Slick Rick

Snail Mail, Kim Gordon, Arooj Aftab, Earl Sweatshirt, Ghostface Killah, The Pharcyde, Corinne Bailey Rae, Andra Day, and more have free SummerStage shows lined up throughout NYC’s five boroughs this summer.

Friday’s NYC-area shows include Poison the Well, Kevin Drew, The Sun Ra Arkestra, Black Pumas, Digable Planets, and more.

Featuring Run DMC (for what’s billed as a “Bottom of the 9th…The Walk-Off” set), Nas, Snoop Dogg, Lil Wayne, Wiz Khalifa, Ice Cube, a Bronx Bombers set (with A Boogie Wit Da Hoodie, Fat Joe, and Kid Capri), and lots more.

The stacked celebration of hip hop’s 50th anniversary also features Lil Wayne, Wiz Khalifa, Ice Cube, T.I, Cam’ron, Common, EPMD, Havoc, Ghostface Killah, Lupe Fiasco, Slick Rick, and tons more.

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

”Production has to be right, you know what I’m saying,” LL Cool J said of the cancelled and postponed dates on his The F.O.R.C.E. Live tour, which were scheduled to begin earlier this month.

The huge celebration of hip hop’s 50th birthday also features Lil Kim, Common, A$AP Ferg, EPMD, Ghostface Killah, Lupe Fiasco, and tons more.

The 2023 lineup also features Redman, Swizz Beatz with special guests, Salt-n-Pepa, Big Daddy Kane, Rakim, Slick Rick, and more.

In the spirit of the Grammys’ 50th anniversary of hip hop performance, the shows will feature a rotating cast of multi-generational rappers…

Pass The Mic Live! also features Black Sheep, CL Smooth, Brand Nubian, The Sugarhill Gang, Nice ‘N Smooth, MC Shan, Kurtis Blow, EPMD, Kid ‘N Play, Onyx, Monie Love, and more