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What's Going on Sunday?

Sunday’s NYC-area shows include Angel Du$t, Sun Ra Arkestra, Sister Nancy, Skip Marley, and more.

What's Going on Saturday?

Saturday’s NYC-area shows include Wilco, Big Thief, Lyricist Lounge 30th Anniversary Celebration, The Zombies, Tim Heidecker, Lee Fields, and more.

Wingate Concert Series 2018 lineup (Slick Rick, Wyclef Jean, Estelle, more)

The free concert series brings together many big names in hip hop, R&B, and gospel.

rap roundup: Roc Marciano, Rick Ross, Ja Rule, DMX, Bone Thugs & more NYC-area shows

Exciting rap shows happen in and around NYC all the time, but we don’t get a chance to dedicate posts to all of them. In an effort to remedy that, here’s a roundup of some recently-announced shows in the area.

N.O.R.E., Rakim, Raekwon, Ghostface & more playing Art of Rap fall shows

N.O.R.E. headlines the Brooklyn show and Bone Thugs-N-Harmony headline the Boston show.

Main Source announce another reunion show, opening for George Clinton

Main Source, the veteran hip hop crew who counted Large Professor as a member and were responsible for releasing Nas’ first-recorded verse (“Live at the BBQ”), reissued their 1991 debut Breaking Atoms earlier this year and reunited for their first show in over a decade. They’ve now added another show…

SummerStage 2017 free show lineup: Digable Planets, Yo La Tengo, Jadakiss, Laura Mvula, Valerie June, more

Also: Margaret Glaspy, George Clinton, Main Source, KRS-One, Slick Rick, Robert Glasper, Denzel Curry, DJ Premier, Buffy Sainte-Marie, Capone-N-Noreaga, GZA, Bilal, and so much more.

M.O.P., Pharoahe Monch, Sean Price, Smif N Wessun & Black Sheep mems & more playing NBA All-Star Weekend show

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…

A Tribe Called Quest got together (w/ help from Talib Kweli, Mos Def, Hi-Tek & more) @ Knitting Factory in NYC - pics

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…