Flatbush Zombies and Rakim started off the 2013 SummerStage Concert Series' focus on hip hop's 40th anniversary in explosive fashion.

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Staten Island’s own Raekwon the Chef of Wu Tang Clan fame teamed up with several artists, industry personalities and organizations to host a hurricane Sandy benefit concert at Jaguars 3 in Brooklyn, December 13, 2012.

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Don't call it a comeback. Really, they have been on the hip hop scene for years, "blessing" everyone from KRS ONE to Queen Latifah with prolific bead work. They were once known as the Masters of Adornment, then as Level Vibes Productions. “We never felt like we had a name, but it always came back to the Bead Masters.”

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