Fat Beats New York is officially closed – and the hip hop distributor’s LA retail location is next, with its final week of in-store performances starting today at 4:30. West Coast based, linkable acts such as Strong Arm Steady, Exile, Trek Life and dozens of others will stop by the store before it closes for [...]

A-Trak was one of the many big name DJs who graced the decks at Fat Beats on Saturday for the final in-store at the New York location. During his set, Alain ripped on Daft Punk’s “Robot Rock,” as well as a track by Obscure Disorder, a Montreal based hip hop group that A-Trak recorded with. [...]

In a surprise (or not so surprise?) announcement last week, both the New York and Los Angeles Fat Beats stores (a brief history) will be closing their doors forever in September. The record shops will celebrate their final week with a full schedule of free in-stores from 4-9pm, including this Saturday, the final day in [...]