August 30, 2009 - The promoters of San Francisco's second annual music and arts festival, Outside Lands, must have good karma. Day One of the three-day event was perhaps the city's most beautiful summer day in years. Attendees arrived to a sunshine filled Golden Gate Park, normally socked in by coastal fog all year round.
December 29, 2008 - 1992 was a pivotal year for the rapper Nas. Although thrilled to be signing a record deal with Columbia at the age of 18, he was also mourning the death of a friend. Willy "Ill Will" Graham, his neighbor in the Queensbridge housing projects in New York and his first musical partner, was shot and killed by a gunman in May of that year.
October 27, 2008 - Indie hip-hop duo The Cool Kids and rapper Q-Tip will headline the latest edition of the 2K Sports Bounce Tour, which focuses on the brand's new "NBA 2K9" video game.
September 14, 2007 - Hip-hop veterans Common and Q-Tip will share the same stages this fall as the two performers co-headline the third annual 2K Sports Bounce Tour.
July 18, 2005 - Hip-hop heavyweights Common, Q-Tip and Cypress Hill will highlight this summer's MGD Flavor 2 Savor concert series, a celebration of urban sounds that continues Tuesday (7/19) in Washington, DC, with performances by Common and Lyfe.
