Ice Cube (Rapper)

21 Jump Street Is Now a Buddy Comedy

Seven Awesome Things About The Gathering of the Juggalos

​ When it comes to summer music festivals, most people tend to think of well established, corporate-sponsored events like Bonnaroo, Lollapalooza, or the Pitchfork Music Festival. But one music festival that seems to be establishing itself as something of a big ticket in recent years is the annual ... More >>

Odd Future's Domo Genesis Left ASU on a Quest for an Iced-Out Charizard

​ When it comes to summer music festivals, most people tend to think of well established, corporate-sponsored events like Bonnaroo, Lollapalooza, or the Pitchfork Music Festival. But one music festival that seems to be establishing itself as something of a big ticket in recent years is the annual ... More >>

Local Rapper Mr. Miranda Exercises His Right to Remain Old School

​ When it comes to summer music festivals, most people tend to think of well established, corporate-sponsored events like Bonnaroo, Lollapalooza, or the Pitchfork Music Festival. But one music festival that seems to be establishing itself as something of a big ticket in recent years is the annual ... More >>

Mr. Miranda on Arizona Hip-Hop, His Japanese Record Deal, and His Forthcoming EP with Jimmy Nelson

For just pennies a day, you can provide food and shelter for needy Phoenix rappers like Mr. Miranda.​Dave Miranda, aka Mr. Miranda, has been one of the more productive MCs in the Valley recently. The Phoenix native released The Wonderful World of Mr. Miranda in December 2008, then followed that u ... More >>

Eazy-E: What Happened After N.W.A. and the Posse?

​This is the final installment in The Posse Project, a 12-day series in which www.PHXmusic.com caught up with all 12 guys pictured on the cover of N.W.A's first album, N.W.A. and the Posse. Today's post is on Eric "Eazy E" Wright, who passed away 15 years ago today. To read the other installments ... More >>

MC Chip: What Happened After N.W.A. and the Posse?

​This is an installment in The Posse Project, a 12-day series in which www.PHXmusic.com catches up with all 12 guys pictured on the cover of N.W.A's first album, N.W.A. and the Posse. Today, we continue with MC Chip, who proved to be the hardest person to track down of anyone in the photo. To ... More >>

Bonnaroo, Summer of Sound, Transformers 2 Rave, and the Dub Show Tour Over the Weekend

Onstage at Bonnaroo Music Festival Bonnaroo kicked off Thursday with sets from, among others, Passion Pit and Those Darlins. Friday's acts included Al Green, the Beastie Boys, Yeah Yeah Yeahs, Phoenix and Grizzly Bear. Saturday's sets included Bon Iver (with Justin Long and Drew Barrymore in the cro ... More >>

Rapper Greydon Square Is an Atheist Icon

Onstage at Bonnaroo Music Festival Bonnaroo kicked off Thursday with sets from, among others, Passion Pit and Those Darlins. Friday's acts included Al Green, the Beastie Boys, Yeah Yeah Yeahs, Phoenix and Grizzly Bear. Saturday's sets included Bon Iver (with Justin Long and Drew Barrymore in the cro ... More >>

Joking Off

Andrew Jackson Jihad brings serious sing-along

The Lowdown on All-Star Weekend's Biggest Parties

Nelly will attempt to fill Chris Brown's shoes during this weekend's All-Star festivities. The Valley's about to get a little "derrty." Universal Records rapper Nelly is doing the Nix's hip-hop fans a solid by filling in at the two gigs that Chris Brown abandoned eartlier this week due to the rece ... 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.

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 >>

Brew Review: Surviving Malt Liquor

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 >>

Ear to the Street: The Game's new joint "LAX"

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 >>

Summer Guide: The season of big-budget movies uses its brain

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 >>

Joking Off

Andrew Jackson Jihad brings serious sing-along

Word Play

It’s easy, m’kay

Why Darrell Ankarlo's an idiot, reason #137: The Gangsta Rap Coloring Book

It’s easy, m’kay

Far From Phoenix

With thrashed vocal cords and van wrecks galore, Greeley Estates pays its dues on the road

Murs

Murray's Revenge
(Record Collection)

Wicked Wisdom This Way Comes

This is the nü stuff

Joe Strummer Revisited

Two long-lost reissues shed new light on a punk icon

Letters

Letters from the week of March 17, 2005

Constricted

A PG-13 rating squeezes the life out of Anacondas

This Week's Day-by-Day Picks

A PG-13 rating squeezes the life out of Anacondas

The Prince of Halftime

Forget Janet Jackson. The Purple One - now he'd make a great Super Bowl attraction.

Bad Weed

Even stoners won't find anything to laugh about in Potluck

A Slug Among Men

Atmosphere's MC thrusts forth with his Midwestern brand of conscious hip-hop - but don't try to sleep with him on tour

Benzino

Redemption (Elektra)

Hopping Up the Hip-Hop

Timbaland and Organized Noize are making the music go bang, and rap radio's never sounded so good

Flaming Wreck

Owen Wilson goes down Behind Enemy Lines but lands in familiar terrain

Chronic Town

Afroman's hit ode to chemical stimulation has him high on life in Mississippi

Black Stars

Talib Kweli offers his reflections on the state of hip-hop, Levi's, and the role of MCs in the African-American community

DJ Quik

Balance & Options
(Arista)

Rave Review

Witty dialogue, driving music keep Human Traffic jammin'

Get a Grip!

Star-struck Hollywood hopefuls fight to make the scene in Phoenix's filmland fringe.

Molten Wax

Star-struck Hollywood hopefuls fight to make the scene in Phoenix's filmland fringe.

Beyond the Fringe

Styles of Beyond takes underground back to the future

Straight Outta Scottsdale

To the four suburban teen rockers in Chronic Future, the future's looking good

Players

To the four suburban teen rockers in Chronic Future, the future's looking good

Recordings

To the four suburban teen rockers in Chronic Future, the future's looking good

MISCELLANEOUS RECORDINGS

To the four suburban teen rockers in Chronic Future, the future's looking good

HIP-HOP SITCOM BOOM? BAH!

To the four suburban teen rockers in Chronic Future, the future's looking good

RECORDINGS

To the four suburban teen rockers in Chronic Future, the future's looking good

UNCLE JAM'S ARMY

THE FUNKY HOUSE THAT GEORGE CLINTON BUILT HAS INSPIRED EVERYTHING FROM HIP-HOP TO JAZZ

DRE MATTER

HIS HOME AND PERSONAL LIKE SMOLDER, AND DR. DRE STILL PLAYS WITH FIRE

BUSTIN' OUT OF BLACKFACE

WHITE MEN CAN'T RAP. OR CAN THEY?

WHITE THE POWER PUBLIC ENEMY'S COLORBLIND WHEN IT COMES TO MAKING MONEY

WHITE MEN CAN'T RAP. OR CAN THEY?

CASHIN' IN ON CONTROVERSY

ICE-T AND SISTER SOULJAH GIVE MAKING MONEY A BAD RAP