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”This is hard because music attracts me first before the rhyme,” Questlove wrote in response to author/jouranlist Shea Serrano posing the question on Twitter. ”But some rappers caught me first…”

plus NOFX, Bad Religion, Bob Weir and Wolf Bros, The Dandy Warhols, Melvins, Rakim, J Period, Dua Lipa, J Balvin, YG, and more livestreams you can watch this week since there are no live concerts to attend.

Black Thought also did a ‘Colors Show’ live performance and talked about the rapper whose co-sign made him say ”My work is done here! Mission accomplished!”

Chris Rock, Q-Tip, Pete Rock, Rapsody, the late ODB, Rick Ross, Mariah Carey and more also appear.

Mike Epps is bringing a block party to living rooms with a new virtual concert he’s hosting.

The Bronx’s Universal Hip Hop Museum has announced a livestream broadcast to celebrate the 75th anniversary of the International Day of Peace.

”A lot niggaz been cryin about me leaving people off my top 10 without. Even seeing my shit so here it is,” Snoop writes.

Eric B & Rakim will do a live performance and discuss ‘Let the Rhythm Hit ‘Em’ for its 30th anniversary, alongside tributes and interviews with Ice T, LL Cool J, Chuck D, Fat Joe, and several others.

Em’s list includes pioneers like Rakim, LL Cool J, and Big Daddy Kane, as well as newer artists like Kendrick and J Cole, and plenty of the in-between…

Deerhoof’s new album comes out May 29.