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pics from Rock the Bells 2011 @ Governors Island (Nas, Erykah Badu, Lauryn Hill, Raekwon, Ghostface, Mobb Deep, more)

Last year Rock the Bells, the touring hip-hop bonanza, picked up on the voguish festival concept in which an artist performs an old record from beginning to end…

Blu & Sean Price playing Rock the Bells & Public Assembly (dates, MP3 & video)

DOWNLOAD: Blu – “Amnesia” (MP3) Jazzy West Coast rapper Blu plays Public Assembly on September 23 with Ari Why & The Invisible College and Voli…

Brooklyn Hip Hop Fest pics

Ali-Shaheed Mohammed will return to the tables this weekend at Dekalb Market after spinning at Brooklyn Hip Hop Fest last weekend, along with (former…

Brooklyn Hip Hop Fest is underway, Shad is on tour (dates)

Q-Tip at Rock The Bells (more by Eric Townsend) This week is devoted to hip hop and specifically Brooklyn hip hop, with the Brooklyn Hip Hop Festival ongoing and a “Salute To The DJ” event slated for TONIGHT at Music Hall of Williamsburg…

Random Axe released LP on Duck Down (stream it), playing shows w/ Smif N Wessun & Black Moon & more

Sean Price at Southpaw (more by BBG)”I like no female rappers. Not like I don’t like them personally; they don’t hold my interest. Except MC Lyte,” he told Vlad TV…

Rock the Bells expands lineup, NYC tix on presale now

Havoc of Mobb Deep @ the kick-off in LA (more by Graeme Flegenheimer) In addition to initially announced Rock The Bells lineup (Nas playing Illmatic…

Rock the Bells 2011 dates & lineups announced, Mobb Deep & Souls of Mischief & Cypress Hills played the kickoff (pics)

The line-up for the ROCK THE BELLS 2011 FESTIVAL SERIES–presented by Boost Mobile in association with GUERILLA UNION and powered by BlackBerry–will feature an array of seminal and up-and-coming hip-hop artists on three stages…

Black Milk will celebrate 'Album of the Year' at Southpaw (w/ Sean Price, Guilty Simpson, Elzhi & more)

Black Milk at SXSW (more by Samantha Marble) BrooklynVegan is proud to announce the release party for one of 2010’s most highly anticipated underground hip hop albums, Black Milk‘s Album of The Year…