The Blueprint: NY’s Premier Emerging Hip Hop Showcase
Monthly talent exhibition to kick off February 5 at The Studio at Webster Hall, featuring hand-picked competition lineup, special featured guests and open mic opportunity.
View ArticleSmoke DZA Celebrates Dream.ZONE.Achieve with SOBs Album Release Concert
Accompanied by Ken Rebel and CJ Fly on the bill and Hot 97’s DJ Relly Rell in between sets, it was a night of straight New York rap.
View ArticleHot 97, Chuck D, The FCC and Me: An Update on the Filed FCC Petition to Take...
Weeks before Public Enemy frontman Chuck D ignited a war of Twitter words by criticizing Hot 97, the FCC received a document that could potentially knock them off the air. Here is what Hot 97 had to...
View ArticleThe NY Hip Hop Report – Song, Video and Album Picks of the Week (Episode 092...
These were the songs, videos, albums, EPs and mixtapes that were featured on Episode 092 of The NY Hip Hop Report with Manny Faces, New York hip hop's #1 talk radio show.
View ArticleTupac’s lyrics come alive in Broadway’s ‘Holler If Ya Hear Me’
The lyrics and emotional range of late rap titan Tupac Shakur come alive on Broadway in Holler If Ya Hear Me, now playing at the Palace Theater.
View ArticleThe VS ’90s vs Naughts Yacht Party – August 16, 2014
Following an extremely successful event series on land, The VS party takes it to the seas, with #VSYacht, a '90s vs. Naughts midnight yacht party, casting off on Saturday, August 16th
View ArticleA$AP Rocky Documentary ‘SVDDXNLY’ Set For VICE/Noisey.com Release, Starting...
A five-part documentary series on the career of Harlem's A$AP Rocky is set for release beginning August 5. The announcement, by VICE music channel Noisey.com, promises "an in-depth, candid look at the...
View ArticleFrench Clothing Line ‘Black Boy Place,’ Featured On Jay Z Tour, Opens New...
French clothing line Black Boy Place, featured on Jay Z's Magna Carta Holy Grail tour, is opening a limited time pop-up show in New York City.
View Article[NYC] Free Hip Hop Summer Camp for Social Justice
The Next Youth Coalition present the Free Hip Hop Summer Camp for Social Justice, a four-day intensive workshop for aspiring emcees, poets, singers, graffiti writers, and visual artists
View ArticleASAP Rocky ‘Multiply’ Video: Brags, Boasts, Beats Up Brands
Harlem rapper and whatever-the-masculine-word-for-fasionista-is A$AP Rocky drops a stylistically varied video for "Multiply," rattling a staccato, aggressive flow over beats that very from snappy and...
View ArticleJordan Chude, Fletch Raise the Glass on Smoothed Out “Here We Go”
Well-produced, well-rapped and well-sung, Here We Go is a solid introduction to Jordan Chude and Fletch, who team up on this smooth, OSYM BEATS-crafted head-nodder
View ArticleA$AP Ferg Drops “Talk It” Ahead of Black Friday ‘Ferg Forever’ Mixtape Release
A$AP Ferg drops a subdued-but-thoughtful Talk It ahead of Ferg Forever, his DJ Drama-assisted mixtape due out the day after Thanksgiving.
View ArticleASAP Ferg – Ferg Forever Mixtape Download
A$AP Ferg drops Ferg Forever as a Black Friday gift to fans. The 19-track offering features production by Clams Casino, Stelios Phili, Mike Will and Big KRIT. Vocal features include fellow A$AP Mob...
View ArticleAzealia Banks on Hot 97 – Interview (Video)
Harlem rapstress Azealia Banks broke down her opinions on several issues of the hip hop day in her interview with EBro, Peter Rosenberg and Laura Stylez from Hot 97. The post Azealia Banks on Hot 97 –...
View ArticleSoul Inscribed to Bring Hip Hop, Soul & Funk to the Famed Blue Note Jazz Club...
Fusion quartet Soul Inscribed will be touching the stage at the iconic Blue Note Jazz Club, bringing their unique blend of hip hop, soul and funk to the famed stage on the late night tip, January 2....
View ArticleFreestyle Mondays Celebrates 13 Years, New Location at NYC’s Meridian 23,...
Freestyle Mondays to celebrate 13 years of live band-infused battles and open mics dedicated to impromptu displays of lyrical prowess The post Freestyle Mondays Celebrates 13 Years, New Location at...
View ArticleDipset “Have My Money”– Reunited and It Feels So Hood
It's reunion season in New York City hip hop, and while G-Unit's may have fizzled a bit, another New York rap crew is attempting to rekindle old flames. The post Dipset “Have My Money” – Reunited and...
View ArticleASAP Yams, Visionary Leader of ASAP Mob Movement, Dead at 26
Visionary leader of the ASAP Mob movement helped oprchestrate the rise and success of ASAP Rocky and others from the NYC-based hip hop collective The post ASAP Yams, Visionary Leader of ASAP Mob...
View ArticleFrench Clothing Line ‘Black Boy Place,’ Featured On Jay Z Tour, Opens New...
French clothing line Black Boy Place, featured on Jay Z's Magna Carta Holy Grail tour, is opening a limited time pop-up show in New York City. The post French Clothing Line ‘Black Boy Place,’ Featured...
View ArticleNew Music from Your Old Droog, Action Bronson, Cannibal Ox, MF Doom, Mazzi &...
New music from Action Bronson, Your Old Droog, Cannibal Ox, MF DOOM and Mazzi & S.O.U.L. round out our New York hip hop roundup. The post New Music from Your Old Droog, Action Bronson, Cannibal Ox,...
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