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We're deeply saddened to listen to of the passing of Takeoff
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On Saturday, Rock The Bells held its first-ever live concert festival in Queens, NY, bringing together classic Hip-Hop acts for a celebration of music and culture for fans of all ages to enjoy.
Founded in 2018 by Festival headliner LL Cool J, Rock The Bells has a mission to raise Hip-Hop culture from its roots to the fashionable day via content, commerce and experiential moments. Saturday’s event at Forest Hill stadium far exceeded that goal, with families, fans, and Hip-Hop heads young and old gathered in unison to rap together with artists like Roxanne Shante, Scarface, N.O.R.E., Lil Kim, Ice Cube and plenty of more.
Despite sweltering 93-degree temps, 13,000 fans packed out the Queens amphitheater and braved the...
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You’d be hard-pressed to search out a link between tea drinking and hip-hop. But for Shanae Jones, the connection is obvious. It’s all about community.
Because the first-born US American to British-Jamaican parents, tea was one other member of her family, Jones shared.
“A few of our most significant moments happened over tea,” she said. “I didn’t even realize that individuals weren’t accustomed to waking up or going to bed with a cup of tea on this country until I used to be much older.”
Although the drink was a staple in her household by the use of her parents’ British roots, Jones said she found her connection to American culture through music.
“Hip hop taught...
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In the summertime of 2020, Sesali Bowen was working on her memoir Bad Fat Black Girl: Notes from a Trap Feminist. As she reflected on her experiences growing up in what she calls “the bad b-tch era,” she realized that while queer and feminine rappers were having a moment in Hip-Hop, there have been no podcasts to capture it. So Bowen went in regards to the business of making one. She reached out to Pierre Phipps, one half of the rap duo Freaky Boiz, to assist her co-host and the show, Purse First, launched that following January.
The phrase comes from a Black colloquialism which Bowen believes originated from street-based, sex work culture. The total phrase, “Purse first, ass last” speaks to...
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