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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.
tix on sale: Dan Deacon, Jenny Hval, Mura Masa, La Roux, Sudan Archives, more
Plus: Algiers, Anna of the North, Beach Bunny, Poison Idea, DaBaby, and more NYC-area shows on sale.
NYC Memorial Day Weekend 2019 show guide
It’s the unofficial start of summer and we’ve got some suggestions for musical stuff to see this long holiday weekend in NYC.
tours announced: Phony Ppl, Lee Ranaldo, CL Smooth, more
Plus: Live From Here With Chris Thile, Baby Dee and more tour news.
Bushwick Collective Block Party 2017 lineup (Cam'ron, Foxy Brown & more)
The free 2017 Bushwick Collective Block Party has free face painting for kids, graffiti and street art, food trucks, a Modelo beer garden, and live music with a lineup that’s heavy on veteran New York rappers.
Black Moon, Smif-N-Wessun, Mobb Deep, Talib Kweli, Pete Rock & more upcoming NYC hip hop shows
There’s also a new Nas and Erykah Badu song.
De La Soul share "Pain" ft. Snoop Dogg; Pete Rock & CL Smooth, Kool G Rap & more playing NYC shows
As previously mentioned, rap legends De La Soul are releasing the new crowdfunded album And the Anonymous Nobody on August 26, with guest appearances by Damon Albarn, Little Dragon, David Byrne, Pete Rock, and more. The Snoop Dogg-featuring single “Pain” is out now…
listen to a Spotify playlist of the songs used in Aziz Ansari's great new Netflix series, 'Master of None'
Aziz Ansari‘s new Netflix series, Master of None, debuted on Friday and if you were like me you powered through the whole thing over the course of a couple days…
new music & upcoming NYC shows from Cannibal Ox, Warren G, Travi$ Scott, Future, Young Thug, Lil Durk, DRAM & more
Plenty of great hip hop shows in NYC are getting announced all the time. We don’t get a chance to write about all of them, so here’s a roundup of some recently-announced stuff coming up:
Veteran underground duo Cannibal Ox finally released the followup to their El-P-produced 2001 debut this y…
Kamasi Washington touring, playing 2 nights at the Blue Note
Plus, Robert Glasper, Rakim, The LOX and more playing there this weekend
Jazz musician Kamasi Washington, who’s on the new Kendrick Lamar album, the new Thundercat album, and has his own new album out now on Flying Lotus’ Brainfeeder label, has announced a lengthy t…