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Little Brother—the celebrated duo of Grammy Award-nominated artist Phonte Coleman and Rapper Big Pooh—have announced their final tour. Aptly titled the Curtain Call: The Final Tour, the run kicks off on May 24 in Baltimore at the Artscape Festival and concludes with the Rock the Bells Cruise on October 31. Other stops along the way include Boston, Brooklyn, Washington D.C., Philadelphia, Atlanta, the Blue Note Jazz Festival in Napa, Chicago, Seattle, Los Angeles and Raleigh, North Carolina.

Little Brother was formed in 1998 alongside producer 9th Wonder. Their debut album, The Listening (2003), garnered critical acclaim for its introspective (and often comedic) lyrics and soulful production, establishing them as pioneers of “alternative Hip-Hop.” Despite their und

Chuck D has dropped a new single called "New Gens" featuring Stetsasonic's Daddy-O along with a video for the Def Jam Recordings release. It marks the first single from Chuck's upcoming solo album, Radio Armageddon, which is scheduled to arrive on May 16. The 14-track project, his first solo effort since 2018's Celebration of Ignorance, includes gangsta-rap pioneer Schoolly D, Phill Most Chill, Donald D and Jazzy Jay of the Universal Zulu Nation, among others. Pre-orders are available here. 

Chuck D, Flavor Flav and the rest of the Public Enemy cap are preparing to head overseas, where they'll join Guns 'N Roses for an international tour. The run kicks off May 1 in South Korea and wraps up July 31 in Germany. Fi

Ice Cube was honored with a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame Tuesday (April 15). The ceremony took place outside of the TCL Chinese Theater in the heart of Hollywood, where friends, family and fans gathered to see the trailblazing West Coast rapper/actor cement his status—literally.

Cube shared an Instagram post commemorating the occasion with the caption, “Today was legendary. Left my prints in cement at the iconic TCL Chinese Theatre in Hollywood. Honored to continue to receive my flowers in a business I never thought I’d be apart of.”

Several of his peers hopped in the comment section to congratulate Cube. Xzibit wrote, “Well deserved and long overdue. Thank you for being the cornerstone for this thing of ours called West Coast Hip Hop Don Mega. Salute,”