August 24, 2012 Rejoice, heads of Kenya! You have crowned Nairobi rapper Xtatic MTV Iggy's Artist of the Week!
The young emcee has become a magnet for hype in Kenya on the strength of a just few singles and our poll...
August 23, 2012 Okay, guys. Pussy Riot is not exactly a band in the normal sense of the word. They write songs, but they're really more of a Riot Grrrl inspired art collective. They're not getting signed to Matador any time soon.
But since members Nadezda...
After premiering her music video for "Cruisin'" on MTV Iggy just a few days ago, Jasmine Solano finally drops her long-anticipated EP, the affectionately-titled, RAP. It's here and not a dollar short, ready for download with dope cover art to boot...

Diplo fever continues over here at MTV Iggy. And so does popular culture's obsession with strippers, apparently. Yeah, watch the pole performers as they *ahem* express themselves, twerking and setting...

Welsh rockers The Joy Formidable have been hiding out in the studio lately working on new music, but to stay in touch they made a video for the unreleased song "Wolf's Law."
The track starts off a...

Who doesn't love the youthful energy of Crystal Fighters? After MTV Iggy's Sueyon Kim literally took a backseat ride with the fellas of CF for an exclusive interview some many moons ago, we were...

Japan's queens of pop punk Shonen Knife just stepped off a North American tour in support of their latest album Pop Tune. Never ones to rest, they just fired off a video for "Ghost Train," the second...
We're all eagerly awaiting the release of Deadmau5's much hyped "Professional Griefers" music video. But in the meantime, we're just going to have to wait, and make do instead with The Behind the...

Matisyahu is taking his fourth studio album, Spark Seeker to colleges across America this October and November. Having spent the summer touring over 50 cities to promote the album, which was released to...
Whoever thought that locking up the notorious Russian trio, Pussy Riot, would keep them quiet, has been proven wrong. In fact it seems that Pussy Riot, has gotten even more vocal since a judge handed...

Fresh of the presses, South African scenester JakobSnake has just unleashed a new mixtape full of steaming-hot African house beats, as part of Okayafrica's killer "Africa in Your Earbuds"...

Los Rakas, our favorite Panamanian-Californian purveyors of Spanish language dancehall and hip-hop, just dropped a new track today called "Hablemos de Amor" ("Let's Talk About Love"). On the track, Rich...

After performing earlier this summer at the Roots picnic in Philadelphia, our favorite rockabilly Belgian Selah Sue returns to the states with an exclusive track. Just for US fans, Selah drops her single "Fade Away" today, which is irresistibly misty...