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How Rock The Bells showed us they no longer represent the ideals and mindset it once did, of an independent-minded organization with a dedication to the advancement of hip hop music and culture.

Fans of hip hop could rejoice after New York’s City Parks Foundation announced its hip hop heavy 2013 SummerStage lineup. The plethora of free entertainment scheduled promises a little bit of hip hop for everyone. SummerStage, the largest free NYC performing arts festival of its kind, will honor hip hop’s  elements with a  special series entitled “This is _ Hip-Hop,” reflecting ...

Bishop Nehru is not your average 16 year old rapper. Hailing from Rockland County, Bishop Nehru sounds more like a teenager stuck in a 90’s time warp with his Golden Era-influenced mixtape, Nehruvia, a surprisingly solid offering that has the streets and internet buzzing. Remarkable, considering he has only been rapping for a little over a year and a half. ...

GoldenUndergroundTV recently released an interview I did with them late last year. I got a bit animated at the end. Only so many interviews in a row I could handle being asked about Chief Keef. My tirade wasn’t really about Chief Keef. It wasn’t about Gucci Mane or Wocka Flocka or any of the acts spontaneously catapulted into stardom by ...

Time Out New York's "50 Greatest NYC Hip Hop Artists" kinda is, but kind isn't. We'd rather hip hop journalism, especially New York hip hop, be taken a bit more seriously. BirthplaceMag.com EIC Manny Faces has a few things to say about it.