The message and visuals associated with the young Brooklyn rap upstart shows the depth that is all too-often overlooked when critiquing modern rap music.

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Yeezy doesn't have the only major hip hop-related shoe release happening this All-Star weekend. Nike is set to release the Nike Dunk High Premium SB ‘DE LA SOUL’

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The Source Magazine will be celebrating its 25th anniversary this weekend with what is being billed as the “biggest hip hop weekend in Brooklyn."

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The Queens "Easy Rider" underground rap star is no stranger to food, so Action Bronson will feel right at home participating in Taste Talks, a Brooklyn-based food festival, going on Sept. 12-14

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Brooklyn's yearly hip hop concert event and family day activities returns, with headliners to include Raekwon, Jay Electronica and CJ Fly from Pro Era.

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BetterOffDEAD is a dark, trippy rap mixtape reminiscent of psychedelic albums by artists like Pink Floyd and alternative hip hop albums by The Pharcyde and Cypress Hill. It's different and dope.

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The Audible Doctor keeps it hot for the summer with The Summer Tape, a 7 (or 8) track-long smorgsabord of Brown Bag AllStar-styled production coupled with a slew of special guests. You can let the tape rock until the tape pop.

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Young, lyrically gifted Bishop Nehru blesses his “Nehruvians” with an aptly titled 10-track EP, strictlyFLOWz, his second project of the year

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New York City's Highline Ballroom played host to the New York press conference/launch party for the east coast leg of Guerilla Union’s Rock the Bells hip hop festival series.

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"Our basic mission is to create an elevated experience through top shelf entertainment, shopping and top shelf digital platform."

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