LL Cool J

Rolling Stone have taken on the daunting task of ranking the greatest hip hop album of all time, from the Golden Age to modern times.

After winning a lawsuit over the name, LL Cool J is throwing a festival called Rock the Bells in his hometown of Queens this summer...

Smashing Pumpkins, Slash, Steve Albini, Gene Simmons, Tom Morello, Nile Rodgers, Machine Gun Kelly, Billy Idol, Garbage, Jimmy Eat World, Lars Ulrich, Stevie Nicks, Joan Jett, and many more also paid tribute to the late Foo Fighters drummer.

It's the work of Queens-raised sculptor Sherwin Banfield, the same artist responsible for the sculptures of Phife Dawg, Prodigy and Jam Master Jay that launched at the Queens Public Library in 2019.

Simon's surprise appearance came after Global Citizen performances by Coldplay, Billie Eilish, Lizzo, J-Lo, and more.

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We Love NYC: The Homecoming Concert also featured Journey, Busta Rhymes, Fat Joe, Remy Ma, French Montana, the New York Philharmonic, Andrea Bocelli, and more before it was shut down because of severe weather

The Clive Davis-produced ”mega-concert” will also feature Elvis Costello, Patti Smith, Polo G, Wyclef Jean, LL Cool J, and many 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.

”WE LOVE NYC: The Homecoming Concert,” which celebrates NYC's reopening from COVID, happens on August 21 at Central Park's Great Lawn