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Oh sheeeeeet! This one is not for the faint of heart: CX KiDTRONiK released 'Let's Go Krazy' featuring Atari Teenage Riot - a new single from his upcoming record 'KRAK ATTACK 2: BALLAD OF ELLI SKIFF' (out May 28). The new album will feature collabs with DOOM, Digable Planet's Ladybug Mecca, Lady Miss Kier (Deee-lite) and many more. Stay tuned for our review coming soon... L. C-D…

Straight out of Botswana comes some of the most ferocious death metal you'll hear in 2013. Wrust formed back in 2000 when there were only a small handful of metal bands on the entire continent. Now playing the part of living legend (with singer/guitarist Stux Daemon as the sole remaining original member), Wrust just released their latest full length record Intellectual Metamorphosis.…

By: Justin Allen, AFROPUNK Contributor

AFROPUNK recently sat down with British soul musician Omar Lye-Fook, also known as …

This week Chicago decided to go ahead with Mayor Rahm Emanuel's plan to close 49 public schools in effort to combat the decreasing and highly inefficient budget. This kind of decision is easy to make when you don’t have to put a face to…

Vintage vs. "Mainstream" Shopping

By: Kyle Starks, AFROPUNK Fashion Contributor 

It seems like buying used clothing has become very popular recenty, like it's this "new cool thing". Everyone from A-list celebrities to regular people…

Still no news on when the full album will be dropping, but we missed this one! Check out "What's the point" from Brooklyn Electronic AP FEST Alums, Body Language! Just what you need to kick off Memorial Day Weekend!…

It's been a while since we've heard from amazing U.K. vocalist Andreya Triana, but she's back and it's a beautiful thing! You may remember Andreya on Bonobo’s 2010 album, Black Sands and later in 2010 released "Lost Where I Belong". Two and a half years later, she’s back with the…

We're feeling the latest from Brooklyn's Denitia and Sene. It's a whimsical sexy track called "nude" with a groovy baseline that makes it's totally jam-able! check it out. If you like keyboards, bass and bell-- all at the same time-- this is the track for you! Debut album "His…

"Extreme Metal/Hardcore" in your face with Alekhine’s Gun, representing Brooklyn and the New York City metal scene (you may have caught them at Trash Bar in Brooklyn?). Alekhine’s Gun are AP member Jessica The Crusher Pimentel (vocals), Jeff Martinez (guitars), Daniel Martinez (bass) and Angel Cotte (drums). Check out their EP 'Meditations in Wrath' below, featuring hard-hitting music and lyrics about…

In case you've been living under a rock: The White Mandingos are Murs, Darryl Jenifer, Sacha Jenkins SHR. They just revealed a new track from their upcoming punk rock/hip-hop album 'The Ghetto Is Tryna Kill Me' (coming June 11). It's called 'Warn A Brotha'.…

Comedian and Chris Rock protege W. Kamau Bell is taking his 'Totally Biased' show on a stand-up tour this summer!

"The tour is a prelude to the September unveiling of Totally Biased with W. Kamau Bell as a nightly strip on the new channel, FXX.

The Totally Biased Stand Up Tour will feature standup performance by Bell and a rotating lineup of comics from the Totally Biased writing team, followed by audience Q&As with the performers following each show. Comics…

GOODIEMOBBACK! And we are pleased with this ripe tracks off the new project entitled "Special Education" featuring Janelle Monae! If they're got Lady android on this, what will they think of next! Check it…

Hot new track from rock rebels, FELON! check out Reality in your face, which demonstrates as the title suggests-- it's slaps you in the muhfuhkn FACE! What do you think?…

MEYE MIND - "BITCH" OFFICIAL VIDEO IS PUBLIC!!!

http://youtu.be/mQnGADPm0MM

Goths ...the Fashionista's, the Emos, the Preps, the Hipsters...all cliques if you ask me but I'm assuming based on my line of work, a ton of my beliefs, and sometimes how I look that I'd probably most comfortably fit into that arena.  But when I look at the Tumblrs , the Etsys , the Instagrams...I don't see me.  I see the "beautifuls"  ... I don't see the fat , those with stories told on their face , those who don't have long flowing locs or a beautiful round sheered head.  I guess in a…

check it!!!!

http://www.vibe.com/article/vibe-premiere-meye-mind-bitch-video

DIRECTED BY LAURYN SIEGEL…

Greetings people

Well we all express ourselves in different ways. But no doubt, our hair is one of those forms in which we express ourselves. Recently, I came across afew really touching stories about little girls with cancer and how they deal with being bald. I saw on a facebook page that a parent said she had wished someone would come up with a princess in their image (her daughter and countless others like her) It was then I got the idea to put together a shoot for them.…

We are pleased to announce the BATTLE OF THE BANDS finalists! These top 20 bands will BATTLE IT OUT at Freecandy in Brooklyn, NY June 3-6 for a chance to play the final 4 and win a slot at AFROPUNK FEST 2013! We would like to publicly congratulate these bands on their hard work and integrity throughout the voting process, and look forward to the hard-hitting show to follow. Best of luck to all…