The 'grand finale' of MCA Day, the yearly tribute to the late Adam "MCA" Yauch, will take place at Littlefield in Brooklyn on August, 5, 2017

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The Beastie Boys and Nas teamed up years ago for "Too Many Rappers" but a video for the collaboration has been hidden until now.

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As usual, the show delivered a slew of new, noteworthy rap releases by NY-area artists, including Lonny X, Don Speaks, Nehruvian Doom, Kilzone and Homeboy Sandman

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LeRoy McCarthy has led efforts to persuade New York City to honor some of hip hop music and culture's most revered figures, including the late Jam Master Jay, Biggie Smalls and the Beastie Boys.

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You won't find a larger, more talent-packed, more bang-for-your-buck hip hop event in New York than the Brooklyn Hip-Hop Festival. This year, the 9th annual Brooklyn Hip-Hop Festival's main event goes down Sat., July 13, 2013.

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According to reports, Palmetto Playground in Brooklyn Heights will be renamed in honor of late Beastie Boy member Adam “MCA” Yauch, who passed away in 2012 after a bout with cancer. UPDATE: Adam Yauch Park is official. Yauch, who died at age 47, will be remembered Saturday, May 4 with a “MCA Day” celebration, to […]

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Birthplace Magazine founder and editor-in-chief Manny Faces delivers the May 9th edition of 'The NY Hip Hop Report' for The Show, a bi-weekly radio program on WBAI-NY (99.5FM, wbai.org).

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Previously unreleased video footage of the Beastie Boys on season three of Chapelle's Show. R.I.P. MCA

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For one night, 1987 hip hop was back in NYC, as more than 25 rappers and musicians gave 'Props To Hip Hop,' performing the latest in a series of live band tributes to hip hop icons. This one, a March 24, 2012 recreation of the groundbreaking 'Together Forever' tour, featured MCs performing as Public Enemy, the Beastie Boys and Run-DMC, to the delight of hundreds of hip hop heads who packed Hiro Ballroom.

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