Pharoahe Monch

Rather than choose a headliner, Wu-Tang Clan and Nas alternated sets throughout the night, with Wu-Tang members sometimes joining Nas and vice versa to make the transitions smoother, and it was pretty much all you could ask for from all these ’90s NY legends.

dead prez gave the SummerStage crowd preview of a new song, saying a new record is on the way.

In the house at Webster Hall on Thursday: Q-Tip, Prince Paul, Queen Latifah, Black Thought, Chuck D, Monie Love, Common, Dave Chappelle, Talib Kweli, D-Nice, Pharoahe Monch, and more.

Today’s NYC-area shows include black midi, Shannon Lay, Band of Horses, Kevin Gates, Jade Bird, and more

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.

Best known for his 2000 hit “Whoah!,” Rob was 51.

Pharaohe Monch guests on ”Slam Dunk Contest,” the first taste of Droog & Fahim’s second collaborative album of 2021.

Tune-Yards, Modeselektor, Cloud Nothings, Vernon Reid, Béla Fleck, Fire-Toolz, Lupe Fiasco, Sheila E, Eddie Palmieri, Pharoahe Monch, Mike Portnoy, and more have also paid tribute to the jazz fusion great.