Astronomer Dude Neil DeGrasse Tyson Teams Up with GZA for a Scientific Hip-Hop Record

From the Wall Street Journal:

On an early May afternoon in the offices of Neil deGrasse Tyson, the director of the Hayden Planetarium, a model of Saturn caught the eye of a 45-year-old high-school dropout, and a lyric was born.

"Dark Matter" is scheduled for a fall release. Another album will focus on the life aquatic, a subject he's fleshing out with visits to the labs of marine biologists and researchers, as well as meetings with the likes of Philippe Cousteau.

Read more here.  While you're doing that, have a listen to this new track from Stereolab's Laetitia Sadier.