TMZ New York Hip Hop - Music, News, Information and Events - NYC, NY Fri, 18 Nov 2011 17:16:22 +0000 en-US hourly 1 Heavy D, Dead at 44 https://www.birthplacemag.com/2011/11/heavy-d-dead-at-44/ Tue, 08 Nov 2011 22:42:21 +0000 http://www.birthplacemag.com/?p=10879 The hip hop world was stunned today, as word spread that Heavy D, veteran rapper and frontman of Heavy D & The Boyz, passed away at a hospital in Los Angeles.

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]]> Global Grind: The World (Not) According To Hip Hop https://www.birthplacemag.com/2010/09/global-grind-the-world-not-according-to-hip-hop/ https://www.birthplacemag.com/2010/09/global-grind-the-world-not-according-to-hip-hop/#comments Thu, 23 Sep 2010 14:29:15 +0000 http://www.birthplacemag.com/?p=5899 Global Grind, you teetered precariously on the edge of the sexual exploitation of a minor in a thinly veiled attempt to drive page views. As a journalism professional, hip hop head, and father, none of this sits well with me.

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