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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