Maffew Ragazino

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…

Meyhem Lauren is back with the new Mandatory Brunch Meetings LP, out now via Mishka for free and streaming in full below. Look for appearances from Action Bronson (who has his own new release with…

The old ’80s new wavey NMS logo / Reks It’s beginning to feel like this summer is just one never ending music festival. In addition to the Northside Festival, which begins in Brooklyn tonight, NYC will get another multi-venue festival next week with the recently revived New Music Seminar which runs from June 17-20 this year…

Idle Warship at Culture Shock 2012 (more by Kellyann Petry) Summerstage which, as in previous years, includes more than just Central Park, will be hosting free shows this summer at Herbert Von King Park…

Smif N Wessun at Brooklyn Hip Hop Fest 2010 (more by Brook Bobbins) Sean Price will team with his Duck Down associates Smif-N-Wessun, as well as Maffew Ragazino and Phony Ppl for a show at Highline Ballroom TONIGHT (1/18)…

DOWNLOAD: Maffew Ragazino – Rhyme Pays (Mediafire Link) Hip Hop DX: Why is your name spelled so unconventionally with the two F’s? Maffew: A lot of people think I’m ignorant for spelling my name with two F’s–it’s M-A-F-F-E-W as opposed to the biblical way…

Speaking of the Morgan, Jelly’s “Rock Yard” continues this Saturday (8/20) at The Morgan (25 Bogart entrace). The lineup includes Danny Brown, Action Bronson, Maffew Ragazino (who’s collaborated with Action Bronson), Delicate Steve, and others…