Busta Rhymes News

Busta Rhymes is starting the new year with some motivational words and a whole new bod. He gets candid about what to expect on his new album 'Extinction Level Event 2: The Wrath of God' and how he had to change his perspective to keep himself on the right path. He also reveals that his first rap name was very uncool, but it helped him find the name Busta Rhymes.

Broadway's Nathan Lane and Vanessa Williams will make special appearances during tonight's broadcast of “NBC's New Year's Eve 2021” to encourage donations for Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS' national efforts addressing hunger and food insecurity.

NBC kicks off the new year with a star-studded lineup of musical guests for an evening of holiday fun with “NBC’s New Year’s Eve 2021.”

Newark Symphony Hall, one of New Jersey’s largest arts and entertainment venues, today announced that Newark Mayor Ras Baraka has appointed Grammy-winning record producer, Jerry “Wonda” Duplessis, to the venue’s Board of Directors.

When Sami Bearden, Savana Santos and Sam Backoff couldn’t take the cultural hostility, COVID-19 shutdown, Say Their Names injustice and general anxiety this year turned into, they did what they do best.

After appearing on the “Intro” track on Busta Rhymes new ELE 2: The Wrath Of God album, it’s time to “Rejoice,” again, as its new Pete Rock! 

SHOWTIME announced today a one-hour original DESUS & MERO special will air on Sunday, November 15 at 10 p.m. ET/PT.

It's the pressing question on America's mind right now... who is Mushroom? On the latest season of FOX's The Masked Singer, one of the contestants has been revealing clues leaving viewers to believe that he has a history with Broadway- more specifically, with Hamilton.

Swizz Beatz and Timbaland think back to the greatest hits they've produced, share how they came up with their digital beat battle series Verzuz and share an exclusive Verzuz Season 2 announcement involving Busta Rhymes.

Atlantic Records is very proud to announce the worldwide signing of superstar DJ and producer Tiësto to its groundbreaking roster.

Rudy Ray Moore was a genius one-of-a-kind comedian who achieved legendary status for his role as Dolemite, the kung fu-fighting pimp. Now Donald H. Randell, Moore's manager and the President and CEO of the Donald H. Randell Experience, has announced an opportunity for fans to own a piece of Dolemite history. The master recordings of the entire Rudy Ray Moore main catalogue of comedy albums are up for auction through SongVest. Included are unreleased masters that include outtakes from comedy shows, instrumental tracks, and more. 

Grammy award winning singer-songwriter Cocoa Sarai releases the single and self-directed video for 'Strange Fame', a track that was created in response to the police brutality her brother faced in New York.

Carleigh was gracious enough to answer some of my burning questions about her experience with Hamilton and her personal theatre journey. 

D Chase will release his new single “Summertime Ting” Friday, July 31, 2020. 

Today's guest needs no introduction... Okieriete Onaodowan! Richard Ridge chats with Oak about favorite Hamilton memories and how the show changed his life.

Crackle Plus, a Chicken Soup for the Soul Entertainment (Nasdaq: CSSE) company and one of the largest operators of streaming advertising-supported video-on-demand (AVOD) networks, announced today Crackle's hand-curated Sounds of Summer Channel launching on Wednesday, July 1.

'Run It' is the first single by Oxnard emcee Roc C's upcoming album titled 'OxTales.'  The track includes features by Jelly Roll and Shadethrower, and it's produced by Jelly Roll. 'Run It' is a song dedicated to everyone who has that hater in their life who never wants to see them succeed. 'This song introduces a character I created named Shade Thrower and produced and features legendary artist Jelly Roll' Roc C says. 'Jelly Roll is definitely been a great supporter in my career and life in general. Working with him and Shade Thrower has been an honor, perfect set off for this 'OxTales' journey to begin.' The album is set to drop mid-2020 via Below System Records.

The Broadway at Birdland concert series was elated to present Jared Grimes, protegé of Wynton Marsalis, in an evening of high energy, non-stop, genre-fusing music and dance on the Birdland stage on Monday, February 24. The band included Mark Meadows, Anwar Marchall, Bret Puchir, Jonathan Michel, and Brent Birckhead.

Following the announcement of his debut album LESS IS MOOR due out March 20, multidisciplinary artist, rapper, producer, and performer Ojay Morgan who performs as Zebra Katz shares incendiary video for recent single “ISH”. The video is “a square-dance in darkness against oppression,” says Zebra. “With this visual, I wanted to capture and release the rage I'm constantly in as a Black artist. This is what happens when I lose it - in a non-threatening and sensual way. With only a day to rehearse and establish choreography with Tom Heyes, I felt confident knowing it was time to battle myself out of the white box, step back into the zone, and fully embrace my inner ISH.” Written and produced with Sega Bodega, “ISH” has critics and listeners on their heels with acclaim from Essence, Pitchfork, NYLON, them.us, Resident Advisor, BrooklynVegan, and HYPEBEAST. 

MOVES at The Montalban's Dance Festival Opens with the Capezio A.C.E. Awards Finalists' Performances and Erik Saradpon's Extraordinary Dance Company FORMALITY LIVE! The first two of four nights of the Annual Dance Festival, MOVES, smartly and efficiently produced by Break the Floor Productions, were filled with high energy, creativity abounding, energy-charged and inspired performances, including promising talent both new and emerging. Wednesday, January 15, 2020. Capezio A.C.E. Awards Finalists and Award Ceremony The Capezio A.C.E. Awards crowned a 2020 winner, playing to a jam-packed house at the historic Montalbán Theatre in Hollywood as part of the MOVES at The Montalbán dance festival produced by Break the Floor Productions and presented by Capezio. The illustrious panel of chosen judges, all esteemed dancers/choreographers, included Marguerite Derricks, Vincent Paterson, Anita Mann, Ray Leeper, Tony Selznick and Tessandra Chavez. All well-established and widely respected by their peers, these judges are the cream of the crop in the dance world and industry.