EVERYDAY A STAR IS BORN.....ASTRO

Brooklyn sent its youngest sons to bring Hip-Hop back home, Astro took the States by storm when he was the 1st emcee to make it into the X-factor and not only did he prove he belonged he took on the best whoever did it I am talking Eminem, Jigga, Puff he even took on the great Michale Jackson, he took Hip-Hop classics and made them his own not to mention current, his story telling ability is out of this world you have to be an astronaut just to get it which makes perfect sense cause all his FANS are ASTRONAUTS. He is like the Jesus of Hip-Hop the blind will see, the deaf will hear thou he is no yet ready to change water into Henny

I have no doubt in my mind he is sent to us too save us from all the sins committed in the name of Hip-Hop. His got that undeniable Brooklyn swag and did I mention he is only 15 years old and he is already rumoured to be linked with Jay-z's Roc Nation. If 2012 is not the end of the world it’s gonna be the year Astro saves Hip-Hop and this could come across as an exaggeration but really it’s an understatement he is cut from the same cloth as Pac and Biggy he encompass what made both legends great 2Pac's great story telling and that Notorious flow. He is out of this world he is Astro no puns no metaphor’s.

The Best from the North West CHANA

South African born and Mmabatho bred, Khuli Chana is a talented musician who practices the skill of rhyming in vernacular rap, Motswako. Motswako encompasses various elements from various musical backgrounds. It involves street-talk and highly influential messages in Setswana, English; and other South African languages, yet largely comprehended lingo. Khuli Chana brings a different flavor and sound, not only to this type of music but also to the Hip-Hop scene. One of his objectives is to encourage and inspire an international appeal into South African music.

Khuli Chana is not new to the music industry; in the early 90s he formed a duet with Kay-G called  Jazzadaz, he then joined forces with Towdee to form the group, Morafe. Morafe has released two albums to date, namely Maru a pula and A ene which was nominated for Best Urban Pop at the 2007 South African Music Awards.

The Motswakoriginator is the album title of Khuli Chana’s first offering and was released in 2009. On this album, he brings through a distinctive sound and formula. The concept is about bringing back the show; the energy; creativity; stage; lights; and quality performance that is out of the ordinary. This project is already receiving a very positive and overwhelming response and is already a success with Khuli Chana working with some of the hottest producers in the game. He worked with the likes of: TowdeeMac and Kay-G of Morafe fame; IV League; Octave Couplet and Jazz Worx.

His two singles; Tswak Sticke’m and Sthandwa Sam featuring Towdee are already dominating the airwaves. A remix of the song, No More Hunger, has also been requested by ActionAid South Africa to be featured on the Hunger Free Campaign music compilation which features artist from around the continent and will be distributed to over 50 countries in Africa alone.

Khuli Chana – is fast becoming one of South Africa’s hip hop elite – having previously took home the best new comer award at the 2009 Channel O music awards and has just recently scooped the award for best song of the year for his hit song Tswak Sticke’m at the Hype music awards. He was also nominated for  the best rapper of the year for the South African Music Awards.

NEVER2HIP2SKATE

Skateboarding was popularized by the 1986 skateboarding cult classic Thrashin', also known as Skate Gang directed by David Winters. It has appearances from many famous skaters such as Tony Alva, Tony Hawk, Christian Hosoi and Steve Caballero. The film starred Josh Brolin, who would go on to win acting awards for his roles in the films W., No Country for Old Men, Milk and Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps.^[7][8] Thrashin' also had a direct impact on Lords Of Dogtown as Catherine Hardwicke, who directed Lords Of Dogtown was hired by Winters to work on Thrashin' as a production designer where she met, worked with and befriended many famous skaters including the real Tony Alva, Tony Hawk, Christian Hosoi and Steve Caballero.^[9]

Skateboarding was, at first, tied to the culture of surfing. As skateboarding spread across the United States to places unfamiliar with surfing or surfing culture, it developed an image of its own. For example, the classic film short Video Days (1991) portrayed skateboarders as reckless rebels.

The image of the skateboarder as a rebellious, non-conforming youth has faded in recent years.^{[citation needed]} Certain cities still oppose the building of skateparks in their neighborhoods, for fear of increased crime and drugs in the area. The rift between the old image of skateboarding and a newer one is quite visible: magazines such as Thrasher portray skateboarding as dirty, rebellious, and still firmly tied to punk, while other publications, Transworld Skateboarding as an example, paint a more diverse and controlled picture of skateboarding. Furthermore, as more professional skaters use hip hop, reggae, or hard rock music accompaniment in their videos, many urban youths, hip-hop fans, reggae fans, and hard rock fans are also drawn to skateboarding, further diluting the sport's punk image.^[10][11]

Films such as the 1986 Thrashin', Grind and Lords Of Dogtown, have helped improve the reputation of skateboarding youth,^{[citation needed]} depicting individuals of this subculture as having a positive outlook on life, prone to poking harmless fun at each other, and engaging in healthy sportsman's competition. According to the film, lack of respect, egotism and hostility towards fellow skateboarders is generally frowned upon, albeit each of the characters (and as such, proxies of the "stereotypical" skateboarder) have a firm disrespect for authority and for rules in general. Group spirit is supposed to heavily influence the members of this community. In presentations of this sort, showcasing of criminal tendencies is absent, and no attempt is made to tie extreme sports to any kind of illegal activity.^{[citation needed]}

Gleaming the Cube, a 1989 movie starring Christian Slater as a skateboarding teen investigating the death of his adopted Vietnamese brother was somewhat of an iconic landmark to the skateboarding genre of the era.^{[citation needed]} Many well-known skaters had cameos in the film, including Tony Hawk.

Skateboarding video games have also become very popular in skateboarding culture.^{[citation needed]} Some of the most popular are the Tony Hawk series, and Skate series for various consoles (Including hand-held) and personal computer.

Skateboarding is now a big part of the Hip-Hop Culture we have went from wearing Jordan's to rocking DC's we have completely adopted a skaters swag to the point where the is nothing different its all one big part of "Street Culture" with artist like Pharrell who have broken down the barriers between Hip-Hop and skateboarding now Lil'wayne is also on the band wagon and with him being the MEGA SUPER STAR he is I foresee skateboarding becoming much bigger than it already is.

ROYCE da 59 N EMINEM BACK IN HELL

Bad Meets Evil is an American hip hop duo from Detroit, Michigan that consists of rappers Royce da 5'9" (Bad) and Eminem (Evil). They are best known for collaborating on a self-titled song that appeared on Eminem's major-label debut album The Slim Shady LP in 1999, their early association with Dr. Dre and his label Aftermath Entertainment, and their hit EP Hell: The Sequel.

The duo recorded numerous well received underground songs including the popular song "Renegade" which would later be used on Jay-Z's The Blueprint album with Royce's verses replaced by Jay-Z. They have also recorded numerous freestyles together, including a 12-minute long battle. Footage of a Bad Meets Evil concert filmed in September 1998 in Boston at the Lyricist Lounge has also been leaked onto the Internet.

Bad Meets Evil split up in early 2000s, after Royce fell out with Eminem's group, D12. They have since reunited and released their EP Hell: The Sequel on June 14, 2011, which debuted at number 1 in the Billboard 200 charts. Final numbers for the first week sales of the EP were 171,000 via Sound Scan.

Royce da 5'9" and Eminem both grew up in Detroit and were mutual friends of late rapper Proof. Royce's then manager introduced him to Eminem at an Usher concert in 1997. Their chemistry encouraged them to form a group in which Royce covers the "Bad" part and Eminem the "Evil" part. They recorded and released several tracks together, including their debut group single "Nuttin' to Do" and its B-side, "Scary Movies".^[1] Eminem would later sign a solo deal with Dr. Dre's Aftermath Entertainment. On his major-label debut album, The Slim Shady LP, he featured Royce on the song "Bad Meets Evil".

While working on Dr. Dre's album 2001, Eminem introduced Royce to Dr. Dre and secured him a ghostwriting position on the album. Royce wrote and appeared on the first and original version of "Xxplosive" (entitled "Way I Be Pimping"), he also wrote "The Message".^[2] Royce wrote several tracks such as "The Throne Is Mine" and "Stay In Your Place" which were later cut from the final track list. The tracks have been leaked later on several mixtapes, including Pretox.^[3] Royce's then manager revealed that Royce was involved in writing for Dr. Dre, he then requested that Royce cut ties with his manager. Royce refused to fire his manager and his relationship with Dre ended resulting in Bad Meets Evil group work to dissolve.

In 2010, it was announced that Eminem was in the process of signing Slaughterhouse, a rap group of which Royce is a member. The group together with Royce later appeared on a bonus track for Eminem's Recovery album titled "Session One". The deal was finalized in 2011. The two rappers started rapping together and two of their songs, "Living Proof" and "Echo", were leaked. They later appeared on another song together, this time with the new Shady Records team, Slaughterhouse and Yelawolf, on "2.0 Boys", which is also titled "Game Over". Most recently a song titled "Fast Lane"^[4] was leaked to the internet, though it became the lead single on their latest EP while becoming their first top 40 hit as a group. The album was released on June 14, 2011.^[5]
Eminem:

"Royce and I started hanging out again and inevitably that led us back into the studio. At first we were just seeing where it went without any real goal in mind, but the songs started to come together crazy, so here we are."^[6]

Royce da 5'9":

"I'm excited to see this project come to fruition considering the long lapse in time between when we worked before and now. We had a blast doing it and we just hope everyone enjoys it while we're working on the 'Monster' that will be the Slaughterhouse album

A DEEP IN A FRANK OCEAN

Ocean was evacuated from the University of New Orleans to Los Angeles California just as Hurricane Katrina hit in August 2005, and stayed to pursue a music career. In 2008 through his former manager Touch, Ocean got introduced to The MIDI Mafia while working on a record called "Overload". At that point in time, Ocean created a catalog of music and placed numerous records (Justin Bieber, John Legend, Brandy) with the producer duo The MIDI Mafia. Ocean joined Los Angeles based hip hop collective OFWGKTA, who he met through his connections, at the end of 2009.^[2][3] In late 2009, he met Tricky Stewart, who helped Ocean sign a contract with Def Jam Recordings as a solo artist, however, he was initially unable to build a relationship with the company.^[3][4][5] In 2010, he changed his name from Christopher Breaux to Christopher Francis Ocean via a legal website.

 Ocean appeared in Tyler, the Creator's music video for the single "She", from Tyler's 2011 studio album Goblin.^[13][14] Ocean first performed with Odd Future at the Coachella Music & Arts Festival in April of 2011, then later joined his OFWGKTA bandmates for the first time on tour from May 12 to May 19, 2011. They toured the eastern seaboard of the United States.^[15] On May 19, 2011 Ocean's record label Def Jam announced its plans to re-release Nostalgia, Ultra as an EP.^[16] The single "Novacane" was released to iTunes on May 31, 2011, and the EP originally was set to be released on July 26, 2011, but through his Tumblr blog on July 24th, he stated that it would not be released on that date.^[17][18] In June 2011, Ocean revealed on his Tumblr that he would be working on the upcoming Kanye West and Jay-Z collaborative album, Watch the Throne.^[19] Ocean was ultimately a writer and featured artist on the tracks "No Church in the Wild" and "Made in America".^[20][21] On July 28th, 2011 a song titled "Thinking About You"^[22] was leaked on the internet. It was later revealed the song was a reference track and written for Roc Nation artist Bridget Kelly for her first studio album.^[23] Kelly who has performed an acoustic version of the song, has renamed it "Thinking About Forever".^[24] On September 15, 2011 a music video titled "Thinking of You" was released and were the visuals for Frank Ocean's version of the song, so it is currently unknown on which project the song will end up on

MB GOING WORLD WIDE

Looking at his schedule you would swear a big international Hip-Hop superstar was in town well this tour is larger than life it’s so ambitious it’s MB taking it to the world, he has been granted what most musicians dream about yes this Hip-Hop star is going on an international tour I am talking London, Manchester, Amsterdam, Paris, Mauritius, Sydney Australia ,Angola and New York but before all that Sun City, Durban, Port Elizabeth and Cape Town it don’t stop the homeboy will be teaming up with Bow Bow making a track for the American conglomerate Footlocker, I did say this is “larger than life” Footlocker is a sports retail giant and they are coming to South Africa, the official launch date for the Footlocker store is 19 November 2011, this has to be the biggest tour by any South African Hip-Hop act he will not only be repping MB he will representing SA Hip-Hop to the fullest putting SA Hip-Hop on the map, from his 1^st single he made it clear he was in it to win like they say “actions speaks louder than word” his actions scream WINNER.

 STEEZY will be bringing you exclusive footage via SteezyTV yall didn’t think we forgot about you Steezy is giving you the front row sit keep your eyes on Steezy101 because we have a close eye on MB and his international tour.

TOUR DATES

29 September 2011	05:00am- 18:00pm	Sun City - Spring break
30 September 2011	07:00am- 19:00pm	Umhlanga/ V&A Waterfront
1 October 2011	08:00am – 19:00pm	V&A/ PE
2 October 2011	08:00am- 13:00pm	PE
4 October 2011	2 day event	Angola
7 October 2011	2 day event	Mauritius
11 October 2011	TBA	New York (USA)
15 October 2011	TBA	New York
17 October 2011	TBA	Amsterdam/ Paris
21 October 2011	TBA	Amsterdam/ Paris
22 October 2011	TBA	UK- London/Manchester
29 October 2011	TBA	Amsterdam
5 November 2011	TBA	2 day event -Sydney Australia

UK EMCEE'S

TINIE TEMPAH

Patrick Chukwuemeka Okogwu[1] (born 7 November 1988),[2] better known by his stage name Tinie Tempah, is a British rapper, of Nigerian origin. He made his first mixtape in 2007 with 28 songs, freestyles and remixes, the album features Mz Bratt, Chipmunk and G-Unit. His first album, Disc-Overy, debuted at number one on 10 October 2010 and was preceded by the number-one singles "Pass Out" and "Written in the Stars" and the top-five singles "Frisky" and "Miami 2 Ibiza".

Tinie released his debut single "Pass Out" with Parlophone on 28 February 2010, with it entering the UK Singles Chart at number 1. Selling just over 92,000 copies, making this his first number 1 which it remained for two consecutive weeks. Tinie would later perform "Pass Out" on 25 June 2010 at Glastonbury on the Pyramid stage with Snoop Dogg. Tinie then announced his second single, "Frisky", which was released on 6 June 2010 entering the UK Singles Chart at number 2. Tinie supported Rihanna for four dates in May on her 10-date UK tour with Tinchy Stryder and Pixie Lott.^[7] Tinie performed at many summer balls at various universities around the United Kingdom. Tinie performed at Radio 1 Big Weekend in Bangor on 22 May 2010 on the In New Music We Trust stage. He also toured with Mr Hudson in May 2010. Tinie Tempah played the Summertime Ball at Wembley Stadium on 6 June 2010, at Wakestock in Abersoch on 3 July 2010, both T4 On The Beach and the Wireless Festival in London's Hyde Park on 4 July, and V Festival on 21 and 22 August 2010. Tinie released his third single "Written in the Stars" on 19 September 2010. This again charted at number 1 in the UK Singles Chart selling over 115,000 copies in its first week, making it his biggest-selling single to date. The song also went on to chart in a number of other countries. Tinie went on to team up with Swedish House Mafia for his fourth single "Miami 2 Ibiza" which was released on 1 October 2010. This went on to reach a peak of number 4 in the UK Singles Chart and his first number 1 in the Netherlands Mega Single Top 100 chart. He released his long-awaited debut album, Disc-Overy on 4 October 2010 which featured all his previous charted singles. On 11 October 2010, he kicked off his first UK tour which was supported by Chiddy Bang. He went on to win his first 2 MOBO Awards in October. Tinie also featured on the Tinchy Stryder single "Game Over" which was released on 15 November 2010. This reached number 22 on the UK Singles Chart. On 25 December, Tinie released his fifth single "Invincible" featuring Kelly Rowland, which peaked at number 11 on the UK Singles Chart. "Wonderman", featuring Ellie Goulding, was released and was the fifth official single. Tinie joined Usher on the European leg of his OMG Tour in January 2011. Tinie was also nominated for 4 Brit Awards making him the most nominated artist at the awards. His single "Written in the Stars" was used for a WrestleMania XXVII countdown promo during the WWE PPV Royal Rumble on 30 January 2011. It was later confirmed by WWE that it will be the official theme for Wrestlemania XXVII. On 15 February 2011, he won his first ever Brit Award, for Best British Breakthrough Act. He also won a Brit for Best British Single.^[8] On 7 March 2011, Tempah expressed his desire for his next album to go triple platinum. "I reckon in 2011, towards the end of it, I'm going to do an arena tour - and sell it out - then I reckon I'm going to release another album, and fingers crossed it can go platinum again, and double platinum, and triple. Let's just sell a million."^[9]

In December 2010, Tinie confirmed he is writing a second album,^[10] saying there will be a more electronic and live feel to it. It is not yet known what the title will be. Originally intended for a late 2011 release, it is now expected to be released in 2012.^[6] During an interview, Tinie commented on his second album: "Yeah I’ve started it already so I’m hoping to get it out by October/November time. I always like to work with different people on each project I do, just so you get a different sound and angle. I will be working with some of the same people I did for the first album, you know what they say ‘if it ain't broke then don’t try and fix it’."^[11] According to a recent interview Tinie revealed his hopes of collaborating with some of music's hottest artists saying, "I really want to collaborate with Toronto's very own Drake. I think he's amazing at what he does. I'd also like to collaborate with Adele, Sleigh Bells, Lykke Li, Dev, James Blake ― those are the few that I'd really like to work with."^[12] Tinie announced in an interview with Rolling Stone that his next single is to be called "Till I'm Gone" which will feature Wiz Khalifa and is produced by Stargate.^[13][14] The single and the video song were released at the end of June 2011.^[15] Tinie Tempah, world renowned drummer Travis Barker and Irish boxing champion Katie Taylor, joined forces to launch Lucozade’s new Yes Campaign, which signals a repositioning of its sports and energy drink brand. Featuring a performance of Tinie Tempah’s "Simply Unstoppable" with Travis Barker on drums, remixed especially for Lucozade Sport, the campaign was released in Summer 2011.

CHIPMUNK

Jahmaal Noel Fyffe^[1] (born November 26, 1990,^[2]) known by his stage name Chipmunk, is a British hip hop rapper and songwriter from Tottenham, London.^[3]
In 2008 he signed a record deal with Columbia Records of Sony Music UK,^[4] He has successfully released five top-ten hits on the UK Singles Chart, of which "Oopsy Daisy" debuted at number-one. He released his debut album, I Am Chipmunk in 2009, which charted at number-two on the UK Albums Chart. His follow-up debut album, Transition was released on 18 April 2011. In 2008, Chipmunk was nominated for best newcomer at the MOBO Awards. It was later revealed he left the MOBO Awards with two awards, leaving with Best UK Newcomer and Best Hip-Hop act.^[5] He also won Best Hip-Hop Act at the MOBO Awards 2009.^[3] Himself and Emeli Sandé won an award for Best British Single for their song "Diamond Rings".

Chipmunk announced he was working on a new studio album in late 2010, and confirmed it would be titled, Transition which he stated it would be different from the first album, stating: "It kinda represents the growth in me as a person since my last album, so the sound has matured as well as I have and that’s the main thing for me with the record - I just wanted the sound, the sound and the feel of the album to feel… I feel like a granddad but you know, just more mature than my first album, you know life’s changed." The album features American artists Keri Hilson,^[16] Chris Brown, Trey Songz ^[17] and Kalenna Harper from Diddy-Dirty Money,^[18] Jamaican dancehall musician Mavado ^[19] and British rapper Wretch 32.^[20] He released a promotional single onto iTunes on 12 November 2010. The single charted at number seventy-two on the UK Singles Charts, with limited promotion.

In early 2011, he confirmed that "Champion" would be released as the first main-stream single from the album, and the single would feature American R&B singer, Chris Brown. The single was written by Harmony "H-Money" Samuels, Jahmaal Fyffe, Eric Bellinger, Erika Nuri.^[21] The single charted at number-two on the UK Singles Charts, being held off the top spot by Jessie J and B.o.B with their entry with "Price Tag". However, both songs sold over 90,000 in their first week and Jessie J gained the top spot by 5%.^[22] The song is now used by the WWE as entrance song for their show Tough Enough.
It was announced that "In the Air" would be released as the second main-stream single released from Transition the single would feature guest vocals from American R&B singer, Keri Hilson. The single was released on 11 March 2011.^[23] The album Transition itself attained its UK release through Sony Music's Jive label on April 18, 2011.^[24] He makes a cameo appearance in Wretch 32 and Example's video for Unorthodox.
The third single to be released from the album is titled "Take Off" and features Trey Songz.^[25] Chipmunk also released a net video for the song "Every Gyal" featuring Mavado.