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Rapper Rakim Al-Jabbaar is throwing a massive party on occasion of hip-hop's 50th birthday. And he wants the world to know of Dallas' contributions to hip-hop.

Massive hip-hop festival JMBLYA is touring once again, this time going out of its usual Southern state route all the way to California and Massachusetts.The festival kicks off its tour on Labor Day weekend in Arkansas, landing in Dallas on Sept. 4, also at Dos Equis. This year’s headliners include Future, Gunna and...

The artist has lived in Dallas for about four weeks but has spent the past few years traveling back and forth from her hometown of Georgetown to Dallas for recording sessions and performances. She grew up on the sounds of 112, Ginuwine and Jagged Edge, and music has always been a part of xbValentine’s life. But she didn’t start writing or producing music until she was about 15 years old. “I had friends that made music when we were in high school,” she says. “I dabbled in it a little ...