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Jim Jones Speaks on the Ghost of Rich Porter Mixtape, Teaching School

Jim Jones is releasing a new mixtape, Ghost of Rich Porter, scheduled for a March 23 release, and spoke about the project. He also revealed that he will be teaching an 8-week music class for New York City schools.

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Bone Thugs-N-Harmony at Irving Plaza – 4/10/2010

Bone Thugs-N-Harmony are launching a tour to support their reunion album, and New York area fans of the Midwest melodious rapid-fire spitters can them at the Fillmore New York at Irving Plaza on April 6.

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DJ Envy To Host MTV2’s Sucker Free Daily and Sucker Free Countdown

DJ Envy, who raised radio eyebrows in late 2009 by migrating up the dial from Hot 97 to Power 105.1, has been tapped to host Sucker Free Daily and Sucker Free Countdown on MTV2.

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Donny Goines – No Apologies [Video]

Donny Goines recently dropped the video for “No Apologies” from his recent EP release 20X, presented by Rocksmith Tokyo, which we previously posted for your downloading pleasure.

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Hip Hop For Haiti Benefit Concert at SOBs

Styles P, Joe Budden, Joell Ortiz, Immortal Technique, Bazaar Royale, Cormega, SF (Spark Flame), Mr Reo and Lord Finesse (DITC) will hit the stage at SOBs Friday, March 12 for a midnight show to continue to raise funds for Haitian relief efforts.

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The Soundcheck “March Madness Edition” at Santos Party House

Regular, ongoing showcases, performances and events in the NYC-area feature dozens of talented hip hop and R&B artists on any given day. One such series is “The Soundcheck”, which this month, goes down on Friday, March 12, at Santos Party House.

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Kalae All Day Album Release Party

Soulful spitting songstress Kalae All Day’s debut album *AFROMATIKNEOHIPPIEROCK*SOLEMUZIK* drops 3/17. But, even more cooler, if you want to see her do her thing, is that you can. At her lbum release party.

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Cam’ron ft. Vado “Amber Lamps”

The first leak from the Boss of All Bosses 2.5 mixtape from Cam’ron & DJ Drama. We don’t know if it’s good. We can’t listen to music at the moment. Mourning Corey Haim.

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B.I.G. Brooklyn Bash To Honor Biggie Smalls

Diddy hits up Brooklyn for the first time in years to head a huge celebration of the life, times and music, of Christopher Wallace, aka Biggie Smalls, aka The Notorious B.I.G.

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Donny Goines – 20X [EP, presented by Rocksmith Tokyo]

Donny Goines, one of the hardest working men in New York hip hop, just released a six-track EP, 20X, presented by apparel company Rocksmith Tokyo.

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Kalae All Day – O.G.LYRIKALBOOKBAGGER

She says she makes “Afromatic-neo hippie-rockstar-soul music”. She’s right. Kalae All Day is a quintuple (at least) threat on the mic, and we are just starting to get a taste of what this Harlem-bred “love child of Jimi Hendrix and Lauryn Hill” brings to the hip hop table.

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Dutch New York – Angels [He-Style]

Dutch New York drops a he-style over the Diddy-produced Dirty Money “Angels” track.

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I Love NY Concert Series, Featuring Juelz Santana, Maino, Red Cafe, DJ Self and DJ Envy

Tickets are on sale for the I Love NY Concert Series, featuring Juelz Santana, Maino, Red Cafe, DJ Self and DJ Envy. It goes down at the BB King Blues Club and Grill in Times Square on March 22, 2010.

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Sean Price Baby Shower At Santos Party House

Yes, you read the headline right. Brooklyn MC Sean Price is having a baby shower tonight, at the club, for his daughter-to-be, Shaun Price, due later this month. There will be a performance. There will be diapers and onesies. Entry with gift or receipt of gift only.

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Grafh – Bring The Goons Out Remix (ft. Jim Jones, Red Cafe, Bun B, Maino & Cassidy)f

Grafh brings out current New York street hip hop heavyweight goons Jim Jones, Red Cafe and Maino, as well as a little Houston and Philly goonosity sprinkled on top.

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A.D. The General – “Who I Be” and Elegant Hoodness Showcase

A.D. The General heads up the NAN/NAB crew, and holds monthly showcases as part of her Elegant Hoodness Musical Program. She also heads up projects such as NAN-TV and NAN-Radio, a media multitasker for sure. NAN/NAB has also been a contributor to BirthplaceMag.com as well, conducting several interviews with New York talent for our site.
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SXSW Hip Hop: New York Is In The House

SXSW (South by Southwest), the gigantic yearly music festival goes down in Austin this March 12-21. Here’s a list of the NY-area contingent that will be tearing up Texas stages.

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88-Keys ft. Colin Munroe – Wake Up Call

The last time we heard from 88-Keys was when he lost his baggage. That doesn’t mean he hasn’t been doing stuff, we just hadn’t seen his name floating around the webternintnets lately. Here, he linked with Colin Munroe for “Wake Up Call”.

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Wu Massacre CD Release Concert at Nokia Theatre Times Square

The Wu Massacre album, initially titled Three The Hard Way, is set to be released on March 30th. Or is it March 9th? Well, in any event, the release party will be on March 5th at the Nokia Theatre Times Square.

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Lord Have Mercy, This Is New York Hip Hop

Nothing says “underground hip hop” more than the Hip Hop Subway Series. Well, except maybe for the unexpected performance by a 50 year old panhandler in the cipher. Now THIS is New York hip hop!

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