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Homecoming Week kicked off w/ KRS-One, Slick Rick & more in the Bronx (pics, video, recap)

NYC’s series of free ”It’s Time for Hip Hop in NYC” shows began on Monday at Orchard Beach in The Bronx with Busy Bee, Furious 5 featuring Grandmaster Melle Mel and Scorpio, Kid Capri, Nice & Smooth, Kool Moe Dee, and more.

Free Central Park & Homecoming Week NYC show tickets become available today

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.

George Clinton, Raekwon, Big Daddy Kane, KRS One, more playing free "Homecoming Week" NYC shows

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.

Wu-Tang Clan, Nas, LL Cool J, DMC, more added to Hip Hop Loves NY livestream

Remy Ma and Papoose, DJ EFN, Doug E Fresh, Dave East, Kid N Play, Sugarhill Gang and many more have been added to the massive livestreamed hip hop festival which starts today (4/23) at 6 PM.

Ice-T throwing a touring fest with Public Enemy, Mobb Deep, EPMD, Grandmaster's Furious Five & more

The tour hits NYC in July at the Amphitheater at Coney Island Boardwalk.

upcoming NYC hip hop shows: Slick Rick, Cannibal Ox, Eve, Pete Rock & C.L. Smooth, KRS-One, Turqoise Jeep & more

Veteran rapper Slick Rick is performing with a live band, The Lifted, in NYC on July 31 at Stage 48 with Don Dada. Tickets for that show are on sale now…

A Tribe Called Quest got together (w/ help from Talib Kweli, Mos Def, Hi-Tek & more) @ Knitting Factory in NYC - pics

words & The old Knitting Factory used to be a bastion for independent hip hop in New York City. The new incarnation just took a big step at continuing that legacy, as it hosted one of the most historic hip hop concerts in recent memory…

Wild Style (sans Spank Rock) @ Danbro Studios, NYC - pics

MC Kool Kyle Spank Rock was AWOL (once again), but the originoo headz were still in full force in celebration of the 25th anniversary of Wild Style at Danbro Studios Warehouse in Brooklyn back on November 13th…

Q-Tip & the Cool Kids @ Highline Ballroom, NYC - pics

“We’re not together anymore. Rock the Bells was our last tour and we won’t make any more records. We’re still friends, I’m going to be working on Phife’s solo album…