Das Racist's wiliest rhymer is also their most caustic joker On his first solo mixtape Himanshu snipes at the NYPD ("New York's spineless") Whole Foods ("I be at bodegas") and his own success ("I went from 'Why bother?' to 'Fuck it yo I'll holla for the mighty dolla'") with a...

Filed under: Concerts and Tours , News , Exclusive , RPM Jerritt Clark, Getty Images Irreverent up-and-coming hip-hop act Das Racist and dubstep-inspired singer-songwriter James Blake will share the stage with avant-garde legends Philip Glass , Lou Reed and Laurie Anderson at the 22nd Annual Tibet House Benefit at Carnegie Hall on Feb. 13. The lineup, which also features Antony Hegarty, Stephin Merritt and Rahzel, was curated by Glass, who recently celebrated his 75th birthday in commemoration of the Monlam Prayer Festival, which traditionally takes place at the Tibetan New Year. In preparation for his performance, Blake tells Spinner/RPM that he's taken ...

Already established in America and Europe, digital music service Rdio celebrated their Australian launch last weekend with our very own Canyons , and friends Twin Shadow, Jonti and Das Racist performing. Check out the photos here . We have free subscriptions to give away, if you want to try the service , email us thegeneral@modularpeople.com

Produced by Harry Fraud Maffew Ragazino – Jackson Pollock ft. Das Racist

The four Brooklyn boys rap over Grizzly Bear.

At the end of last year, Das Racist announced that each of its three members would be releasing solo mixtapes in 2012. It’s only early February, but two of the members have already released them! How do they expect the world to keep up with this much Das Racist? Nobody knows. All that we can Read more...

Heems – Nehru Jackets Greedhead: 2012 At this point I think it’s safe to say that one of Das Racist’s primary objectives is to confront American bohemia with its own [...]

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Grizzly Bear have promised a new album sometime this year, but for now fans of the Brooklyn indie rockers will have to content themselves with old samples and new solo music. " 'Two Weeks' by Grizzly Bear / That's a pretty good song, right?" asks Das Racist's Victor Vazquez, a.k.a. Kool A.D., on the New York hip-hop trio's outstanding 2010 mixtape Sit Down, Man . Yes, the baroque highlight from the Jay-Z-co-signed band's 2008's Veckatimest is exquisitely good. It's also been heavily sampled, by everyone from Rhymesayers co-founder Musab to Community 's Donald Glover ...

Download Selector Mixtape Vol. 1 Here Since 2010,  Pitchfork.tv 's hip-hop show "Selector" has captured rappers including Big Boi, Clipse, Das Racist, Danny Brown, Lil B, and A$AP Rocky freestyling over beats by the likes of Crystal Castles, Girl Talk, Joker, Gold Panda, Nicolas Jaar, and more.

Have you ever met “that guy” who seems to have a force field of irony and jest surrounding every statement he makes? An air of sarcasm that blurs the line between earnest discourse and some kind of, real-life, social satire that’s only decipherable to those he chooses to invite in? Well, Das Racist’s Himanshu Suri [...]

Once again The String Cheese Incident will host and headline the Electric Forest festival, which returns to Rothbury, Michigan on June 28 – July 1. Joining SCI a top the bill will be Bassnectar, STS9, Thievery Corportation and Girl Talk. STS9 will play two shows, while String Cheese will play a total of three. Electric Forest organizers have put together an electronica-heavy lineup, but there are a few rock/funk/bluegrass acts on the bill as well, namely The Travelin’ McCourys featuring Keller Williams, Ivan Neville’s Dumpstaphunk and Gary Clark Jr. There’s no shockers similar to REO Speedwagon booked ...

Producer Harry Fraud flips Grizzly Bear for "Jackson Pollock," a new track by Brooklyn rapper Maffew Ragazino . Featuring ... Read the full article at http://www.prefixmag.com/news/listen-maffew-ragazino-teams-with-das-racist-for-j/61282/

*WHO: *Philip Glass, Lou Reed, James Blake, Das Racist, Antony, Laurie Anderson, Stephin Merritt, Rahzel and Dechen Shak-Dagsay * WHAT: *22 nd Annual Tibet House Benefit Concert *WHEN: *Monday, February 13, 2012 at 7:30pm *WHERE: *Carnegie Hall - Stern Auditorium / Perelman Stage ...