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Internationally-recognized spoken word artist Mayda del Valle headlines the first event in Mesa Arts Center's Spoken World series, a fusion of dynamic spoken word artists with mixed media and live instrumentation. Joining del Valle on Oct. 17 at 7:30 pm.

Noisey is proud to present the fourth and final installment of a special edition of its Back & Forth series, featuring Rick Rubin and Russell Simmons.

Mary Lambert, the featured vocalist and songwriter on Macklemore & Ryan Lewis' award-winning song 'Same Love', makes her only southern California appearance at the Scherr Forum tonight, September 26, 2014 at 8:30 pm.

Internationally renowned artists Steve Aoki and Pink Martini have joined the Honorary Committee for the 13 th Annual Daniel Pearl World Music Days, a global network of performances organized by the Daniel Pearl Foundation.

Described as a “whirling dervish” onstage, Arnez J will bring his expressive stand-up routine to the Suncoast Showroom on November 1 and 2.

Mary Lambert, the featured vocalist and songwriter on Macklemore & Ryan Lewis' award-winning song "Same Love", makes her only southern California appearance at the Scherr Forum on Friday, September 26, 2014 at 8:30 pm.

Actress and comedienne Sommore brings her stand-up routine to the Suncoast Showroom this weekend, August 30 and 31.

Rick Ross, 2 Chainz, DMX, Fabolous, Foxy Brown, Jhené Aiko, Onyx, Method Man, Redman, Ashanti, Ja Rule, Warren G, EPMD, and Jeremih have all been confirmed to perform during the historic, one-night-only Def Jam Recordings 30th Anniversary Concert. The all-star event will take place at Barclays Center in Brooklyn on Thursday, October 16.

REVOLT TV unveiledmorespeakers for the inaugural REVOLT Media Conference taking place Thursday October 16 th through Sunday, October 19 th at Fontainebleau Miami Beach Hotel in Miami Beach

Taped at Citizens Bank Arena in Ontario, Cal. on May 17 during his nationwide, "Growth Spurt" Tour, the new special features Williams' fearless take on a number of topics, including: the allure of California weed dispensaries...and more.

With an already impressive summer ahead of him, Steel Wool Records recording artist Watsky announces his latest tongue-twistin', head bobbin' single “Whoa, Whoa, Whoa,” arriving on June 10th from his forthcoming third studio album All You Can Do out today, August 12th.

Taped at Citizens Bank Arena in Ontario, Cal. on May 17 during his nationwide, “Growth Spurt” Tour, the new special features Williams' fearless take on a number of topics, including: the allure of California weed dispensaries...and more.

Poetic Theater Productions (Jeremy Karafin and Alex Mallory, Co-Artistic Directors) kicks off its 5th season August 18-20 at Wild Project with Conscious Language: conversation and performance on the power of the spoken word curated by emcee/playwright muMs (HBO's 'Oz', upcoming "A Sucker Emcee" at LAByrinth Theater Company) and featuring poet/musician Saul Williams (Broadway's Holler If Ya Hear Me, "Slam"), playwrights Jose Rivera (Marisol, "The Motorcycle Diaries") and Dominique Morisseau (Detroit 67, Sunset Baby), poet/recording artist Ursula Rucker (She Said, Ruckus Soundsysdom, 3 albums with The Roots), director/producer Kamilah Forbes (Sunset Baby, 'Russell Simmons Presents Def Poetry', Hip Hop Theatre Festival) and more. Speaking about his impulse to create Conscious Language, muMs says 'My hope is that this festival will be the beginning of an important discussion about the responsibility we have as artists to our community'. In theme with Conscious Language, the Wild Project lobby will host an exhibition of work by influential graffiti artist BOM5.

Actress and comedienne Sommore brings her stand-up routine to the Suncoast Showroom August 30 and 31.

Watsky has released his new music video for his single, 'Right Now' off his third studio album, All You Can Do. Scroll down to watch!

Good morning, BroadwayWorld! Because we know all our readers eat, sleep and breathe Broadway, what could be better than waking up to it? Today's big news: The Public Theater hosts its ONE THRILLING COMBINATION gala honoring Marvin Hamlisch, the 2014 Broadway Beacon Awards are tonight, DONOGOO opens off-Broadway, celebs celebrate Pride Week at 54 Below, and much more!

According to Billboard, Russell Simmons says he wants to bring his own brand of Hip-Hop to Broadway and beyond.

Back and on top of the world, Escobar is hand delivering his powerful new record and trailblazing a new appreciation for everything that is DameEsco.

Award-winning comic, actor, writer and producer, Lavell Crawford will perform at the Suncoast Showroom June 14 and 15. Crawford's career took off after his national exposure on NBC's hit reality series 'Last Comic Standing," and he has been quickly climbing the comedic ranks ever since. The rising comedy star has repeatedly guest-hosted the "Steve Harvey Radio Show" and has regular appearances on "Chelsea Lately," "Tosh.0" and "Workaholics."

Watsky has released his first single, “Whoa, Whoa, Whoa” off of his third studio album, All You Can Do, coming out August 12th.