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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We've broken down the NY-area artists who will be touching down in The A for the annual A3C Hip Hop Festival, and here, we'll be posing all the related information regarding NY-based organizations and their showcases and special events.

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