The lineup for the 2012 Rock the Bells Festival has been released and it is stacked. This year the festival will include legendary acts from the likes of Nas, Ice Cube and Naughty By Nature to name a few. As well as a performance from Method Man and Redman of their Blackout album in its entirety. The lineup is filled with the tons of the hottest current artists in the game as well; J Cole, Wiz, Kid Cudi, Mac Miller, TDE (Kendrick Lamar, Ab-Soul, ScHoolboy Q, Jay Rock), A$AP Rocky, and many more. Rock the Bells 2012 will also feature the 20 year anniversary reunion of Bone Thugs-n-Harmony as they’ll perform E. 1999 Eternal in its entirety. RZA will play host in all 3 stops which are, San Bernardino, California on August 18-19, Mountain View, California on August 25-26, and Holmdel, New Jersey on September 1-2. If you’re planning on making the trip to what looks to be a hip-hop show to remember, pre-sale tickets go on sale May 19th. Also to anyone that plans to go, hopefully Lupe wasn’t someone you had really hoped to see…
Check the full lineup below.
Remember that joint album that was supposedly happening between J. Cole and Kendrick Lamar? Good news, it’s coming. In an interview with Bootleg Kev, J. Cole confirms that he is indeed recording a joint album with Kendrick Lamar, and they’re already several songs deep. Listen to the interview below [via Potholes]. If you haven’t already, check out Chedo’s interview with Kendrick Lamar, where he talks about working with J. Cole.
As The Come Up Show expands our coverage of Hip-Hop concerts and events, we would like to give ambitious photographers an opportunity to develop their skill and add to their portfolio. As we say in the application, The Come Up Show has photographed the world’s biggest artists from Drake, Busta Rhymes, Fabolous, Method Man, Kid Cudi, Rick Ross, J.Cole, Wale, and countless more. Our photographers get their work seen all around the world, opportunities are created for them, and their portfolio is upgraded because of their work with The Come Up Show.
Hit the jump to take a look at the application and good luck. Deadline to apply is May 21, 2012.
The April 28th 2012 Hoodie Allen show that was sold out at Wrongbar and has since been moved to The Virgin Mobile Mod club in Toronto has been postponed until further notice. Hoodie Allen has written a letter to explain why he has to postpone his upcoming shows.
Previously purchased tickets will be honored on new rescheduled date. Refunds are available at original point of purchase.
5 Years ago today- April 19, 2007 was the first official timeslot of The Come Up Show. I started doing the Wednesday night/Thursday morning time slot 2am-6am every week. My only goal was to give artists a chance for their music to be heard, to play great Hip-Hop and R&B music I felt wasn’t being represented at all on radio or TV.
5 years later The Come Up Show has developed into an award winning radio show and we just got a stylus nomination for College Radio Show of the year. We launched The Come Up Show website which is home for daily music updates and news. The Come Up Show TV which has gained over half a million views from interviewing artists like Shad, Method Man, Kendrick Lamar and countless other people. One of the special things about The Come Up Show is the great people we have attracted; from our bloggers, video team, marketing and street team, together we helped artists who we believe in. We did the first Canadian interview with artists like Big KRIT who is on his way to superstardom, and we contributed to the culture we love and that is the most important thing.
Tonight we are celebrating at APK LIVE and it’s going to be a great show as Parrish from the legendary EPMD will be performing, Citizen Kane, Angerville and other talented artists. To me this isn’t just a celebration of what we have accomplished but it’s a celebration to what is possible.
I would like to thank every single person and organization who have supported us. 94.9FM CHRW being the foundation to where it all started and our peers, and fans that continue to support us.
Come out tonight and celebrate with us, there will be ice cream cake and great people vibing. Tickets are still avaliable and only 15 bucks.
Today marks the second anniversary of the legendary Gang Starr member’s death. Born in Roxbury, Massachusetts, Keith Edward Elam began his rap career under the moniker MC Keithy E, changing later to Guru. He founded Gang Starr in 1987, and went on to release six critically acclaimed albums from 1989 to 2003. Two of those albums, Moment of Truth and Full Clip: A Decade of Gang Starr, were certified gold in the United States. Guru also had own solo series with the Jazzmatazz albums.
Salute 2 the most unique MC, friend, & Crazy Mufuccas on the planet, GURU…NEVA B ANOTHA…#GANG STARR FOREVER twitter.com/REALDJPREMIER/…
— Mean Joe Preem (@REALDJPREMIER) April 19, 2012
On April 19, 2010, at the age of 48, Guru succumbed to cancer after being in a coma for nearly two months. He is dearly missed. His music continues to carry on his legacy. Photo credit to Felicia Zarzoso.
We have received word from Livenation that unfortunately the French Montana show on April 26th 2012 at the Sound Academy has been postponed until further notice.
We will update the site as soon as we receive any new details regarding rescheduled dates.
Ticket holders are encouraged to hold on to their original tickets. Refunds are available at point of purchase.
Livenation and Iluvlola are bringing French Montana to Toronto to perform at the Sound Academy on April 26th 2012. Tickets are going fast for this event however, we here at thecomeupshow.com have a few pair of tickets to give away to our readers. To win all you have to do is answer the following question in the comments section. The first person to answer correctly will win a pair of tickets to the show.
Question: What famous NFL player does French Montana’s #16 pendant pay homage to?
Hint: He is in the Hall of fame
The winner will be contacted by email for confirmation. Please make sure to include your email in the comments section so we can contact you. Good luck!
Tickets are still available for $35 + S.C at Ticketmaster
Also be on the look out for French Montana’s latest mixtape Coke Boys #3
Coachella is broadcasting live starting at 6PM tonight. Performances include Santigold at 6:30 PM EST, The Airplane Boys at 10:10 PM EST, and the much-hyped Dr. Dre & Snoop Dogg (and hologram Nate Dogg) performance at 1:35 AM EST. You can watch it all on the Coachella YouTube channel. Photo credit to Tony Barson/Wireimage.
If you’re a fan of hip-hop, there’s a good chance you’re going to want to check this out. Ice-T’s documentary Something From Nothing: The Art of Rap made it’s debut at the Sundance Film Festival earlier this year and is set for a theatrical release in June. This film is sure to be as educational as it is entertaining. With all the misinterpretations that surround hip-hop, it’s always refreshing to see the authenticity of rap music being discussed and celebrated on such a large scale. If that’s not enough to get you interested, peep the cast and read a brief synopsis below.
SOMETHING FROM NOTHING: THE ART OF RAP is a feature length performance documentary film about the runaway juggernaut that is Rap music. At the wheel of this unstoppable beast is the film’s director and interviewer Ice-T. Ice-T takes us on a deeply personal journey to uncover how this music of the street has grown to dominate the world. Along the way Ice-T meets some of the remarkable superstars of Rap, from Eminem to Dr Dre, to Snoop Dogg and Kanye West. He exposes the roots and history of Rap and then, through meeting most of it’s most famous protagonists studies the living mechanism of the music to reveal The Art Of Rap. This film features unique performances from it’s entire cast and does not use any archive material.
Cast: Afrika Bambaataa, Big Daddy Kane, B-Real, Bun B, Chino XL, Common, DJ Premier, DMC, Doug E. Fresh, Dr. Dre, Eminem, Grandmaster Caz, Ice Cube, Ice-T, Immortal Technique, Joe Budden, Kanye West, Kool Keith, KRS-One, Lord Finesse, Lord Jamar, Marley Marl, MC Lyte, Melle Mel, Mos Def, Nas, Puerto Rico, Q-Tip, Raekwon, Rakim, Ras Kass, Redman, Snoop Dogg, Xhibit
Due to the tragic events last week at the Young Jeezy show in London, we regret to inform you that the Nipsey Hussle show scheduled for April 20th at Club Large has been cancelled. With last week’s shooting still under investigation, a decision has been made that it is best to cancel the show at this time. Nipsey Hussle will still continue his Canadian tour as scheduled (Toronto April 19th, Montreal April 21st, Ottawa April 22nd and Vancouver April 24th).
All tickets purchased for the London concert will be refunded in full. Online purchases will be refunded on credit cards through ticket driver, and hard tickets can be brought back for a full cash refund at the point of purchase. The Come Up Show will still be holding their 5 year anniversary, but will instead be celebrating it the night before on April 19th at the PMD concert at APK Live. For more information and all further inquiries visit http://thecomeupshow.com. We thank you for
your understanding.–2wenty 2wenty Marketing
