Chance The Rapper Reveals Special Olympics Anniversary Event

Chicago Native, singer-songwriter, positive influence in local charity and schools, Chance The Rapper, has now announced an entire new event dedicated to celebrating the Special Olympics being in operation for fifty years. 

Celebrating their 50th Anniversary, Chance plans on benefiting and donating sales to the Special Olympics and his youth empowerment charity Social Works. Today the young man has revealed an eclectic lineup that of performers such as himself Chance The Rapper, Usher, Francis and the Lights, Smokey Robinson, Jason Mraz, Daya, O.A.R., and plenty of special guests to be announced.

Special Olympics 50th Anniversary Celebration Concert will be taking place on Saturday July 21st at the Huntington Bank Pavilion on Northerly Island Chicago, Illinois. Tickets are currently on sale HERE and moving very fast so get on board and tell your friends you'll be helping a great cause and a future for the Special Olympics. 

Watch Justin Vernon Perform With Dead & Company

Dead and Company, made up of original members of Grateful Dead along with a number of special guest artists, stopped in Troy, Wisconsin last night and brought a surprise. Although John Mayer has become a permanent member of the band while they are on on the road, the Dead also brought out Justin Vernon, the mastermind behind Bon Iver.

It's rejuvenating to see nearly two opposite generations of music with a gap of over forty years, come together and simply jam for Dead heads and new fans alike. See the the crew jam during their rendition that night of "Bird Song". It certainly gets heavy around the 12:00 minute mark.

Dead and Company are on the road for another two weeks. Lucky for all of us, they will also be performing a total of four sets at music, arts and camping event, LOCKN' Festival taking place August 23rd - 26th in Arrington, Virginia. Take a peek at the event and look at your ticketing options HERE!

Pusha T Shares "If You Know You Know" Music Video

Virginia based hip hop artist, Pusha T, recently released his third studio album, Daytona, which was entirely produced by Kanye West under G.O.O.D. Music's label. Early this morning, we all had the pleasure of enjoying the first visuals from the track "If You Know Now You Know".

Directed by Shomi Patwary, we follow Pusha and a police offer's first point of view during a high speed chase and unique performance of the anthem like song. The new music video has a perfect blend of new school high definition and old school VHS editing skills. "If You Know You Know" has the exact vibe to what 2018 feels like at the moment. 

Make sure to stream Pusha T's new album Daytona in it's entirety and get your friends on board with "If You Know You Know" below.

XXXTentacion Passes Away At 20 Years Old

South Florida based singer-songwriter, XXXTentacion, yesterday unfortunately lost his life at the very young age of twenty years old. Our full condolences, prayers, and energy are going to Jahseh Onfroy's family, friends, and the most loyal fan-base we have experienced or seen since we began Holiday of Music.

Jahseh Onfroy, a rising star who has topped the Billboard Charts countless times was pronounced dead yesterday afternoon around 3:00 PM at Fort Lauderdale Hospital. Sheriff's stated he was gunned down during an attempted robbery at a Deerfield Beach motorcycle dealership.

It's important now more than ever to hold on to your loved ones and actually vocalize how much they mean to you. It just seems the past few years we have been losing an abnormally large amount of influencers from all around the world. 

XXXTentacion in our eyes, was literally the voice of our generation's youth. Despite current allegations, which majority of artists receive sometime in their career, XXXTentacion was a good man who put his entire being into helping those around him, creating timeless music, and expressing how important art, surrounding yourself with good energy, and positivity is to living a healthy life.

We all know it can be hard to keep up with everything going on but XXX devoted the last year or so of his life to educating himself, organizing charity events, and encouraging the youth the be better, challenge themselves, and constantly strive for the best to truly make a difference in the world.

Being born, raised, and based out of South Florida myself this truly hits home as we have many friends fully involved in X's career and day-to-day life. Enjoy this emotional clip during his last performance which was a surprise set at this year's Rolling Loud Miami Festival below.

If you would like to be involved in any way shape or form, please keep an eye out on local memorials and vigils that will be hosted all around the globe. Jahseh's music will truly live on forever and stand out as a legendary impacting artist that dominated almost every genre of music. Long Live X.

My Morning Jacket Announces Solo Acoustic Fall Tour

Jim James of My Morning Jacket, has just announced a special acoustic tour taking place this November with special guest Alynda Segarra. In support of his upcoming album, Uniform Distortion, we're excited to see Jim get back to his roots during an intimate three week run stretching from Los Angeles all the way to Atlanta, Georgia.

Jim states, "I’m looking forward to exploring all sorts of songs stripped down as they first occurred in their natural habitat -- just voice and guitar. Although I have played many shows by myself, this will be my first tour of this style." 

When My Morning Jacket announced that they will no longer be performing live until 2019, a lot of fans were confused and definitely felt like a fear of missing out. With this solo tour in affect and Uniform Distortion dropping next Friday June 26th, we can all finally take a breather and look forward of what's to come. 

Jim James Fall Tour:

11-02 – Los Angeles, CA @ Cathedral Sanctuary
11-03 – Oakland, CA @ Fox Theater
11-05 – Salt Lake City, UT @ The Commonwealth Room
11-06 – Denver, CO @ Paramount Theatre
11-08 – Milwaukee, WI @ Pabst Theater
11-09 – Chicago, IL @ The Vic
11-10 – Cleveland, OH @ Agora Theatre & Ballroom
11-13 – New York, NY @ Town Hall
11-14 – Port Chester, NY @ The Capitol Theatre
11-16 – Boston, MA @ Shubert Theatre
11-17 – Washington, DC @ Lincoln Theatre
11-19 – Atlanta, GA @ The Tabernacle
11-20 – Nashville, TN @ Schermerhorn Symphony Center
11-21 – Louisville, KY @ The Louisville Palace