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Joell Ortiz: Funkmaster Flex Freestyle – Hot 97

Birthplace Magazine — Tue, 17 Aug 2010 13:40:02 +0000

Joell Ortiz once again demonstrates why he was chosen for our inaugural "5 Reasons Why NY Hip Hop Doesn't Suck"

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Funkmaster Flex Birthday Show Photos, Recap – B.B. King Blues Club – Aug. 11 [Pics, Video]

Birthplace Magazine — Fri, 13 Aug 2010 02:53:05 +0000

Funkmaster Flex held a birthday show as part of the B.B. King Blues Club's "Hip Hop Legends" concert series. Joining the iconic DJ were a host of NY-centric MCs

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Joell Ortiz “Call Me” Live At Funkmaster Flex Show + “Profile” Interview With Dee Vazquez [Video]

Birthplace Magazine — Fri, 13 Aug 2010 00:52:57 +0000

Joell Ortiz took to the stage at the recent Legends of Hip Hop concert/Funkmaster Flex birthday celebration. Here, he performs "Call Me," and is interviewed by Dee Vazquez.

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Joell Ortiz – All I Want Is You + I Won’t Go Broke [Freestyles]

Birthplace Magazine — Sat, 07 Aug 2010 01:40:29 +0000

Joell Ortiz continues perfecting the art of spitting-over-other-people's-tracks, letting loose over Eric B & Rakim's "I Ain't No Joke" and the Miguel and J. Cole joint "All I Want Is You"

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Funkmaster Flex Birthday Show – Aug. 11 at B.B. King Blues Club, NYC – Win Tickets!

Birthplace Magazine — Wed, 04 Aug 2010 12:00:13 +0000

Funkmaster Flex, who recently snagged a Lil Wayne jailhouse interview phone call for his radio show on Hot 97, will be throwing a "Birthday Extravaganza" on August 11 at the B.B. King Blues Club and Grill

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Shot in the Dark

Manny Faces — Tue, 06 Oct 2009 14:30:48 +0000

We look at the story of the story behind biopic "Shooting Star(s): The Rise of Hip-Hop Photographer Johnny Nunez" which premiered at the 2009 Urbanworld Film Festival, producers Axel Ebermann and Daniel Frei, documenting many examples of the tenacity that fashioned Nunez’ hard-clawed ascension to HNIC of the hip-hop paparazzi.

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DMX: Call It A Comeback?

Birthplace Magazine — Fri, 25 Sep 2009 00:06:56 +0000

First we had the emphatic inclusion of DarkMan X in the Jadakiss “Who’s Real”, closing out the Ruff Ryders Reunion Remix. Then, him and Ja Rule squashing their aged beef at the VH1 Hip-Hop Honors. We see Swizz Beatz telling Sway that things are looking up, and today, we receive Mark “Return of the Mack” […]

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New York Hip-Hop Roundup for 07-04-09

Manny Faces — Sat, 04 Jul 2009 13:53:50 +0000

It will take a little time to get back to the in-depth type of features like we had before. In the meantime, we will attempt to be more diligent with aggregating news of interest to those who are interested in what we are interested in, NY-area Hip-Hop, and will expand our older "Almost-Daily Briefs" into a slightly more fleshed out, Almost Daily Roundup. Beginning today.

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