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Two hometown legends will face off in Brooklyn this month.

NYC's series of free ”It's Time for Hip Hop in NYC” shows began on Monday at Orchard Beach in The Bronx with Busy Bee, Furious 5 featuring Grandmaster Melle Mel and Scorpio, Kid Capri, Nice & Smooth, Kool Moe Dee, and more.

Here's how to get tickets to the Central Park ”mega-concert,” plus the four hip-hop shows leading up to it in Brooklyn, Queens, The Bronx, and Staten Island.

The lineup for ”It's Time for Hip Hop in NYC,” a series of four free shows leading up to the Central Park ”mega concert” happening in August, is here.

Stephanie Mills, Anthony Hamilton, Melba Moore, Estelle, and The Originals will also join D-Nice for an in-person, outdoor edition of his lockdown-era Club Quarantine parties as part of the BRIC Celebrate Brooklyn! Festival.

R.E.M.'s seventh album, ‘Out of Time,‘ turns 30 on March 12. “It was the biggest shot in the arm,“ Michael Stipe says of playing “Losing My Religion“ in front of audiences. “The most powerful feeling that I think I've ever felt."

Westside Boogie/Joey Bada$$, Mulatto/Lil Baby, Gang Starr, King Von, Haviah Mighty, Chika, Nyck Caution, MF DOOM, Benny the Butcher, Kid Cudi, Chance The Rapper, and more...

Listen to new songs by Brittany Howard/Michael Kiwanuka, Boldy James, KRS-One, A.A. Williams (Pixies cover), Soulwax, Julia Jacklin, Jessy Lanza, H.C. McEntire, Porridge Radio, and more...

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.