It's the announcement that will make hip-hop fans the nation over die a little bit on the inside; Live Nation, in conjunction with Niche Productions, Triple J and MTV present the Movement Festival. Co-curated by American icon Nas, the festival will feature performances by some of Australia's best hip-hop acts, as well as Chiddy Bang.

A bit over a decade ago the two self-proclaimed kings of the New York hip-hop scene, Jay-Z and Nas released some of their finest LP’s, each with at least one track spitting vitriol in the others direction. Nas had the classic ‘Ether’ and Jay-Z had the vicious ‘Takeover,’ a track on which Jay attacks Nasty’s consistency:

SXSW never stops growing, getting bigger and bigger every day leading up to the event! Here's the news roundup:

We've got some killer news; while Bruce Springsteen was already announced as a keynote speaker for SXSW 2012, the news came out earlier this week that Springsteen and the legendary E Street Band will be playing a very special one off show!

I like to make it no secret that Common is up there as one of my favourite living artists in the music industry – whenever hip-hop is criticised I call upon the likes of the Chicago emcee to fuel my counter arguments. This is an attitude shared by the majority of hip-hop fans and so it comes as no surprise that a new Common album is a very big deal.

A smaller-than-usual crowd took over Centennial Park in Sydney yesterday for the annual Good Vibrations Festival, as a light rain did little to dampen the spirits of punters ready for some pretty fantastic music.