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Saturday’s NYC-area shows include Sharon Van Etten, Angel Olsen, Julien Baker, Trey Anastasio, Wyclef Jean, Harry Styles, and more.

Rolling Stone have taken on the daunting task of ranking the greatest hip hop album of all time, from the Golden Age to modern times.

The Cool Kids will release three albums this year, first a group album, followed by solo albums from each member.

The four-show, four-burroughs “It’s Time for Hip Hop in NYC” series — part of the celebratory Homecoming Week in NYC — wrapped up at Forest Hills Stadium on Friday night (8/20)…

Plus, watch Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, aka ”Killah Chuck,” rap a few bars.

Here’s how to get tickets to the Central Park ”mega-concert,” plus the four hip-hop shows leading up to it in Brooklyn, Queens, The Bronx, and Staten Island.

The lineup for ”It’s Time for Hip Hop in NYC,” a series of four free shows leading up to the Central Park ”mega concert” happening in August, is here.

Stretch Armstrong, El-P, R.A. the Rugged Man, Guilty Simpson, and more also paid their condolences to the old school hip hop icon, rapper, producer, dancer, and EPMD affiliate.

Plus: City Morgue, Amyl & the Sniffers, Windhand, Vetiver, Tropical Fuck Storm, Yves Tumor, Weedeater, Torche, EPMD, and more NYC-area shows on sale.

Plus: Talib Kweli, Phony Ppl, Big Freedia, Musiq Soulchild, Force MDs, Grand Wizzard Theodore, The Originals and more free hip hop shows as part of SummerStage 2019.