The Afro-Latino Festival of New York celebrates the contributions that people of African decent from the Latin America and the Carribbean have made to the city and the global culture as a whole.

Nina Sky will join the loaded lineup of artists performing during the weekend of July 8 - 10 at Bed Stuy Restoration Plaza in Brooklyn, NY as the festival enters it’s third year.  

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Felly has announced his highly anticipated debut Young Fel EP is set for release on July 22nd with ‘I Really Need It’ featuring Gyyps set to be the album’s first single.  

After spending the last several months out on the road selling out venues across the country, Felly returns for a handful of select summer release shows in support of the EP including a hometown show in Fairfield, CT.  

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Walshy Fire of Major Lazer has teamed up with Jamaican vocalist Kabaka Pyramid for their latest mixtape of reggae and hip-hop classics.  

This musical gem has the Jamaican lyricist dropping bombs on classic reggae riddims and hip hop instrumentals like ‘Stalag’ and ‘Gimme the Loot’ as well as premiering a number of exclusive, never before heard original productions.

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Hip-hop and reggae congregate onto one bill on June 18th when Shwayze joins numerous other acts for the 51 Fifty Festival in Fresno, CA.  

Shwayze brings the summertime vibes to the stage for a daytime performance at Woodward Park Rotary Amphitheater where he’ll perform his classics along with new material off his upcoming album out soon.

It’s been a a big year for Wes Walker & Dyl since their viral smash single ‘Jordan Belfort’ was released last summer.  This week the RIAA has officially certified the song as having gone gold, another accomplishment for the two.

With finals wrapping up, Felly is set to hit the road again for the next installment of his ‘7th King Tour’ with special guests GYYPS and Peter $un.   The tour gets started in Phoenix, AZ and winding down in the midwest at the end of the month.  

As a member of The Rapture, Mattie Safer toured the world, saw his band release the first single ever on now acclaimed DFA Records, and support Daft Punk on their ‘Alive Tour’ amongst many other achievements.

Since then, he’s taken his own music in a new direction and is ready to unveil his debut solo efforts with a new EP titled All We Are.  Self-Titled premiered the debut single 'Whenever You’re Ready’ this week with the EP set to release on May 27th and an album release show on 5/25 in Los Angeles at The Mint.

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Kool A.D. has released a new seven track EP, All Love, significantly shorter in length than his 2015 100-track mixtape.   He describes the EP to FADER as "a swaggy lil novela reflecting the ills and sad beauties of these crazy modern times we be living in.“

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