Das Racist to reunite at New York museum event this weekend
All three former members of alt-rap group Das Racist are set to perform at a festival held at New York's Whitney Museum this, but sadly they'll all be playing separately.
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All three former members of alt-rap group Das Racist are set to perform at a festival held at New York's Whitney Museum this, but sadly they'll all be playing separately.
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Oakland's Wallpaper.' has been a hot commodity in the remix world.
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Official word of Das Racist's demise was scheduled to break soon, Victor "Kool A.D." Vazquez tells Rolling Stone , but an abrupt announcement from Himanshu "Heems" Suri at this weekend's On3 Festival in Germany upended the Brooklyn hip-hop trio's planned statement.
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In addition to performing the Dark York highlight "Wut" , the MC also chatted about his live show.
Read MoreThe second free mixtape from Das Racist' Heems of the year, Wild Water Kingdom was ironically delayed by the pounding that New York took from Hurricane Sandy.
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The Fader has a regular feature called "The Things I Carry" in which artists share what's in their pockets.
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Das Racist 's Victor Vazquez, aka Kool A.D. , has released the video for the 51 track "Manny Pacquiao", produced by Trackademics.
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It's been over a year since Queens-based rap trio Das Racist released their proper debut album, Relax , through Greedhead, but we're sure we're not the only ones who'd agree the record has earned its time in the tapedeck.
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iPhone/Android app Mobli is throwing a CMJ party on October 17 at Deliquency (1031 Grand St) with a mostly hip hop and hip hop-related lineup of Heems (of Das Racist), Sasha Go Hard (who recently made her NYC debut ), Kitty Pryde (who also recently played NYC ), Das Racist affiliates Weekend Money (aka MC Ne$$ and Baghdaddy), The Underachievers (who are part of Flying Lotus's NYC takeover this week), Action Bronson affiliates Party Supplies , and SAFE (who is on tour now with Das Racist).
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LE1F is currently on the road with Das Racist, SAFE, and Lakutis for a tour which culminates in NYC on October 15 at Irving Plaza (rescheduled from 9/27).
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East Bay/Brooklyn duo Safe is set to join Das Racist on tour tonight in Toronto.
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Yasiin Bey joined headliner Erykah Badu on the first day of the 2012 edition of the Afropunk Festival , going down at Commodore Barry Park near the Navy Yard in Brooklyn on Saturday (8/25).
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"A ... pics from New York Comic Con 2011 (44) ComicConLover wrote: You Disgust with me with your wierd pictures. j/k Well done!
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Das Racist , who played the free Afropunk Festival in Brooklyn's Commodore Barry Park over the weekend (pics of that coming soon), have begun revealing a tour to take place this fall.
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Since Das Racist dropped Relax last year, both Kool A.D. and Heems have been off doing solo work.
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The Virgin Mobile FreeFest returns to Merriweather Post Pavilion in Columbia, MD on October 6 with a lineup that includes Jack White, Skrillex, M83, Nas, ZZ Top, Santigold, Alabama Shakes, Ben Folds Five, The Dismemberment Plan, Allen Stone, Trampled by Turtles, Portugal.
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Glasslands is hosting a pretty great multi-genre, Das Racist-related show on September 10 with Das Racist associated rapper Lakutis (who we profiled when he opened for Kool AD last month), SAFE (who recently played a Cameo show in June that Heems DJ'd), Quinn Walker (of Suckers, whose video for "Turn On the Sunshine" features Dapwell), Carrie Wilds (whose free mixtape featured Das Racist associate Mr. Muthafuckin' eXquire), Peaceful Solutions (Kool AD + Kassa Overall), Cult Days , DJs Chungo and Mike Finito and host Dapwell.
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Yesterday five men and one woman were killed with three others left in critical condition following a shooting at a Sikh temple in Oak Creek, Wisc. The movie theater attack in Aurora, Col. took place only a few weeks ago.
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Back in June , we mentioned that the Mad Decent Block Parties were returning this summer and then earlier this month, they revealed a list of artists, but didn't say who was playing each city.
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Despite Das Racist 's Heems saying Lana Del Rey's "Video Games" was created in a "future world" that is "fake, plastic and manufactured," he and partner-in-rhyme Kool A.D. have decided to remix Del Rey 's "National Anthem."
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A couple months ago, we announced the imminent release of Bonde Do Rolê 's sophomore album Tropical/Bacanal , and now you can sample their new track "Bang," featuring a short but sweet verse from Das Racist.
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One day before the official start of summer, Das Racist and Action Bronson played a twilight Summerstage set in Red Hook Park on Tuesday (6/19).
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How Did This Year's Bonnaroo Stack Up?
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While Bonnaroo 's roots come from the jamband scene, the festival's outlook has grown each year.
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The 2012 Afro-Punk Festival is returning to Brooklyn's Commodore Barry Park on August 25-26 at Commodore Berry Park in Brooklyn.
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If you've ever visited bisonbisonagain 's channel on YouTube, then you know the weird videos produced by Kool A.D. of Das Racist.
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The record, which follows 2007's With Lasers , was produced by Diplo and Filip Nikolic (of the L.A. duo Poolside) with help from British producer Mumdance and Munich's Schlachthofbronx.
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The young Queens rapper and Das Racist associate Big Baby Gandhi earned Mixtape Of The Week honors a little while back for his No1 2 Look Up 2 full-length, and now he's got a video for "Been A Villain," a track from that particular tape.
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Immortal Technique performed at the Occupy May Day rally at Union Square in New York Tuesday, in arguably the most impassioned performance of the afternoon's lineup, which included Tom Morello , Dan Deacon and Das Racist.
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As you may have heard, the Occupy community has organized a protest to strike on May 1st as part of May Day. In solidarity with that sentiment, the Occupy Guitarmy organization is calling on musicians of all shapes and sizes to meet the group in NYC at Bryant Park....
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May 1 is the designated global day of reoccupation for Occupy Wall Street movements around the world.
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Back in January, Das Racist 's Kool A.D. released his debut solo mixtape, The Palm Wine Drinkard.
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Produced by fellow west coast resident Scoop DeVille, the track follows a relatively unaltered Twin Sister sample whose mad blunted vibes have called out to none other than hip-hop's mad blunted geniuses, Das Racist.
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Morgan Spurlock has a Hulu-only short documentary series called A Day In The Life that focuses on individuals like Joel McHale and Mario Batali, and recently the series turned to Brooklyn rap standouts Das Racist.
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