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13 New Rap Songs Out This Week

All the hip hop we posted on BV this week, including Lil’ Kim, Wale, Pusha T, City Girls, Megan Thee Stallion, Gucci Mane, Homeboy Sandman, Smoke DZA/Benny the Butcher, and more.

What's going on Thursday?

Tonight’s NYC-area shows include Beast Coast, Tame Impala, Bill Callahan, The Crazy World of Arthur Brown, Rubella Ballet, Ex Hex, Young Guv, Pete Rock, and more.

Loud Records throwing anniversary show w/ Wu-Tang, Three 6 Mafia, Big Pun tribute, a Mobb Deep set, more

Storied hip hop label Loud Records celebrates its 25th anniversary with a huge concert in the NYC-area this fall…

What's going on Friday?

Friday NYC-area shows include The National, Broken Social Scene, Roy Ayers, The Dream Syndicate, Mr. Twin Sister, Uniform, Onyx Collective, Tacocat, Bars of Gold, and more

De La Soul records will finally stream, but group protests unfair deal with former label

”Your purchases will roughly go 90% Tommy Boy, 10% De La,” the group said in a series of Instagram posts about the ”unbalanced, unfair” deal with Tommy Boy Records.

What's going on Tuesday?

It’s a stacked night in the NYC area, with Florence, Elton John, Lykke Li, Modest Mouse, Gruff Rhys, Denzel Curry, The Scientists, serpentwithfeet, The Eagles, and more.

Carole King, Paul McCartney, Missy Elliott & more pay tribute to Aretha Franklin

We lost one of the all-time great voices in music today and the world has been paying tribute to Aretha Franklin since learning the sad news…

hip hop at Summerstage 2018 (Rapsody, DeJ Loaf, Young MA, The LOX, Wiki, more)

There’s also the Duck Down BBQ, Talib Kweli/OSHUN, EPMD, Jungle Brothers, Pete Rock & The Soul Brothers, a ‘Wild Style’ 35th anniversary, and more.

SummerStage 2018 free show lineup

Summerstage offers more than 100 free shows at NYC parks in all five boroughs. This year’s lineup includes Broken Social Scene, Big Daddy Kane, Kool & the Gang, San Fermin, The Weather Station, Secret Circle (Lil Ugly Mane, Antwon, and Wiki ), Talib Kweli, Oshun, the Jungle Brothers, Preservation Hall Jazz Band, Porches, Crumb, Dej Loaf, Alice Smith, Mura Masa, Jessy Lanza, Rapsody, The Bad Plus, Angelique Kidjo and tons more.

tix on sale: Elton John, Panorama, Misfits, Primus/Mastodon, Andrew WK, and more

Plus: NY Deathfest, U2, Frank Turner/Lucero/Menzingers, Wye Oak, Erasure, Jonathan Davis (Korn), Remy Ma, APTBS, We Were Promised Jetpacks, Yaeji, The Feelies, Agent Orange and more tickets on sale.
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