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Nas, Cam'ron & more added to Yankee Stadium's hip hop 50th anniversary concert

The big Run-DMC-headlined concert happens this Friday (8/11).

Essence Festival 2023 lineup (Lauryn Hill, Megan Thee Stallion, Wizkid, Monica, more)

This year’s festival goes down June 29-July 3 in New Orleans, and will also celebrate the 50th anniversary of hip hop.

De La Soul celebrated Trugoy live with tons of guests (pics, video); catalog finally streaming

In the house at Webster Hall on Thursday: Q-Tip, Prince Paul, Queen Latifah, Black Thought, Chuck D, Monie Love, Common, Dave Chappelle, Talib Kweli, D-Nice, Pharoahe Monch, and more.

What's Going on Thursday?

Thursday’s NYC-area shows include Khruangbin and Vieux Farka Touré, mewithoutYou, Norah Jones, Regina Spektor, Homeboy Sandman, and more.

Today's livestreams (Chris Martin, Erykah Badu vs Jill Scott, Peter Hook, DJ Jazzy Jeff & more)

plus OMD, Katatonia, Chris Rock, Eddie Murphy, Duff McKagan, and more livestreams you can watch today since there are no live concerts to attend.

The Roots playing 'Things Fall Apart' at Roots Picnic 2019 (lineup)

The lineup also includes H.E.R., 21 Savage, Lil Baby, Raphael Saadiq, City Girls, Blueface, Yasiiin Bey, and more.

Ja Rule headlining "Hennypalooza" in Coney Island this weekend

Ja Rule, whose last association with a festival on a beach didn’t go so well, will headline the latest edition of Hennypalooza in NYC this Saturday (9/9) at Coney Island Art Walls…

WNYU's 'The Halftime Show' celebrates 15 years tonight in NYC at Le Poisson Rouge (and Santos)

For 15 years, NYU 89.1 has hosted The Halftime Show, a hip hop show dedicated to young and upcoming artists that housed names like Aesop Rock, Fat Joe, Eminem, Kanye West & Big L in their earliest days. DJ…

What's going on Thursday? (Ty Segall, Les Savy Fav, Zero Boys, Delorean, Classixx, Bent Shapes & more)

Les Savy Fav in Austin in 2011 (more by Tim Griffin) Browse our full NYC show calendar for all of tonight’s shows. Here are some highlights…