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Hot 97 seeks to capitalize on New York's hip hop resurgence, as a plethora of New York-area artists will be gracing the "parking lot" Festival Stage at this year's Hot 97 Summer Jam, the 20th in its history.

Brooklyn Bodega, organizers of the annual Brooklyn Hip Hop Festival, is curating this month's Red Bull Sound Select New York Showcase with an exceptional collection of New York Hip-Hop talent.

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.

Rabbi Darkside will host an entertainment-packed album release event to celebrate the successful completion of a $10,000 Kickstarter.com campaign to fund Prospect Avenue, the new solo album from the Brooklyn-based hip hop artist and educator.

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.