Hired Gun New York Hip Hop - Music, News, Information and Events - NYC, NY Sun, 22 Jan 2017 19:45:07 +0000 en-US hourly 1 Not Just a ‘Hired Gun,’ Mikal Amin is Exemplary Hip-Hop Artist-Educator https://www.birthplacemag.com/2017/01/hired-gun-mikal-amin-hip-hop-artist-educator/ Sun, 22 Jan 2017 16:00:09 +0000 https://www.birthplacemag.com/?p=52019

Artist, educator, program director, entrepreneur, lecturer -- you can call on Mikal Amin for any of these tasks, particularly when it comes to hip-hop. Just don't call him a "hired gun."

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]]> The PitchBlak Playlist REWIND: Live Hip-Hop Music That Will Kick You Right In The Brass! https://www.birthplacemag.com/2016/12/the-pitchblak-playlist-rewind-live-hip-hop-music-that-will-kick-you-right-in-the-brass/ Wed, 07 Dec 2016 16:19:03 +0000 https://www.birthplacemag.com/?p=51753

Several gifted lyricists and vocalists will re-join the mighty PitchBlak Brass Band for this year-end, genre-smashing musical extravaganza

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]]> Hired Gun ft. Qwazaar of Typical Cats – ‘The Life’ https://www.birthplacemag.com/2012/01/hired-gun-qwazaar-the-life/ Fri, 13 Jan 2012 15:10:20 +0000 http://www.birthplacemag.com/?p=11183 Indie hip hop journeyman, educator and label head Hired Gun delivers the first in a series of songs and EPs, flavorful leftovers from previous projects designed to whet your appetite for new material. Based on "The Life," it sounds like good eatin'.

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]]> Did They Kick It? Yes They Did! 20+ NYC MCs and a Live Band Pay Tribute to A Tribe Called Quest https://www.birthplacemag.com/2010/10/live-band-pay-tribute-to-a-tribe-called-quest/ https://www.birthplacemag.com/2010/10/live-band-pay-tribute-to-a-tribe-called-quest/#comments Mon, 11 Oct 2010 01:32:44 +0000 http://www.birthplacemag.com/?p=6200 With a live band leading the way, 20 or so of New York City's thriving underground hip hop scene converged on Sullivan Hall pay tribute to one of hip hop's most revered groups, A Tribe Called Quest

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]]> https://www.birthplacemag.com/2010/10/live-band-pay-tribute-to-a-tribe-called-quest/feed/ 3 Can They Kick It? Yes, They Can! NYC MCs Staging Live Band Tribute to A Tribe Called Quest https://www.birthplacemag.com/2010/10/live-band-tribute-a-tribe-called-quest/ Wed, 06 Oct 2010 14:17:21 +0000 http://www.birthplacemag.com/?p=6146 One of hip hop's more prolific groups will be honored by a large contingent of New York area MCs, as part of a live band tribute to A Tribe Called Quest

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