Browsing Category
Hip Hop/Rap
Photo Gallery: Lark Fest
Albany's Lark Fest 2018 featured beautiful late summer weather and local acts including opener The Ryan Leddick…
State Fair Closes Out with Record Attendance
The Great NY State Fair is like no other event of the year and set record attendance with over a million attendees…
Eminem Drops Surprise Album ‘Kamikaze’
The coming of the newest Eminem album Kamikaze was the best kept secret of 2018. His 10th studio effort arrived…
Photo Gallery: Alive at Five Welcomes Matisyahu and Mirk
On the first day of summer, June 21, Albany's Alive at Five summer concert series was fortunate to have Matisyahu…
Interview: YONAS, His Upcoming Album, and His Creation Process
Yonas Mellesse, or more commonly known as YONAS, is an independent hip-hop artist from South Bronx who over the…
Bonnaroo 2018: Waking Up in the Present
Bonnaroo days bleed together and it was hard to resist the sun making a full circle upon The Farm, as birds chirped…
Sophistafunk Joins Night Lights Festival’s 2018 Lineup
Four additional artists have been added to Night Lights Festival’s 2018 lineup including the Syracuse-based band…
Ecstatic Dance Rochester Takes Flight in the Flower City
Nestled near the west bank of the Genesee River, Kaleidoscope Collective invites you to step into your new favorite…
Albany Hip-Hop Artist Young Cobain Releases Self-Titled Debut Single
The mystical, confessional artist known as Young Cobain has emerged in 2018 as a unique creative, merging hip-hop,…
Kendrick Lamar Kicks it Old School on the Top Dawg Entertainment Championship Tour
The Top Dawg Entertainment Championship Tour touched down at the Northwell Health outdoor amphitheater Theater at…
Photo Gallery: Post Malone Kicks Off Summer at Darien Lake
Post Malone's coast-to-coast, sold out tour made its only upstate NY appearance at Darien Lake on the last Saturday…
New York, The Silk City: Governors Ball 2018
Premier northeast music festival The Governors Ball returns to Randall’s Island in New York City in just a few…
Watch: 14 Trapdoors Music Video for ‘Holy Water’
Buffalo rap group 14 trapdoors - Short Moscato, Bendyface and Wza - have partnered with Mass Appeal to…
Hearing Aide: Ozymandias ‘Godly’
“I won’t stop until they put me in the earth” and “I’m here to bring a vibe,” Ozymandias says on his newest album,…
Kendrick Lamar Wins Pulitzer Prize for Music
Columbia University announced the 2018 Pulitzer Prize Winners on Monday afternoon. In the category of music, the…
Hearing Aide: BG the Boy Genius, ‘The PreVisual’
BG the Boy Genius, a hip hop artist based in Albany, launched The PreVisual, a mixtape, on March 30 through Genius…
Hearing Aide: The Weeknd, ‘My Dear Melancholy,’
The Weeknd released a six-track EP called My Dear Melancholy, as a surprise in the early morning of Friday, March…
Funk and Hip-Hop Invade Buta Pub
These two fans of funk went head to head in a show down of the ages at Buta Pub in Rochester NY
Local Hip Hop Artist 3ality Talks with NYS Music
Schenectady native, and upcoming local hip hop artist, 3ality, recently sat down with NYS Music for his first ever…
A Boogie Wit Da Hoodie teams up with Audiomack for Trap Symphony rework of…
Bronx rapper A Boogie Wit Da Hoodie has teamed up with emerging music discovery platform Audiomack to remake three…