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Hip hop and R&B icon Lauryn Hill, for years the center of hushed murmuring until a long-anticipated return to performing a couple of years ago, published a blog posting explaining that she had entered into a new record deal and plans to release new music.

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. ...

On "Drug Rap," the lead single from I-Dub's upcoming project 'No Gray Area,' the New Jerz spitter weaves wordplay over a Shag Diggler production

Boom bap drums, jazzy smooth loop, piercing horns, energetic chorus, thumping bass throughout with solid flows and sharp lyrics... Those heavenly characteristics make "Life is Hell" worth passing along for sure.

Even more exciting than when we spotlight these events, is when deserving hip hop people, places and things that we cover find their way to a more mainstream audience. This happened on the weekend of December 15, 2012 as Hip Hop Karaoke NJ was featured on Spotlight NJ, a News 12 New Jersey program highlighting local goodness.