Ab-Soul

Budweiser's Made in America Festival, one of the biggest of the year, is quickly approaching. The two-day event features a wide-range of artists and is probably one of the only shows where Beyonce and Nine Inch Nails both headline. As ambitious as the festival is, the Black Hippy crew still stands out in the list of performers. Jay Z's Life+Times blog followed Jay Rock, Kendrick Lamar, Ab-Soul and

Rejoice Black Hippy fans. Ab-Soul is working on a follow-up to 'Control System,' and last night he released a potential leak from the project. 'Christopher DRONEr' is the single's name, and it's produced by longtime collaborator Willie B.

Black Hippy -- Compton's own Ab-Soul, Kendrick Lamar, Schoolboy Q and Jay Rock -- "is ready to rule the hip-hop world" according to Respect magazine. The Top Dawg Entertainment crew covers the publication's Vol. 4 Issue 3, which hits newsstands on April 30...

Who: Ab-Soul What: 2013 North American Tour When: Feb. 27, March 1 (see dates below) Why: If you like Kendrick Lamar, peep his Black Hippy comrade Ab-Soul. The Cali native dropped his 'Control System' album last year featuring the likes of Danny Brown, ScHoolboy Q and Jhene Aiko...

In Ab-Soul's new video for 'ILLuminate,' he takes viewers into a post-apocalyptic world where the Stop Online Piracy Act has led to a destroyed civilization with no Internet, no hip-hop, no radio or television. Scary, huh?