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Follow The Grind: To kick off our new series, BirthplaceMag.com's Hadasah Ingrid will take an ongoing look at hip hop veteran NYOIL and the progress of his group, PEMG (Petroleum Empire Media Group).

Mix European political cabaret, hip hop, New York City youth and theatrical development of the highest order, and you can start to imagine the phenomenon that is the All Stars Project's "Hip-Hop Cabaret"

BirthplaceMag.com's Hadasah Ingrid interviews NYOIL, famed underground artist and activist, live on uStream 4/23 at (or around) 4pm, EST.

South Bronx, 1970s: A young man, circular fro, smiling, showing off his graffitied T-shirt.  He’s all at once curious, precocious, hopeful and fearless.  A burgeoning culture surrounds him, full of mixed influences, an environment that will either snuff out his future or propel him to greatness. This is the genesis of hip hop. And someone took a picture. Hip hop ...