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’Yo! MTV Raps’ is being reinvented for ” for a new generation” and the 30th anniversary show at Barclays on June 1 includes Big Daddy Kane, Eric B & Rakim, Doug E. Fresh, KRS-One and Boogie Down Productions, EPMD, Brand Nubian, Young Black Teenagers, and many more.

Plus: KRS-One, Author & Punisher, Suzanne Ciani, Drexciya, Shabazz Palaces, Psychic TV, Torres, Smerz, and more, plus this year’s eight-hour sleep concert, robots, and more.

Method Man & Redman team up once again on “People Say” off the upcoming Wu-Tang album (which you can watch the video for), and they’re playing some shows together…

This week’s Notable Releases include the new pop direction of Paramore’s ‘After Laughter,’ Girlpool’s full-band album ‘Powerplant,’ KRS-One’s aggressive ‘The World Is MIND,’ and more.

Also: Margaret Glaspy, Just Blaze, and more playing free shows at the Red Hook park this summer.

Also: Margaret Glaspy, George Clinton, Main Source, KRS-One, Slick Rick, Robert Glasper, Denzel Curry, DJ Premier, Buffy Sainte-Marie, Capone-N-Noreaga, GZA, Bilal, and so much more.

The debut season of the Netflix series is out now.

The late Phife Dawg of A Tribe Called Quest was paid tribute at The Apollo last night (4/5) by some pretty major guests, including Kanye West. (Tribe’s final shows were opening for Kanye.) He gave a speech, and here it is…

South Bronx legend KRS-One will release his thirteenth solo album and followup to 2012’s The BDP Album on November 24. It’s called Now Hear This and features the singles “Drugs Won” (as in, “they declared a war on drugs but drugs won”) and “Sound …

There’s always a good amount of hip hop shows happening in and around NYC, but we don’t get a chance to post about all of it. Here’s a roundup of some cool stuff coming up that we haven’t talked about yet, new music, and more: Hot 97 is throwing a holiday show at Newark’s Prudential Center on December 5 that’s pretty stacked with both the old and the new: Busta Rhymes, Mar…