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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Skzyoo continues his long stream of quality releases with his Peddler Themes EP, flaunting jazzy, boom-bap-influenced production and poetic wordplay

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Pro Era wunderkind Joey Badaas has always shown a predilection for vocabulary and deep thoughts, evidenced all the way back to his attention-grabbing 1999 mixtape that greatly elevated the young Brooklynite’s visibility. Tidbits of introspection and socio-political thought has been sprinkled throughout his work since then, and has made its way to the forefront with Joey Badass’s latest […]

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We're collecting your audio thoughts to air on our radio show as the hip hop world reels from the loss of a revered MC, Robert Diaz, aka PH / Pumpkinhead.

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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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Brooklyn's Maffew Ragazino drops Brownsville's Jesus, a 20-track free "street album," available for stream and download. The album includes production by Harry Fraud, !llmind and collaboration with Action Bronson, Skyzoo, Troy Ave., and several others.

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Young hip hop upstart Dillon Cooper spreads his wings over Brooklyn before flying overseas. We spoke to Cooper about the state of his bubbling career, being ridiculous and driven and working with John Mayer.

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Nitty Scott, MC drops a few hearty bars for the 106 and Park crowd

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Joey Bada$$ delivers a full project in Summer Knights, a 17-track feast featuring the likes of Statik Selektah, Chuck Strangers, MF DOOM, Alchemist and DJ Premier on the beats, and Pro Era, Smoke DZA and Collie Buddz on the mic, among others.

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Talib Kweli drops his latest video, a cinematic visualization of "Hamster Wheel," from his Prisoner of Conscious album, available now.

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