cube, Lil Jon, and DMX, and the New England Patriots, died at his home in Orlando, Florida on Monday, January 26.

Lil Wayne Very Late, Very Predictable at US Airways Center

Robert Brandon Martinez Things I witnessed while waiting nearly two hours for Lil Wayne to perform at US Airways Center on Wednesday night: An impromptu routine by all of opener T-Pain's assortment of dancers, including two midgets, a fire-eating contortionist, two dudes with their faces painted lik ... More >>

The Wisdom of the Metal Gods Vs. The Meditations of Hip-Hop MCs

I just received a book titled Time Flies When You're In a Coma: The Wisdom of the Metal Gods (A Plume Book), a funny little tome filled with lyrical adages from the world of heavy metal music. Edited by Mike Daly (formerly of alt. country band Whiskeytown), the book is divided into four sections: Me ... More >>

Q-Tip's Do-Over Kills Momentum at Marquee

By Martin Cizmar Q-Tip is a perfectionist. Or so he said Monday night as he derailed his show one song in, taking a five-minute interlude to adjust the sound. “Any of ya’ll bloggers out there? Any bloggers?” he asked. “So when you blog about this, just be a little gracious. ... More >>

Sheriff Joe Still Paints Himself As an Animal Rights Hero, While Ignoring Allegations of Animal Abuse Against the MCSO

Hot Links: Russell Pearce backstabs Buffalo, Padres paddle D-Backs, Sandra Dowling gets probation, DMX drops F-bomb, and more.

Hot Links: DMX, Jackson Browne, John McCain, Melissa Etheridge, Joe Arpaio, and more.

Getting Bizzy: Former Bone Thugs-n-Harmony singer set to release new album on Phoenix-based label

Information Blockade

The sheriff's made a career of stonewalling critical media — the public's right to know be damned

Sheriff Joe Arpaio rides again! Arrests workers for being BWP, Brown Without Papers.

Soul Man: Larry White

Cartridge Family

Musicians with munitions

Saturday Survey: Saving Amy Winehouse

Hip-Hop Co-Op

Dipping a toe in the urban mainstream

Top Katt Crazy

How It Otto Be

Audio book 'em, Dan-O

Xtreme Cuisine

Arizona's cunning culinary wizard Chef Kaz Yamamoto prepares taboo illegal moveable feasts for the elite and über-rich

Spray-On Soul

Getting Up is a flawed but fascinating ode to graffiti 's early years

Live After Death

The posthumous Tupac projects keep on comin'

Blue Grotto

Bottle-poppin' Jacuzzi duty at the PHX's freshest spot? That's what awaits the fly and the sly at Tempe's Phase 54

Kanye West

Takes a lick and keeps on rollin'

Gaybangin'

Our night shift explores the rowdy gay gangsta hip-hop scene

This Week's Day-by-Day Picks

You Hook Me All Night Long

Off the Hook's benefit concert takes a village, people

Mouf Wash

Conservatives and hip-hop fans weigh the pros and ho's of Ludacris

Living Out Loud

After surviving a difficult beginning, J-Live gives hope to hip-hop

Who's That Girl?

It's Eve at MTV's TRL Tour

Souled Out

Chris Rock's talents wasted in hellaciously unfunny Down to Earth

Break Stuff

Oft neglected or completely forgotten, Phoenix b-boy culture thrives thanks to the efforts of one Furious crew

Hop Online

Is Russell Simmons' 360HipHop.com the best hope to bring hip-hop culture onto the Internet?

Poetic Justice

After a decade on hip-hop's front lines, Gang Starr is finally reaping the rewards