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North Coast Announces New Headliners: Umphrey's, EOTO & More

Posted 05.30.2012

Chicago's North Coast Music Festival announced the second wave of its lineup Thursday, which includes hometown heroes Umphrey's McGee and a host of ot...

PHOTOS: North Coast Music Festival Lineup Unveiled

Posted 04.17.2012

Chicago's North Coast Music Festival on Tuesday unveiled the initial lineup of acts playing its third-annual edition this Labor Day weekend in Union P...

Questlove, John Legend Rally Behind Trayvon

RapFix | Posted 05.21.2012

Hip-hop artists and public figures are coming together to support the case of murdered teen Trayvon Martin. ...

Ron Dicker

WATCH: Newscaster Licks Purse For What?

HuffingtonPost.com | Ron Dicker | Posted 03.02.2012

News anchor Robin Meade licking a purse? Models on the catwalk? These unlikely elements play together in a new basketball ad aimed at steering casual ...

ATLiens In 2012

Sharief Easterling | Posted 04.11.2012

Sharief Easterling

I need Andre 3000 to make a triumphant return in 2012. With rumors of a new Outkast album flooding the blogs, and a slew of Dre guest appearances last year, it's looking like he might bring his hiatus to an end.

Saki Knafo

Is Outkast's Big Boi A Pirate? How Twitter Cracks Down On Copyright Violations

HuffingtonPost.com | Saki Knafo | Posted 02.09.2012

In early June, about three weeks before Beyonce's latest album came out, one of her songs, a collaboration with the rapper Andre 3000, made its way to...

How to Solve Matchup Problems at Austin City Limits Festival

Mark R. Collins | Posted 11.14.2011

Mark R. Collins

Classic rookie festival-goer mistake is to leave midway through one band's set to go check out another band that is playing at the same time. Here's my advice on how to solve these conflicts.

Kia Makarechi

Outside Lands, The Weekend That Was

HuffingtonPost.com | Kia Makarechi | Posted 10.16.2011

SAN FRANCISCO -- Outside Lands -- the Golden Gate Park music festival that everyone you know was at this weekend -- is often referred to as a mini-Coa...

Grammy Winning Rapper Arrested On Drug Charges

AP | Posted 10.07.2011

MIAMI — Grammy-winning OutKast rapper Big Boi has been arrested in Miami on charges of illegally possessing drugs including ecstasy and Viagra p...

Photos From This Weekend's Governors Ball

Posted 08.20.2011

Summer is here! And for New York that means a ton of hot/sweaty/dancy music festivals. First up -- Governors Ball on Governors Island. The amazing lin...

SXSW Interactive Party Round-Up: Do Not Underestimate a Nerd's Ability to Party

Phil West | Posted 05.25.2011

Phil West

Interactive parties aren't exclusively card-swapping affairs -- one peek at the #techkaraoke hashtag from last night's revelry illustrates what happens when the Interactive set cuts loose

Celebrity Robo-Calls Will Guilt Kids Back Into School

Posted 05.25.2011

Would you go to school if Outkast's Big Boi told you to? What about if Magic Johnson rang you up and said you had to get to class? Would you maybe re...

What You Don't Know About the GRAMMYs: They Give Back

Kristi York Wooten | Posted 05.25.2011

Kristi York Wooten

In a society where music programs in schools are a dying breed, the Grammy Foundation works to provide unique musical opportunities for young students.

VIDEO: Denver's Weekly Concert Calendar

Posted 05.25.2011

It's a big week for Denver concerts. Brooklyn's Air Waves opens the week at the Hi-Dive, while Big Boi--touring off of his acclaimed Sir Lucious Left ...

WATCH: Top 5 Concerts This Week

The Huffington Post | Grace Green | Posted 05.25.2011

This week is jam packed with so many other events, seeing great live music might have slipped through the cracks. For the sake of convenience and eff...

Fat Joe & Rap's Almost Album of the Year

Brandon Perkins | Posted 05.25.2011

Brandon Perkins

In between Big Boi's "Sir Luscious Leftfoot" and Kanye West's "Dark Twisted Fantasy," hip-hop's album-of-the-year discussion focused on a rotund rapper whose lyrics detailed the cocaine trade.

Everyone's a Critic: The Top 10 Albums of 2010

Dan Sweeney | Posted 05.25.2011

Dan Sweeney

As usual, in creating my annual top 10 albums of the year, I limited myself to albums of original, contemporary studio work. This year, that was harde...

Jay-Z Is Jay McInerney?

flavorwire.com | Posted 05.25.2011

The work of hip-hop artists might be collected on mixtapes instead of in weighty tomes, but in both games, lyrical dexterity and a nimble wit are key....

PLAY > SKIP: New Music for July 6

Shawn Amos | Posted 05.25.2011

Shawn Amos

This week, Bret Michaels goes back to the late '80s, OutKast's Big Boi goes solo, Jimmie Vaughan gets blue, Kylie Minogue returns to the dance floor, and Enrique Iglesias gets bilingual -- 'cause the ladies dig that.

Far Out and Funky: Why I'm Hooked on Janelle Monáe

Jenee Darden | Posted 05.25.2011

Jenee Darden

Monáe's socially-conscious lyrics are wrapped in a sci-fi theme with beats that make you dance. As for her vocals? Amazing.

Pitchfork Music Festival: Outkast's Big Boi Performing?

Time Out Chicago | Posted 05.25.2011

The folks behind the Pitchfork Music Festival have begun to reveal the rest of this year's lineup in code, similar to our friends at Lollapalooza. And...

Big Boi Chills With Penguins At SeaWorld (VIDEO)

Huffington Post | Katherine Goldstein | Posted 05.25.2011

SeaWorld has had quite a busy week of celebrity visits. Anna Paquin and Stephen Moyer stopped in for a swim and photo-op, and Big Boi came by to film ...