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As is tradition, DJ Mister Cee pays tribute to the late, great Notorious B.I.G. over the Hot 97 airwaves.

Here comes Strong Island/NYC-based Syler, sexy spitress Nitty Scott, MC and one of our fave DJs in the game, JS-1, with a solid, bouncing track, "Dusk Till Dawn"

On the third anniversary of the untimely passing of hip hop icon GURU, Marco Polo, Talib Kweli and DJ Premier pay tribute.

Hot off the radio presses, Jay-Z drops "Open Letter," supposedly recorded soon after Jay-Z and Beyonce returned from Cuba, in a trip that caught the attention of political bigwigs.

Well, it's taken them a few years, but it seems the more "mainstream" folks are finally catching on to what we've been predicting and advocating for all along. New York hip hop didn't need to make a comeback, the rest of the world just needed to catch up.