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The four-show, four-burroughs "It's Time for Hip Hop in NYC" series -- part of the celebratory Homecoming Week in NYC -- wrapped up at Forest Hills Stadium on Friday night (8/20)...

Plenty of great hip hop shows in NYC are getting announced all the time. We don't get a chance to write about all of them, so here's a roundup of some recently-announced stuff coming up: Joell Ortiz and Illmind celebrated their very good new collaborative album Human in NYC a few weeks ago, and they'll play another show here on August 26 at Santos Pa...

Kanye, Drake / Nas, The LOX and Meek Mill aren't the only hip hop shows happening in NYC in celebration of NBA All-Star Weekend. There's also one at Santos Party House on Thursday (2/12), billed as 'Video Music Box Presents: 4 The Love of Hip Hop,' with a huge lineup that include...

The energy and atmosphere was so Hip-Hop in every way! The crowd roared as the legends of the game hit the stage. A top memorable moment of the event was the LOX reunion...

Headlined and featuring appearances from Cee-Lo (who did perform "Fuck You!"), Pete Rock with surprise guest Dres of Black Sheep, Diplo and "surprise guest" J...

Okay, so everyone advertised did perform. But it sure was a nail-biter. Lauryn Hill, the eccentric erstwhile Fugee who has mostly stayed out of sight since her lone solo album, 1998's still-scintillating R&B masterpiece "The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill," was clearly the lineup's chief curiosity...

words & The old Knitting Factory used to be a bastion for independent hip hop in New York City. The new incarnation just took a big step at continuing that legacy, as it hosted one of the most historic hip hop concerts in recent memory...

De La DMC @ Nokia Theatre, NYC - 8/13/09 ( told the crowd when they took the stage at Nokia Theatre in NYC last night (8/13), their show was not going to be all music from 3 Feet High & Rising...