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This coming Weekend Holdin' Court bring their Monthly Hip-Hop night to Basingstoke for a one off demo show,as a warm-up party for Basingstoke live! The show itself is jammed packed with a mixture of performers... Holdin' Court also expect guest appearances so this event is well worth checking!

Fast becoming one of the breakthrough artists of the year, Chipmunk releases his hot-like-fire new single, ‘Diamond Rings’ today through Columbia Records. The single is the follow up to ‘Chip Diddy Chip’ which smashed its way into the charts at the start of the year. The ‘Chip Diddy Chip’ video has been played over 1.6 millions times on You Tube and counting.

On American Independence Day, Saturday 4th July Freesat will bring viewers the prestigious BET Awards 2009 in brilliant high-definition (HD) - a UK exclusive for the subscription-free digital satellite TV service.

Following the critical acclaim of 2006’s 'Victim Of Truth' ("As good as The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill" - Sunday Times), Nneka's second album 'No Longer At Ease' is released for the long hot summer of 2009 on 29th August, and it's every bit as lush and visionary as her first.

A hip-hop fund raising event has been planned for Thursday July 30th from 8.30pm to 2am at The Kursaal Function Suite, Southend-on-sea, Essex. All profits made on the night will go direct to registered charity Gua Africa towards the building of an academy for children affected by war and poverty in Sudan and Kenya.

The Game will play Hammersmith Apollo on Friday 17th July as part of his LAX World Tour. With two albums that debuted at number one on the Billboard 200 Chart and two Grammy nominations, The Game is the driving force in keeping the West Coast hip hop scene in the mainstream.

The seventh child of the Jackson family, Micheal debuted on the professional music scene at the age of 11 as a member of The Jackson 5 and began a solo career in 1971 while still a member of the group. Referred to as the "King of Pop" in subsequent years, five of his solo studio albums are among the world's best-selling records: Off the Wall (1979), Thriller (1982), Bad (1987), Dangerous (1991) and HIStory (1995).

One of the biggest nights of the year is set to kick off on the 18th and features a stellar line up of: Mystro and DJ Thor, Ramson Badbonez, Salvo and DJ Gone, Ill Inspired and the UTS Graffiti Crew. Its all happening at the Rapsploitation Sessions in Ipswitch.

The next Disgracelands, Bradford's newest and bestest Hip Hop night, looks to be a good do. Jack Flash is headlining and beatboxers Megamouth and BallZee, Sinoptic Records main men ExP and JND and Jason Ellis are all also on the bill! It's only £3 in and the beer's pretty cheap too. Be there.

Continuing on from the phenomenal success of its first year. The 1234 Festival returns for its second outing on Sunday 26th July, bringing with it a whole host of the best new genre defying bands and DJ’s over three stages at its much loved stomping ground of Shoreditch Park nestled in the heart of London’s East End.